2008 Puffin Foundation Grant

I have been selected to receive a 2008 Grant from the Puffin Foundation Ltd. This funding will be going into my next artist book project, which has the working title of Future Tense. This work will examine parallels between an endangered bird, the Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa), and the endangered languages at both ends of its migration, Inuktitut and Yámana. Through their intersecting narratives, I hope to reveal ideas about our dominant culture.

June Events and Exhibitions

ART FOR THE CASH POOR

I will be selling artist books, prints, blank books, and handmade paper in a variety of colors at the Art for the Cash Poor 9 event at the Philadelphia Women's Caucus for Art table on Saturday, June 14, 2008, from 1-6 PM. AFTCP 9 will take place at the Crane Arts Building located at 1400 North American Street in the South Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia (map). Sharing the table with me will be Bonnie Macallister, Jane Craven, and Sonia Sherrod.

EXHIBITION NEWS

The Women Helping Women, Stitch by Stitch collaborative project is now on display in Merchantville, NJ, at the Art and Faith Space of Grace Episcopal Church.

In other news, I have just been informed that I have been selected for a solo show in the Kunst Vault Space at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. More details to come.

And finally, the Migratory Books Project/Proyecto Libros Migratorios has received its first visual response. To view the images, post your own thoughts and responses, or read other responses from around the world, please visit The Migratory Books.

Images from SUBLIME CLIMATE

The Thompson Gallery at the Cambridge School of Weston has uploaded images of their exhibition in three parts, Sublime Climate. To see images of the exhibitions, please visit here.To see images of my book, Emerging Views, which was part of the Projecting Global Change segment, please visit here. To read curator Todd Bartel's comments, please visit here.

Afghan News Center Feature

The Artdaily.com feature on Women Helping Women, Stitch By Stitch, has been picked up by the Afghan News Center. To read the article, please visit here.

Artdaily.com Feature!

The collaborative quilt project between Rubia and the Philadelphia-WCA,
Women Helping Women: Stitch by Stitch, of which I am a participant, was featured on Artdaily.com. To read the article, please visit here.

MAY 2008 Exhibitions

May 2-31, 2008: I have work that is part of the show Environmental Distress, a show of work by members of the Philadelphia Women's Caucus for Art. Part of the exhibition features the project, Women Helping Women, Stitch by Stitch, a collaboration between the Philadelphia-WCA, the Rubia Foundation, and the women of Darrai Noor, Afghanistan.

In addition to the collaborative project and works by members of the Philadelphia-WCA, there will also be Rubia products for sale and examples of Uzbek Suzani on display.

The opening reception is from 5-8 PM on May 2, 2008 at the Louis Redding Gallery, in the City County Building, located at 800 North French Street in Wilmington, DE. There will be a live performances by the Sigma Alpha Iota Women’s Music Fraternity of Temple University Chapter.

GHOST TREES Interview

I was interviewed by Marie Elcin about my piece, THE GHOST TREES, in the Window on Broad. To read the interview, please visit the Philadelphia Women's Caucus for Art