Public Art
MOCA Cleveland Winter Solstice Partnership { 2020}
A walkable meditation spiral based on the solstice transition from light to dark / dark to light.
This spiral consisted of handmade scratch paper and large sanded sticks. The participants were asked to drag a stick along the paper as they walked the spiral. The mark making revealed a change over time that mimicked the darkest day and the coming light. The slow pace asked people to consider this natural transition in a way that the busy pace of life might not.
The Mandala Project
{ 2018 }
I set out to do the Mandala Project towards the last days of Winter, leading up to Spring. Craving sun, warmth, and balance it just felt right to make a daily Nature Connection that intertwined with creating. For me these Mandalas honored in a small, very authentic, way my (our) ability to use the outdoors and art as grounding devices. And at the same time that we are grounded we lift up into the universe a part of ourselves, resulting in so much more than the simple arrangement of natural materials that I pulled together into circles time and time again.
Spring arrived and I had created Mandalas for 23 days through the shifting weather and manic moods of late Ohio Winter. Sometimes I created more elaborate arrangements, some paired down, some with my kids, many alone, some with only minutes to spare, others built up over time. All meant something and this practice of daily creation became a force that fueled me in unexpected ways.
This personal project led to public projects. The MOCA Winter Solstice Partnership in 2020 was a connection formed after they viewed my Mandala Project online. Land studio purchased a suite of printed editions which now live on the NICU floor at MetroHealth. And the self-published book from 2016 titled, "Collect, Make, Explore" can definitely shed some light on the nature connection that had been growing for some time and led to the mandala making that is still in progress to this day.
Community Murals
{2024}
The Community Murals project was born out of the need to beautify downtown Chagrin Falls, Ohio during a two year construction project of the main bridge. Artists within a 50 mile radius were invited to submit design proposals and eight were selected to create 6 x 8 foot murals realized as digitally printed panels.
The murals were a celebration of community and togetherness, raising the collective vibration during a challenging time. My mural is titled, " We Carry Each Other". Of course within the mural I created I wished to address the connectedness of the community members within neighborhoods, small businesses, schools, and services within Chagrin Falls. Another prominent theme within my work is also the river that runs through all of it. The Chagrin River runs through the center of town, and the bridge being repaired involved a lot of work with the falls and river beneath it. We are essentially taking care of the river that in turn takes care of us.
The Mural Project was initially placed on moveable wooden panels within Riverside Park but since have been moved to a permanent home on a wall outside of a local business.
