3.30.26 Studio Dispatch
announcements (classes, closing show, etc)
Hi! It’s been a busy month. I’ve been managing a depressive episode, gnarly schedule, back and neck pains from an expired mattress, and money going in and out because expenses love creeping up.
I’ve also felt incredibly full and as spring announces herself, I wanted to send out a little announcement newsletter. I’ve started calling them “Studio Dispatch”.
First order of business.
My cyanotype workshops are ongoing until June! These are one day workshops every other Saturday for beginner cyanotype enthusiasts or those with a curious mind.
Right now, sign ups for April 4th-May 16th are up.
Click here to learn more.
A cyanotype 201 class for intermediate and advanced will be announced in the next week or two!
Second, the group show I’m in will conclude this weekend and your last day to see it is April 5th. With a performance on the 3rd to celebrate its closing.
Here’s a little blurb I wrote about the piece.
The Weight of Wholeness Is No Trifling Matter
2026
Cyanotype on silk, canvas, ceramic, glass candle holders; cyanotype solution in holy water vessel; cyanotype on book cover; found table; synthetic braiding hair; wax, water, salt, branches(long post im so sorry but also deal with it)
“Are you sure, sweetheart, that you want to be well?… Just so’s you’re sure, sweetheart, and ready to be healed, cause wholeness is no trifling matter. A lot of weight when you’re well.”
In my journey to be a more understanding individual, understanding of myself and understanding of the world around me, I found Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara.
This book challenges the structure of linear storytelling through shifts in timeline and perspective to show that achieving wholeness is by no means a linear process, and when we neglect ourselves the opportunity to embrace this process, our community notices. I compare digesting this book to laying on the ground hearing a lengthy jazz improvisation track with occasional shouts or prose in the left or right headphone.
Through ancestral healing, community organizing, art, music, epiphanies, and symphonies of weathered stories, this piece came to be. One figure is trying to save the other, her fractured self, from a life ending decision and rest in front of an altar of salt and become whole.
It’s not meant to be a self portrait, but I believe it shows my dedication to trying to become the best version of myself, and realizing she may not be the happiest. But life isn’t about being as happy as I can be, that’s not being “whole”. Recognizing what the brain thinks is safe, isn’t always what’s the safest. Learning to embrace an unfamiliar heaven over a familiar hell helps me stay true to my values and live earnestly and wholly. Through this, learning, devotion, creation and love are my priorities. And I hope to engage with those with all of you as we go through cycles of saving ourselves and each other.
“You never really know a person until you’ve eaten salt together”.
Salt is known to have healing properties. With that, you never know a person until you’ve healed together.
Flier for the closing performance
I’ll be back at the Black Zine Fair for their third one! Their press release should be dropping today so I’ll link to their instagram. A lot of subscribers have come from there, so if you’ll be back, let me know! Hoping to have lots of good stuff coming up and will post more information about that soon along with another big May announcement that’s still a secret lol.
That’s about it for now! Hoping you’re enjoying the sunshine and spring. Per usual, if you’re expecting something from me and haven’t heard from me, feel free to reach out. I’m a busy one-woman team and things get lost in the shuffle.
Be sure to check out my “notes” tab for short form posts, WIPs, inspirations, etc.
xoxo
Praise <3