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Benedictions & Intercessions

Artist Statement-

Informed by a deep curiosity about the nuances of human relationships, and drawing from my background as a photographer and a writer, my multi-disciplinary works explore themes of identity, privilege, and structural inequality through the examination of the double bind of language, which can unite as quickly as divide; build bridges as easily as barriers; and create beauty as readily as bias. I am interested in challenging language-based boundaries, celebrating the imaginative use of language to connect and heal, and inviting dialogue around how we create, record, and understand meaning.

Over eight trips to my hometown, Columbus, Mississippi, I made over a thousand photos. Editing and sequencing the photos led to questions about the way we encounter images—how an increasingly image-based society consumes and processes nearly constant visual messaging. Deciding which images to share and how to share them required reckoning with, not only the problematic qualities of the medium of photography, but also the constraints and challenges of modern communication, and, beyond that, the problems and power of language itself.

*This series is in progress.

Prayer for Intercession

sculpture: deconstructed book with reconstructed text, 2024

Prayer for Intercession

sculpture: deconstructed book with reconstructed text - detail, 2024

Prayer for Intercession

Image is of the sculpture displayed on a music stand

A Benediction For Learning How To Speak

sculpture: deconstructed hymnal with reconstructed text, 2024-

A Benediction For Learning How To Speak

sculpture: deconstructed hymnal with reconstructed text, 2024-

A Benediction For Learning How To Speak

sculpture: deconstructed hymnal with reconstructed text, 2024-

A Benediction for Learning How To Speak

Image is of the sculpture displayed on a music stand

At The Mercy of Language

sculpture: deconstructed book with reconstructed text, 2023

The Mercy of Language

sculpture: deconstructed book with blacked-out text, 2023

At The Mercy of Language and The Mercy of Language

Image is of two sculptures on music stands. The Mercy of Language is on the left, reaching toward At The Mercy of Language

Installation Shot

Image is an installation shot of 'Supplication: So To Speak' (displayed on the wall) with offering plates, prayer cards, and bulletins celebrating the capacity of language for unity and love.

Supplication: So To Speak

Mixed media: original poetry from found text, 2023 12 x 12”

A Celebration of the Capacity of Language

church bulletin and takeaway

A Celebration of the Capacity of Language

church bulletin / takeaway (inside view)

Prayer Request Card (front)

Your words, your voice, your story hold the power to connect, to heal, to intercede, to petition, to shine light, lift up or seek comfort.

Prayer Request Card (back)

The request reads, "May we erase the borders in our hearts."

Gallery View

Installation shot, including my timed piece, 'Last Night I Dreamt I Couldn't Save You'

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