Machine Mandala
sewing machines, linen, thread, lace, chairs, extension cords and audience participants
2014, variable dimensions, Lexington Art League, KY

Machine Mandala
sewing machines, linen, thread, lace, chairs, extension cords and audience participants
2014, variable dimensions, Lexington Art League, KY

Machine Mandala
sewing machines, linen, thread, lace, chairs, extension cords and audience participants
2014, variable dimensions, Lexington Art League, KY

Machine Mandala
sewing machines, linen, thread, lace, chairs, extension cords and audience participants
2014, variable dimensions, Lexington Art League, KY

Machine Mandala
sewing machines, linen, thread, lace, chairs, extension cords and audience participants
2014, variable dimensions, Lexington Art League, KY

Machine Mandala
sewing machines, linen, thread, lace, chairs, extension cords and audience participants
2014, variable dimensions, Lexington Art League, KY

Life Vest Mandala
Kapok life vests, wood, fabric, hardware, song and audience participants
2013, variable dimensions, Solo(s) Project House, Newark, NJ

Life Vest Mandala
Kapok life vests, wood, fabric, hardware, song and audience participants
2013, variable dimensions, Solo(s) Project House, Newark, NJ

Life Vest Mandala
Kapok life vests, wood, fabric, hardware, song and audience participants
2013, variable dimensions, Solo(s) Project House, Newark, NJ

Life Vest Mandala
Kapok life vests, wood, fabric, hardware, song and audience participants
2013, variable dimensions, Solo(s) Project House, Newark, NJ

Life Vest Mandala
Kapok life vests, wood, fabric, hardware, song and audience participants
2013, variable dimensions, Solo(s) Project House, Newark, NJ

Life Vest Mandala
Kapok life vests, wood, fabric, hardware, song and audience participants
2013, variable dimensions, Solo(s) Project House, Newark, NJ

Life Vest Mandala
Kapok life vests, wood, fabric, hardware, song and audience participants
2013, variable dimensions, Solo(s) Project House, Newark, NJ

Life Vest Mandala
Kapok life vests, wood, fabric, hardware, song and audience participants
2013, variable dimensions, Solo(s) Project House, Newark, NJ

Life Vest Mandala
Kapok life vests, wood, fabric, hardware, song and audience participants
2013, variable dimensions, Solo(s) Project House, Newark, NJ

Life Vest Mandala
Kapok life vests, wood, fabric, hardware, song and audience participants
2013, variable dimensions, Solo(s) Project House, Newark, NJ

Life-Vest For Lovers (Performance)
Kapok life-vests, vintage fabric, wood, polyester and thread
2014

Sew To Speak: Ana
sewing machine, US flag, and mixed media
2014, Maus Contemporary, Birmingham, AL

Sew To Speak: Ana
sewing machine, US flag, and mixed media
2014, Maus Contemporary, Birmingham, AL

Sew To Speak: Stretch
sewing machines, fabric, and mixed media
2013, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC

Sew To Speak: Stretch
sewing machines, fabric, and mixed media
2013, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC

Sew To Speak: Stretch
sewing machines, fabric, and mixed media
2013, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC

Sew To Speak: Stack
sewing machines, fabric, and mixed media
2013, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC

Sew To Speak: Stack
sewing machines, fabric, and mixed media
2013, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC

Sew To Speak: Lay
sewing machine, fabric, and mixed media
2013, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC

Sew To Speak: Lay
sewing machine, fabric, and mixed media
2013, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC

Sew To Speak: Race
sewing machines, fabric, and mixed media
2013, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC

Sew To Speak (performance artifact)
mixed media
2013, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
Collection of Elsewhere Museum

Sew To Speak (performance artifact)
mixed media
2013, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
Collection of Elsewhere Museum

Sew To Speak (performance artifact)
mixed media
2013, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
Collection of Elsewhere Museum

Sew To Speak (performance artifact)
mixed media
2013, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
Collection of Elsewhere Museum

Sew To Speak (performance artifact)
mixed media
2013, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
Collection of Elsewhere Museum

Performance

“I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. In each, it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes, in some area, an athlete of God. Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.” 

― Martha Graham

Performance is two fold, I can become an active participant in the display of presentation on my work... or I can invite the audience in. Making the spectator part of the spectacle.