Call for Art – Clocking in for Unpaid Labor

Call for Art – Clocking in for Unpaid Labor

How to Participate Clocking in for Unpaid Labor is a new public participation art project where people are invited to collage, sew, quilt, paint, whatever, a time card in order to express something about the unpaid labor that they do. Whether that work is emotional...
Mother of Pearl Buttons, Made in Illinois

Mother of Pearl Buttons, Made in Illinois

I’m just back from a conference where I had a full circle experience about mother of pearl buttons, and I have some cool pictures to show you, about how buttons used to be made. My state arts advocacy organization, the Arts Alliance IL, holds a conference called...
Residency Report: Back from the Lake

Residency Report: Back from the Lake

Resident Life at the Lakeside Inn Residency For two weeks, this pond was my view out of the window, and I finally managed to get a photo of a heron, who came to the pond to eat frogs and koi. For two weeks, bird sounds were normal and my artist/writer roommates and I...
Winter News from the Studio

Winter News from the Studio

The year started off with a bang – as I installed the Clocking in for Unpaid Labor Show at the Orland Park Park Public Library on January 3rd, and now, in early March, no wait – mid-March (!), I’m preparing for a show in the window space at Ignition...