Yield: Keeping a House, 2020
Collaboration with artist Eric Anderson.
The idea of home is personal yet universal: our memories of home are intertwined with a building, a land, sometimes with people, or with something as simple as a flower’s scent.
Yield is a public connector and a joyful space that sees home as central to our current lifestyle. In these unprecedented times our homes have become our gyms, classrooms, offices and playgrounds. They used to be places for the community to gather and now they are enclosed, solitary and safe spaces. As artists, we miss having an open home and we think about all the people who are suffering from isolation. So here is an invitation to a new public, accessible home, where everyone can relax, reflect, enjoy the beauty of the natural native flora and share seeds the way we share gifts and stories. We hope people will find again a sense of safety, care and belonging within the outdoor public space.
This project was selected by Art4Trails and founded through Coronavirus Aid and Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act via the City of Rochester’s Neighborhood Arts Activation program. The artists thank the Art4Trails jury and the amazing team of artists who make this project possible and fun: Charlie Bee. Crist Dahl, Devon Hugdhal, Maggie Pemberton. A special thank you to Rose Anderson.
Press: https://www.postbulletin.com/507-magazine/7141879-Community-art-project-makes-deconstructed-house-a-home?fbclid=IwAR10zucskL8aRPmEv8eMtmOaA90wWmDBb5DmioIIub4Ru7-mHBMTxD-9Bqk
We hosted a series of community workshops led by Nicole Nfonoyim-Hara where participants designed a pattern that reminded them of home. Patterns were inspired by textile, symbols, family heirlooms and more. Participants painted these patterns on tiles that were then added to one of the walls for the sculpture.
