Flock Together is an installation of laser cut ¼” translucent neon acrylic that are silhouettes of black-capped chickadees, the Massachusetts state bird. When grouped, they make a vibrant flock of chickadees which symbolizes the diverse people who call the acre home. In two “Community Creation Sessions” at the Powell Memorial Library and CTI Farmers Market, over 70 people wrote or drew a message of love for the Acre. The messages were digitized and etched onto the blue acrylic bird silhouettes as a testament to the people and locations that make the Acre unique.
The Block is a temporary outdoor sculpture installation designed for Chestnut Hill Square in Chestnut Hill, MA. Chestnut Hill Square hosts an annual call for art through the New Art Center, The Block was selected for the 2023 season. It’s easy to think of places in relationship to our own bodies, in travel distances and amenities, and how they make us feel, which is not often in alignment with boundaries drawn on a map. This installation uses the lines of the assessor’s map to create reflective barriers that are intentionally enigmatic, based on the property lines of Chestnut Hill Square and surrounding land parcels. Made of windshield glass, plexiglass, and powder coated steel.
Dedicated to Jack & Jeanne Drake at the Palmyra Community Library. See the process catalog here.
Save the pollinators. Read the backstory here.
Thesis exhibition 2010. Read the complete description here.
