Things I did in 2022
look out for links if you’d like to read more about individual projects.
Artist Residency
From July 2022, to June 2023 I will be Artist in Residence at McLuhan House Studio in Edmonton! I will use this time and space to create a body of work celebrating Ukrainian Heritage.
Community Weaving
The culmination of 2 x 5/hour days at Kaleido festival.Hosted by the Yielding Effort Group. AKA Mika Haykowsky and Breanna Barrington
Festival Go’ers
were invited to grab an item and weave it into the tapestry.
I spy
an ethernet cable, a lost sock, leaves, a blanket, a pizza pretzel bag.
Materials were all sourced from the reuse centre, our “junk drawers”, and festival go’ers pockets.
Pysanky for Peace
April 2022 I participated a live painting event to decorate 6’ tall Pysanky’s which raised over 100,000 for Ukrainian Canadian Social Services.
My Pysanka sold at auction for $950 with 100% of profits being donated.
Photo by Stephanie Patsula
Old Friends, New Walls
Old Friends NEw WAlls
Install shots from Group show at the Bleeding Heart Art Space
Sculpture in Foreground belongs to artist Deltra Powney
Sow Our Spring (S.O.S. Vesna) Fundraiser, 2022
Ukraine Fundraiser painting created in March 2022, I have raised over $2,000 with this painting for Aid in Ukraine. Prints are still available.
“Dig” Found Festival
3 cubic yards of garden soil placed inside of a garbage enclosure on the Fringe Grounds, Dig was a collaborative performance about trash and eco anxiety.
Viewers were invited to contribute objects to the mound to become part of a collective story of the time we are living through.
Photo by Mat Simpson
Heat Islands / Nature First Aid
Crochet Potholders
I made these potholders for the Kitsch show at the Alberta Craft Council which ran for about 6 months between the galleries in Calgary and Edmonton.
Posters
