Scroll Project and Other Things 2014

Now I'm at a point  creatively,where the Afghan war is winding down and should be ending at the beginning of next year. The scroll has evolved from focusing on war and policies , to the environment, income inequality and control of the media by plutocrats. Sometimes it feels like information overload. I still have yet to figure out the ideal way to exhibit the scrolls in their entirety.

Recently Jason Pramas and I created the Boston Strong ? Exhibit and had a showing at the Community Church of Boston in Copley Square. The exhibit was to address the lack of outpouring of money and support for the hundreds of victims of violence in Boston since the marathon bombing of 2013. It also called attention to the corporations backing the Boston Strong movement yet negatively impact urban communities with foreclosures and opposition to substantial healthcare. We are tentatively scheduled to bring the show to the Grove Hall Library this August but my work will encompass other issues affecting communities of color in addition to violence.

I participated recently ( June 4)  in a panel discussion titled "How We Get By" at Lesley University in which a number of artists discussed how the generate income and make a living while making art. It was a difficult thing to discuss for myself because for so many years my artmaking took a backseat to my teaching, parenting, paying bills etc. As a teacher , I continue to create murals with my students, chaperone trips to museums and had the participate in the Memory Project . This is a project where students draw portraits of children in orphanages from other countries and the portraits are delivered to them. Our school also gives a financial contribution of support.

In October of this year, I will be participating in the interactive Living Space Exhibit and The  Isabelle Stewart Gardner Museum. Part of a show by artist Ling Ming Wei, it involves bringing things to the living room the invite conversation in a casual setting.  I'm thinking of my African American doll collection.