I am beyond excited to introduce a new collection of jewelry and clothing featuring my original hand drawn flower design. Made with sterling silver, tulsi (holi basil) and the softest & coziest fabrics, this collection is inspired by a friendship that began in 2014. … Read the rest “Introducing my NEW Jewelry Collection!”
Playing with color. And remembering the Stonewall Uprising in June of 1969 that launched a new era of resistance and revolution for LGBT rights. Thank you to the LGBTQ+ community for bringing color to our lives.… Read the rest “Color, Pride & History…”
Anyone who knows me, knows that I love to travel. No matter where I go, it brings me back to my immigrant story. I was born on April 3rd in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.… Read the rest “Celebrating another journey around the sun with travel & homemade chai:)”
For the women, children and families devastated by the bombing of the maternity and children’s hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine. For mothers and daughters. Aunts and sisters.… Read the rest “Ukraine, War & International Women’s Day…”
Today was the beginning of Women’s History Month. And in honor and celebration of my ancestors and the generations of women who came before me, I was going to invite you to my studio for chai, storytelling and community.… Read the rest “Women’s History Month, A Flat Tire & Homemade Chai…”
As I settle into another year of unknowns, fight the isolation that comes with the bitter cold and dig into new work and new goals, I find myself thinking about process.… Read the rest “The Making of my Limited Edition Artist Book”
Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
My Artist Book, 2020 a visual & written retrospective, would not have happened if I had believed only in what seemed possible at the time.… Read the rest “Introducing 2020, The Artist Book”
I am always in awe of how time so often feels like it is moving so slowly but when looking back it has moved so fast.… Read the rest “Check out our NEW Artist Book featured in OnMilwaukee.com!”
This weekend, as we welcome the spring equinox, my Solo Exhibition chronicling the events of 2020 will close. As I imagine into the year ahead, I cannot help but reflect on the year past.… Read the rest “The Spring Equinox”
Today, March 8th, is International Women’s Day. Last year when Ruth Bader Ginsberg died at age 87, I went back and re-read her remarks at her swearing-in ceremony in 1993 and wrote down this particular passage in my journal.… Read the rest “International Women’s Day, 2021”
2020 has come and gone And 2021 has just begun.Here in Milwaukee Winter has settled in.And so have I.My hands get cold far too soon Frozen, by the time I go in.But… Read the rest “Happy New Year!”
Did you know that Milwaukee, where I live, is located on the shores of Lake Michigan? Did you know that Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake that is entirely within U.S.… Read the rest “The Earth Collection”
“When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such hints of gladness.… Read the rest “The River Tree”
I am honored to be a part of this conversation. With the election only 18 days away, a constant cycle of polarizing news, and fear instead of hope driving so many of our conversations, I am looking forward to a hopeful, honest, and inspiring conversation about the arts and civic engagement.… Read the rest “A Conversation: The Arts + Civic Life”
The dragonfly. Whimsical. Luminous. Larger than life. A messenger of change, renewal and discovery. She inspires wonder and curiosity. And invites us to dig into, build up and rediscover our inner selves.~… Read the rest “National Coming Out Day 2020”
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