Be a Ladder, Art in the Orchard, 2021
Be a Ladder is a site specific installation located at Park Hill Orchard in Easthampton, MA. After a very challenging year, Julie Rivera, Diane Travis and I felt called to create an installation that inspired healing and doing good work in our communities. Be a Ladder consists of repurposed wooden ladders, found objects, recycled materials with 2D and 3D elements, incorporating woodcut images on fabric.
Familiar Territory
Collaboration with Julie Rivera at A.P.E Gallery, Northampton, MA
Woodblock Print Wall
Collaboration with Julie Rivera and Diane Travis at the Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
Direction Home
Collaboration with Julie Rivera and Diane Travis at the Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
Steamroller Printing
I participated with Julie Rivera and Diane Travis in a Northampton Arts Council project called Steamroller Printing. Ten artist designs were selected to be printed by a road steamroller. We worked together for a month to carve a 4' x 6' MDF board and used imagery from the body interior as our theme. The community came together on a beautiful spring day to ink, print, hand rub, and display all the prints in a show that night. A true community spirit prevailed when the steamroller broke and everyone had to pool resources (and arm strength) to get the blocks printed.
