I’m ecstatic to receive funding from the Frison Institute as well as the Center for Global Studies at the University of Wyoming. This research funding will support my travel to site visits, in collecting oral histories and photographing folks throughout Belize engaged in interdisciplinary practices that, together, comprise the country’s environmental conservation and stewardship of heritage, cultural and archaeological sites.
My collaborative work with Arianna King in Cape Coast, Ghana was published in Urban Matters Journal. You can see the photo essay and incredible accompanying text here.
I am so grateful to be the artist-in-residence at the Montello Foundation later this month. I look forward to creating artwork in the Nevada and Utah desert while learning about the flora and fauna in the region. What a treat.
It’s an honor to work with The Midlo Center at The University of New Orleans to aid in the curation, the exhibition design, and the installation of the Humanities Action Lab traveling exhibition Climates of Inequality. The exhibition will open at 5 Press gallery in January 2022, more information closer to.
My dear friend Happy Burbeck interviewed me about my process for a lovely little piece in Antigravity Gravity, you can read it here.
We will be moving to the Southeast Wyoming town of Laramie this summer. I have been accepted to earn a Master of Arts in Anthropology and Environmental and Natural Sciences with a focus on community archeology while also earning a graduate certificate in GIS. I am thrilled to explore the intersection of science, visual anthropology, art making, photography, mapmaking, and collaborative archeology in the Rocky Mountain West.
I have been working and organizing with Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Heritage Museum on a community-rooted project uplifting and celebrating folks from the community. This work includes interviews with and story collection from folks who comprise the dynamic fabric of an ever evolving coal region.
I had the pleasure of photographing the late great 5th Ward Weebie in 2010 for the living bounce and hip hop archive Where They At, his portrait is now part of LSM’s permanent collection. Thank you Weebie.
In addition to my work as adjunct at Delgado Community College’s Adult Education Program, I will return to my roots of teaching young folks art as the newest art instructor at New Harmony High, a progressive high school focusing on coastal restoration. Color me ecstatic.
Napoleon, 319 N. 11TH ST. 2L, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Opening November 1st, 6-10pm
Show will run November 1st- 29th
Established in 2009, Good children Gallery is a founding collective in the St. Claude Arts District in New Orleans. Good Children’s monthly exhibitions showcase engaging work from local, national and international artists. This exhibition will give you a “Good Bite” from Good Children by featuring the work of our current members including: Joshua Edward Bennet, Grant Benoit, Jessica Bizer, Carrie Fonder, Leslie Friendman, Generica Art Solutions, Brian Guidry, Marta Rodriguez Maleck, Christopher Saucedo, Southerly Gold, Dan Tague, and Michel Variso. More info here.