atac is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization in downtown Framingham, MA. Home to community-centered creative programs, artistic development, and work and volunteer opportunities, atac facilitates new possibilities for their community to access the transformative power of creativity. In different capacities, I worked at atac from the summer of 2022 to the fall of 2023.
Read moreAs Is: Signs
June 2-4, 2017
Reception and zine release June 2, 7pm
Good Work Gallery, 1100 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY
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As Is (Signs) is my tribute to Jia Hua Trading Inc, importers and exporters of wholesale gifts and home goods. I purchased several LED storefront signs from Jia Hua just prior to their leaving their 15 West 28th St. location in 2016. The exhibition is accompanied a zine by the same title, with images produced by placing the aforementioned LED signs either directly on a scanner, or in close-proximity to the camera on a mobile phone.
Installation and Reception:
Zine Images:
Ace AIR
354+ Nights of Artists Making Art in Hotel Rooms
I founded Ace AIR—Ace Hotel’s Artists in Residence program—in 2014 and oversaw the curation, documentation and promotion of the program until leaving in January of 2019. In that time there were 354 stays. Went “On Tour” with Printed Matter to host 40 artists nation-wide and in London, and with zero marketing, cecame 4th organic search result for “Artists in Residence” (Google, 2018).
Pictured above is Riley, who participated during Opening Ceremony’s residency.
The program was very straight forward and had few rules:
Artists got a small stipend and food
Artists stayed one night at the hotel
Artists were asked to do whatever they wanted so long as it didn’t harm guests or damage property.
Artists took that looseness and filled rooms with mylar balloons, broadcasted psychedelic videos, painted oyster shells, collected beach glass, slept, hired 3rd parties to produce work on their behalf, wrote poems, collected recipes, wrote and recording music, drafted short stories, and played solitaire.
Pictured above is Ace Hotel’s website in 2023; on the heels of the program being around for a decade it’s prominently featured up top. Cool to see it growing!
Curators & Artists by Year
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WORD Bookstores, December 2014
John Keene, Deji Olukotun, Sarah McCarry, Rahawa HailePlayLab, November 2014
Lunifred Benjamin, Ryder Ripps, Matthew Giordano, Nightcoregirl, Zut Alors!Flux Factory, October 2014
Michael DiPietro and Lena Hawkins, Gil Lopez, Ayden Grout, Will OwenPrinted Matter, September 2014
Jason Polan, Heather Benjamin, Stefan Marx, Cali Thornhill DeWittTumblr, August 2014
Ashley Ford, Kate Gavino, Chelsea Hodson and May-Lan Tan, Kristina WilsonEyebeam Art + Technology Center, July 2014
Queer Art + Technology Collective, Joon Oluchi Lee and Roddy SchrockTomorrow Lab, June 2014
Katie Shima, Confection, Ltd., Ekene Ijeoma, Karen Mackay, Jenni HenslerThe Museum of Art and Design, May 2014
Stephanie Lin, Alissia Melka-Teichroew and Jan Habraken, Michael Rees, Francis Bitonti24 BY 36 (Ace Hotel), January 2014
Sto Len & Asha Man, Daren Ho & Antonia Kuo, JD Samson, Colby Bird, Denise Kupferschmitdt, Mikael Kennedy, Ariel Dill, Morgan Blair + Nick Kuszyk, Miho Hatori, Phillip Birch, Danniel Schoonebeek, Patrick Higgins, Amanda B. Friedman & William McMillin, Archie Lee Coates IV & Jeff Franklin, Adam Dugas, Kunal Gupta / Thu Tran, Alexis Georgopoulos & Frank Lyon, Ashok Kondabolu (Dapwell), NOWORK / Pierre Le Hors, FCKNLZ (Grant Worth), Garrett Morrin, Lesley Flanigan & Steven Reker, Colin Self, Lizzi Bougatsos
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Opening Ceremony, December 2015
Riley Gallagher, James Evans, James Parker Riley Gallagher, Surprise GuestsResidencies Unlimited, November 2015
Ivan Gaete, Beto Shwafaty, David Helbich, Christiaan Bastiaans, Manuela Viera-GalloLady Boss, October 2015
Sue Smith, Kate Gardiner, Tracy Candido, Julie SygielPrinted Matter / NY Art Book Fair, September 2015
Christopher Schulz, Tamara Santibañez, Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Jason EvansAUNTS, September 2015
Ann Lewis (gilf!) / Sylvia Dean Ventiko / Tara Aisha Willis / Karl Scholz / Adams Stark; Christen Clifford / Amy Khoshbin and Michael Clemow / Sophie Sotsky and Greta Hartenstein, Chris Blue / Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste / Daria Faïn / niv Acosta / Shantelle Jackson; Michael DiPietro and Lena Hawkins / Felicia Ballos and Jean Brennan (Collective Settlement) / Kirsten Schnittker /Oyster Books, August 2015
Haley Mlotek, Kashana Cauley, Morgan Parker, Durga Chew-Bose, Hannah Giorgisbitforms gallery, July 2015
Marina Zurkow, R. Luke DuBois, Rashaad Newsome, Yael KanarekBHQFU, June 2015
Zulu Padilla, Alva Calymayor, Nicole Reber, Sophia Le FragaMaterials for the Arts, May 2015
Carolina Penafiel, Christian Joy, Ryan Humphrey, Carrie Morrissey, William Powhidan+1, April 2015
Dayna Tortorici, Doreen St. Felix, Kaitlin Phillips, Erin SheehyPlus 81, March 2015
ikumi, Kenzo Minami, Meguru Yamaguchi, Masashi KawamuraChihiro Shimizu
Northern Spy Records, February 2015
Shilpa Ray, Justin Frye (PC Worship), John Moloney (Caught on Tape, Sunburned), Stephen Cooper (Cloud Becomes Your Hand)Deer Dana, January 2015
Matt Sukkar, Luisa Opalesky, Josh Bartky, Jojo Samuels & Sean Ryan Pierce24 BY 36 (Ace Hotel), January 2015
Kevin Driscoll, Jamilla Okubo, Joshua Caleb Weibley & Masha Vlasova, Food Core Klub (Thu Tran and Sandra Chi), E.E. Ikeler, Jenn Schiffer, Bryan Kasenic and Seze Devres, Laina Dawes, Leah Beeferman & Carey Denniston, Sister Sister (Trevor Powers and Annie Sollinger), Dennis RedMoon Darkeem, Ditko! Zine Library, Allyson Paty, Allen Riley & Matthew Underwood, Colene Blanchet, Rob Corradetti, Julia Kaganskiy, Amirtha Kidambi & Peter Evans, Lazy Mom, Ted McGrath, Dana Veraldi, A&C Supply Brooklyn: Meghan Wicks & Jason Roy, Lydia Cambron, Halmos
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One Offs
Lissa Rivera and BJ, Kevin Driscoll and Lana Swartz (Lonely Old Bitcoin Miner)Faust, December 2016
Sabekst, Caroline Caldwell, Victoria SiemerPrinted Matter, November 2016
Caroline Paquita, Jordan Nassar, Kyle Quinn, Dawn KimFriends Records, October 2016
Lexie Mountain, Chris Day, Shaun Flynn, Carabella Sands, April CamlinPrinted Matter, September 2016
Stuart Matz, Melinda Melmoth, Masanao Hirayama. Emma KohlmannPuppy Teeth Records, August 2016
Lætitia Tamko, Catherine Cohen, Phyllis Ophelia, Mallory HeyerUndo Magazine, July 2016
Taste: Jaquy Yngvason, Sound: Jarrett Wetherell, Sight: Tomás Whitmore, Touch: Jérôme LaMaar, Smell: Amaris ModestoFilipino American Museum, June 2016
Gina Apostol, Stephen Miguel Decker, Patrick Rosal, Paul Pfeiffer, Michelle LopezLAND Gallery, May 2016
Myasia Dowdell, Carlo Daleo, Matt Murphy, Margot Werner, Cynthia AlbertoMcSweeney's, April 2016
Leanne Shapton, Chelsea Hogue, Paul La Farge, Shelly Oria, James HannahamJoshua Caleb Weibley, March 2016
Alli Miller, Sun You, PK Worryshop (Porter & Kaila), Zack Davis, Rebecca SimonBuzzFeed, February 2016
Tomi Obaro, Chaya Babu, Esther Wang, Niela OrrTopical Cream, January 2016
Lyndsy Welgos, Julika Rudelius, Keren Cytter, Lyndsy Welgos, Sara Hornbacher
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Curated with Printed Matter
New Orleans
Kyle Bravo, Marta Maleck, Skylar Fein, Ashley Teamer, Tom O'BrienPittsburgh
Melissa Cantanese, Ed Panar, Stephen Grebinski, Christina LeeLos Angeles
Seth Bogart, Kandis Williams, Blackmama Whitemama, Eve Fowler, Adam VillacinNew York City
Stuart Matz, Melinda Melmoth, Masanao Hirayama, Emma KohlmannLondon
Paul Knight, John Booth, Lillian Wilkie, BOYS FOREVER, SetsukoSeattle
Martine Workman, Steven Miller, Corianton Hale, Sarah GalvinNew York City (2)
Caroline Paquita, Jordan Nassar, Kyle Quinn, Dawn KimPalm Springs
Sonya Cohen, Paul, Mpagi Sepuya, Patrick Lee, Edie Fake
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One-offs
Dewey Saunders, Aaron Clark, Johanna Boccardo,GMHC, December 2017
Shungaboy (Michi Yamaguchi), Chuck Hettinger, Michael RussnakRashaad Newsome, November 2017
Emmanuel Iduma, Paul Anthony Smith, Kiyan Williams, Alexandra BellSI Maker Space, October 2017
DB Lampman, Nancy Quin, Emily Perina, Eustace Pilgrim, Scott Van CampenPrinted Matter, September 2017
Jen Shear, Linda Hang, Jeffrey Cheung, Alexis TaylorAshley Robicheaux, August 2017
Rosana Caban, Rahm Silverglade, Sam Himself, Ashley RobicheauxKimberly Klark Gallery, July 2017
Robert Grand, Sophie Jennis, Dennis Witkin, Colleen O’Connor, Emma HazenTeen Art Salon, June 2017
Quinn Wilke, Danielle Cohen, Luna Doherty-Ryoke, Devon MaDiscwoman, May 2017
Bearcat (Kerrie Ann Murphy), Yulan Grant, DJ Abby, DJ Haram (Zubeyda Akil)Trax Records, April 2017
Tyler Stone + VAITP (NYU), March 2017
Chang Liu, Rebecca Lieberman, Matt RomeinPenumbra Foundation, February 2017
Molly Rapp, Olivia Perez, Jolene Lupo, Lisa ElmalehBronx Art Space, January 2017
Glendalys Medina, Esperanza Cortés, Jonathan Gardenhire, Sophie Barrett-Kahn (use "Sophie Kahn" for press), Alexis Mendoza
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One-offs
LydIa RicciJeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, December, 2018
Nordic International Film Fest, November, 2018
Brandon Brown, Haley Rice, Corey Camperchioli, Samantha QuickRefinery 29, October, 2018
Eva Lee & Evelyn Zhang, Abbie Winters, Louisa Cannell & Elsa Jenna, Janet Sung & Seeta Kanhai, Elliot Salazar & Isabel Castillo GuijarroBrad Troemel, September, 2018
Artiphon, August, 2018
Rodney Hazard, Caleb Hawley, Jachary, Suzi AnalogueDistributed Web of Care, July, 2018
Ari Melenciano, Mindy Seu, Jessica Lynne, Stephanie Gray, Shannon FinneganD’hana Perry, June, 2018
Giphy, May, 2018
Julia Sinelnikova, Matthew Keff, Maximillian Piras, Mengxin LiChildren's' Museum of Art, April, 2018
Mira Moore, Christopher Lineberry, Georgina Arroyo, Kirsten McNally, Naima Freitas / Alan YoungVOLTA, March, 2018
Tug RiceSea Dog Theatre, February, 2018
Various Artists from Sea Dog TheaterNational Sawdust, January, 2018
BISHI, Natti Vogel, Vince Peterson, Zach Fredman
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Children's Museum of the Arts, April 2019
Brandon Lee Harris, Deepti Menon, Rachelle Hall, Ian TousiusBushwick Community Darkroom, March 2019
Elizabeth LoPiccolo, Sheridan Telford, Max Taylor, Chris Voss, Lucia RollowShani Jamilla, February 2019
Fountain House Gallery, January 2019
Roger Jones, Alyson Vega, Laura Anne Walker, Angela Rogers
of Bits
Of Bits, PDF, 24” x 36” inkjet print on bond, 2010
In Marcus Boon’s In Praise of Copying, the author recalls a conversation with new-media theorist Julian Dibbell, who says:
“We tend to think of bits as these sort of atomic, on-or-off monads, but they are usually represented as two different voltage levels—1 being thus-and-such a voltage, 0 being another. And since there’s usually a gap between the levels, and large numbers of electrons involved in determining a given voltage, there’s lots of room for physical difference at the electron level between two digitally equivalent bits. Digital information really is nothing more or less than a form of writing. Just about any question you ask about bits can be illuminated by asking it about script, I find. So: “How different can two electronically coded 1’s be?” is sort of like asking how different two 1’s written on a page can be. The answer to the latter is: very different indeed, as the disciplines of typography, calligraphy, and handwriting analysis attest. The “invisibility” of electronic code makes it sort of opaque to these disciplines. But is it impossible to imagine that there might one day be a sort of calligraphy of the bit?”
I loved this ending phrase and began thinking of what a work titled Of Bits might look like. I decided on a study on the variations of period (.) symbols across all the fonts that came pre-loaded with the then-curren version of Open Office.
Awesome Foundation
As of August 2023, I’ve started up a Rhode Island chapter of Awesome Foundation! We are looking to start accepting grant proposals in early 2024 and are looking for Trustees. Please visit awesomeisland.org to learn more!
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From July 2015 - August 2016 I was a trustee at the New York chapter of Awesome Foundation, a global community acting on behalf of awesome, $1,000 at a time. Below are projects I helped fund. Each fully autonomous chapter supports projects through out-of-pocket micro-grants, usually given out monthly, and in total AF's given away over $5m. These are no-strings-attached funds given to people and groups working on awesome projects.
Murals for a Queens Supportive Housing Facility
August 2016
AwesomeNYC is pleased to support artist Laini Nemett's mural project in a new supportive housing facility for Transitional Services New York (TSINY) in Jamaica, Queens. While our grant will fund the creation of the paintings on the first floor, the entire building has been created with art in mind, with 18 "art niches" designed into the structure's 7 floors.
ID Shop
July 2016
AwesomeNYC is pleased to support the 2016 edition of ID Shop, artist Sue Jeong Ka's project that operates as a liaison between art and public institutions to help homeless and immigrant youths apply for federally issued ID cards.
Queer Kid Stuff
June 2016
Queer Kid Stuff is a new educational web series creating LGBTQ+ videos for kids. Queer representation and content for children is scarce and Queer Kid Stuff aims to eliminate stigma by educating future generations through free and entertaining videos. The project allows young people to have access to a queer resource that is specifically made for them.
Awesome Link
NYC #popscope
May 2016
When was the last time you looked at the craters on the moon, the rings around Saturn, or the four moons around Jupiter? #popscope — which stands for “pop-up telescope” — brings free astronomy nights to the public. When the skies are clear, we “pop-up” in different neighborhoods to promote community-building through science.
Cello Without Walls
April 2016
In his project Cello Without Walls, Jacob Cohen conducts music workshops and live concerts for teens and young adults in jail on Rikers Island. Jacob has been volunteering on Rikers for the past year, inviting young people to recite poetry, freestyle rap, dance, sing and make art together. Besides reducing stress in a notoriously violent jail, Jacob’s program has helped young people leaving the justice system find programs in education and mentoring after their release.
Amateur Science Meets Superconductor Research
March 2016
Superconductors are materials that allow for the continuous transmission of electric and magnetic fields without loss of energy. They have numerous applications to industry, transportation, power generation, and medicine. This Awesome Foundation grant has been awarded to continue research on superconductor production methods which will could allow for the production of irregularly shaped superconductors. These irregular shapes could be utilized in power transmission, magnetic levitation trains, medical devices, and in plasma reactors.
The Harlem Free School
March 2016
The Harlem Free School is a series of place-based micro-sessions designed to encourage freedom of the mental, emotional and social dispositions of Harlem residents. In the spirit of the historical Freedom Schools of the 1960’s, this two-day intensive presents itself, in the form of workshops, gatherings and collaborative creative sessions, to diverse range of Harlem residents at no cost.
SLIME - Students of Long Island Maker Expo
February 2016
SLIME (Students of Long Island Maker Expo) is an interactive Day of Making for students, parents and educators from across Long Island, taking place on May 7, 2016. Students, parents, educators, and other community members come together from various school districts to participate in hands-on activities promoting imagination and creativity.
Gender Amplified
January 2016
Gender Amplified is a movement that aims to celebrate Women in music production, raise their visibility and develop a pipeline for girls and young women to get involved behind the scenes as music producers.
Swale
December 2015
Swale is a sculptural floating island containing a public food forest that will dock at various piers around New York City’s harbor in 2016. AwesomeNYC's grant will underwrite a series of educational/community workshops taking place at locations in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Staten Island.
Visioning the adaptive reuse of the Montauk Cutoff
November 2015
Across the Newtown Creek from Greenpoint in Long Island City, Smiling Hogshead Ranch has shown what can happen when a group of people can organize and work together with each other and with the city agencies to form a thriving community space.
Mobile Print Power + Combat Paper + Interference Archive
October 2015
Mobile Print Power is a multigenerational collective bringing mobile printing carts into communities, collecting ideas, and turning them into collaboratively generated designs. Along with Interference Archive, Combat Paper will invite veterans to pulp their uniforms into paper as a medium for expressing their experiences.
The Free Portrait Project — Crown Heights
September 2015
"The Free Portrait Project paints a portrait of a place through it’s people by giving oil-painted portraits to residents of Crown Heights for an entire year, creating a physical record of who we are now amid shifting demographics..."
ACCESS N. BK: Flushing Avenue J/M Station
August 2015
ACCESS N. BK plans to take a creative and light-hearted approach to raising public awareness of the issue of closed, bottleneck-causing / dirty subway station entrances. They will be orchestrating events combining street art, theater and tech with old-school community organizing tactics to the people in the affected communities and beyond.
Alliance for Girls in STEM
July 2015
"We are a publisher of picture books that show girls as the main characters in stories with science, technology, engineering, and math themes. Our target audience is girls from 4-9 years old, with an emphasis on girls from underrepresented minority groups."