I am immensely gratified to be able to leverage my art practice to support Palestinian families in Gaza. Thank you for your support! In November and December 2024, I was able to send over $9000 to a direct aid network providing meals, water, cash, shelter, and clothing to displaced families in central Gaza.

I made 36 porcelain sgraffito menorahs and sold them online, at studio sales/craft fairs, and at Waterway Arts in Great Falls, MA. 100% of purchases went to direct aid. I donated my time, materials, and studio expenses.

You can find videos of aid distribution in the “Menorahs :watermelon:” highlight on my instagram profile. 

I wrote a little bit more about it in my Annual Report.

My zines at the Greenfield Public Library.

Installation shots from MICAfest The M/others’ View Art Exhibtion at Northampton Center for the Arts May 2024.

I make pottery with imagery from mythology and heroic poetry. Parents (especially mothers) are under constant surveillance, formally by the state, but also informally whenever we parent in public. My ceramic work exploring the myth of Argus (a giant covered with one hundred eyes, “the Watcher”) positions those one hundred eyes within a space where there is the potential for both witnessing and validation, or surveillance and judgment. 

I’m a parent of two young children (ages 9 and 4), growing up without school. I have a chronic illness that adds complexity to parenting and working. Disability has forced me to look critically at how our society applies value to work, reproductive labor, and parenting. As parents, we have chosen to home educate, in part so that we can live at a pace that adapts to my own varying capacity. 

Thank you everyone who has bought work from me in the last few months! Together, we raised $360 for the Wildflower Alliance, $800 for Forbes Library Children’s Services, and $100 for Translate Gender. I also recently donated a set of mugs to the Northampton Parents Center silent auction, and a fancy plate featuring Beowulf was auctioned off to benefit Looky Here.

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I spent this summer in the studio making mugs while listening to Beowulf on repeat.

Northampton Print and Book Fair, 33 Hawley St, Northampton, MA, October 1, 12-5p

Artery, 289 High Street, Holyoke, MA, opening soon Thurs-Sat (more info TBA)

Brushworks Arts & Industry Open Studios, 221 Pine Street, Florence, MA November 12 & 13