COMMUNITY ART MURAL & PUBLIC SCHOOL RESIDENCY

Wish Wall Mural
Thistle & Shamrock Convenience Store
62 Walden Street
Cambridge, MA
April – May 2007

This springtime project was a collaboration with Lucy McMullen's 4th grade class at the Graham & Parks Alternative Public School and those with interest from the Cambridge/Somerville neighborhood in Massachusetts. The seventeen fourth-graders and interested community members ultimately created a conceptual wall mural on side of the Thistle & Shamrock Convenience Store, at the corner of Walden and Richdale Streets in Cambridge.

Each person wrote a personal wish on one brick of the wall, then painted over it. Among other things, this pair of actions references graffiti writing, the concealment or erasure of unwanted graffiti, and the folk belief that keeping a wish secret ensures it will come true. Seven in-depth classroom discussions at Graham & Parks School addressed topics relevant to the project: conceptual art; urban wall painting, graffiti, and murals; and the nature of hope, secrets and wishing. The project is fully documented on the website www.wishwallmural.com.
Cambridge Chronicle article by Benjamin Levine, May 9 2007
Big RED & Shiny photo gallery, May 7, 2007

SOLO EXHIBITION & PRIZE FROM THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART / BOSTON

The Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston
James & Audrey Foster Prize Exhibition
December 10, 2006 – March 11, 2007

Solo exhibitions for four finalists whose work demonstrates "adventurousness, conceptual strength, and skillful execution": Sheila Gallagher, Jane D. Marching, Kelly Sherman and Rachel Perry Welty
The Hartford Courant article by Steve Grant, March 18, 2007
The Cape Cod Times article by Debbie Forman, February 17, 2007
Allston-Brighton TAB article by Alexander Stevens, February 14, 2007
The Boston Globe article by Geoff Edgers, February 12, 2007
Big RED & Shiny article, February 11, 2007
The Boston Globe profile by Cate McQuaid, February 9, 2007
The Boston Globe photo gallery, February 9, 2007
Cambridge Chronicle review by Christine Temin, February 8, 2007
Tufts Observer review by Joanna Szymkowiak, February 2, 2007
Big RED & Shiny article, January 15, 2007
Boston Phoenix review by Christopher Millis, December 13, 2006
The New York Times review by Holland Cotter, December 8, 2006
The Phoenix review by Randi Hopkins, November 21, 2006

ARTIST-IN-RESEARCH AT THE BERWICK RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Berwick Research Institute
Artist-in-Research Project & Residency
April – July 2006.

During my residency I investigated seating plan arrangements in the context of weddings: how complex family relationships are confronted and mediated via event seating arrangements. Interested in how an issue so practical in nature can both produce and assuage emotional tension, I interviewed nearly a dozen couples about the planning of their weddings. We discussed everything from picking a cake to managing inter-family relationships. After working with the video footage from these interviews, I ultimately focused on the actual seating plans as documents, later turning this research into a piece titled Seating Plans. The Berwick maintains my project journal and final report on their website.

Big RED & Shiny profile by Christian Holland, June 18, 2006
The Phoenix article by Randi Hopkins, June 14, 2006

GROUP SHOW AT BARBARA KRAKOW GALLERY

Barbara Krakow Gallery
Group Show
June 18 - July 28, 2005

Works by Josef Albers, Uta Barth, Mel Bochner, Daniel Buren, Chuck Close, Mike Glier, Jenny Holzer, Alex Katz, Maryellen Latas, Sol LeWitt, Julian Opie, Jeff Perrott, Jonathan Seliger, Kelly Sherman, Bill Thompson, Peter Wegner and Laura Wulf

The Phoenix review by Christopher Millis, July 15, 2005

FOUR-PERSON EXHIBITION AT BARBARA KRAKOW GALLERY

Barbara Krakow Gallery
4 to look at
July 8 - September 6, 2003

Works by Cree Bruins, Sally Moore, Kelly Sherman and Rachel Perry-Welty

The Phoenix review by Randi Hopkins, July 4, 2003
The Phoenix review by Christopher Millis, August 1, 2003
Boston Magazine article, September 2003