My solo exhibition, On Site, at Caldwell College’s @muellergallery came down last week. Huge thanks to the wonderful faculty and students at Caldwell, with special thanks to Gallery Director @suzannelaurakammin , Interim Director Jennifer Noonin, and student curator Savhana Hood. It has been wonderful to share my work and talk about process, materiality, and inspiration with many engaged students throughout install to breakdown.
📸: @kevintfrances
I am pleased to announce that I have been selected as the inaugural EPA Artist in Residence for the Lower Passaic River. This program is in partnership with the Lower Passaic River Urban Waters Federal Partnership, New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program, Newark Arts and Newark City Parks Foundation as Project Partners; the Hudson River Foundation as Administrator; and the US Environmental Protection Agency.
This summer I will host community programming along the Lower Passaic, between Paterson and Newark, in pursuit of the creation of a large-scale public artwork. If you are interested in the Passaic, I’d love for you to be a part of my project. Stay tuned for more soon!!
📸: @williamaortega Lower Passaic waterfront 2024
My second round of on-site papermaking happened at Oxfordhalvøya. There were sculptural growlers (baby icebergs) in the shoreline behind me. The landscape felt like another planet. I didn’t explore much because I had a quota (lol) to fill. Now, after seeing shipmates’ photos of the landing, I am a bit regretful that I did not plan more time to explore. Still, it was a very full day.
Swipe for documentation of other papermaking and some other fun stuff from that day (including an outtake from @katinthehats project)
The sun dipped lower every night, and this night it glowed so intensely it looks as if the horizon was on fire.
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Inspired by Journal Square and our human desire to fly like a bird, we will make kites and windsocks that reflect something about Journal Square, drawing from its architecture, history, people, and events.
What does a portrait of a place look like? Perhaps it’s the Jackie Robinson statue you saw before walking from the train station, or it’s the giant brick building of Mana that piques your curiosity about its history. The stories we learn will inspire you to make something that carries meaning.
Join us Jin Jung @constructed_ephemera & Amanda Thackray @mandattacks for this make-and-fly workshop as a part of Jersey Art Book Fair @itsdense at Mana Contemporary on Sunday, May 3, 2026, 3:30 - 6:30 pm. #jabfair2026 #jerseyartbookfair
Really great print-centric day today at BFAPF! @purchaseprintmaking is killing it 🔥 just like last year. Ran into lots of friends, some who I haven’t seen in maybe a decade. Prints are the greatest but print friends are even greatester.
Tuesday: one very full day in DC to share my in-progress work on Riparian Chorus, my EPA-funded residency on the Lower Passaic River, as part of the National Estuary Peogram and Urban Waters workshop at the EPA.
It was so great to connect with other River AIRs from across the country, reconnect with @alethea_pace who is in-residence on the Harlem River, and meet many of the amazing folks at the EPA.
I took a scannerbed-focused riso class this weekend at The Center for Book Arts and I had such a great time playing with materials for my in progress Passaic River project. It is always exciting to work quickly, especially when in the midst of loooongterm projects.
Collaboration in the printshop on so many levels! New leather rollers (🤩) being tended to by our amazing shop tech team of @ianharkeu supported by @theprintedlamb and @maeshapirostudio . On press litho troubleshooting. And a cool handmade paper experiment by @bunniesdoodles from last semester’s casting workshop with SR LeJeune.
It was so nice to be back in the printshop after so many snow days keeping us out early in the semester.
Emptied an 8hr unbleached uncooked flax from the beater, processed over the course of two weeks. This stuff drains so slowly that it really tests my patience, but is totally worth it. #iykyk❤️
