Bound by the High Desert: Contemporary Fiber Art, opening May 15, 2026, at El Zaguán This May, I’m honored to be included in Bound by the High Desert: Contemporary Fiber Art at El Zaguán 545 Canyon Road, presented by Historic Santa Fe Foundation. The exhibition in Santa Fe brings together five New Mexico-based artists includingContinue reading “Contemporary Fiber Art in Santa Fe: Exhibition, Workshop + Artist Talk”
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Complimentary Practices
gathering and feeling
For the last year or so I’ve tried to write blogs in a way that the SEO gremlins say is desirable. I edit and format and reformat until the little wordpress yoast SEO faces turn from red to green with smiles. Do the smiling greens direct more eyes to my words? I doubt it. SoContinue reading “gathering and feeling”
Curious Bluebird LLC Awarded New Mexico Creative Industries Business Expansion Grant
New Mexico Creative Industries Business Development and Expansion Grant This week the New Mexico Economic Development Department announced that ten creative industry businesses will receive a total of $241,000 dollars through the New Mexico Creative Industries Business Development and Expansion Grant. The program supports creative businesses across the state as they scale operations, strengthen infrastructure,Continue reading “Curious Bluebird LLC Awarded New Mexico Creative Industries Business Expansion Grant”
Saying Yes to Making (and Sharing) More
In 2025, I said yes to making and sharing fiber art more. That yes looked like processing raw wool, hand-felting, slow hand-stitched embroidery, and a willingness to stay with materials long enough for them to teach me something. I made a lot. I learned a lot. And I let the work be imperfect, exploratory, andContinue reading “Saying Yes to Making (and Sharing) More”
Satya and the Lessons of Art of the Bayou
I recently signed a contract with the New Mexico Museum of Art to officially begin work on my new fiber and found art project Gathered and Felt. I’ll be sharing this project as an installation at the Vladem Contemporary and workshop during winter 2026-27; it will be part of the Valdem Contemporary’s Window Box Project.Continue reading “Satya and the Lessons of Art of the Bayou”
Artistic Alchemy: Transforming Materials & Self
I create fiber art and found object sculptures, video and site-specific works that explore the interconnectedness between humans, nature, inner worlds and the unseen. My materials include wool, plant fibers, rusted metal, weathered wood, broken glass, and stones. I work slowly and intuitively, using wet and needle felting, hand embroidery, and layering to build textured,Continue reading “Artistic Alchemy: Transforming Materials & Self”
Sense of Place Turns Four: Reflections on an Ecofeminist Art Journey in Northern New Mexico
This summer marks the four-year anniversary of Sense of Place, my ongoing ecological art project rooted in the layered terrain and history of Northern New Mexico. In 2021, I began by gathering discarded materials from the land I steward. This simple act has grown into a complex, interdisciplinary exploration of memory, land use, ritual, andContinue reading “Sense of Place Turns Four: Reflections on an Ecofeminist Art Journey in Northern New Mexico”
Embracing the Mandorla: Fiber Art that Connects Worlds
Winter 2023 was when I really became enchanted with fiber art. I believe this came from years of being in the company of felt sheets. As an early childhood educator, felt seems like an ever-present material. I’ll share more about the evolution of my work in fiber art in a separate post. Here, I wantContinue reading “Embracing the Mandorla: Fiber Art that Connects Worlds”
…am I back in a blogging mood?!
Maybe? Every couple of years I get re-inspired to share thoughts about my professional/creative practices via words and pictures on a screen. I don’t know if it will stick, but am going to see what happens. Topics will include (but are not limited to) reclaiming feminine power, fiber arts, working as an independent educator, lifeContinue reading “…am I back in a blogging mood?!”