Artist Statement
Through the reinvention of traditional heritage craft and graphic design in the context of contemporary media, my work challenges the norms of creative expression and critical thinking. My studio is a place-based field station, allowing me to practice publicly. I am exploring the concept of waste while contemplating the question: “What could we do with nothing?”
To answer this question I experiment with zero-waste practices, material reuse, and document spaces of social or ecological destruction. My vision is a unique, human-powered experiment, strengthening communities by promoting engaged citizenship and knowledge as a creative capital. The purpose is to agitate and activate public space. fostering an awareness of local ecology, I act as a citizen-artist to organize.
I aim to establish new formats for exchange in response to social and political systems that constrain education, food justice, and ecological stewardship. Cooperation, empowerment, and honesty are leveraged in the process of activating knowledge at the intersection of resources, generosity, and access. My practice finds assets and capital to embody a public practice, open and accessible, responding to barriers of privilege, policy locality, and mobility.
The resulting narrative is evident in the stories I convey.
Education
2015 - 2018
MFA Interdisciplinary Art, Goddard College
2008 - 2010
MPS Arts and Cultural Manangment, Pratt Institute
2001 - 2005
BFA Graphic Design/Letterform, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
2001 - 2005
BFA Sculpture/3D Studies, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Awards
2015
GD USA Package Design Awards, eco-kids USA, eco-dough, eco-crayons
2010
GD USA In-house Design Awards, February Fun Vacation Brochure
Presenting
2019
MAEA Conference, Meeting all Learners in a Zero-Waste Art Space
H.A.Y. Conference, Infinity Arts, Zero-Waste Art Space
2018
2018
Thesis Presentation, Balancing Act on a Stream of Consciousness
CAST Free Webinar, Stories From the Field: Visual Arts & UDL
2017
Mass MEES Conference, Teaching Seeing: Decoding Ecological Questions Through the Creative Process
Mass School Gardens Conference, Decoding Ecological Questions Through Visual Literacy
UMass Dartmouth Graphic Design VI Thesis Class, Guest Critic
2015
Community Service Learning Symposium Design for Community Engagement
Exhibitions
Solo
2017
Getting to the Point, Garden House, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
Consciousness in Space, Goddard Film Festival. Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
2016
Cooking Up Something Out of Nothing, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
Group
2019
2019
Pollinator Picnic (Residencey), Art in the Park 2019, Elm Park, Worcester,MA
Pollinator Picnic (Residencey), Art in the Park 2019, Elm Park, Worcester,MA
Down side UP, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA
2017
A Matter of Intention, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester MA
2016-17
In Praise of Water, Pratt Gallery, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
2016
2016
Earth Day Pop-up Exhibition, Riverbend Farm, Uxbridge, MA
Surface: 64 variations on a theme, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA
2016
Kaboom!, Assumption College Gallery, Worcester, MA
2015
Buddhas Over Worcester, Boundless Way, Worcester, MA