Through my mission with the Arkansas Coalition for Peace & Justice, I am grateful to be able to use political and social issues—both historical and current—as undertones in my work. My attraction to service and to art grows out of my concern for humanity and all of its man-made divisions because of these connections and art’s ability to skin the barriers created by these differences.
On a personal level, in my role as an artist in residence at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, I often see art acting as an agent of healing for the patients I work with. I love my job both for this reason and for the opportunity it gives me to explore all mediums freely, without hesitation, as children do.
This is my tenth year with ACPJ, and we recently hosted Arkansas Peace Week and we spent time working on our community public art space the 7th Street Murals, and I put in some work on my "Peace Train" mural.
On a personal level, in my role as an artist in residence at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, I often see art acting as an agent of healing for the patients I work with. I love my job both for this reason and for the opportunity it gives me to explore all mediums freely, without hesitation, as children do.
This is my tenth year with ACPJ, and we recently hosted Arkansas Peace Week and we spent time working on our community public art space the 7th Street Murals, and I put in some work on my "Peace Train" mural.