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Hi Loves, and Happy new year! 

 Apologies for the all the quite last month. I needed to take a little downtime as the year wrapped up, to figure out my next steps. Currently, I’ve outlined a new body of work addressing Male toxicity. This is a tricky topic to maneuver – CIS (those who line up with the gender they were assigned at birth) men typically deny that there is such a thing, are unaware of it, or simply cannot be objective. 

In the past when CIS women have attempted to address this issue, they have been shut down, as they have “no direct experience with it and therefore cannot speak to it authentically." 

Well, as a Transwoman who was raised in a CIS, hetero-normative male culture, and who lived the majority of her life in that world before coming out and transitioning, I feel I am uniquely qualified to make this series from an authentic and objective place. That said, I am mid way into several sculptural installations, as well as continuing my tonal (subtle, greyscale paintings) portrait series on authenticity, which I will document and share on my patreon page, so stay tuned! 

Things that are happening… In 2017, a student of mine from the Columbus College of Art and Design, had made a small documentary (posted on the patreon page) of me and my then First solo exhibit since transitioning. Well, he has decided to make a feature-length version of his documentary to then shop around at film festivals. As more information of this project comes to light, I’ll be sure to post and update you. 

Additionally, I have gotten some headway on my nonprofit dream. If you don’t know, I have been setting up an art educational nonprofit, that would send artists to schools, and organizations to offer free art education, and community outreach in depressed areas to children grades 6-12. There are a lot of moving parts, so I will spare you the details, save to say that the space would also have a restaurant/cafe combo as a storefront, to help pay a small staff, and financially support the program. (This part is being done in partnership with friends – more info on this as it happens!)

With all the things that happened in 2020, I got stalled, but thankfully, my fiscal sponsor has stepped in to help me get started. Lots of pans in the fire, wooo!!! This is why, BTW, I have a patreon page. I need help, fam. For as little as 3 dollars a month, you can help me help usher in the next generation of creatives, and to help literally feed our community.