Perspectives

Such an amazing opening reception, juror's words and all around amazing exhibition by @wisconsinvisualartists

So grateful to have not only one but 2 pieces accepted to this exhibition. So humbled to have my installation taking up the middle of the space on the second floor connecting the space and letting the work speak to each other. I made this installation in 2021 without fully realizing how it might evolve in other spaces or welcoming comfort and conversation.

People received welcoming thoughts and heard awards announced while gathering both within and around my piece. I just don't really have words.

Having my friends there supporting me and witnessing other people step close to my woodcut or interact with artwork in general is just such a profound gift to share with others. This exhibition is one of the best I have ever been in or seen. I'm so proud of us Wisconsinites!! 💕💕

Thank you to all the artists, juror's, curators, WVA folks and all those folks who do behind the scenes work. We appreciate you 💓

Views of installation " What Connects us" and "Refinement Artists" on view at Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts in Fond du Lac. Exhibition runs through April 16. Don't miss it!!

Photos 1, 2, 8 & 10 taken by @artdosemagazineweekly

Photos 3 & 4 taken by @mary_jane_connor

Photos 5, 6, 7 & 9 taken by @lalajean_g

Perspective Exhibition Opening with Wisconsin Visual Artists

Today is the opening reception for Perspectives 1-3pm.

I can't wait to see everyone's work up together. I got a sneak peek of incredible work last week when dropping off my work. Congratulations to all accepted artists!

If you haven't yet seen my installation " What connects us" (seen on the right in this photo) or my large woodcut
" Refinement Artists " in person this is another chance to see them on view in an amazing space. This show is up through April.

See you all later 🎉
Reposted from @wisconsinvisualartists Perspectives 2023 opens this Saturday at Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts in Fond du Lac!

Multiple floors filled with a rich variety of Wisconsin artwork! A must-see show.

@thelmaarts51 #wisconsinvisualartists

Exhibition Opening :)

What an amazing opening reception at @liminal.space.gallery !!

I thoroughly enjoyed all the live performances, poetry readings especially @cesledes poems, and improvisational cello accompanying dance and poetry.

So many great conversations, art plotting and connection. Makes me so hopefully for ecological resilience to actually take place ❤️

Go take a look at the visual art in Art of Ecological Resilience up through Feb 24.

Again thanks to @megs.pepin and Cristian Andersson for bringing this to fruition!

Art of Ecological Resilience Exhibition

After a long pause, including our household COVID quarantine last week ( we're all ok) I'm dropping this detail of Refinement Artists woodcut from 2022.

This Saturday Jan 21 5-8pm at the @liminal.space.gallery in Neenah, WI there is a reception for Art of Ecological Resilience and I'm excited to exhibit this print because it's a great way to start January! ( Swipe to see exhibition details)

In this exhibition artists are sharing our work and exploring environmental change, ways that we can take climate action or imaging what the future holds. We're holding space together to examine things that seem to large to hold. These conversations are so important and I can't wait to have them with this group of artists.

If you are able I hope you can attend, there are live performances at 6pm.

The exhibition runs through Feb 24th and I encourage you to stop in if you can't make it to the reception. Liminal Space Gallery is located inside the Valley Academy for the Arts in Neenah, WI

Exhibition opening recap

What an amazing reception for TMA Contemporary at @troutmuseumofart

Incredibly proud to be among such a diverse array of artwork from across WI.

Thanks to all jurors, preparators and museum staff! Shout out to @samantha_timm for taking the time to chat with me, talk a bit about the jury process and making me feel so welcomed in the space. A future visit to Saint Kate Arts hotel is definitely in the cards 😊

After a very rough week, my husband arranged to have our kids watched so that he could be at the reception with me. I got to see many friends and many artists I've never met in person. I teared up several times hearing directly from people what my work and my words have meant to them. @ritayannyart 😉

Hearing people reflect that my installation felt like an embrace, a cocoon, a nest is deeply satisfying. I'm so glad so many people could interact and connect with this piece once again. The opportunity to exhibit What connects us again is all I could have hoped for.

I'm going to make arrangements to go back and see everything all over again. I hope you visit, the TMA Contemporary Exhibition is up through August 15th.

An added note: After many years of wearing a mask nearly everywhere, I took a chance not wearing a mask around so many people. It was nice to say fuck it but I'll likely continue to mask up for awhile because it felt strange to leave my health in the hands of so many people. I will be taking home tests in a few days. I don't feel judged by not masking for 1 night but I do still feel responsible for the care of others and it is important to me to continue to do that

Fat City Emporium reunion show

At the opening reception for the Fat City Emporium reunion show ( art shown in the photo) I saw so many people. I had so many different types of conversations that filled me. It's still awkweird ( I mean that) to see so many people.​​​​​​​​
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I heard compliments not only about my work but about the things I said and who I am. It has been a hard fight to accept these compliments to feel that I deserve them. I still push them away more than I should but I'm working on it. ​​​​​​​​
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So after a very vulnerable tender week this is my gratitude post. Madison has a way to go to have the inclusive, easily navigable, connected arts community I dream about but we're making strides. I'm happy to play a small part in that and to be a witness to growth on multiple levels. ​​​​​​​​
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I'm thankful to grow alongside all of you. 💓​​​​​​​​
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Photo: Ryan Robinson

Renter, Renew exhibition opening

If you're in the Madison area this Thursday I would be delighted if you stopped in during Overture Galleries reception from 4-6pm

I'll be talking about my work somewhere between 4-5pm

Can't wait to see and meet many printmakers in town for @sgcinternational conference!

Hope to also see some familiar faces too 😉

Call and Response opening

Hey Madison friends,
This Saturday 3-6pm is the reception for the Communication Madison
Pop- up at Garver Canvas!! The exhibition titled Call and Response: Building relationships Between Artists and With Community has received a great response from the community ❤️

Help us celebrate the work of over 50 artists from the 5hop and even more work from @artworkingmadison artists for the entire day!

I have a few works on view including this original Wellness #1, a woodcut print on clothing pattern paper on canvas. It's a nest of birds that have kept my mental well-being in check during these past few years 🕊️

Hope to see both artists and community alike!

* Masks are and will continue to be required in this space*

Exhibition Reenter, Renew officially open

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Wellnest #3

Tonight is the opening reception of the Symbiosis exhibition at Communication in Madison

To celebrate showing my most recent woodcut alongside other amazing shop artists I dropped some limited edition risograph Wellnest prints in the shop 🎉

2 different nests only 13- 11"x8.5" prints available in the shop so get them while they last

All sorts of color backgrounds available.

See you tonight. I'll be wearing a bird dress 🐦

Interconnected Exhibition Opening

Grateful for a great series of talks, a small outdoor drop in workshop and opening reception for Interconnected!

A great group of people came through, most I met for the first time.

Many swapped bird stories with me or asked very insightful questions about my work.

So honored to share this space with Beth Stoddard and to hear much more about her Art Servancy residency at Fitzsimmons Park. Her work really celebrates the unique biodiversity of a place untouched by development.

Many, many thanks to Kristin Gjerdset for inviting us to exhibit, for arranging many details, for being an amazing art patron, for teaching me about sexing Monarchs and for grabbing me lunch 😊 If you don't already follow her on Instagram, she shares a lot of beautiful nature, specifically insect art. Kristin cares deeply about insects and kindly shared her sandwich with a few wasps yesterday ❤️

Anyway thanks for showing up for art and connection 🥰

Interconnected is up through Oct 15.
Gallery hours are
9-9pm Monday-Saturday
1-9pm Sunday

We'd love to hear if you stop by, tag us or message us and share your thoughts.

Shadows

Shadows of 2 months of work are the stuff of dreams.

When I was creating the installation, layering, combining and cutting I hadn't really thought about how the light would interact with the cut openings to reveal a nest of shadows.

I have surprised and delighted even myself in creating "What connects us" Being surprised by a finished result is a very rare event for an artist that always prepares for multiple outcomes.

It has been an immense gift to create an installation that honors and invites wonder of these intricate patterns of connection that reveal themselves underfoot, in our marrow, in synapses, in the sky, in your imagination.

Join Beth Stoddard and myself for the opening reception of Interconnected this Friday Sept 10 5-7pm.

The Interconnected exhibition is on view through Oct 15 .