“BREACH: LOGBOOK 25 | SUSTENANCE STUDY 2” Courtney M. Leonard 2025 | Hand coiled with Micaceous Clay… New work…. Now available…DM for details

“BREACH: Logbook 25 | SCRIMSHAW STUDY #1” Courtney M. Leonard, 2025
… Documenting Next Generation Views… Appreciative of the New Work as a part of BREACH: Logbook 25…

Studio time… working through the layers…

Current mood… coiling mood…

“Kelly Church and Courtney M. Leonard | “Convergence and Continuity” a collaborative installation created for the “Woven Being” exhibition, merging Church’s strong ties to Lake Michigan through her Pottawatomi and Ottawa heritage with Leonard’s ties to the Atlantic Ocean as a Shinnecock person.”

Honored to visit a magnificent exhibition this week on the life and work of Minnie Negoro, uplifted by her past students, Walter McConnell and Denise Pelletier and co-curated by UConn professors Dr. Hana Maruyama and Dr. Jason Chang.
#internationalwomensday #minnienegoro #ceramics #heartmountain

“BEACON”…
noun
bea·​con ˈbē-kən
1
a
: a lighthouse or other signal for guidance
b
: a radio transmitter emitting signals to guide aircraft
2
: a source of light or inspiration
2 of 2
verb
beaconed; beaconing; beacons
intransitive verb
: to shine as a beacon #Shinnecock #beacon #shoreline #studies

Re-Post: @thelilleymuseum
@courtneymleonardart’s 𝘉𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘊𝘏 #2 (2016) emerged from this reality, asking: 𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙣𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙩?
…currently on display as part of, 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙤𝙩𝙨: 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙪𝙢 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.

“my baby”… she’s moved with us so many times in the past five years… and because we’ve moved studios I haven’t had the proper chance to install her until now…

Looking forward to a new year of creating… healing from grief and building upon joy… Tábūtní to my family and friends for everything

Connecting our water relations… (a detail image of our collaborative installation)

Honored to be included to create a “Constellation” with Kelly Church as a part of “Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland” opening this weekend The Block Museum of Art | Northwestern…

A Detail Image of… “BREACH: Logbook 25 | DRIFT” on view as a part of “Once Upon A Shore”Curated by Heid E. Erdrich

WITH ARTISTS, COLE REDHORSE TAYLOR, TASHIA HART, JONATHAN THUNDER, GWEN NELL WESTERMAN & COURTNEY M. LEONARD

ON VIEW JANUARY 25, 2025 - JANUARY 4, 2026 @minnesotamarineartmuseum

Everyday is a good day to create with our next generation… don’t you think? #Breachlogbook25 #drift #motherdaughter #installation #artists #Shinnecock #water #relations