Thank you to the many people in my life both near and far who collect randoms things for me. Opening a box and sorting through these treasers gives me great job. I appreciate every single one of of you.
My JC Friday 3/4/22
Art Supply Swap
Do you have left over materials from an art project? Have WAY too much Cadmium White when you need Pastels? Do you have skeins of yarn you are not using? Or supplies from an art practice you no longer use?
Come with your items and trade them for something else.
March 4, 2022, 5pm – 8pm
Location: Theda Sandiford Art Studio #231, 150 Bay Street, 2nd Floor Jersey City.
Enter at 1st Street and Provost Street and ride the elevator to the 2nd floor.
Sunset Colors 
Signature
Around the corner from my studio in the main gallery, the Art 150 Member show of Signature pieces will be up for its final weekend.
Visit Art 150, come see me, the show, swap some supplies and walk around to see what studios are open.
Enter at 1st Street and Provost Street, downtown Jersey City. Ride the elevator to the 2nd floor.
JC Friday Art Supply Swap
I am getting ready for the JC Friday Art Supply Swap. And to be honest I’m struggling with my hoarder tendencies while attempting to Marie Kondo my stash.
How are you doing collecting art supplies to swap? If there is something you are specifically looking for, drop a comment,
And come to Sky Garden Gallery’s Art Supply Swap with your items and trade, them for something else.
March 4, 2022, 5pm – 8pm
Location: Art 150 studio #321 @ 150 Bay Street, Jersey City. Entrance at Provost and First Street.
Sunset Colors 
Sorting by color story
I’m a Visions & Voices: Finalist
Visions & Voices highlights the works of African American Artists from the Mid-Atlantic region.
| While twenty different artists were selected to show works, five artists were selected to have their pieces considered to be added to the The Biggs Museum of American Art’s permanent collection. The winning piece will be decided entirely by public vote. The winning artist will lead an artist talk on May 18 from 5:30 – 6:30 PM. Cast your vote HERE! |
Walk About Collages
Just playing around, collaging photos on my phone while walking around Sky Garden Retreat in St. Croix, USVI.
St. Croix Digital Collage 
St Croix Digital Collage
Donda: Fresh Direct
If you know, you know…
February Exhibitions/Up Next
Visions & Voices
I have been invited to show three works in The Biggs Museum of American Art’s juried exhibition, Visions & Voices highlighting the work of twenty regional African American artists of the Mid-Atlantic region.
Location: The Biggs Museum of American Art, 406 Federal St Dover DE 19901
Opening Reception: Friday, February 4, 5 – 8 PM
Pre-registration is free and strongly encouraged. Get your tickets HERE
Exhibition Dates: February 4, 2022 – May 21, 2022
Free Your Mind: Social Justice Public Art Installation
Free Your Mind is a collection of personal narratives. Participants are invited to share an personal experience with implicit bias to release this story from their personal narrative. Later, artist Theda Sandiford will weave these stories in the installations as computer generated voice recordings. Motion sensors trigger these recording in the installation of the tapestry.
Share your Story here
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DJnPSUHid5xcthrbRXDLcP50tLUa0pf8l_cgSaXL5qw/edit
JC Friday Art Supply Swap
Do you have left over materials from an art project? Have WAY too much Cadmium White when you need Pastels? Do you have skeins of yarn you are not using? Or supplies from an art practice you no longer use?
Come to Sky Garden Gallery’s Art Supply Swap with your items and trade, them for something else.
March 4, 2022, 5pm – 8pm
Location: 150 Bay Street, Jersey City
Summit Public Art: The Baggage We Carry
Public Art Installation On View: May 2021 – May 2022
Location: Summit Village Green, 356 Broad Street Summit, NJ
Three Emotional Baggage Carts are on display for the next year. When the sun sets, the carts solarl panels light up and take on a new form, glowing from within.
Visions & Voices – Opening Reception
Friday, February 4, 5 – 8 PM
Location: The Biggs Museum of American Art, 406 Federal St Dover DE 19901
This opening is a complimentary community event in conjunction with Dover’s Citywide Black History Month Celebration. Masks are required to be worn inside the museum; light refreshments will be served.
Pre-registration is free and strongly encouraged. Get your tickets HERE
Public Voice Award
One piece from Visions & Voices will be added to the Biggs’ permanent collection. You get to help us select the final work, I hope you pick mine. Members of the community will choose the artwork that the Biggs will purchase through a vote for the Public Voice Award. Visitors can vote in person through April 29.
Visions & Voices Exhibition Dates: February 4, 2022 – May 21, 2022
JC Friday Art Supply Swap is Coming…
Do you have leftover materials from an art project? Have WAY too much Cadmium White when you need Pastels? Do you have skeins of yarn you are not using? Or supplies from an art practice you no longer use?
We’re on the lookout for art supplies that can be used by someone else. Marie Condo your art supplies and make room for more joy in your life.
Photo by Khaled Elbanna 
Here is how it’s going down:
Start rummaging in your closet and pulling out supplies you want to get rid of.
Come to Sky Garden Gallery’s Art Supply Swap
March 4, 2022, 5pm – 8pm
150 Bay Street, Jersey City, NJ PH9, 10th floor
with your items and trade, them for something else.
DM your Questions to @SkyGardenGallery or @MissTheda on Instagram
Feel free to contact me about specific items I am currently sourcing such as colored T shirts, sheets, fabric, rope, beads….
Swapping starts at 5:00pm. See you then!
Bottlecap Pearls
In 2020 my artist residency with NOW Friends in Nairobi Kenya was cancelled due to Covid.
I had spent 6 months preparing for this residency, learning Swahili, researching local artists, textiles, and beading techniques.
When I learned that travel would not be possible, I decided to use the time I would have been in Kenya to clean, drill and string thousands of bottle caps into larger-than-life strings of pearls and drape these necklaces on vintage ladders.
