Category Archives: WW7

The Learning Agency exhibition at Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery at NJCU

The Learning Agency exhibition, the culmination of the WW7 Residency. March 22 – April 18 Join us for the opening reception: March 22nd 4:30-7:30pm Harold B Lemmerman Gallery New Jersey City University 2039 Kennedy Blvd. Jersey City, NJ Facebook invite … Continue reading

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salome and sonia – crunch time

things (finally) clicked this week, here’s a preview: the black&white film looks even better!

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The Proust Questionnaire

While discussing the idea of the residency catalog, the concept of the Proust Questionnaire came to mind.  I have an Assouline book, The Fashion Questionnaire, which modified the questions for fashion designers, and I can see how the questions could … Continue reading

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How to…Take Great Self Portraits

Stumbled on this in Wired magazine and thought of Sonia and Salome. While it’s over-simplified, there’s something about the ease of the process and little illustrations that I enjoy.

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Dissatisfied with MY strength…

So in hopes of catching up with my project I decided that I just need to start animating. The more I started animating on my canvas the more dissatisfied with the project itself I became. I feel like the project is becoming … Continue reading

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I have learned so much!!

First of all.. I have learned that I take the internet for granted! There had been at least a dozen times in these two days that I have said to my grandmother “I wish I had access to the internet … Continue reading

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A couple of weeks in one…

Last week I came prepared to share prints from the recent shoot and an audio sample. Theresa Smith, the subject in the audio sample, served as an introduction into the larger body of work. The group gave clear and thoughtful direction … Continue reading

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self-portraiture as process – 2 weeks in

in our first-ever collaboration, salome and sonia are learning self-portraiture in order to better facilitate workshops that give groups of diasporic women agency in authoring their own self-images. through critical/creative studio practice, and a constant stream of images emailed back … Continue reading

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Race, Shame, and Reproductive Health

A wonderful presentation from Melissa Harris-Perry. When she uses stats, factual information she uses the opposite of “scare tactics”. Check it out! watch?v=QXiJ_bOFKY8

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Strength- Sketch (What’s important?)

This week was about sketching out the wall. Some things I wanted to play further with… Visualizing ACTION-Acknowledging process “Grabbing the bull by it’s horn” “I give in to Christ”-Not going back “Don’t let me cry” The actions are literally … Continue reading

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