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My Spring 2015 Trashion Show Grand-Slam
I was recently honored by being asked to emcee and show work in three trash-fashion shows across the great Pacific Northwest! Last summer I moved from Santa Fe, NM (my home for the last 20 years) to Portland, OR, where I grew up. It is great to be back in the climate that my body…
Read the full post »Moving and Sustainability Part 2
Last week I posted about my move to Portland, Oregon. My spouse Nicole, who is helping me with my blog-posts and social media campaigns, continues the theme diving deeper into the relationship between moving, sustainability, and nomadic cultures. If you Google the word “nomad” lots of things come up right away: urban nomad, modern nomad,…
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This summer my spouse, Nicole, and I moved from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Portland, Oregon. We made the move partially to be near family (Portland is my home town) but also for sustainability reasons. Almost daily we read articles about the long-term drought facing the southwest region of the US, and it seemed clear…
Read the full post »World Oceans Day at the Georgia Aquarium
In June I spent a wonderful week at The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta celebrating World Oceans Day by partnering with the Aquarium to provide recycled art workshops, a mini-exhibition, and a presentation about my work. Prior to my arrival two of my recycled fashion sculptures were displayed in the center court that links all the…
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My Artist Residency at the Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, WI Last week I had the honor of being the artist in residence at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin. (It took me about a month to memorize saying that without tripping over my tongue.) The residency was in conjunction with my…
Read the full post »Sol Man Lands at Santa Fe Community College
Donating Sol Man to the Santa Fe Community Foundation This Friday at 10:30am at the Santa Fe Community College, Trades and Advanced Technology Building entrance, one of my sculptures, Sol Man, will be officially donated to the SSFC permanent art collection. Last year I created Sol Man in collaboration with the Santa Fe Community College-…
Read the full post »Residencies, Workshops and Lectures– oh my!
I have had the honor of being invited to several artists residencies, lectures on my work and upcycled workshops so far this year. Here is an account of my recent activities! (Additional photos of my adventures can be seen in the links below to my facebook page. While looking at the photos PLEASE DO ME…
Read the full post »Seeking your creative input!
I’m excited to announce that I am developing a 16 section educational presentation called “Creative Sustainability: educational materials for preserving our planet.” It addresses issues ranging from waste, to consumerism, to climate change. Each section contains photos of my sculptures that relate to the theme of the section; fun eco-quizes; and projects that utilize art,…
Read the full post »Recycle Runway returns to the Atlanta Airport!
In 2011-2012 I had an exhibition of 21 of my sculptures in the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for 14 months. The ATL Airport has invited me back for a second show in 2016 because the first one was “one of our most popular exhibits”! The exhibition will open in the fall of 2019. I’m so…
Read the full post »Sol Man: An Energy Superhero
This spring I had the pleasure of working with 130 sixth grade students at Ortiz middle school in Santa Fe, NM. The project combined art with science to teach energy conservation. The outcome was a new recycled costume, the Sol Man. The project was the result of a fellowship I received called Toyota TogetherGreen administered…
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