2023
Set of 8 chairs commissioned by Catskills hotel Camptown, Leeds, NY

2022
CREATE Council on the Arts Arts Education Grant, hosted at the Prattsville Art Center, NY in collaboration with the Town of Prattsville
Hosted two three-part free workshops for Catskill Mountain residents on the arts of needlepoint landscape and macramé chairs

*This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by CREATE Council on the Arts.

2022
Visiting Artist, Iroquois and Van Antwerp Middle Schools, Niskayuna, NY (January, March, May, and November)
Worked with three quarters of students (approx 100 kids per quarter) to create their own unique recycled textile fiber landscapes

2022
Some Soft Thoughts solo exhibition, Window on Hudson, Hudson, NY

2021
CREATE Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant, Catskill, NY
Worked with the Youth Clubhouse of Columbia-Greene to donate three macramé chairs and do a two-part pillow making workshop with teens at their Catskill, NY location. The Clubhouse provides after-school programming for teens at risk for or in recovery from substance use disorders.

*This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by CREATE Council on the Arts.

Photo taken by one of the teens, Nyx

2021
”The Love Shack” collaborative installation with The Love Motel (volunteer project)
WGXC 90.7-FM 10th Anniversary Event
Greenville Drive-In, Greenville, NY

2021
Columbia Land Conservancy project
Hosted by Enkyu/Likemindedobjects Shop on Warren Street, Hudson, NY.
*with support from an Hudson Arts Emergency Grant

This place-based project highlighted five underutilized Columbia Land Conservancy trails through needlepoint landscapes in the format of an information kiosk. The CLC stewards land/trails in New York’s Columbia County (includes the town of Hudson, in which the project was presented). Images and collaborative support courtesy of the CLC’s Rebecca Walker.

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2020
It’s a party, solo exhibition of keychains
Smallbany Gallery, Albany, NY
”Smallbany Gallery is 1/12 scale, meaning one inch will look like one foot when photographed. The gallery is a 19" x 24" room that is 14" high.”

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2020
Always new people to meet, solo exhibition and free kids pillow workshop
HiLo, Catskill, NY
*with support from a New York Foundation for the Arts “Keep NYS Creating Grant”

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2019
Comfort Zone
, collaborative 24-hour immersive tactile airstream exhibition with textile marbler/sculptor Christin Ripley
In conjunction with Basilica Hudson’s 24-HOUR DRONE festival, Hudson, NY

Concert-goers were invited to spend time in our trailer outside of the front doors of the festival as a comfortable respite from the industrial interior. We had the WGXC 90.7-FM livestream of DRONE playing on our radio as a way to maintain direct participation in the 24-hour concert experience. Both artists were present in the installation for the full 24 hours, including some naps.

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2019
Shell House Winter Artist Residency final presentation
Roxbury, NY

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2019
Tactile/touchable installation for feel me group exhibition, curated by Kelsey Renko
Collar Works, Troy, NY

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2019
We’ve Never Met Before Today
, collaborative exhibition with Andrés Cortes
Sou’wester Historic Lodge and Vintage Travel Trailer Resort art gallery trailer, Seaview, WA

Two artists who previously did separate Sou’wester residencies meet on Instagram and collaborate. Our first in-person interaction was at installation.

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2018
Plush Zone
, tactile/touchable collaborative exhibition with textile marbler/sculptor Christin Ripley
No Theme Performance Festival, Cocoon Theatre and Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY

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2018
i'm here for you
, tactile/touchable solo exhibition
HiLo, Catskill, NY

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