Art & Activism

Posted on July 4, 2024July 4, 2024 Posted in art, collage, Events, feminism, free, Gallery show, Maternal Mitochondria, Railyard, Santa FeTagged death goddess, feminism, gallery, Santa Fe art, social media, women artistsLeave a comment

Maternal Mitochondria will have a piece in the show “Art & Activism” with Axle Contemporary in Santa Fe.

OPENING: in Railyard Shade Structure by Farmers Market, Santa Fe, NM July 5 5pm-7pm. Exhibition continues through August 18.

Responding to the prompt “Rage,” Maternal Mitochondria took posts and tweets from the internet which inspired a pure and visceral rage in the artists. These quotes have been rearranged and placed in the context of female personifications of death. The three incarnations aren’t exactly vengeful Furies, but are related. Visually they are threatening, and even protective. They are also a reminder about how no life is exempt from death, not even patriarchal or woman-hating dominance can supersede death. It is the great leveler of humanity. Taken in context with the text, Mictecacihuatl, Santa Muerte, and Death in Her Cart seem to express rage but also the power of nature, which is often identified as female.

From left to right: **Mictecacihuatl**, Aztecan Goddess of the dead, **Santa Muerte** in Mexico, and **Death in Her Cart** from New Mexico (both are considered to be depictions of Doña Sebastiana).

CURRENTS Festival 2024

Posted on June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 Posted in art, color, Currents, Events, Gallery show, Installation Art, Santa FeTagged art and tech, artlang, conlang, Currents, Gallery show, Santa FeLeave a comment

My project “Vibrance” will be showing at the Currents New Media Festival this year! A bit about it:

“Vibrance” is a conlang, or artlang (a constructed language) working in the tradition of Tolkien and other conlang enthusiasts. Translate English text into Vibrance, a fully color-based language, by typing in a word on the website and hitting the submit button! Also included is “The Color Manifesto,” which speaks to the nature of color and its relationship to culture.

Collaborators:

John Brown, computer programmer

Tim Brown, fabricator

The Currents festival runs from June 14th-June 23rd.

Antioch Alumni Show

Posted on June 7, 2024 Posted in art, Events, feminism, Gallery show, Maternal Mitochondria, photographyTagged collage, fine art photography, women photographersLeave a comment

My work will be available for purchase at Herndon Gallery Antioch College, during their second alumni exhibition, from June 27th-July 20th.

Hephaestus Triumphant

Posted on May 19, 2024 Posted in art, feminism, Gallery show, Maternal Mitochondria, photography, Santa FeTagged circe, disability art, Greek Mythology, hephaestus, Santa FeLeave a comment

Maternal Mitochondria received 2nd place in the show at Santa Fe Public Library for their photo Hephaestus Triumphant!

Hephaestus’s Workshop

Posted on April 23, 2024 Posted in art, Events, feminism, free, Gallery show, Maternal Mitochondria, photography, Santa FeTagged drag, feminist art, fine art photography, free, Greek Mythology, Hepheastus, Santa Fe showLeave a comment

These two pieces will be shown at the Santa Fe Public Library, Main branch, from May-June. It’s an all ages show based on their reading selections this year (“Circe” by Madeline Miller), and the themes include Greek Mythology and Female Empowerment.

“Hephaestus in Her Workshop”

“Hephaestus Triumphant”

Archival pigment inkjet prints

By Maternal Mitochondria