I’m so very happy to be part of this. Thank you to Julia Dolan, Senior Curator of Photography at the Portland Art Museum, for choosing my work and thank you to @blueskygallerypdx.bsky.social for creating and sustaining this opportunity.
In a world where there is so much happening that is in fact very wrong, this time the noise I was making was of pleasure.
The noise I made when I read the invite brought my partner running, uncertain if something was very wrong or very right.
Me too. 🖤
A two-person show with nature photographer Katsuyuki Shibata and plant fiber artist Julie Johnson at Multnomah Arts Center galleries runs February 21-March 29, 2025.
www.multnomahartscenter.org/gallery/
#pdxart #portlandart #multnomahartscenter #basketry #fiberart #sculpturalbasketry
This.
@tellusfabulas.bsky.social
Big thanks to @tellusfabulus.bsky.social and Zephyr Kim (lara.kim) for letting us use their art for the posters.
These companion shows will be up in the Front & Center Galleries at the Multnomah Arts Center April 4 - May 10, 2025. There’ll be a reception on April 10th from 6-8 pm. Details about other related events coming soon!
“Holding Our Own” is co-curated with Lux Harris. It explores our collective capacity to hold space, hold the line, hold each other and hold on to hope in these rapidly shifting times.
“Shift Work” is co-curated with Pablo V. Cazares, founder of The t4t Collective in Portland, OR. This show is about finding ways to relate and create community as the ground moves beneath our feet. How do we navigate uncertainty? How do we create joy and hold space for grief amidst it all?
If you’re an LGBTQIA2S+ artist who lives in or whose tribal land is in Oregon or SW Washington, please consider yourself invited to apply! The deadline is March 7.
A drawing of a large pink creature with wings and claws and floppy ears climbing over the Burnside Bridge in Portland, OR. The artwork is by Zephyr Kim (https://lara.kim/). The poster also says the title for the show, where it will be, when it will be up. There is a QR code that when scanned takes the viewer to this website: https://www.multnomahartscenter.org/draftspace_gallery/.
There is a photo of a ceramic sculpture. It is cream colored and looks like a rib cage. There is what looks like small branches coming out of the top that are darker brown in color. Inside the sculpture is what looks like the trunk of that same tree, and small rust colored objects shaped like seeds. The artwork is by Mychelle Moritz, @tellusfabulus. The poster also provides the title for the show, where it will be, when it will be up. There is a QR code that when scanned takes the viewer to this website: https://www.multnomahartscenter.org/draftspace_gallery/.
I feel really lucky to be co-curating two group shows right now. As an artist, I know solo shows are a big deal. But group shows? They have their own magic, and it’s essential right now (actually always).
Both shows will be up in April 4 - May 10, 2025 at the Multnomah Arts Center in Portland, OR. If you’re in the area, join us at the reception on April 10 from 6-8 pm.
“Holding Our Own” is co-curated by Lux Harris. It explores our collective capacity to hold space, hold the line, hold each other and hold on to hope in these rapidly shifting times.
“Shift Work” is co-curated by Pablo V. Cazares, founder of The t4t Collective here in Portland, OR. It is about finding ways to relate and create as the ground moves beneath our feet. How do we navigate through uncertainty? How do we create joy and hold space for grief amidst it all?
Do not consent to this ridiculous “divide and conquer” ploy. Y’all are right here. I’m right here. There’s no erasing us.
Artists are doing essential work, especially the trans ones. Find a way to support them.
And yes, it’s all one more thing to care about in the litany of hurt that’s happening. The arts are essential though - they’re part of how we’re gonna find our way through.
A black and white photograph of a foggy day in the woods. There are many branches ahead of you, with two larger branches crossing each other right ahead. There are drops of water on the branches. In the background is a hazy clearing that is also lighter than the foreground.
The image of a poem by Megan Hatch that reads: The earth is burning, and not in a Paris sort of way. We are told to lean in, only to find ourselves constantly leaning down to pick up the pieces. Losing ground, falling down. The days are a cycling blur of need and numb, numb and need. Paved paths lead to swift dead ends. We cannot justify our way out of this. It’s time for abolition of the means and an end to meanness. And there is healing happening. We’re here, we fear, yet we won’t keep getting used to it. We fall in, call in, reach out and sometimes shout with joy. We mend the cracks with the gold we have and that we are, so we can carry water, and each other.
My solo show at Village Gallery in Portland is closing today. The conversations people have been having with me about the work have been so moving. Finding meaning and connection through art? It’s life-giving, and has been across centuries and cultures.
"Remind yourself constantly that no one gave you your identity, truth, or power, and no one can take them away without your permission." ⤵️
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National Seed Swap Day is the last Saturday in January. I had no idea that was a thing. Now I do, thanks to @verdancyproject.bsky.social. Filled with seeds I gathered from my garden last year, these little collaged packets are headed out into the world. Damn if it doesn’t make me a little hopeful.
The banner for the lgbtq artists of Bluesky starter pack!
Ok I’ve got it started and it even has a snazzy image!
Apparently starter packs max out at 50! Who else should I add?
It’s ok to say yourself!
#lgbtq #art #artsky #artist
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Yay! Thanks for doing this. Please feel free to add me if you wish.
And the jade plant I fell in love with.
A tiny zine about doing art in the midst of it all.
