I’m working on a handful of larger projects at the moment…care to find out more? Each link goes to a larger project description page.

Hooray!  You found me: A public art experiment of sorts to help me discover my new home. I distribute various ephemeral artworks while exploring the city of Chicago through public transportation. I map where I’ve been/where I’m going, and made a zine about what I’ve found out about the idea of home through this. (Fall 2009 – ongoing.)

These Are My Prayer Flags: a project focusing on using art in creating relationships through gifting: where the connection created is worth more than the commercial value of the gift itself. I spent time with classmates and teachers, documented these interactions, and then gave each participant with an artwork created specifically for them in honor of their time given to me. We then had a ceremony/party to bring everyone together and pass along these gifts.  A unique artist book utilizing remnants of these gifts and printed multiple book objects detailing these interactions/process are forthcoming. (Spring 2010 – ongoing.)

Roadtrip Extravaganza!:
As the beginning of my thesis resarch, I am taking an extensive roadtrip this July to visit book and paper art centers and community art centers in the midwest and the east coast. I’ll be visiting directors, artists, craftspeople, and other interested parties to ask what roles art, craft, and gifting can fulfill in building community.
In return for the generous assistance needed in this project, I will be making a gift for everyone that participates in any fashion – advice, an interview, couchspace, fills out a survey. With any luck, my thesis will be to make an artist book to record my findings and the trajectory of these gifts.

And some general themes in my work: