Picnic is a social engagement initiative that encourages community building and shared discourse through the collective creation of large-scale quilts in underutilized public spaces.
Picnic | Oregon Contemporary | Portland, Oregon
Picnic | Nelson Atkins Museum of Art | Kansas City, Missouri
Picnic | Nelson Atkins Museum of Art | Kansas City, Missouri
Picnic | Kansas City, Missouri
Picnic | Taipei, Taiwan
Vestige was co-created with Tere Mathern as part of a residency in Fall 2017 with New Expressive Works. The piece developed from open research and investigation of material and its relationship to the body. The performance used movement to continually transform fabric and paper, and create visually dynamic images that resonates with the collective psyche in varied ways.
Calorie Count is a durational performance developed for the Paragraph Gallery
exploring food production in the United States. The four-day performance involved the methodical sorting of corn kernels between place settings and the floor to create a visual representation of labor and waste involved in bringing food to the table.
Calorie Count, Day 1 | Paragraph Gallery | Kansas City, Missouri
Calorie Count, Day 3 | Paragraph Gallery | Kansas City, Missouri
Calorie Count, Day 2 | Paragraph Gallery | Kansas City, Missouri
Calorie Count, Day 4 | Paragraph Gallery | Kansas City, Missouri
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