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Artist, @is_ing facilitating community programing that addressed ways to repurpose every day material into art to encourage a conversation around environmental waste.

From is: “The bottle was transformed by one of the amazing artists, Skip Boyd, who came out to Sip & Craft @thefrontnola. Thank you so much to all who participated and dropped in! It was refreshing to drink bottled Pellegrinos while reimagining water bottles as it rained! Anyone looking for a rainy day activity, a
downloadable upcycling PDF is available at slomediagroup.com.”

Bio.
is: leaning into the handcrafts of the women in her lineage who turned domestic decor into works of art. Investigating connection through acts of making, saving, and reimagining. Prompting connection to nature, self and other through interactive means.

Artist, @is_ing facilitating community programing that addressed ways to repurpose every day material into art to encourage a conversation around environmental waste.

From is: “The bottle was transformed by one of the amazing artists, Skip Boyd, who came out to Sip & Craft @thefrontnola. Thank you so much to all who participated and dropped in! It was refreshing to drink bottled Pellegrinos while reimagining water bottles as it rained! Anyone looking for a rainy day activity, a
downloadable upcycling PDF is available at slomediagroup.com.”

Bio.
is: leaning into the handcrafts of the women in her lineage who turned domestic decor into works of art. Investigating connection through acts of making, saving, and reimagining. Prompting connection to nature, self and other through interactive means.

Artist, @is_ing facilitating community programing that addressed ways to repurpose every day material into art to encourage a conversation around environmental waste.

From is: “The bottle was transformed by one of the amazing artists, Skip Boyd, who came out to Sip & Craft @thefrontnola. Thank you so much to all who participated and dropped in! It was refreshing to drink bottled Pellegrinos while reimagining water bottles as it rained! Anyone looking for a rainy day activity, a
downloadable upcycling PDF is available at slomediagroup.com.”

Bio.
is: leaning into the handcrafts of the women in her lineage who turned domestic decor into works of art. Investigating connection through acts of making, saving, and reimagining. Prompting connection to nature, self and other through interactive means.

Artist, @is_ing facilitating community programing that addressed ways to repurpose every day material into art to encourage a conversation around environmental waste.

From is: “The bottle was transformed by one of the amazing artists, Skip Boyd, who came out to Sip & Craft @thefrontnola. Thank you so much to all who participated and dropped in! It was refreshing to drink bottled Pellegrinos while reimagining water bottles as it rained! Anyone looking for a rainy day activity, a
downloadable upcycling PDF is available at slomediagroup.com.”

Bio.
is: leaning into the handcrafts of the women in her lineage who turned domestic decor into works of art. Investigating connection through acts of making, saving, and reimagining. Prompting connection to nature, self and other through interactive means.

Artist, @is_ing facilitating community programing that addressed ways to repurpose every day material into art to encourage a conversation around environmental waste.

From is: “The bottle was transformed by one of the amazing artists, Skip Boyd, who came out to Sip & Craft @thefrontnola. Thank you so much to all who participated and dropped in! It was refreshing to drink bottled Pellegrinos while reimagining water bottles as it rained! Anyone looking for a rainy day activity, a
downloadable upcycling PDF is available at slomediagroup.com.”

Bio.
is: leaning into the handcrafts of the women in her lineage who turned domestic decor into works of art. Investigating connection through acts of making, saving, and reimagining. Prompting connection to nature, self and other through interactive means.

Artist, @is_ing facilitating community programing that addressed ways to repurpose every day material into art to encourage a conversation around environmental waste.

From is: “The bottle was transformed by one of the amazing artists, Skip Boyd, who came out to Sip & Craft @thefrontnola. Thank you so much to all who participated and dropped in! It was refreshing to drink bottled Pellegrinos while reimagining water bottles as it rained! Anyone looking for a rainy day activity, a
downloadable upcycling PDF is available at slomediagroup.com.”

Bio.
is: leaning into the handcrafts of the women in her lineage who turned domestic decor into works of art. Investigating connection through acts of making, saving, and reimagining. Prompting connection to nature, self and other through interactive means.

Artist, @is_ing facilitating community programing that addressed ways to repurpose every day material into art to encourage a conversation around environmental waste.

From is: “The bottle was transformed by one of the amazing artists, Skip Boyd, who came out to Sip & Craft @thefrontnola. Thank you so much to all who participated and dropped in! It was refreshing to drink bottled Pellegrinos while reimagining water bottles as it rained! Anyone looking for a rainy day activity, a
downloadable upcycling PDF is available at slomediagroup.com.”

Bio.
is: leaning into the handcrafts of the women in her lineage who turned domestic decor into works of art. Investigating connection through acts of making, saving, and reimagining. Prompting connection to nature, self and other through interactive means.

Artist, @is_ing facilitating community programing that addressed ways to repurpose every day material into art to encourage a conversation around environmental waste.

From is: “The bottle was transformed by one of the amazing artists, Skip Boyd, who came out to Sip & Craft @thefrontnola. Thank you so much to all who participated and dropped in! It was refreshing to drink bottled Pellegrinos while reimagining water bottles as it rained! Anyone looking for a rainy day activity, a
downloadable upcycling PDF is available at slomediagroup.com.”

Bio.
is: leaning into the handcrafts of the women in her lineage who turned domestic decor into works of art. Investigating connection through acts of making, saving, and reimagining. Prompting connection to nature, self and other through interactive means.

This bottle was transformed by one of the amazing artists, Skip Boyd, who came out to Sip & Craft @thefrontnola. Thank you so much to all who participated and dropped in! It was refreshing to drink bottled San Pellegrinos while reimagining water bottles as it rained! ☺️ Anyone looking for a rainy day activity, a downloadable upcycling PDF is available at slomediagroup.com

Happy crafting!

This bottle was transformed by one of the amazing artists, Skip Boyd, who came out to Sip & Craft @thefrontnola. Thank you so much to all who participated and dropped in! It was refreshing to drink bottled San Pellegrinos while reimagining water bottles as it rained! ☺️ Anyone looking for a rainy day activity, a downloadable upcycling PDF is available at slomediagroup.com

Happy crafting!

This bottle was transformed by one of the amazing artists, Skip Boyd, who came out to Sip & Craft @thefrontnola. Thank you so much to all who participated and dropped in! It was refreshing to drink bottled San Pellegrinos while reimagining water bottles as it rained! ☺️ Anyone looking for a rainy day activity, a downloadable upcycling PDF is available at slomediagroup.com

Happy crafting!

This bottle was transformed by one of the amazing artists, Skip Boyd, who came out to Sip & Craft @thefrontnola. Thank you so much to all who participated and dropped in! It was refreshing to drink bottled San Pellegrinos while reimagining water bottles as it rained! ☺️ Anyone looking for a rainy day activity, a downloadable upcycling PDF is available at slomediagroup.com

Happy crafting!

Kinda feeling the poetry of a water event getting rained out, but if you still want to do some upcycling today between 5 and 7 pm :)...

A small number of people can gather in room one of The Front (4100 St. Claude.) Crafting materials and San Pellegrinos on deck!

Pickup packets will be available at the front door for any who wants to take their crafting to-go.

And a downloadable PDF is available at slomediagroup.com for any rainy day at-home crafters.

Enjoy the weather!

Exhibit pic: 📸 @vikviksart

Kinda feeling the poetry of a water event getting rained out, but if you still want to do some upcycling today between 5 and 7 pm :)...

A small number of people can gather in room one of The Front (4100 St. Claude.) Crafting materials and San Pellegrinos on deck!

Pickup packets will be available at the front door for any who wants to take their crafting to-go.

And a downloadable PDF is available at slomediagroup.com for any rainy day at-home crafters.

Enjoy the weather!

Exhibit pic: 📸 @vikviksart

Kinda feeling the poetry of a water event getting rained out, but if you still want to do some upcycling today between 5 and 7 pm :)...

A small number of people can gather in room one of The Front (4100 St. Claude.) Crafting materials and San Pellegrinos on deck!

Pickup packets will be available at the front door for any who wants to take their crafting to-go.

And a downloadable PDF is available at slomediagroup.com for any rainy day at-home crafters.

Enjoy the weather!

Exhibit pic: 📸 @vikviksart

Excited to host Sip & Craft @ thefrontnola, tomorrow from 5-7 pm. (4100 St. Claude) Collaborative art making is one of my greatest joys, especially when outdoors. But, if its raining, will post the rain plan ;)

Looking forward to possibly crafting with you!

This month we will have additional programming from artist, is. is will be hosting, Sip & Craft, May 23rd from 5 pm to 7 pm. While sitting outside in the backyard, we will craft together with recycled bottles or whatever materials you bring along. Tools, materials and luxury waters will be provided. Or bring your own post-consumer materials for reinventing.

Artist statement: is = curates connection to self, other and nature, through many different media, reflectingexperience as an educator, performer, artist, and linguist. As a trained art director and aspiringcultural architect, big picture solutions are envisioned to address how we interact with thespaces around us, including the people within them and ourselves. Newfound approaches toconflict resolution, diplomacy, and expression lay at the heart of this work.

This month we will have additional programming from artist, is. is will be hosting, Sip & Craft, May 23rd from 5 pm to 7 pm. While sitting outside in the backyard, we will craft together with recycled bottles or whatever materials you bring along. Tools, materials and luxury waters will be provided. Or bring your own post-consumer materials for reinventing.

Artist statement: is = curates connection to self, other and nature, through many different media, reflectingexperience as an educator, performer, artist, and linguist. As a trained art director and aspiringcultural architect, big picture solutions are envisioned to address how we interact with thespaces around us, including the people within them and ourselves. Newfound approaches toconflict resolution, diplomacy, and expression lay at the heart of this work.

Super grateful for all that came out to @thefrontnola last night. And for doing this first show with such an amazing group of artist-creatives plus the whole crew of artists who put in much work to keep this gallery up and thriving. Last night was super fun. And at closing time, looking back at the lights showed something unexpected.

Performing with @blocosereia and seeing the magic of the lights on the night sky was so cool. My mom is all about colorful lights, just starting to lean in to it.

The last week or so of getting the show up, it was revealed that it's also about ancestors, aging, life cycles and how precious this life is that we've been blessed to enjoy.

Super mega shout-out to @jwgoedert whose installing brilliance got this work up in the air. And to @lalaflowaa for all the things.

❤️

Super grateful for all that came out to @thefrontnola last night. And for doing this first show with such an amazing group of artist-creatives plus the whole crew of artists who put in much work to keep this gallery up and thriving. Last night was super fun. And at closing time, looking back at the lights showed something unexpected.

Performing with @blocosereia and seeing the magic of the lights on the night sky was so cool. My mom is all about colorful lights, just starting to lean in to it.

The last week or so of getting the show up, it was revealed that it's also about ancestors, aging, life cycles and how precious this life is that we've been blessed to enjoy.

Super mega shout-out to @jwgoedert whose installing brilliance got this work up in the air. And to @lalaflowaa for all the things.

❤️

Super grateful for all that came out to @thefrontnola last night. And for doing this first show with such an amazing group of artist-creatives plus the whole crew of artists who put in much work to keep this gallery up and thriving. Last night was super fun. And at closing time, looking back at the lights showed something unexpected.

Performing with @blocosereia and seeing the magic of the lights on the night sky was so cool. My mom is all about colorful lights, just starting to lean in to it.

The last week or so of getting the show up, it was revealed that it's also about ancestors, aging, life cycles and how precious this life is that we've been blessed to enjoy.

Super mega shout-out to @jwgoedert whose installing brilliance got this work up in the air. And to @lalaflowaa for all the things.

❤️

“Meditations on living with blight” was the first subtitle for this show, “Ephemerist.” Blight — as in allowing a thing to get so deteriorated that it falls away. Living in Black neighborhoods, well, mostly their suburbs/peripheries, you learn to see when a neighborhood is about to turn. The prejudice of architecture shows up, not just in the angularity of buildings, but in little happenings popping up around you.

Sure, there are neighborhood cleanups, and we do our parts, but it means something to see trash like a second pavement, how do you live with it — blight? Anyways, the act of reimagining offered meditative moments to consider how many ways I can make a change by cleaning up my act.

“Meditations on living with blight” was the first subtitle for this show, “Ephemerist.” Blight — as in allowing a thing to get so deteriorated that it falls away. Living in Black neighborhoods, well, mostly their suburbs/peripheries, you learn to see when a neighborhood is about to turn. The prejudice of architecture shows up, not just in the angularity of buildings, but in little happenings popping up around you.

Sure, there are neighborhood cleanups, and we do our parts, but it means something to see trash like a second pavement, how do you live with it — blight? Anyways, the act of reimagining offered meditative moments to consider how many ways I can make a change by cleaning up my act.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to @thefrontnola for @givenoladay. It's really cool to feel the electricity in the air on one day of people giving to help support people working to service people.

Tonight was my first time in the gallery for a show in my own room. It's a different feeling, I tell ya. And calls in a surge of appreciation for all that so many people are doing to share their creativity and problem solving in times like these.

It is incredible that we can be inspired to stretch ourselves, to think outside of boxes, to return to ways of ancestors; making, reusing, reinventing. Creativity = salve.

❤️ @lalaflowaa @movingpicshow @ayeshatjordan @delia @animal.fm @lubazygarewicz...

Thank you to everyone who contributed to @thefrontnola for @givenoladay. It's really cool to feel the electricity in the air on one day of people giving to help support people working to service people.

Tonight was my first time in the gallery for a show in my own room. It's a different feeling, I tell ya. And calls in a surge of appreciation for all that so many people are doing to share their creativity and problem solving in times like these.

It is incredible that we can be inspired to stretch ourselves, to think outside of boxes, to return to ways of ancestors; making, reusing, reinventing. Creativity = salve.

❤️ @lalaflowaa @movingpicshow @ayeshatjordan @delia @animal.fm @lubazygarewicz...

I'm stunned and honored to be presenting my first installation @thefrontnola this weekend alongside amazing collective-mates @sly.watts @tay836tay and @dejamojo bringing in @_a_correspondence This has been an incredible journey of learning about self and other, choice and...well, you get the point. Hopefully we will see you there! And would also be so honored if you'd consider contributing to The Front for the last two hours before Give Nola Day ends. Grateful to be an artist in a group of artists collectively keeping a gallery up and thriving, especially in these times when our voices as creatives are needed most. With gratitude and love. ❤️is
https://www.givenola.org/organization/thefront

I'm stunned and honored to be presenting my first installation @thefrontnola this weekend alongside amazing collective-mates @sly.watts @tay836tay and @dejamojo bringing in @_a_correspondence This has been an incredible journey of learning about self and other, choice and...well, you get the point. Hopefully we will see you there! And would also be so honored if you'd consider contributing to The Front for the last two hours before Give Nola Day ends. Grateful to be an artist in a group of artists collectively keeping a gallery up and thriving, especially in these times when our voices as creatives are needed most. With gratitude and love. ❤️is
https://www.givenola.org/organization/thefront

This upcoming Saturday will open up our new shows. In Room 1, we will have artist is, @is_ing with a show titled, Ephemerist. There will be a multitude of different mediums including post consumer material waste of deconstructed and reconstructed water bottles, aluminum cans, grommets, bells, dried ginger leaves and palmetto stalks, sequins and seed beads, thread, wire lot, copper wire, fishing line, Times Picayune articles on water and trash.

“Ephemerist” offers an invitation to examine daily consumption habits and think ahead to how these may be transformed as we restructure the type of world that works for all. As things fall apart, we are encouraged to turn to thoughts of reconstruction, and how we may use curiosity, wonder and imagination to create something new amidst the wreckage.

is turns a mass of post-use, gallon water bottles into a meditation on blight, reindustrialization, and other challenges facing her chosen home of the Lower Ninth Ward. “Ephemerist” seeks to bring to life questions of how one moves around blocked thoroughfares if proposals like the Grain Train or Industrial Canal lock expansion were materialized.

This upcoming Saturday will open up our new shows. In Room 1, we will have artist is, @is_ing with a show titled, Ephemerist. There will be a multitude of different mediums including post consumer material waste of deconstructed and reconstructed water bottles, aluminum cans, grommets, bells, dried ginger leaves and palmetto stalks, sequins and seed beads, thread, wire lot, copper wire, fishing line, Times Picayune articles on water and trash.

“Ephemerist” offers an invitation to examine daily consumption habits and think ahead to how these may be transformed as we restructure the type of world that works for all. As things fall apart, we are encouraged to turn to thoughts of reconstruction, and how we may use curiosity, wonder and imagination to create something new amidst the wreckage.

is turns a mass of post-use, gallon water bottles into a meditation on blight, reindustrialization, and other challenges facing her chosen home of the Lower Ninth Ward. “Ephemerist” seeks to bring to life questions of how one moves around blocked thoroughfares if proposals like the Grain Train or Industrial Canal lock expansion were materialized.

We love art. And we love The Front. And we'd appreciate your support if you're willing and able. ❤️ @thefrontnola https://www.givenola.org/organization/thefront

📡Have you ever had a book, poster or flyer printed at Antenna’s print shop located at Antenna:6330? If so, you’ve probably been supported by our Lead Print Production Specialist is - @is_ing

📡Our Communications Coordinator FreeQuency @freequencyspeaks caught up with is this past fall for a brief profile about their work at Antenna, their work as an integrated artist, their dreams of visiting Black port cities with a shipping container full of art and the “wholing centers” they build for Black folks to move through collective trauma

📡Check out the profile and other posts such as Second Saturday photo recaps and Interviews With Exhibiting Artists now on our blog TRANSMISSIONS over on the Antenna website (link in bio) or comment “is” to have the post sent directly to you!

📡Have you ever had a book, poster or flyer printed at Antenna’s print shop located at Antenna:6330? If so, you’ve probably been supported by our Lead Print Production Specialist is - @is_ing

📡Our Communications Coordinator FreeQuency @freequencyspeaks caught up with is this past fall for a brief profile about their work at Antenna, their work as an integrated artist, their dreams of visiting Black port cities with a shipping container full of art and the “wholing centers” they build for Black folks to move through collective trauma

📡Check out the profile and other posts such as Second Saturday photo recaps and Interviews With Exhibiting Artists now on our blog TRANSMISSIONS over on the Antenna website (link in bio) or comment “is” to have the post sent directly to you!

📡Have you ever had a book, poster or flyer printed at Antenna’s print shop located at Antenna:6330? If so, you’ve probably been supported by our Lead Print Production Specialist is - @is_ing

📡Our Communications Coordinator FreeQuency @freequencyspeaks caught up with is this past fall for a brief profile about their work at Antenna, their work as an integrated artist, their dreams of visiting Black port cities with a shipping container full of art and the “wholing centers” they build for Black folks to move through collective trauma

📡Check out the profile and other posts such as Second Saturday photo recaps and Interviews With Exhibiting Artists now on our blog TRANSMISSIONS over on the Antenna website (link in bio) or comment “is” to have the post sent directly to you!

📡Have you ever had a book, poster or flyer printed at Antenna’s print shop located at Antenna:6330? If so, you’ve probably been supported by our Lead Print Production Specialist is - @is_ing

📡Our Communications Coordinator FreeQuency @freequencyspeaks caught up with is this past fall for a brief profile about their work at Antenna, their work as an integrated artist, their dreams of visiting Black port cities with a shipping container full of art and the “wholing centers” they build for Black folks to move through collective trauma

📡Check out the profile and other posts such as Second Saturday photo recaps and Interviews With Exhibiting Artists now on our blog TRANSMISSIONS over on the Antenna website (link in bio) or comment “is” to have the post sent directly to you!

📡Have you ever had a book, poster or flyer printed at Antenna’s print shop located at Antenna:6330? If so, you’ve probably been supported by our Lead Print Production Specialist is - @is_ing

📡Our Communications Coordinator FreeQuency @freequencyspeaks caught up with is this past fall for a brief profile about their work at Antenna, their work as an integrated artist, their dreams of visiting Black port cities with a shipping container full of art and the “wholing centers” they build for Black folks to move through collective trauma

📡Check out the profile and other posts such as Second Saturday photo recaps and Interviews With Exhibiting Artists now on our blog TRANSMISSIONS over on the Antenna website (link in bio) or comment “is” to have the post sent directly to you!

📡Have you ever had a book, poster or flyer printed at Antenna’s print shop located at Antenna:6330? If so, you’ve probably been supported by our Lead Print Production Specialist is - @is_ing

📡Our Communications Coordinator FreeQuency @freequencyspeaks caught up with is this past fall for a brief profile about their work at Antenna, their work as an integrated artist, their dreams of visiting Black port cities with a shipping container full of art and the “wholing centers” they build for Black folks to move through collective trauma

📡Check out the profile and other posts such as Second Saturday photo recaps and Interviews With Exhibiting Artists now on our blog TRANSMISSIONS over on the Antenna website (link in bio) or comment “is” to have the post sent directly to you!