exhibition planning
I was invited to exhibit work in the Moira Fitzsimmons Arons Art Gallery at the Hamden Country Day School (Hamden, CT). It's curator, Caryn Azoff, has had an integral part in creating a rich and wide-ranging art program, as well as a vibrant exhibition schedule rooted in both traditional and contemporary art. It is an unusual space in that its main wall is a large, curved surface facing a bank of glass windows and doors.
Read MoreIt happens every time. Even though I know it's coming. Even though I've experienced it before. It still creeps up on me… the post-solo slump. My work comes down. I drive past the gallery windows and see the empty walls. I feel a little anxious, decidedly blue, and somewhat at loose ends.
Read MoreAfter the holiday rush, family visits and winter digging out, it was suddenly time to get ready for my solo exhibition. Marking Time opens on April 1st. and that date rushed towards me with unexpected urgency. The creation of work, though vital and essential, is only one part of preparing for a solo exhibition.
Read MoreWhen Lynn Farrand, the curator of the Contemporary Museum of Art Thousand Oaks (CMATO) called me last spring 2020 to do an iteration of The Memory Project at the museum I was thrilled. Lynn was introduced to my work during the open call for Defining Beauty. My work was not accepted into the exhibition but what Lynn offered was an incredible opportunity. How could I pass this up? Yet how could I do it?
Read MoreIt is a collage where you can see the word yes stenciled on it. She shared with me that when she was little, she did not like being told no and so she wrote the word yes over and over on pieces of paper and strung them from her ceiling. I love this image of a small girl looking up at and being surrounded by “Yes.” Yes to life. Yes to possibility. Yes.
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