Celery Jones and I will be having a reception of our work at Harlequin Aug 21, 5:30-6:30. Great chat, good food, and engaging art. Come see!
Our show pairs with Harlequin’s production of POTUS which starts Aug 22.

Many thanks to the Arts Commission for selecting my work for the Spring Arts Walk cover.

From The Matilda Effect Series:
Missing Josephine Corliss Preston.
Acrylic and colored pencil with metallic detail on exercise book cover
9 X 11"

Details and interview in link:

www.artswalkoly.com

Found this gem of a printable booklet from the organization Common Ground who commissioned this work by Andy Goldsworthy. I and a few other students helped him. Guess which one is me. 🙂
I will be talking about this and other things in the upcoming Washington Center Salon event on March 22nd.

In the studio filming for the Arts Commission interview. Many thanks to Jessica Strauss Tomy and Andrew Ebright. Thanks to John for taking these photos. Also Lucy Gentry my studio buddy for being so supportive. 🙏🌸

From The Matilda Effect Series:
Missing Joanna Karine Hoffman
Acrylic and pencil crayon on metal dish.
5.5 X 5.75"

Hoffman was the marketing director and a founding team member if apple. she wrote the first draft of the users interface manual. She expanded the company into Europe and Asia.

From The Matilda Series:
Missing Crystal Eastman and Alice Paul
Acrylic, colored pencil on canvas pastry frames hung from curtain poles and friendship bracelets.
24 X 40"

Many thanks to Andrea and her friend Morgan for custom making a donating the friendship bracelets. I'm truly grateful. 🙏❤️🌺

One of the most rewarding things about what I do is connecting with people. I was honoured to drop off Siri to her forever home last week. I will miss her gentle presence in my own home but am so happy she found a place she’ll be treasured. Thank you Julia Smit so much for your support. 🙏🩷🌸

From The Matilda Effect Series:
Missing Matilda Joslyn Gage Spilling the Tea
Acrylic and colored pencil on a print of Gage's newspaper column on archival cotton paper.
11 X 17"

The "Matilda Effect” references suffragist and columnist Matilda Joslyn Gage
Read the writing in her face.

This show at TCC came down today so if you missed it, here are some photos. Many thanks to all who made it a great success. For performance directed by Kate Ayers, written by Ayers & J Serembe check out my LinkTree, you’ll find it on there. Have a good weekend, thanks for all your support. 🙏🌸

From The Matilda Effect Series:
Missing Julia Child (née McWilliams)
Acrylic on acrylic serving tray
12 X 16”

Before bringing French cuisine to the US, Child worked in the OSS. She invented a shark repellent so sharks didn’t explode underwater ordinance. Her invention is still used today.

Thanks to Ms. Chen-Johnson for inviting me to talk to her humanities class at TCC, and thanks so much to the students who were super engaged and had great questions. 🩵

So proud and hugely pleased to announce I will be showing The Matilda Effect Series at The Matilda Joslyn Gage Museum in Fayetteville NY from the end of March to end of April.

www.matildajoslyngage.org

Thanks to all who came last night and made the evening such a roaring success.
Heartfelt thanks to Kate Ayers, John Serembe, Heather Christopher, Andrea Weston-Smart, Bill Peer, Jamie Crawford Kidd, Yuri Serembe and Michael Gaden. You are all amazing.

I will be participating in the holiday arts and crafts market on Dec 14 & 15 at LGM Studios where I share studio space with Lucy Gentry. Come and join the fun. Buy from real artists not big business. Hope to see you there!
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Artist reception for solo retrospective at The Gallery at TCC is Jan 9, 5-7 includes docent performance written and performed by John Serembe, and responding Misssing Women performances written by Kate Ayers.