Abigail Moses

A collection of moments— communion, connection, creation… parts of the process. I am creating! I am alive! Yippee! Bouncing between my creative spaces that I have been deeply blessed by @second.studio @studioc.caac and JoAnnes (coming soon), making art for the fun of it, baking cakes for people i love, making art with and for people i love, trying new things, building community and learning how to live and love more and more and more. I don’t know what i’m doing but i’m doing it. #jostarrmo #abigailmosesart #artist #artprocess #processart

✨ Meet our Artist-In-Residence and Studio Manager @jostarrmo - Abigail Moses (she/they) is an artist and art facilitator based in their hometown of Columbus, Indiana. Abby has experience in multiple mediums from painting and printmaking to sculpture, but now has a special focus on ceramics as the Resident Artist and Studio Manager at Studio C. Having taught classes and exhibited art across central and southern Indiana, one of the core focuses of their work is empowering people through connection and creative expression. Abby’s artwork focuses on natural patterns and symbiotic relationships, emphasizing the often-overlooked beauty, interconnectedness, and queerness of life. You can find her work online at #artsincolumbus #studioc

We are so excited to share our test tiles! These are some of the glaze options that we’re considering for Studio C!

Spring is here— time to plant some seeds! 🌱 We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you this baby, “Seeds of Change”, my first screen print since high school. I really enjoyed the process, though there is plenty to fine-tune still. Cheers to trying new things— and cheers to our perpetual becoming as we learn and grow and create our symbiotic future together. 🍄‍🟫 🌱 🌲 These prints are not on my website yet but if you’re interested, DM me. $25/1 or $40/2 including shipping. 11x14” on heavyweight paper #screenprint #printmaking #handmadeprint #jostarrmo #seedsofchange

No filter, just watercolor and sunlight 🌞✨ prints coming soon! With the light’s return and spring waiting around the corner, I’m coming alive again… but I’ll admit, I actually like winter. These pics were from after the big snow storm at the end of January, which I’m a bit nostalgic for. I like when it’s quiet and clean and slow… but thank God the light is finally returning. #watercolor #mushroomart #mushroomartist #natureart #natureartist

This has been consuming my thoughts lately. The only way we’re going to have a better world is to CREATE it, and that requires courageously releasing the shame + fear that stands in the way of our honest expression. Art is a technology to help you uncover your truest self and help others do the same. We have to face ourselves if we are going to get to the other side of this BS. The revolution starts in your heart. Now is the time to embrace the love that awaits you on the other side of fear. I am learning how to do that. I’m learning how to let myself be imperfect and forgive myself for it, to rewrite the programming that keeps me small, stressed, and quiet. I am learning how to let myself bloom and that its very important to do so, so that I can help others do the same. Love will always win over fear and fascism, but we have to deal with the putrid rot of our collective shame, grief, and fear. We must rewrite our story, and lean into who we know ourselves to be. It starts with you and with us. #mushroomart #turkeytailmushroom #watercolor #natureart #natureartist

WIP— almost done 🌞 Trying to make more and share more! Self expression feels hard sometimes but is very needed. What do you want to see more of from me? A few years ago I was on a roll making and posting art but I fell off that pattern due to life changes and want to cultivate it again. Let me know what resonates with you and what you enjoy viewing and I’ll do my best do share more of it! 💞 sending y’all love. #watercolor #watercolorart #fungiart #mushroomart #turkeytailmushrooms

Being raised in dogmatic religion gave me a strong sense of fear, guilt, and shame which pervaded my self esteem and ability to live authentically. It’s been a large part of my work as an artist to release this conditioning and work through the grief of living in such a deeply corrupt world. I often censor myself because I fear scrutiny from people who don’t want to understand… which limits my light from reaching those who truly need it. But I’m beginning to realize my role in dismantling our deeply corrupt system involves healing myself, sharing my vision, and spreading inspiration to uplift others like me. If anything I share resonates with you, I’m grateful for the connection. This piece holds self-forgiveness. I may never be right in some people’s eyes but at least I’m doing my best to be honest and real. I know love in a way that would have never been possible previously. I gave myself permission to be the thing people didn’t want me to be (myself) and it’s the best thing that ever happened to me. Every day I discover myself more and more through my life, my connections, my studies, and my practices. It’s a privilege to be able to write about this, and I lament that I’ve not shared my gifts more. I hope you give yourself permission to use your gifts and live as fully as you are called to, free of fear, guilt, and shame. Eat Your Holy Life! Don’t wait. Free yourself from your self-imposed limits and learn how to love yourself again. The world depends on it! In doing so, we retrain our nervous systems and step towards a future full of harmony, beauty, connection, reciprocity, and self-actualization. Change starts within— it starts with you giving yourself the grace to try again as many times as you need to release the pain that prevents you from loving yourself. I’m so proud of you and I’m so proud of me 💞 thanks for tuning in. To see the creation of this piece and the installation of the exhibition I showed it in, go to my profile (2 posts before this one). I don’t usually make work like this, but I’m letting my creativity explore 🥰 more to come! #papermache #papermachesculpture #sculpture #jostarrmo #abigailmosesart

❄️There’s only 3 weeks until our 2026 Vision Board Workshop, where you’ll enjoy a fun + relaxed collage session with reflective prompts and approachable techniques by our lovely artist, Abby Moses @jostarrmo 🥰 🌅Hone your vision for the new year and collage your dreams into art using our extensive library of collage materials. 🤩 Feel free to bring some of your own mementos and memerobilia to include, too! 💕 Bring a friend and get a discount, with $15 off when you buy a pair of tickets 🎟️🥳 Stay cozy inside our studio space and make memories with us this new year! ✨ #thingstodosouthernindiana #thingstodoindiana #shopsmall #supportsmallartists #supportsmallbusiness

I created these pretty babies for the “50/50, A Community Art Project” exhibition opening, which I had the pleasure of helping install 💕 Over the course of November I helped @artsincolumbus uninstall their previous show “Reverberations Forever” and prepare the @411gallery for the “50/50” exhibition, which showcases 50 works made on a 4x4” panels by local artists as a fundraiser for the Columbus Area Arts Council. I was chosen as a featured artist to expand the possibilities of what could be made with the panel, and I used it as a base for these sculpted fish. Swipe to go back in time through the process of creating this artwork, installing the show, preparing the gallery with some fresh paint and repairs, packing artwork, and the overall evolution from the previous show. I had a lot of fun! It was a treat to get to see such a diverse range of creativity from local artists up close. I love what I do and I love working with other creative people! If you haven’t seen the show yet, it’s up until January 16th 💕 Also I spent all month preparing for this show and then forgot to get any pics of me and my piece or ANYTHING AT the exhibition reception 🤦‍♀️ I feel so silly! Anyways— enjoy the deviation from the norm! Ive been itching to sculpt fish for a while 😁 This piece is called “Eat Your Holy Life”. Made with paper mache clay, cardboard, tin foil, spackle, acrylic, ribbon, beads, string, shrink plastic, sequins, and glue. #papermache #papermacheart #artgallery #artstudio #artcommunity

Back at it, bitches ⚡️ #fungiart #fungiartist #mushroomart #mushroomartist #watercolorart #watercolorartist #contemporarywatercolor #contemporarywatercolour #watercolor #watercolour #watercolorlove #watercolourlove #mushroomlove #mushroomlover #fungilove #fungilover #fungipainting #trametesversicolor #turkeytailmushroom #turkeytailmushrooms #natureart #natureartist #naturelove #naturelover #jostarrmo #abigailmosesart #embellishment #processvideo #processvideos #artprocess

I’ve been making art again and it feels good…. And I’m trying to share more freely again too. I tend to censor myself for fear of disappointing or upsetting people, but I’m learning to be okay with not being everyone’s cup of tea. I’m terribly sensitive and wish it wasn’t that way, but I feel a duty and conviction to express myself creatively and share my ideas so that others might be able and inspired to do the same. Life’s too short to live for other people’s approval. It’s okay to be wrong, to be cringe, to not live up to people’s expectations of you…. It’s okay to grow and to outgrow people and ideas— I think that’s kinda the whole point, isn’t it? To search for the highest expression of truth, love, and understanding? To become acquainted with the depths of yourself and your life, allow yourself to make mistakes, and to grow from it? We don’t have a large capacity for discomfort or nuance in our society. But I’m learning that they’re incredibly important to be able to grow beyond the shitshow we’ve got going on. I’ll never be perfect but I hope to be as true and honest as I can be. Sending you all love! A better world is possible! Love yourselves and each other even when it’s hard! Care for those who need it most! Allow yourself to make mistakes and forgive yourself when you do! Release shame, fear, and coercive control of any kind— they rot you from the inside out. The future needs your honest, shameless, beautifully imperfect self. You deserve to let yourself exist as wholly and authentically as you experience yourself. The haters will rot in their own self-hatred. The lovers will join you in communion and mutual-respect and we will co-create a more loving, just world together. The changes we seek are inevitable— and hope is prudent and vital! Allow yourself to be softened and mobilized to create the changes you wish to see in the world, starting with yourself. A better world is possible! #watercolor #fungiart #fungiartist #fungiartwork #fungilove #fungilover #mushroomart #mushroomartist #mushroomartworks #mushroomartwork #watercolorpainting #watercolour #contemporarywatercolor #contemporarywatercolour #artastherapy #artasmedicine #jostarrmo