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People Moving

Storefronts

Imagination Alley

Storefronts

Time For An UPdate?

Storefronts

Storefronts

Socially Engaged

As My Neighbor Moves

Socially Engaged

Wonderland

Storefronts

Not to Scale

Socially Engaged

Radio!

Storefronts

Vigil

Storefronts

____ IS A WOMEN’S ISSUE!

Socially Engaged

Threshold

Socially Engaged

On The Map | Over-the-Rhine

Socially Engaged

Guided Walks

On The Map|Over-the-Rhine

Events

On The Map|Over-the-Rhine

Mapping and Stories

On The Map|Over-the-Rhine

Objects

On The Map|Over-the-Rhine

Seat at the Table

On The Map|Over-the-Rhine

Who do you want to move?

On The Map|Over-the-Rhine

Outside/In

Socially Engaged

Body Work

Mixed Media

Holy Flowers Floating

Mixed Media

untitled still life

Mixed Media

Patron Saint Jack

Mixed Media

Turtle

Drawings & Illustrations

The Magic Key

Drawings & Illustrations

Tea Break

Socially Engaged

[In]Visible, 2

Socially Engaged

[In]Visible: Ties That Bind

Socially Engaged

Mixed Media

Studio

Drawings & Illustrations

Studio

DAAP InterACT

Socially Engaged

Communal Ties

Socially Engaged

RidgeToRidge

Socially Engaged

The Voice Box

Socially Engaged

Graffiti Walls

Socially Engaged

Participatory Inquiry on Feminine Voice

Socially Engaged

Caregivers Circle Project

Socially Engaged

Community Surveys Art Project

Socially Engaged

Welcome! I’m glad you’re here.

My background in community organizing combines with art practice to fuel a strong interest in engaging with people and media in what I term aesthetic action.

Mapping, storytelling, dialogue, guided walks, video, sound, music, dance, printmaking, sculpture, and performance are media we have combined with intentionally designed experiential processes aimed at inviting people to engage, interact, participate, and express themselves.

I think often these days about how artist, educator, and writer Ted Purves defined social practice art: that which produces a space of encounter. I am most interested in framing experiences for people to connect – with themselves, each other, issues they care about, their places.

With this aesthetic of relationship at center, our work goes further, pointing to action participants might choose in response to changes in thought or feeling that relational experiences may bring.

I’d love to hear what you think – about the work on this site, and about art as a way for artists and communities to engage toward positive change!

From the Blog

  • On Time and Voice: thoughts on “rules” for artists working in and with communities November 18, 2015
  • Welcome to the Neighborhood! June 25, 2015

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