An active volunteer with Communication a non- profit arts space in Madison since 2018, I started managing the art retail shop in Aug 2020. Photo by Jennifer Bastian

I created a woodcut and demonstrated printing and had people print their own patch on muslin

Photo by Jenie Gao

6 hour live table painting, competing against 8 other artists for audience votes in 4 categories. Each artist painted a table around the theme of what community means to them. My design included native animal/ plant species and anyone who wanted to contribute paint was welcome to do so. ( I had about a dozen people contribute) This table won Outstanding Artistry

In Collaboration with Community Unity Arts I taught a group of middle school girls about woodcutting and printing for 2 sessions. They also created clay sculptures, paintings, pins and other art that was them offered for sale at Goodman Community Center during Spring Gallery night 2019.

The whole series was designed for the teens to get the feel for multiple artistic processes as a means of expressing themselves. It was such a privilege to teach this group

Taught Community :Art that moves week long art camp for 5-9 yr old June 2019. We visited Mural Alley behind Hawthorne Library ( pictured Lesley Numbers mural) made self portraits, talked about community, made aprons and pins. Made prints around a theme with styrofoam and cardboard. Made stickers, chalk paint and acrylic paint community murals AND made hand print tiles that were included in a local mosaic mural at Communication Madison.

I was invited to STEAM night to help kids create their own prints using foam blocks. Over 30 kids created and printed blocks in a 2 hour span so I didn’t get many photos. It was such a blast seeing all the creativity

To coincide with the Post Secret live show March 2018 The Overture Center invited me to bring supplies and help people create their own artful post cards illustrating their secrets

2 days ( total 12 hrs) live painting a table competing for audience votes against 8 other artists in 4 categories during La fete de marquette. All tables designed around theme of what community means to you. This table is a Community Venn Diagram with 3 components People, Place and Culture that come together to form the Wilmar neighborhood in the middle. Audience participation was essential for including finger prints in the people section, listing favorite places and the feelings people got from the neighborhood. Table won Most Creative

The kids from my summer art camp created these hand printed tiles included in the community mural at Communication Madison.

This group of girls also contributed their hand tiles to the Communication community mural. I brought the tiles to their meetup on a Thursday with very few rules and they created away

Volunteered to help fill in community mosaic mural for Communication Madison led by Becca Kacanda and Alex Hayes. See the completed mural on the Communication facade

4 hr session with these girls creating art journals, prints and alcohol ink colored jars

Designed this jacket as part of a One One Thousand event to design jackets with proceeds going to charity of the artists choice. Proceed from this jacket went to Domestic Abuse Intervention Services ( DAIS) in Madison, WI

Created for READ(y) to Wear fashion benefit for Madison Reading Project

Model Ally Kat