14″ rib style egg basket woven from weeds and other plants from my yard and neighborhood: oak, jacaranda, mallow, cudweed, lavender and grasses.
Currently on view at Ave 50 Gallery in Highland Park as a part of LA’s Water Story From Source to Spigot.
Open Caption was part of a juried installation on the subject of inclusivity. My work communicates its message in fingerspelling and Braille, giving typical viewers the experience of a communication barrier, as those with hearing and vision differences encounter regularly. During the receptions, the cell phone provided live captioning, converting spoken interaction into inclusive communication. The show was supported by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles, Audubon Center at Debs Park, and Dearantler.
My recent work for Shade in LA, an installation at Arroyo Arts Collective curated by Jolly de Guzman, brought awareness to shade access. My work discusses ways the privileged contribute to rising heat and suffering, often, in the ways that they escape it. Read Sierra Club Article Read Eastsider Article
My LA River Tower etching hangs with the pans in this Apartment Therapy feature, top left. See the article here. Photo credit: Jessica Isaac
Page from my hand pressed book Climate Action Still Lifes for the exhibit Taking it to the Next Degree: Rising action to meet rising heat, drought and wildfire. The show was exhibited at both Avenue 50 Studio and El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, sponsored by Avenue 50 Studio, US Forest Service, LA Center for Urban Natural Resources Sustainability, and the City of LA. Edition of 20 books, each pocket pressed by hand. To learn more about the pocket press, see the menu tab. This page shows an etching of my local community sustained agriculture box.
Metro I painted this during the height of the Pandemic, when I wondered if we would ever see faces in public again.
