Pink Ambition

 As 2025 came to a close, NAEA announced its annual Member Art Exhibition. I am so tickled to have been selected to exhibit alongside such an inspiring group of art educators whose creative practices continue to shape classrooms and communities across the country. NAEA received 356 entries, with just 70 artworks jury selected for inclusion, making this opportunity feel especially meaningful. Being part of this exhibition is a celebration of both personal studio practice and a shared commitment to artmaking, teaching, and continuous creative growth.

Pink Ambition 

This work is inspired by the vision of feminine leadership: bold yet compassionate. The pink bullseye on the Capitol symbolizes hope for a future where women uplift women, and power is guided by empathy. Art matters because it imagines possibilities, challenges systems, and points us toward a kinder world.

To enjoy the exhibition, visit the newly designed NAEA website. 

Pyramid Atlantic Art Center Annual 10 x 10!

What a fabulous opportunity! I’m so delighted to be part of this season’s 10 x 10 Exhibition and Sale. With 300 artists participating, the show is wonderfully dynamic — and the best part is that you can purchase these artworks at an incredible value.

I have two pieces in the exhibition. Orange You Worried? is a collage originally created for the Orange Monster show at the Kolaj Institute in New Orleans earlier this fall. I also contributed Queen’s Catacomb, a piece inspired by my exhilarating week as a studio assistant at the John C. Campbell Folk School. This curio is built from a squash blossom container structure, one of the forms we taught during the workshop.

Check out all the details here! 

Making Things...

I recently had the privilege of spending a week at the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina, serving as the studio assistant for a dear friend as she taught a weeklong Creative Containers course. We arrived not quite knowing what to expect, but fully energized by the promise of a new adventure.

What we discovered was a remarkable experience. The Folk School’s guiding tenets—joy, kindness, stewardship, and a non-competitive spirit—shaped every part of our week. These values foster a nurturing atmosphere where creativity flourishes, and the sense of community is resounding. It may have rained everyday we were there (except the last day) but that did not impact the level of joy for making! The artists in our class were incredibly prolific, often returning to the studio after dinner to continue their work. 

It was an honor to be part of such a meaningful, collaborative space, and I left invigorated with appreciation for the way art-making can bring people together.

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I had the chance to do something pretty exciting recently—I was invited to be a guest on a podcast to talk about teaching photography!

It was my first time being on a podcast, so I was thrilled (and a little nervous) to join K12 Art Chat, hosted by Laura and Matt Grundler, a dynamic art education duo based in Texas. We had such a great conversation about all things photography, creativity, and teaching.

If you’d like to listen, check it out here.

Big Orange Monster: An Emergency Exhibition

The Kolaj Institute Gallery in New Orleans recently put out a call for art:

“You mix fear (yellow) and anger (red) and you get a Big Orange Monster. What’s the emergency? There are a lot of Big Orange Monsters on the loose. Monsters only have power if you are afraid of them. So let’s create a space where we can slay our fear of Big Orange Monsters. Art helps us exorcise our demons. Monsters can be glorious and wonderful or horrible and evil. Let’s not cast aside the good Big Orange Monsters because some other Big Orange Monsters are, well… unpleasant.”

This call immediately resonated with me—combining my love of collage and mail art into one outrageous orange opportunity. It felt like the perfect moment to wrestle with the larger-than-life figures that haunt our headlines and cast long shadows over the places where power resides.

Artist Teacher Exhibition: Color Stories

 

The Artist Teacher Exhibition: Color Stories opening reception will be held on Saturday, October 11, from 6:00–8:00 p.m. at the Workhouse Arts Center.

This year’s exhibition features 78 art faculty from 61 FCPS schools, showcasing the incredible range and creativity of our artist teachers.

Color Stories celebrates the power of color — how it can evoke memory, emotion, and narrative, or simply be downright visually delicious! This exhibition is a vibrant tribute to the artistry and dedication of our educators. The show is on display until December 6th.

Silos

  Early in March I drove through Asheville, NC. I was totally smitten with the silos in Asheville’s River Arts District—especially the graffiti-covered one near the French Broad River—have become unofficial landmarks, blending industry with street art. Once used for storage, they now serve as massive canvases that reflect the city’s creativity and evolving identity. 

There’s a striking irony in graffiti artists transforming silos—structures often used as metaphors for isolation, division, and separation—into shared canvases for collective expression. In their original function, silos store things apart, compartmentalized and sealed off, much like the way "siloed thinking" limits collaboration. What once symbolized separation now fosters connection—a public dialogue in spray paint, turning isolation into community.