Check out my slideshow reading of "Confessions by Numbers" on YouTube. →

August 18, 2021

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December 30, 2021

Some favorite Smile Politely articles from 2021

December 30, 2021

August 26, 2021

The Urbana Museum of Photography focuses in on analog experience

August 26, 2021

An interview with the humans behind Urbana Museum of Photography (UMoP) requires an in-person visit and face-to-face conversation. To Zoom, chat, or e-mail with those called to carry on the tradition of analog photography would miss the point entirely. So this week I made my way to UMoP to meet founder and owner Lyosha Svinarski, and curator Anna Longworth. Here's what happened.

August 26, 2021

August 18, 2021

Check out my slideshow reading of "Confessions by Numbers" on YouTube.

August 18, 2021

May 12, 2021

local, books, art+design

My art is inspired by Urbana

May 12, 2021

local, books, art+design

I am so honored to be included in this new campaign and to be in the company of so many local artists. Thanks Urbana Arts and Culture Program for your support. And lots of to Art Coop, inc. & The Urbana Free Library, When I came here for grad school, little did I’d find my creative home and my tribe.

May 12, 2021

local, books, art+design

May 10, 2021

local, the number story project, life in quarantine

Welcome to the Number Story Project!

May 10, 2021

local, the number story project, life in quarantine

May 10, 2021

local, the number story project, life in quarantine

Check out the Pandemic as Portal to Change Exhibition

May 5, 2021

local, confessions by numbers, art + design

Check out the Pandemic as Portal to Change Exhibition

May 5, 2021

local, confessions by numbers, art + design

May 5, 2021

local, confessions by numbers, art + design

March 3, 2021

I'm an 2021-2022 Urbana Arts Grant Recipient

March 3, 2021

I’m so grateful for this opportunity to serve Urbana through community art. And for the support of the City of Urbana and the company of so many talented artists making change happen. Here’s a sneak peek at our projects.

March 3, 2021

November 9, 2020

Me (and my new book) are on Amazon

November 9, 2020

October 30, 2020

Lady Justice

October 30, 2020

This week a beloved feminist icon was “replaced” by someone the Gilead resistance would easily call a gender traitor. And while any candidate might have failed to live up to RBG’s legacy, Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation feels like the ascendancy of the anti-Ruth. Womxn and members of the LGBTQIA+ community fear we are about to take a trip Back to the Future minus the happy Hollywood ending.

October 30, 2020

October 14, 2020

October Surprise

October 14, 2020

I’ve come to believe that the circumstances of our birth create an imprint. For some it may be subtle or without long-lasting consequences. For me, not so much.

October 14, 2020

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