Last chance to see Love's Labor exhibition at the CCS Taubman in Detroit curated by Eleanor Oaks. @loveslabor.art
Unconditional Love made a reappearance in the show!
Unconditional Love
Neon and Hollow Sculpted Glass
2013
As an artist, I am heavily involved in the process of making. This work came to fruition as I was experimenting with technical neon processes and language. The neon running through the penmanship mimics the form of an EKG graph of an unsteady heartbeat, speaking to the undertones and hard realities of the phrase "unconditional love" in its most testing moments. As a new mother, I was not prepared for how much having a child would impact my mental health in postpartum, my autonomy, and the strains put on my relationship with my partner; We both feel that we never have enough time for our daily needs, let alone self care. As parents, we are to balance the love we give to those we deeply care for - child, partners, family, and friends - and the love and care we need to reserve for ourselves.
Check out Concentrate's article about the work of several organizations and individuals in Ann Arbor working to continue and further make Washtenaw County a vibrant arts community: including the @a2artcenter Art in Public Program, of which I direct.
A quote from the article:
"๐๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต," which can, in turn, "๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ [๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ] ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ด." - A2AC Art in Public Director, Hannah Kirkpatrick.
Thank you @0uizi for setting the scene, @doug_coombe for capturing some of the programs Murals and Alleyway installations so well, Natalia at Concentrate, and all the A2AC AiP individuals and past staff.
I am excited to announce my new position as the Art in Public Director at The Ann Arbor Art Center @a2artcenter ! I have been here for a few weeks and am absolutely enjoying the work and amazing staff. The center has worked to put up 18 murals and 4 alley way projects over the recent years. Check them out at /art-in-public/. Iโm am looking forward to merging my previous experience as an artist, art instructor, and masters of architecture graduate into supporting the production of new phenomenal projects in Ann Arbor with the center and the larger community! Stay tuned!
Come visit me at the #annarborartcenter this Sunday for a Valentineโs Day pop up sale! Iโll have budvases and cameo earrings available, accompanied by the delightful smell of cookies and soap.
I am excited to share with you my design line of cameo jewelry and glassware, all handmade by me! To celebrate its online presence and the holidays, enjoy 15% off your order with promo code โHELLOHOLIDAYSโ! Link in bio.
Thanks to @oraclevisuals@echardphoto@kelsie.mcnair for some great shots!
Thanks to models @crombezemily@voellocity@arianabrianne@charlottethepotter@gaylayforman@brittanytatealexander and Molly Kirkpatrick for making my earrings shine!
And thank you to my glassblowing assistants and @chryslermuseum glass studio: a special studio that allowed me the space and time to develop such work.
Cameo earring website on the way! Check back in around late November for the link! I keep delaying it because Iโm having too much fun playing with arrangements for photos. ๐
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