July 6, 2011

The Solid Sound Seven

This is the first series of prints that I’ve completed at PRESS this summer. I made it during the Wilco Weekend, when we were open for […]
July 4, 2011

My grandma’s garlic

On June 30th, my grandma would have turned 101. This summer I am growing some of her garlic. My mother has been doing this since my […]
June 29, 2011

Blue

I fell in love with the color blue while living on the island of St. Kitts in the mid-90’s. I was serving as a Peace Corps […]
June 26, 2011

Downstreet Art Begins!

          Wow! What a week! PRESS, my summer Downstreet Art Project opened. Check out this blog http://letterpressasapublicartproject.wordpress.com/ to find out what I’ve been […]
June 20, 2011

Art Basel

Ah, a week in Switzerland! With eight MCLA students and my colleague Jonathan Secor with the goal of seeing and doing everything Art Basel. This incredible […]
June 11, 2011

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

MCLA awarded me a Hardman Initiative Grant this year to help me incorporate writing into my studio art classes. My proposal included funding for a visiting […]
June 11, 2011

Alaska

In 2008 I spent two weeks in Denali National Park at mile 41 as part of the National Park Service Artist in Residence Program. When I […]
May 25, 2011

One Book Many Interpretations

I finished my entry for the Chicago Public Library’s latest installment of One Book Many Interpretations. The exhibit will open sometime in August, but work needed […]
May 16, 2011

Ambitious Projects

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth, […]
April 24, 2011

Motivation

What drives you? What gets you out of the bed every morning? What is your tipping point? You know, that moment when a project that’s been […]
March 6, 2011

Tree Portraits: Postcards

A variable tree rubbing edition with rules: 1. Edition size: 36, the age I celebrated in 2005. 2. A card was created in every place I […]