HOARD

HOARD
Kavarna, Decatur, GA
Organized by Olivia White
February 12th – March 5th

“A discussion of the complex relationships we foster with the inanimate objects that populate our lives—the way a particular article of clothing makes us feel, the photograph that haunts us, or that scribbled on napkin we can’t part with.”

I created an installation for HOARD entitled: Exchange. I am inviting people to take one of my drawings that are plastered on the wall at Kavarna. In exchange, I ask them to visit this blog and leave a thought about the installation, their drawing, their experience, or what ever seems relevant.

I hope I am able to give all my drawings away!!!

Digging for favorites

learning what forever feels like

A jam-packed weekend

Experience informs my work. I constantly have to remind myself of this fact – locking myself in my studio to make art is not a sustainable practice. In order to make art about the human experience I need to experience what it is to living, breathing, and navigating through our contemporary world. 

This past weekend I went to the Rialto to see Karen Finley give her premier performance of, “The Jackie Look.” I also attended reading at Emory by author, activist, feminist, lesbian, Jamaican, and performer – Staceyann Chin. On Saturday, I was able to attend a work shop hosted by brooklyn based, writer, slam poet and activist, Joanna Hoffman. I finished off my weekend at an all star showcase of nationally ranked queer slam poets: Marty McConnell, Ami Mattison, Kit Yan, Regie Cabico, James Caroline, JT Bullock, Theresa Davis and Joanna Hoffman. The experience of the past weekend was immense and full