Projects Overview
Sartell Paper mill Project
On Memorial Day, 2012, an explosion ripped through the Verso Paper Mill causing the death of one worker and injury to several others. This explosion also led to the permanent closure of the mill. The Sartell Mill Art Project was born out of a desire held by community members to memorialize the plant, its former employees and its importance to Sartell’s history.
The Project has empowered a team of local artists and fabricators to repurpose materials taken from the mill into art pieces. Artists were able to tour the plant during the demolition in order to remove some of the most interesting pieces, including gears, metal pieces and a large part of a metal coal chute. Finished pieces will be installed in Watab Park, Val Smith Park, and at a location near Sartell City Hall.
Community Based Projects
From Public Art Projects to Design Thinking Activities, I love igniting people’s imagination in all sorts of ways.
Tiny School of Art & Design
The goal of the Tiny School of Art & Design is to build community through the foundations of art & Design.
This traveling studio is created to bring the art studio to communities that have little to no access to art and design fields.
Book Binding & the Bindery
While I don’t have a teaching studio right now, I do binding and classes.
Remote: An Abstract Response to Rural Flight
A compilation of paintings created form 2018 - 2020, this work is a direct reflection of the research I did around rurality and the complexity of rural life and people.
