I hosting a FREE rope making workshop at Schweinfurth Art Center
Saturday April 15th, 10:30 am-noon
Location: Schweinfurth Art Center; 205 Genesee St. Auburn, NY 13021.
Rope Making Workshop: 4/15
Theda’s Exhibition Schedule
NEW IN APRIL
Theda Sandiford: Rope Making Workshop
April 15th @ 10:30am – 12:00pm
Location: Schweinfurth Art Center; 205 Genesee St. Auburn, NY 13021
Theda Sandiford: Triggered, Truth & Transformation @ Wa Na Wari
Exhibition Dates: April 22, 2023- July 17, 2023
Opening Reception: April 29th
Workshop: April 30th 3:00-5:00pm PST
Location: Wa Na Wari, 911 24th Avenue, Seattle WA
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS…
Theda Sandiford: Triggered, Truth & Transformation
Exhibition Dates: March 25-May 28, 2023
Location: Schweinfurth Art Center; 205 Genesee St. Auburn, NY 13021
TSGNY Connections
Exhibition Dates: March 28 – April 22, 2023
Location: Ceres Gallery, 547 W 27th Street. #201, New York, NY
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
Venus & Serena @ Governors Island
Exhibition Dates: May 5- October 2023
Location: Art Crawl Harlem, Governor’s Island
Free Your Mind: Wa Na Wari Virtual Artist Talk
Date: May 25th 3:00pm EST
Free Your Mind@ MAFA 2023 Conference
Exhibition Dates: June 22- June 25, 2023
Location: Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Triggered, Truth & Transformation @ The Lab
Exhibition Dates: July 1, 2023- September 17, 2023
Location: The Lab at Krasl Art Center. 707 Lake Blvd, St Joseph, MI
Triggered, Truth & Transformation Solo Show
My solo show, Triggered, Truth & Transformation opens this week in Auburn NY.
Exhibition Dates: March 25-May 28, 2023
Location: Schweinfurth Art Center; 205 Genesee St. Auburn, NY 13021
I will be leading a rope making workshop on April 15, 2023. Please join me
Despite the growing commitment to racial equity, the day-to-day experiences of women of color are not improving. Women of color face similar types and frequencies of microaggressions as they did two years ago – and they remain far more likely than white women to face disrespectful and “othering” behavior.
The weight of these triggers underpins very real consequences… stress, anger, frustration, self-doubt and ultimately feelings of powerlessness and invisibility. These triggers come with a hefty toll of emotional baggage.
Extensions of rope, wrapped, knotted, woven, and embellished with recycled textiles, zip ties, ribbon and yarn, gingerly invite the audience into off the-wall conversations about the “respectability politics” of black hair. My Emotional Baggage Carts are vessels for this racial trauma. The act of making, weaves the sting of daily microaggressions into the cart, freeing me from these constraints.
Save The Date: Triggered Truth & Transformation
I’m getting a new Free Your Mind net ready to collect microagressions for my upcoming solo show, at Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn NY
Exhibition Dates: March 25 to May 28, 2023
Location: Schweinfurth Art Center
Artist Statement:
Despite the growing commitment to racial equity, the day-to-day experiences of women of color are not improving. Women of color face similar types and frequencies of microaggressions as they did two years ago – and they remain far more likely than white women to face disrespectful and “othering” behavior.
The weight of these triggers underpins very real consequences… stress, anger, frustration, self-doubt and ultimately feelings of powerlessness and invisibility. These triggers come with a hefty toll of emotional baggage.
Extensions of rope, wrapped, knotted, woven, and embellished with recycled textiles, zip ties, ribbon and yarn, gingerly invite the audience into off-the-wall conversations about the “respectability politics” of black hair. My Emotional Baggage Carts are vessels for this racial trauma. The act of making, weaves the sting of daily microaggressions into the cart, freeing me from these constraints.
More details to follow on the opening and community engagement events… I hope you will be able to join me
Triggered, Truth & Transformation
I have three solo shows in 2023 focused on this theme.
Despite the growing commitment to racial equity, the day-to-day experiences of women of color are not improving. Women of color face similar types and frequencies of microaggressions as they did two years ago – and they remain far more likely than white women to face disrespectful and “othering” behavior.
The weight of these triggers underpins very real consequences… stress, anger, frustration, self-doubt and ultimately feelings of powerlessness and invisibility. These triggers come with a hefty toll of emotional baggage.
Extensions of rope, wrapped, knotted, woven, and embellished with recycled textiles, zip ties, ribbon and yarn, gingerly invite the audience into off the-wall conversations about the “respectability politics” of black hair. My Emotional Baggage Carts are vessels for this racial trauma. The act of making, weaves the sting of daily microaggressions into the cart, freeing me from these constraints.
Exhibition Schedule
Exhibition Dates: March 25-May 28, 2023
Location: Schweinfurth Art Center; 205 Genesee St. Auburn, NY 13021
Exhibition Dates: April 22, 2023- July 17, 2023
Location: Wa Na Wari, 911 24th Avenue, Seattle WA
Exhibition Dates: July 1, 2023- September 17, 2023
Location: The Lab at Krasl Art Center. 707 Lake Blvd, St Joseph, MI
2023 Exhibition Calendar… so far
I have quite a bit lined up for 2023 , including three solo shows, a return to Governors Island, Fiber Art’s Excellence in Fibers and the group show Dark Matter in LES. There is so much to look forward to in 2023.
Forecast//Recast
Surface Design Association’s juried members’ exhibition
Exhibition Dates: December 6- January 27th, 2023
January 4, 2023: Online panel discussion held as part of Textile Talks
Location: Chehalem Cultural Center; 415 E Sheridan St, Newberg, OR
The Soul of African American Art
Exhibition Dates: January 22-March 5
Location: Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC), 100 South Street in Morristown NJ
Dark Matter
Exhibition Dates: January 13- February 11, 2023
Location: Kates- Ferri Projects, 561 Grand St, New York, NY
Each One Teach One: Preserving the Legacy in Perpetuity
Exhibition Dates: March 3 – July 30, 2023
Location: The Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road Morristown, NJ
Theda Sandiford: Triggered, Truth & Transformation
Exhibition Dates: March 25-May 28, 2023
Location: Schweinfurth Art Center; 205 Genesee St. Auburn, NY 13021
2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence. Artist Talk
Artist Talk: March 22, 12:00-1:00pm
Location: New Jersey State Museum; 205 West State Street Trenton NJ
MAFA Virtual Artist Talk
Date: March 28, 2023
Location: Registration for Virtual Zoom details forthcoming
Theda Sandiford: Triggered, Truth & Transformation @ Wa Na Wari
Exhibition Dates: April 22, 2023- July 17, 2023
Location: Wa Na Wari, 911 24th Avenue, Seattle WA
2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence
Exhibition On View: June 18, 2022 – April 30, 2023
Museum Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 9 am to 4:45 pm; Closed Mondays & all State Holidays
Location: New Jersey State Museum; 205 West State Street Trenton NJ
Sculpture Walk Springfield 2022-2023
Exhibition Dates: April 23,2022- May 21, 2023
Location: 411 N. Sherman Parkway, Springfield MO 65802.
Free Your Mind@ MAFA 2023 Conference
Exhibition Dates: June 22- June 25, 2023
Location: Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Theda Sandiford: Triggered, Truth & Transformation @ The Lab
Exhibition Dates: July 1, 2023- September 17, 2023
Location: The Lab at Krasl Art Center. 707 Lake Blvd, St Joseph, MI
Excellence In Fibers
Exhibition Dates:August 23, 2023 – January 7, 2024.
Location: San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textile; 520 S First St, San Jose, CA 95113
