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An interview with the humans behind Urbana Museum of Photography (UMoP) requires an in-person visit and face-to-face conversation. To Zoom, chat, or e-mail with those called to carry on the tradition of analog photography would miss the point entirely. So this week I made my way to UMoP to meet founder and owner Lyosha Svinarski, and curator Anna Longworth. Here's what happened.
Read MoreI am so honored to be included in this new campaign and to be in the company of so many local artists. Thanks Urbana Arts and Culture Program for your support. And lots of to Art Coop, inc. & The Urbana Free Library, When I came here for grad school, little did I’d find my creative home and my tribe.
Read MoreInspired by my recent illustrated book, Confessions by Numbers: The Coronavirus Edition, The Number Story Project flips the script on late COVID life “number numbness” by using numbers as storytelling tools to share our COVID experiences, the inspiring, the challenging, and the life-changing.
Stay tuned for news at The Number Story Project website.
I was so excited to participate in this virtual exhibition and have my book, Confessions by Numbers: The Coronavirus Edition join the conversation about how art can be a portal to change. It’s also the first recording of me reading the book. Enjoy!
Check out the full online program here.
I’m so grateful for this opportunity to serve Urbana through community art. And for the support of the City of Urbana and the company of so many talented artists making change happen. Here’s a sneak peek at our projects.
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Here’s my author’s page where you can get updates or copies of my paperback only (sorry) book.
This week a beloved feminist icon was “replaced” by someone the Gilead resistance would easily call a gender traitor. And while any candidate might have failed to live up to RBG’s legacy, Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation feels like the ascendancy of the anti-Ruth. Womxn and members of the LGBTQIA+ community fear we are about to take a trip Back to the Future minus the happy Hollywood ending.
Read MoreI’ve come to believe that the circumstances of our birth create an imprint. For some it may be subtle or without long-lasting consequences. For me, not so much.
Read MoreThe earth remembers. It holds the history of each planting and pruning. Each relocation and removal. Every heart given. Every love lost. Ghost plants walk between two worlds. They cross the veil between the past and the present. They can emerge yards away from where they once resided
Read MoreIn more stable years, the frenzy of summer is followed by the gradual slowing down as trees and humans alike prepare for the bittersweet brilliance of autumn and the quiet darkness of winter. But when faced with extraordinary stressors, a tree can decide to “early autumn,” voluntarily hastening the inevitable shutting down in order to conserve what little energy remains.
This past week I discovered that several of my trees and bushes had chosen this path. And I can’t say that I blame them. As I take a hard look “within” I see evidence of my own “early autumning.”
Read MoreMilton Glaser died today. Then US Weekly tweeted about it. And I can’t decide if that’s a bad thing or not.
Read MoreLearning that dandelions were “nothing more than weeds,” was the first in a series of childhood disappointments.. But like many “firsts,” it’s the one I can’t forget.
Read MoreAs Smile Politely’s arts editor, I was offered the opportunity to share a snapshot of my life during quarantine. It was a surprising experience. The photos of my cats, like the shots of recently stress-baked banana bread, were to be expected. But what was not, was the sadness. The grief. And a general unease with the outside world. As someone who reads and writes for a living you’d think I’d be more comfortable with my own thoughts. But though we may try to keep creating as if what’s going on “out there” has not changed. It is has. And whether we realize it or not. So have we. The physical disease is only one way that the pandemic infects us.
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