Book Ban Response
2023
Designs created in response to the recent waves of book banning and censorship in education.
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Superior Ave. / CCM Mural
2023
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Palestine Response
2023
Poster designs created in rapid response to the genocide in Palestine, benefiting the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.
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Look Closer / CIFF47 Award Artist
2023
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Main Street Kent Banners
2023
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Hope, Health, and Humanity / MetroHealth Staff Mural
2022 / 2023
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Together in Community and Service / UA School of Law Mural
2022-2023
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Printing Democracy / FIG + SPACES Urgent Art Fund
2022
Hannah Manocchio and I each designed two original posters for a community print pop-up at Future Ink Graphics. The designs responded to top community concerns and promoting voter participation, in conjunction with the Young Latino Network. This program was made possible by SPACES Urgent Art Fund.
Hannah created the trans and repro rights posters, and I made the immigration and voting designs. Both were provided with English and Spanish text. The workshop was held shortly before the November election.
Patients to Advocates Postcard + Print Pop-Up Event
2022
For a Patients to Advocates gathering, I developed a postcard designed for mailing to elected representatives in support of reproductive and abortion rights. We held a live screen printing pop-up, printing these postcards and a few of the earlier pro-abortion designs. Special thanks to Allison for assisting with instruction.
Post-Roe / Pro-Abortion Rapid Response
2022
Rapid response pro-abortion designs created following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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Anne Kibbe Residency for Women / FIG
2022
I was happy to work one-on-one as a screen printing instructor to the talented Nathalie Bermudez, Future Ink Graphics’ inaugural Anne Kibbe Residency for Women artist.
KSU + SCAD Professional Practices Presentations
2022
Two lovely sessions reflecting on and sharing my 10+ year journey as a self-employed artist and entrepreneur with art school students nearing graduation. It was a real treat to go back to my alma mater (KSU) for this. Held both in-person and virtually.
Akron All Star Weekend Print Pop-Up
2022
Screen printing pop-up for All Star Weekend at the Summit Lake Community Center in Akron. Thanks to UNKNWN, Nike, and all involved! 🏀
Akron Art Mail, Part II
2021
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Lorain Avenue / Bus Shelters
2021
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Regeneration / Summit County Courthouse Mural
2021
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Joy + Wonder / The Dexter Mini Mural
2021
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True Friends / Cleveland Walls! Mural Festival
2020-2021
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2020-2021 Responses
2020-2021
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Nurture / Panera at Cleveland Clinic Mural
2019-2020
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Dominion Energy Community Connection
2020
Photos selected for display at the Dominion Energy Campus in Cleveland. They were seeking photos from specific neighborhoods (seen here: Edgewater, Detroit-Shoreway, Tremont, Ohio City, + St. Clair-Superior) - highlighting the people and unique nature of the city. In conjunction with Ingenuity Cleveland.
In Place / Van Aken Bowser Alley
2020
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Protection / LakewoodAlive Mural
2020
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Print For The People Screen Printing Class
2019
Cleveland Institute of Art, Continuing Education
Cleveland, Ohio
In 2019, I taught an 8-week Screen Printing 101 class, where students learned the full screen printing process from start to finish, how to hand print onto both paper and fabric with water-based inks, and how to separate layers and register multi-layer prints. Emphasis on and discussion of the history of printmaking as a tool for social change included a preliminary overview of printmaking and it’s shaping of history, with specific printed examples from abolition, suffrage, independence, revolutionary, civil rights, workers and union rights, peace/anti-war, feminist, environmental, and LGBTQ movements. Individual breakouts of iconic symbols within these movements were explored as well as the role of state-sponsored propaganda and public service announcements.
POP! Screen Printing Class
2019
Cleveland Museum of Art, Studio Workshop
Cleveland, Ohio
A quick one night workshop class, where students learned the basics of screen printing and how to hand pull screen prints onto both paper and fabric with water-based inks while exploring layering and colors inspired by Pop Art. The workshop included a visit to the museum gallery to view Warhol’s ‘Marilyn x 100’, a presentation on the history and evolution of Pop Art with emphasis on specific artists and discussion of the techniques used in creating different artworks.
Printmaking Teaching Instruction
2014 - Present
Zygote Press / APE MADE Studio / CIA / Youth Programs
Cleveland, Ohio
Since 2014, I have taught a variety of printmaking workshops, primarily focusing on screen printing. Classes have been held at both Zygote Press, the APE MADE studio, the Cleveland Institute of Art, as well as with local youth organizations. Ages of students typically range from middle school to adult.
Home / Forum
2019
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Preterm Bowl-a-Thon
2019
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BGCC Race for Kids
2019
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Borderlight Fringe Festival
2019
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March Series
2018
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The Fortunes / RTA Inter|Urban
2018
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Freedom of Speech / City Club Mural
2017-2018
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Women’s March Posters
2017
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Creative Fusion Westside Boys and Girls Club and Esperanza Workshops
Spring 2015
Cleveland Foundation / Zygote Press
Westside Boys and Girls Club and Esperanza – Cleveland, Ohio
I worked with Chilean visiting artist, Mauricio Cortés Fuentes, while he stayed in Cleveland for 3 months through the Cleveland Foundation’s Creative Fusion program. Creative Fusion is an artist residency program that partners international artists with local arts organizations with the goal of maximizing the cultural exchange between artists and the community.
While here, I assisted Mauricio's workshops with the after-school Esperanza group and at the Westside Boys and Girls Club, conducting both engraving and enameling workshops.
ArtWorks Summer Youth Apprenticeship Program
Summer 2014
Center For Arts-Inspired Learning
Cleveland, Ohio
I worked as master teaching artist for a group of 11 teens over a 6-week full-time program, teaching the basics of printmaking, with an emphasis on screen printing. The course took two forms. First, students used their newly learned printmaking skills to create their own “mini-line” of products, which they then marketed and sold. I focused on teaching not only the technical skills needed for printing but honed in on real-world printmaking and business applications. Student apprentices received hands-on learning in all aspects of building a brand and merchandising: design, printing, production, packaging, branding, marketing, small business management, and sales.
The second component of our project was community based. Students became the teachers, leading in-person screen printing lessons with both other groups of students and in the general community. As a team, we developed a public art installation for the Gay Games – researching and illustrating designs for the AIDS Memorial Walk, focusing on the history of and educational information surrounding the disease. We printed these designs onto balloons which were then installed at the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland’s grand opening, MOCA Cleveland, and at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the AIDS Memorial Walk during the Gay Games.
Creative Fusion Sisterhood Workshops
Fall 2013
Cleveland Foundation / Zygote Press
West Side Community House – Cleveland, Ohio
I worked with Senegalese visiting artist, Cheikhou Ba, while he stayed in Cleveland for 3 months through the Cleveland Foundation’s Creative Fusion program.
I helped facilitate Cheikhou's workshops with the after-school Sisterhood girls’ group at the Westside Community House. These portraiture workshops explored issues of identity and self with the participants, and culminated in an art show featuring their work at the end.
Creative Fusion Stockyard Schools Workshops
Fall 2013
Art House / Cleveland Foundation / Zygote Press
Art House and Stockyard Schools – Cleveland, Ohio
In addition to the Sisterhood group (above), Cheikhou partnered with Art House and provided workshops to 6th graders at the Stockyard Community Elementary school. As with the Sisterhood group, these portraiture workshops explored issues of identity and self with the participants, and culminated in an art show featuring their work at the end.
El Salvador Mural Project
January 2013
Hogar de Niños Adalberto Guirola – Santa Tecla, El Salvador
In 2013, I traveled to El Salvador with Concern for Children as their art service project leader. The main focus of our group's visit was providing medical care for children in orphanages - we evaluated and treated about 500 children throughout the country. The mural was completed at a special needs orphanage in addition to the medical care.
I extend a huge thank you to all the volunteers that helped this mural become a reality – we were working on a tight timeframe and I couldn't have done it without them.
El Salvador Girls Painting Project
January 2013
El Salvador
While on the 2013 volunteer trip with Concern For Children (above), we traveled to an orphanage for older girls. We only had a short time to spend there, so instead of a mural, I led a painting workshop where the girls worked on three canvases (which would then be hung together to make a sort of “mini mural”).
Safe PATH Playroom Mural
May 2010
AmeriCorps
Family & Community Services Safe PATH Housing – Portage County, Ohio
This full room mural was completed at a domestic violence transitional housing unit. It was requested that we give this playroom for the children a makeover. I was an working as an AmeriCorps Program Manager and my AmeriCorps members helped to complete the painting.
Arts Alive! Youth Arts Group
2008 – 2012
Family & Community Services
Portage County, Ohio
I volunteered with the after-school and summer youth arts group, Arts Alive!, for many years – often leading printmaking workshops with elementary through high school aged youth.
MLK Day Mural
2009
AmeriCorps VISTA
Family & Community Services Senior Center – Ravenna, Ohio
This mural was completed as an MLK Day of Service project while I was serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA. The Senior Center at Family & Community Services had recently moved and requested a garden themed mural for their new space. Community members of all ages helped complete the painting of this mural.
