One of the basic truisms of freelancing is: You can have time, or you can have resources, but you will almost never have both simultaneously. A foundational lesson of this workflow is doing the work when it’s available and saving as much as possible for the slow times. But its […]
With roots as old as the concept of art itself, it is difficult to imagine the medium of drawing as having much to offer in the way of innovation. But Telling Stories: Resilience and Struggle in Contemporary Narrative Drawing, a three-woman show at the Toledo Museum of Art, showcases the […]
COLUMBUS, OH — The Yoruba philosophy of ase or ashe (fromàṣẹ) speaks to a way of life with specific spiritual and social constructs, but also has a particular influence on Yoruba artmaking. Aside from the precise rituals associated with deities, there is a general notion of piece-work — countless individual […]
I was so honored to be the inaugural studio visit for the House Calls series with the U-M Institute for the Humanities. This amazing combination of thought leadership and genuine care for artists is just one of the reasons I’m excited to show work there in the Fall. Here’s my […]
In the ongoing motif of having a personality divided along a fault line of equal and diametrically opposing forces: I love traveling and I love coming home. I love easing back into the rhythms and responsibility of my daily existence, but I also love the weird bubble of space that […]
It’s a lecture! By me! What will I say? Let’s find out together! Finding Evidence – The Art of Detection in an Interdisciplinary Practice – Miami University Art Department Thursday October 24 5:50pm Art 100 Artist and writer Sarah Rose Sharp talks about the multitudinous factors in creating a self-sustaining […]
I am curious today about the continuum of experiences artists have with their objects—if objects are what you make. I am always prone to hyper-fiddly types of making processes, given any amount of time, space, and materials—which, for the first time in my life, I have in simultaneous abundance #blessed—and […]
Here’s a closely-guarded secret of the art world, one of those things I believe no one is supposed to admit aloud: nobody knows what is supposed to happen during a studio visit. The studio visit is regarded as one of those crucial times, where a visiting dignitary will alight upon […]
I want to talk about who we choose to tell our stories, and what it means to be entrusted with that obligation. I’ve never been on a residency before; I don’t know how to do it. I had to make my own way. I knew for certain the right way […]