Next weekend (June 4-6) we will be headed down to Richmond, VA.
Eric has a jewelry trunk show at Quirk (pictured left) on Saturday and
I will be giving an artist lecture on Friday and teaching a collaborative printmaking class on Saturday at the Visual Arts Center. Please come if you can!
Here is the full scoop.

Going (to) Elsewhere

Last weekend Landria, Phoebe and I took a road trip to Elsewhere Collaborative, in Greensboro, NC.

Simply put: artists from all over and from different disciplines come to Elsewhere, a former thrift store, to make art inspired by the objects that are a part of the living museum.

Thoroughly put: Elsewherians discover new objects that reflect Sylvia’s (the original owner of the thrift store) fascinating mind and life, and whose placement and preservation reference the eccentric process by which the objects of her collection were ordered. This mass of objects tells a cultural narrative about material excess, consumption, and overproduction. The re-ordering of things and the curation of collections speaks to the potential to re-imagine collaborative creativity and the role of place and presence in telling a community’s story. The salience with which visitors and artists alike share in the immersive experience of this unique site, speaks not to an idea but to a shared narrative written in attics and basements across the country.

No matter how you put it, this place is pretty amazing! If you love Pee-Wee's playhouse, a collaborative art environment, and working in a multi-disciplinary and an organic way, I would highly recommend applying for a residency!

Yay for Progress!

With a lot of help from interns and volunteers, the public art piece dedicated to legendary Maryland figures is almost ready for its big reveal!
Today we worked on installing it on the side of Pyramid Atlantic Art Center's Building.














Even though the hammer drill was a bit scary, James nearly fell off the ladder, and we forgot a couple of things (including how to spell forgotten), there was great satisfaction and lots of high-fives at the end of the day.

Sabeth (friend, coworker, and oh-so-talented printmaker/artist) and I are working on a public art piece that, when finished, will hang on an outside wall of Pyramid Atlantic's building. We decided to go with the idea of portraits of noteworthy Maryland people-activists mover and shaker types like Rachel Carson, Bea Gaddy, Clara Barton, Gustovo Torres, an others.
Sabeth and I both love vintage frames, so we enlarged some photographs and frames onto sentra board, then drew and cut them out
The public was invited on October 24th to help us out with the project. Our nextdoor neighbor, The Meditation Museum, provided some great food and beverage, and the Gandhi Brigade documented the event





























Now we are working on the finishing touches, that include printing some pattern in the background and some text.
I'll post some more pictures when it is complete and installed on the outside of the building

























Here are a lot more photos of the event and our work in progress