Review of Dream State at PSC

Posted September 24, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Read a review of my current solo show, *Dream State,* at Pensacola State College by Troy Moon in *The Pirate*, Pensacola State College’s Digital Magazine

Circle

Posted August 31, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Dream State

Posted August 16, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Athena Standards Residency

Posted August 15, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

This July, I spent a month working in Athens, Greece at Athena Standards Residency along with artist Erin Cross. This residency was funded through a New Faculty Summer Research Grant at Auburn University. I worked on two separate projects, one new body of paintings for an upcoming show at Ground Floor Contemporary, and the other, a beginning to a new video/performance concept titled Resuscutation of Psyche.

SMDT Dancer Sabrina Pretto featured in Dance Magazine

Posted August 12, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Congratulations to SMDT Dancer Sabrina Pretto for being featured in **Dance Magazin**e for your first performance in *Sleeping Beaut*y. It was wonderful working with you and all the other dancers.

Six Degrees Dance Review: SMDT Sleeping Beauty

Posted August 12, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Click photo for a review of SMDT Sleeping Beauty by Cecly Placenti of Six Degrees Dance

Our DNA- Kehler Liddell Gallery

Posted June 19, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Three of my videos were included in *Our DNA*, a juried exhibition at Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven, CT. The show will be up from June 24-July 25. Click image for more information about the show.

SMDT Season III: Sleeping Beauty

Posted June 17, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

I am collaborating again with Sheep Meadow Dance Theatre to produce artwork for *Season III: Sleeping Beauty.* For more information about the livestream, which will take place on June 22 at 7:30pm EST and to purchase tickets click here.

Ground Floor Contemporary

Posted May 14, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Artfields 2021

Posted April 22, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Studio Visit Magazine vol 48

Posted April 14, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Excited to be in the company of other artists in Volume 48 of *Studio Visit Magazine*, juror, George Kinghorn, Director and Curator of University of Maine Museum of Art. Click here to see the digital version of the publication.

Artist Panel for NIU Storied References Exhibition

Posted March 26, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Click image to see recording of the event.

Of Fantastic Stories, Freaks & Feminism: Beyond Gender Myths in Art

A panel discussion with artists Sarah Bielski, K. Johnson Bowles, Patricia Constantine, Rhonda Urdang and Lauren Woods from Storied Reference at NIU Art Museum. Conversation and discussion moderated by Kristen Myers, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology at East Carolina University and Deputy Editor of Gender & Society.

Movements, Moments in Washington Post

Posted February 26, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Mark Jenkins of *The Washington Post* wrote about *Movements, Moments* currently on view at Target Gallery. Click Image to read the article on the show. My video *Circle Dances* is included in this exhibition.

Field Dress Portal

Posted February 11, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Vermont poet, Sarah Audsley, recently wrote an ekphrastic poem based on my painting *Field Dress*. Click image to read her commentary behind her creative process. And click here to read her poem *Field Dress Portal.*

Spring Valentine with Era Contemporary

Posted February 11, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

I have a few works included in Spring Valentine, a online exhibition by Era Contemporary based in Philadelphia, PA. Click image to see the collection of works.

Gallery Talk for Mythic Nature at GMA

Posted January 26, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

On January 7, I gave a virtual gallery talk at Gadsden Museum of Art for my solo show *Mythic Nature*, click image to see the Facebook Live

Review of SMDT Season II by Six Degrees Dance Blog

Posted January 26, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Click Image to read a review of SMDT Season II by Cecly Placenti of Six Degrees Dance

Movements, Moments at Target Gallery

Posted January 8, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

*Circle Dances* is included in *Movements, Moments* is a new digital and in-person exhibition at Target Gallery. This exhibition aims to create a dialogue on work that focuses on the intersection of art and movement. This can be represented as physical movement as visual expression, such as dance or performance-based work, or movement represented conceptually, such as exploring the idea of growth or the passage of time. This is an all-media group exhibition with filmed performance-based work and video work encouraged.
This exhibition will be presented both on a digital platform and physically in the gallery space. Click image to see a digital catalog of the exhibition.

Storied References at NIU Art Museum

Posted January 8, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

I have five pieces included in this group exhibition at Northern Illinois Art Museum. Click image for more information.

SMDT Season II at Culture Lab LIC

Posted December 10, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

**Sheep Meadow Dance Theatre** Presents *Virtual SEASON II* with **Culture Lab LIC** at **the Plaxall Gallery on 12/22/2020**. *Season II* will present original choreographic works, including Body Tides and a new abridged Nutcracker by **Artistic Director Billy Blanken**. My artwork will be featured in the live-streamed performance produced by **10KProductions**. Click here for a link to tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4856175?fbclid=IwAR0dgEUeBSPmedc86M3Z2X2CROFU4GebnxAAX_G1OcEMLJqasI58VkG9CkY

Instagram Live Interview with Billy Blanken about SMDT Season II

Posted December 10, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

Recently, Billy Blanken and I did an Instagram Live to chat about our collaboration for **SMDT Season II at Culture Lab LIC on December 22, 2020**. Click image to view the chat.

Breeden Endowment Grant

Posted December 10, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

Recently, my project, *Contemporary Cast Sculpture Drawing: Bringing Greater Diversity and Inclusion Into the Studio Art Classroom*, was fully funded by the **2021 Daniel F. Breeden Endowed Grant Program at Auburn University**. This project aims to introduce a contemporary and inclusive approach to the practice of academic cast drawing by commissioning diverse, naturalistic portrait sculptures from a living artist. The Daniel F. Breeden Endowed Grant Program supports teaching and learning projects that directly benefit the instructor, students, and Auburn University’s overall teaching program. It is managed by the Biggio Center, and the grant review and selection panel is drawn from the University Senate Teaching Effectiveness Committee. Click image for more information about the program.

SECAC Conference 2020

Posted December 10, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

At this year’s SECAC virtual conference, hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University, I chaired a panel titled “The Figure Beyond a Constructed Ideal: Representing Contemporary Bodies and Identities in the Studio and the Classroom.” The panel, comprised of national and international artists Daniel Esquiva Zapata, Alaina Plowdrey, Alexandra Giannell, and Evin Dubois, focused on creative scholarship in the realm of figurative art. Participants discussed various ways of representing bodies in a contemporary context, and examined a range of approaches to the human form that expand upon or transcend classical, academic, or popular-culture ideals of representation.
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Mythic Nature

Posted November 15, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

WKGC Public Radio Interview

Posted October 29, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

Quarantine

Posted September 25, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

The New PreRaphaelites

Posted September 9, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

One of my paintings was chosen for this online group exhibition presented by Harcum College and Era Contemporary in Philadelphia, PA. Click Image for more details.

A Figural Exhibition

Posted September 9, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

Contaminated

Posted May 6, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

My video Circle Dance is a part of Contaminated, an online exhibition produced by the Institute For Aesthetic Advocacy, an art collective based in Minneapolis, MN. Click image for a link to the exhibition.