This was an interdisciplinary show organized by Ashley Roach-Freiman. It involved poetry, visual art, and music.
Here is the wonderful poet
Jonathan Owen May in center, along with Erica Qualy, Clay Cantrell, and Laressa Dickey.
I was so happy to be able to display my work alongside the work of
Mary Jo Karimnia.
One
of the reasons last night was fantastic is
because the work on lightboxes doesn't really show up right in photos.
It was great to have people look at it in person. Here is a photograph,
anyway.
The musician/writer Clay Cantrell is to the right. I don't think he noticed, but while he was playing one song on his electric guitar, my lightbox displaying
Susanna and the Elders was flickering to the music. It was beautiful but nerve-wracking for me! Fortunately, the flickering stopped after the first song.
Very delicious cookies and cheese wafers were served (made by my amazing mother-in-law, Phyllis Vaziri).
My sister
Halle Kiihnl curated my outfit for this event. Great job, Halle!
The painter
Adam Benet Shaw has been an inspiration to me.
The Castle, Meghan, Mary Jo, and three of Mary Jo's loveliest seed bead mosaics.
It
was so exciting to be part of an event that got both artists and
non-visual-art people out (writers). Ashley has some great ideas!
I
can't tell you how much I needed people to see my work in person so
that I could get some real feedback. I also learned a lot about my own
work last night. For instance, this work swayed with the winds made by
the air-conditioner -- and I loved it!
Some of the art folks I most respect in Memphis came out to see this show -- here's Sarah Knowles.
And Stephanie Cosby.
This really was a magical event, and I want to thank Ashley Roach-Freiman for putting it on.
