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New work, new creative direction, new job 🌟 I’m excited to continue to push myself as an artist and also begin my new role as Assistant Teaching Professor of Art and Director of the Trustman Art Gallery at Simmons University 🦈 Images: 1&2: Work from “Nothing Matches, Everything Shines” 3: HAI HI HII 👋 4&5: Work from “Nothing Matches, Everything Shines” 6: Website updated 7: New role ✨

Come to @maamboston and see “The Myth of Normal: A Celebration of Authentic Expression.” The exhibition is up for another month! My work, “Pair” is part the exhibition. Image Credit for first image: The Myth of Normal: A Celebration of Authentic Expression. October 5, 2023 – May 19, 2024. MassArt Art Museum, Boston. Photo: Mel Taing (@m.ltaing )

Sea Glass is Dimond was my biggest solo exhibition thus far. Thank you @hpopinchalk @trustman_gallery for the opportunity! Thank you @kyle.mendelsohn for your help 🌟 Also, I appreciate all of the Gallery and Curatorial Fellows Cat Teo, Calla Savelson, and Kaitlin Benton for writing such thoughtful guides for the exhibition. Thank you 💕 Also, @m.ltaing aka absolute treasure and amazing artist photographed the exhibition for me. Thank you! ❤️ all of these images are photographed by Mel Taing

Another #studiosunday with @bertypark today!! One of my favorite things about her work is how impossible it feels to trace a beginning or an end. Each piece exists in this continuous, fluid state that keeps your eye moving and wondering. Her technique is deeply personal, shaped by a process and set of skills she’s taken the time to fully develop and make her own. There’s a quiet intention in that, and it really shows. “I paint, cut, weave, and crush objects to create my sculptural work. Knowing that anything can be altered with my hands, I make with materials that are affordable and easily accessible: scrap wood pieces discarded from woodshops, used plastic lunch plates found in secondhand stores, and unwanted studio debris collected from artists in my community.  I intertwine these diverse and distinct items without following rules or logic, disregarding their original functions. Instead, I attempt to create uninhibitedly, like a child, clashing textures and colors, and forming unexpected associations and tensions. Just as a child might turn a broken tree branch into a magic wand, I assign new roles to objects to create my own make-believe world, where functions and values are redefined.   While my work may not follow a conventional set of rules, I want it to be approachable. Children may gravitate toward shiny, plastic plates. Others might recognize mesh bags that once held onions or paper towels used to wipe paint brushes. I choose materials that can be found in hardware stores, recycling bins, and closets: things people know. I want viewers to come closer, notice what they recognize and begin making sense of moments that are puzzling. By altering familiar objects, I make everyday items appear strange while leaving some materials to be identifiable. See-sawing between recognition and confusion, My work is at once tangible and abstract.” ~Loretta Park

Thank you @gregcookland for come see and share Crafting The Mind @somervillemuseum in his amazing blog -Wonderland - linked in bio. The show will be closing this coming Saturday March 28 from 3pm- 5pm - and will be open Thursday 2-7, and Friday 2-5pm. Please PM me if you’d like to meet me at the museum on Thursday or Friday afternoon!

I’m honored to be part of Salon Together— a special fundraiser exhibition at Dimensions Variable supporting the production of their upcoming 16-year publication.   All works in this exhibition have been generously donated by artists who have exhibited with DV, participated in their studio program, or collaborated with them over the years. 💛 100% of proceeds go directly to helping bring this publication to life — a project that will document and celebrate the artists, conversations, and community that DV has built in Miami over the last sixteen years.   I’m proud to support a space that has supported so many artists and to help preserve this important piece of Miami’s cultural history.   Join us for the opening: February 28, 6–9 PM @dimensions_variable   You can also view and purchase works directly online: 🔗 /exhibition/salon-together/   If you’re in Miami, please come see the show — and if you’re able, consider supporting this project by purchasing a work.   #salontogether #dimensionsvariable #miamiart #artistrun #contemporaryart

January daily drawings and trapped crayons

Opening Reception on Thursday, January 15 from 6-8pm @somervillemuseum ! Curated by @daniellekrcmar and @rasumay , “Crafting the Mind” is an exhibition of contemporary fiber art inspired by the early use of craft as therapy at McLean Hospital, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital, founded in 1818 at Somerville’s Barrell Mansion. At McLean, patients created textiles as part of the hospital’s “moral cure,” an approach rooted in compassion, creativity, and care. Through contemporary fiber practices, the exhibition explores evolving ideas of health and treatment while connecting this history to today’s advocacy for mental healthcare equity. On view: January 15 - March 28, 2026 Featuring work by artists: Betty Antoine, Amy Caliri, Cicely Carew, Mimi Clark, Alison Doucette, Leah Dunn, Farah Faustin, Samantha Fields, Ifé Franklin, Kate Holcomb Hale, Kayla Johnson, Lauren Leone, Joetta Maue, Michele Moran, Loretta Park, Carl Phillips, Darryl Richards, Carter Schocket, Josie Sosa, Matthew Treggiari 💕❤️ Hope to see you at the opening!!!!

Come to the opening reception of The Big Show @gallery_very tomorrow, Saturday, 12/6 from 5-9pm! Would love to see you ❤️thank you @johnguthrie8 for including my work in the show! The Big Show at Gallery VERY Artists: John Axon Jason Corriea Audrey Goldstein Benjamin Hawley Loretta Park Jameel Radcliff Ellen Rich Cheryl Schainfeld Charles Suggs Elizabeth Thatch Juno Soleil Vieira

Net Grab Bag, 2025 & Rolling Tilit, 2025 These two pieces were recently on view @artsendicott this summer/early fall 🍃🍁 Hoping for more studio days soon 🙏❤️

Artist Profiles: Loretta Park Loretta is an instillation artist working with sculptures using discarded and gifted materials. More recently her work is inspired by this idea of childlike play: unstructured, and uninhibited.

“Nothing Matches Everything Shines” is currently on view until August 8 @buartgalleries 808 Gallery Windows 🪟 🗓️✨SAVE THE DATE: Please come to the closing reception on Friday, August 8, 5-7pm at 808 Gallery! Walls will be flipped so the works can be viewed inside 😘 Thank you @madeleine.day for curating and writing about the exhibition ✨❤️ and thank you @lissa_cramer_ for inviting me to show my work! Would love to see you all at the reception 🙏☺️