Nomadic Inquiry
From January to July 2015 my creative life partner R. Michael Fisher and I embarked on a nomadic journey and I became a blogger. In July 2017 we entered a new juncture of nomadic travelling-- returning to Canada after 9 years of living in the USA. Earlier blogs are archived here. To see recent blogs go to art-ritual-trance-inquiry.tumblr.com
Appalachia Artist Residency
Afterglow is the descriptor word that emerges as I reflect on the week Michael and I just spent as Visiting Artists at Appalachia State University in Boone, North Carolina where we inhabited the HOW Space downtown. This residency comes at the start of a juncture in our life where we are leaving my stable University position and stepping into a time of integration of the last 9 years of life experiences in the USA. Transitioning to a less stable and more fully co-creative life in Canada, this residency was transformative at multiple levels and a spiritual re-grounding for us as a creative couple. The following blogs will be mostly photos depicting moments of the residency; the Dream Scroll installation, the three Nap-ins that I facilitated with Education students, Montessori school children, and community members; the performative releasing of dreams; the labyrinth walking rituals in Katrina Plato’s grass labyrinth, a visit to Penland School of Crafts, artist talks, film screenings, and the Blue Ridge Parkway hikes and vistas that Michael and I sunk our beings into. We loved Appalachia and the people there who made our visit so rich; Art Educator Brooke Hofsess, Expressive Arts Therapist Katrina Plato in particular, and all the many students, faculty and people we met. I want to thank Shawna Caldwell for her documentation of the Nap-Ins. Such beautiful energy in these ancient mountains and in the people we met who call this place home. An extra thanks to Shawna for the new profile photo that I cropped from one of her photos.
Nomadic Inquiry
From January to July 2015 my creative life partner R. Michael Fisher and I embarked on a nomadic journey and I became a blogger. In July 2017 we entered a new juncture of nomadic travelling-- returning to Canada after 9 years of living in the USA. Earlier blogs are archived here. To see recent blogs go to art-ritual-trance-inquiry.tumblr.com
Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal is launched!
A project that has been in the making for over a year. Great appreciation for my co-editors Sally Gradle, Peter London and Jodi Paterson. I am very excited to have it out there. I have an article on the Nap-In students and I facilitated at Southern Illinois University. A how to facilitate a Nap-In in your own settings.
Walking Propositions / Walking Lab
Gestare Art Collective submitted a proposal to this Walking Lab based on the Spanish Banks sand and water Labyrinth making and walking done this summer. Enjoy taking on some of these walking propositions.
Closing reception of the Feminist Art Conference FAC exhibition. I love this image of the sewers inside the intimate sacred space of the labyrinth. I was fortunate to have two long time artist friends; poet Eva Tihany and visual artist Shannon MacKinnon come to the exhibition. Once the conversation around the Dream Scroll began women began to engage with the Dream Scroll, writing and sewing their dreams into it. I brought the Dream Scroll home with me to Carbondale and next week will have a performative sewing event to Tend the Dream Scroll and prepare it for its next installation in Alexandria, Egypt in March 2016.