Tag: Joyful Resistance

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Joyful Resistance on Wheels

FIBER 2026 | AlterWork Studios

I’m honored to share that my work will be included in FIBER 2026 at AlterWork Studios in Long Island City.

This exhibition gathers artists rooted in traditional fiber practices alongside those pushing the edges of contemporary textile work. It feels like home, structure and experimentation in the same room.

March 7–28, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 7 | 6–9PM
AlterWork Studios
40-20 22nd Street, Long Island City, NY

I’ll be showing:

Power Puff, Black Racing Stripe Emotional Baggage Cart

Power Puff with Black Racing Stripe Emotional Baggage Cart Theda Sandiford Bike reflectors and bell, paracord, Fresh Direct bag yarn, doggie poop bags, plastic newspaper bags and plastic grocery bags woven on gold spray painted recovered shopping cart. 36 x 40 x 24 in 2021

We all carry emotional baggage.
Some of us push carts. Some carry backpacks.

I carry a lifetime of racial trauma.

This piece transforms BAD NEWS into something radiant. Plastic New York Post sleeves become structure. Gold becomes insistence. The black racing stripe becomes momentum.

I choose joyful resistance.

Not denial.
Alchemy.

If you’re in New York, come stand beside the cart.
Listen for the bell.

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Best of 2022: Top 5

All things considered 2022 was a good year. Here are a couple highlights for me…

I met so many wonderful people at ExpoChicago at my booth, I am still on endorphin high from my visit to the windy city.

I spent most of my Summer with Art Crawl Harlem at Governors Island and can not wait to do it again this year with a new interactive installation.

It was so fantastic to hang with old friends and new, at my solo art show at Ivy Brown Gallery in the meatpacking district.

Being recognized by ADWeek and my peers for my innovation was surprise and trill for me.

And lastly…. my emotional baggage carts made with Fresh Direct bags were mentioned in the NY Times and got picked up by ArtNet News.

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Joyful Resistance: Closing Event

Exhibition Dates: September 8 – October 7

Location: Ivy Brown Gallery; 675 Hudson St, New York, NY

212-925-1111 by appointment

Closing Reception: Friday, October 7, 3:00-5:00pm

Come say goodbye to Joyful Resistance at Ivy Brown Gallery. And your last chance to pick up your own mini Emotional Baggage Cart…

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Joyful Resistance: Event of the Week

Exhibition Dates: September 8 – October 7

Location: Ivy Brown Gallery; 675 Hudson St, New York, NY

212-925-1111 by appointment

Up Next… Community Art Making: Wednesday, September 28, 3:00-6:00pm

Clutch My Pearls

Drawing inspiration from various beading traditions, join me in mixing different bottle caps to make a string of colorful oversized beaded necklaces.

Your creation will become a part of an upcoming installation celebrating personal adornment.

Followed By…

Closing Reception: Friday, October 7, 3:00-5:00pm

Double Dutch Pony Bead Braids, August 2022, Cider Six Packs and various single use bottle caps strung and knotted with blue and white polyurethane rope 55 x 72 x 8 in
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Joyful Resistance: Community Event Next Week

Exhibition Dates: September 8 – October 7

Location: Ivy Brown Gallery; 675 Hudson St, New York, NY

212-925-1111 by appointment

Up Next… Community Art Making: Wednesday, September 28, 3:00-6:00pm

Clutch My Pearls

Drawing inspiration from various beading traditions, join me, mixing different bottle caps to make a string of colorful oversized beaded necklaces.

Your creation will become a part of an upcoming installation celebrating personal adornment.

Followed by…

Closing Reception: Friday, October 7, 3:00-5:00pm

Double Dutch Pony Bead Braids, August 2022, Cider Six Packs and various single use bottle caps strung and knotted with blue and white polyurethane rope 55 x 72 x 8 in
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Joyful Resistance Event This Week

Exhibition Dates: September 8 – October 7

Location: Ivy Brown Gallery; 675 Hudson St, New York, NY

Up Next… Artist Talk: Friday, September 23, 6:00-8:00pm

I’ll be sharing what Joyful Resistance means to me and how I transform disappointment into beauty and answering any questions you may have about the works in the show.

Followed by

Community Art Making: Wednesday, September 28, 3:00-6:00pm

Closing Reception: Friday, October 7, 3:00-5:00pm

Black Ballerina, September 2020, 100′ of slip half hitched chain black glitter 1/4” cotton rope, knotted with ribbon, recycled ribbon, sari ribbon, acrylic yarn, broken jewelry and 8” zip ties on bamboo ring.
64 x 14 x 2 in
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Joyful Resistance: Schedule This Week

Exhibition Dates: September 8 – October 7

Location: Ivy Brown Gallery; 675 Hudson St, New York, NY

Up next… Beer Tasting: Wednesday September 14, 4:00-6:00pm

Come taste my favorite fruited beer from local brewery Departed Soles, Jersey City NJ and see my show.

Followed by…

Artist Talk: Friday, September 23, 6:00-8:00pm

Community Art Making: Wednesday, September 28, 3:00-6:00pm

Closing Reception: Friday, October 7, 3:00-5:00pm

Off Duty, July 2022, Spray painted shopping cart seat woven with webbed polyurethane ribbons, recovered taxi sign, and a discarded teddy bear wrapped in yarn, paracord and bottlecap necklace. 32 x 10 x 19 in
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September Exhibitions

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Preview Night; Thursday, September 1, 4:00 – 7:00pm

Friday, September 2, 11:00am – 10:00pm

Saturday, September 3, 11:00am – 10:00pm

Sunday, September 4, 11:00am – 6:00pm

Location: The Stutz, 1060 N Capitol Ave, Indianapolis IN

Joyful Resistance (solo show)

Exhibition Dates: September 8 – October 7

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 8, 4:00-6:00pm

Tasting Reception: Friday, September 14, 4:00-6:00pm

Artist Talk : Friday, September 23, 6:00-8:00pm

Community/School Event: Wednesday, September 28, 3:00-6:00pm

Closing Reception: Friday, October 7, 3:00-5:00pm

Location: Ivy Brown Gallery; 675 Hudson St, #4N New York, NY

212-925-1111 by appointment

Emotional Baggage Cart in Progress @ JC Friday

Friday September 9, 5:00-9:00pm

Location: Art 150, 150 Bay Street, Jersey City.  

Enter at Provost and First Street and ride the elevator to the 2nd floor.

Wonderland

Exhibition Dates: September 15 – October 20, 2022

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 15, 5:00-7:00pm

Location: Trolley Barn Gallery; 489 Main St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Sensing Woman

Exhibition Dates September 27- October 1

Location: C24 Gallery, 560 W 24th St, New York, NY 

Art150 JCAST 2022 Opening Party

My studio will be open for Art150’s JCAST Party.

Friday, September 30, 5:00-9:00pm

Location: Art 150, Studie #231, 150 Bay Street, Jersey City.

Enter at Provost and First Street and ride the elevator to the 2nd floor.

Free Your Mind Public Art and Emotional Baggage Cart Installation @ Governors Island

On display through the end of October.

Artist Talk: Saturday, October 15, 1:00pm

Location: Harlem Art Crawl, 406b Colonels Row, Governors Island

2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence.

Exhibition On View: June 18, 2022 – April 30, 2023

Museum Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 9am to 4:45pm; Closed Mondays & all State Holidays

Location: New Jersey State Museum; 205 West State Street Trenton NJ

Sculpture Walk Springfield 2022-2023

Exhibition Dates: Now through May 21, 2023

Location: 411 N. Sherman Parkway, Springfield MO