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Riding the Rails
During the Great Depression, many people forced off the farm hopped on freight trains, illegally, to chase after work they heard of from hundreds of miles away. If they are lucky, they would have prepared for provisions along the way, … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Coal Strike, community, Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Mexico, murals, Philadelphia, pilgrimage, public art, riding the rails, Rivera Court, storytelling, travel, work
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Depending on the kindness of others
I do not know why I am compelled to create these. I love the way the clay feels and how they allow my fingers and hands to trace the contours and something immaterial inside and outside of the edges of … Continue reading
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Waiting for those blue lights
TTC next vehicle said you’d be here eight minutes ago. Now it says wait abother four. It’s not that I have to go to work or anything. It’s just that there are some ciment-lined silicone moulds waiting to be opened: … Continue reading
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The Breath Between Us
I am honoured to have some of my pieces included in the show, “The Breath Between Us” Please join me and others for the official Opening Reception on Wednesday February 21 at 6:00pm in the Cathedral. Remarks, poetry, prayer, and … Continue reading
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Tagged art, community, food, interpretation, memories, poetry, sculpture, storytelling
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The Hour of the Wolf
The sculptures and this e-mail, led me to see her work. Beste mensen, Graag stel ik u ervan op de hoogte dat de beeldenserie „The Hour of the Wolf” opnieuw te zien zal zijn. In Museum Jan Cunen worden de … Continue reading
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The Yurt
“The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls,” Paul Simon in the Sound of Silence, February 1964. The yurt became the symbol of the Occupy movement, the “Q,” carrying with it the dreams … Continue reading
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Plegaria Muda
In February 2015 I saw Doris Salcedo’s Plegaria Muda, an installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Each sculpture was composed of two tables inverted upon the other with a layer of earth in between where live grass was shooting … Continue reading
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Cincinnati, May 2013
Revitalization efforts transformed Washington Park into a park much like any other city parks as found in Toronto. In 2001, Cincinnati had one of the largest urban disorders in the United States.
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