Projects & Installations

Past Installations

Unpacking Our Histories: Embracing Hope & Resilience

Unpacking Our Histories is a continuation of my commitment to providing art and art experiences for those of us living with mental health issues/illness. In a 4-part community building set of activities, participants reflected upon and honored our lives through the creation of a collaborative weaving. We incorporated symbols of and/or actual items from our lives. This project continues to honor the history of the individual and underscores the commonality of the collective experience.

This activity was made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.⁠

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Our Personal Stories

Our Personal Stories project was an eight-week exploration of resilience. Eight of us, all women, recognized and named, honored and supported, and then wrote about the strength that is seeded in our histories. The stories revealed and built, word by word, upon the layers of the resilience that reflect the strong and capable women we are in our own words. May you find inspiration here.

Featuring readings from:

Cecile Bellamy

Janetgrace Bergman

Martha Bird

Morgan Brooke

Kimberly A. Laudert

Rose Mullenix

T.L. Reeves

Amy Wilderson

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.⁠

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In the Middle

Co-curated a group exhibition with Ben Merritt at the Fresh Eye Arts’ St Paul Studio Gallery

Bona Fide 

Group exhibition at Fresh Eye Gallery

Exhibition Dates: March 30 - May 6

More info here

the bed beside me

Group exhibition at Fresh Eye Gallery

Exhibition Dates: May 10 - June 17, 2023

Reception: Friday, May 12, 6:00 - 8:00 PM  

 Eye to Eye REMAKE

Participating in Fresh Eye Gallery’s Eye to Eye exhibition project for the 2nd time. Eye to Eye is founded on the principles of radical inclusivity, where the gallery intentionally brings artists with and without disabilities together, who have also never met before, for the purpose of building a stronger creative community. Artists are paired up in teams of two to collaborate and create new artwork. I will be collaborating Chloe Russell Chang. 

Artist Collaboration: April 29 – July 13

Exhibition Dates: August 3 – September 9

Opening Reception: August 11, 6 – 9 PM

Artist Talk: August 24, 6:30 – 8 PM

Addressing Stigma in Mental Health in Ourselves and Others

This was the first Minnesota State Arts Board grant I received. Addressing Stigma was a three month series of workshops. From the beginning it was clear that the focus would be on stigma in ourselves. I was surprised by how much stigma I had within myself. Information sharing happened through guest speakers and the Make It Ok campaign. All this culminated in a needle felted art project that identified symbols of resilience in ourselves. Note that all the symbols are from nature.