(Mostly) unprecedented times leads to unprecedented actions. No different with the need and want to create. In the spirit of Fluxus, reflection and adaptation, response to and creation of absurdity and wonder, a few dozen international creatives met on Jitsi to share a score under five minutes. Most were live. Some were created and recorded for the event. A big … Read More
Women’s Rights are Human Rights
Hello to you, from this all too infrequent blog post. I wanted to share some upcoming works that will be shown this weekend and share a bit more detail about one in particular. Women’s Rights are Human Rights will be shown during SOFA Expo this weekend. Also, TRUTH at Walnut Creek Farms will be shown as part of a show … Read More
Polar Vortex – One Year Later
Greetings. Please, get a sweater. Our winter isn’t over yet. I wanted to share images, thoughts, and even some video, from my 2014 Winter odyssey towards Buffalo, NY and the environments of the Great Lakes. I was going to represent my work and the infancy of the Sewing Forgiveness piece, that was to be shown at the U of Buffalo … Read More
Sewing Forgiveness: City of Chicago
Note: This blog entry is dedicated to Keith Buchholz. Without his invitation into this amazing group of creatives that is Fluxus, Sewing Forgiveness may never have been born. With many thanks dear Keith. Friday night September 5, will mark the next of many Social Practice performances titled Sewing Forgiveness. Specifically, Sewing Forgiveness: City of Chicago, will (and already has) entail … Read More
Potable – Rock Springs, WI
I want to share so much today that I am not sure where to begin. As the gesture Potable – Rock Springs, WI unfolds I wanted to firstly share the invitation to join me somewhere in Rock Springs or Reedsburg. Here was the invitation I compiled for the opening of Watermark at Woolen Mill Gallery in Reedsburg, WI. The cups … Read More
TRUTH at Walnut Creek Farms – Part II
Today is day 6 of my time here in Stillman Valley with The Fields Project – Bringing Art and Agriculture together. It is in fact my 8th year here after much counting and recounting with Anne Leuck Feldhaus. (She gave me her application in 2004). Thanks Anne! I will be forever grateful. As the previous post stated… My piece is … Read More
Fields Project 2011: TRUTH at Walnut Creek Farms
Here I am again… enjoying the wonderful mash up of art and agriculture with Ned and Lyrah Bushnell of Stillman Valley through the amazing organization that is The Fields Project. TRUTH is my project this year. Looking for TRUTH. Finding TRUTH in soil. Engaging others about their TRUTH. TRUTH in my own life. I asked about TRUTH on Facebook a … Read More
Potable
The art gesture called Potable is taking shape. Family members with whom I have spoke are excited about the project which I am humbled and excited about. Participants will include my mother, Helen Schwalbe of Cedarburg, WI 79 yrs. My brother David’s daughter Sheri Paape and her daughter Addison – 1 year old of Port Washington, Wisconsin. My other brother … Read More
The Oregon Tilth Project of The Fields Project
I was in Oregon, IL (actually housed in Stillman Valley, IL) on my 8th residency with The Fields Project. A community that celebrates their history of Loredo Taft and his artist colony here in the late 1800’s now celebrates its agriculture and culture connection. I can thank Anne Lueck Feldhaus for lending her application to me 8 yrs ago for … Read More
Rain, Irrigation, Creatures of Salida
I had a day or two of little work outside because of rain, cold, and such. Call me a wimp. I did want to share a video taken at my work site. The first is one of rafters going by in the cold, rain, and such and having a good time while I waited for the rain/wind to stop. … Read More
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