sculptures made from materials that had been left from unresolved art projects in graduate school, gardening, weaving, sewing, alcohol inks, and felting
The themes of my creativity during the pandemic were domestic spaces and objects, revisiting unresolved works, and protest. During COVID-19, I spent much of my time when I was not at work producing art at home for my artist-in-residence group exhibition in October 2020. I also spent much of my stipends on soil and seeds to grow my own vegetable garden - something that I hadn't been able to do in several years. I used found objects; materials that had been left from unresolved art projects in graduate school. I acquired many different musical instruments "dead bodies." I also used gardening, weaving, sewing, alcohol inks, and felting. The link between domestic objects (planters, lamps), musical instruments "dead bodies," and the space between functioning and not functioning were heavily influenced by the early stages of the pandemic as well as the increase in time spent at home during isolation. The mask flag and the chess set were directly informed by the protests that were happening throughout the summer and fall of 2020. --Label design by exhibit curator Nancy DeJoy. Labels written by Ben Lash and his team in consultation with artist statements.
