Advocacy / Women’s Rights / Mental Health / Connection with Nature

Art is a powerful tool of communication. I use my artwork as a tool to advocate for causes important to me through a broad range of mediums. So far, this has meant advocating for women’s rights and mental health awareness. In the future, I would like to advocate for the importance of connecting with nature.

My prints meld historical and current iconography to create forceful imagery with an updated message. They were created in a timely fashion to create expanded awareness of the current push for women’s rights. Only through awareness can action be triggered. Additionally, not only were my prints a rallying cry in response to current events, but they also provide historical documentation of a certain period of time.

Additionally, I have experimented with installations to raise awareness of mental health and recognize the positive impact a connection with nature has on mental health. While my installations differ aesthetically and contextually, they aim to help viewers realize they are not alone in their battle for mental health, help them feel comfortable reaching out to others, and/or give them refuge by bringing nature to them through art.

Exhibitions

vii. Bird Nest temporarily installed at Lake Spokane Elementary School and Spark Central as a SAGA Grant funded traveling installation, and was permanently installed at Lake Spokane Elementary School, Spokane WA, 2019 - 2020.

vi. Voting Pin Series and Lady Justice and Lady Liberty, a collaboration with Katherine Bell, exhibited at the Downtown Spokane Public Library in Fem+Fest, Spokane WA, April 27, 2019.

v. Depression Disclosed - Joy Revealed and Grace exhibited at Whitworth University’s Bryan Oliver Gallery at the Lied Center for the Visual Arts in Senior Art Exhibition, Spokane WA, April 9 - May 18, 2019.

iv. Hill Ford #METOO Voting Pin and Honor Suffrage Voting Pin exhibited at Monmouth University’s Pollak Gallery in the Beyond #METOO exhibition, S. Long Branch NJ, February 1 - April 30, 2019.

iii. Voting Pin Series exhibited at The Chase Gallery in the Explorations XVI exhibition, Spokane WA, January 2 - March 27, 2019.

ii. Mental Health Public Engagement Installation temporarily installed at Whitworth University’s Hub Center, Spokane WA, November 11 - 18, 2018.

i. Sexual Assault Semiotics Poster Series featured at Take Back the Night, Spokane, WA, April 18, 2017.