Check out the kudos from one Francine K Miller from Artforum. She saw the Lawrence, MA installation and left me a nice note! I want to make myself a t-shirt that says this.
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Artforum signed my guestbook!
Posted in inspirations, tagged art, artforum, artforum magazine, artist, boston, fat, fatness, herrick, installation, installation art, lawrence, massachusetts, museum for obeast conservation studies, obeast, obese, obesity, rachel herrick on May 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Won’t somebody think of the children?!
Posted in inspirations, installations, obeasts, tagged art, art education, art installation, artist, boston, children understanding art, dehumanization, fat, fat stigma, fatness, herrick, installation art, lawrence, MA, massachusetts, meca, museum for obeast conservation studies, muumuu, obeast, obese, obesity, rachel herrick, raleigh, satire on March 10, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Something interesting is happening in Lawrence, MA. The venue hosting the MOCS installation coordinates many art classes for children of all ages. When I was in town I met with several of the classes to talk about the work, but since I left there has been some concern amongst teachers and parents about the impact [...]
Thank you, Lawrence!
Posted in installations, obeasts, photos, tagged art, art installation, beland gallery, boston, essex art center, fat, fatness, herrick, installation art, jhovanny martes, lawrence, massachusetts, museum for obeast conservation studies, muumuu, obeast, obese, obesity, rachel herrick, raleigh on March 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We had a great time at the opening on March 2. I was surprised and thankful for the large turn out at my talk– not to mention the great questions. Thank you everyone who came and supported (especially those of you who traveled hours to be there) . On Saturday, March 3, I had an [...]
MOCS @ Lawrence, MA
Posted in installations, obeasts, sculpture, thoughts & feelings, tagged art, artist, beland gallery, boston, essex art center, fat, fatness, herrick, installation art, lawrence, maine, massachusetts, museum for obeast conservation studies, muumuu, new england, obeast, obese, obesity, rachel herrick on February 1, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I have an obeast exhibit opening on March 2 @ the Beland Gallery in the Essex Art Center in Lawrence, Mass (which is about 25 mins outside of Boston). The Museum for Obeast Conservation Studies installation will be up through April 13. There will be an opening reception and short artist talk on the 2nd, [...]
meditative, delicious carnage
Posted in inspirations, spring 10, tagged art, boston, Heidi Reidell, lobster, lobster picking, lobster salad, maine, Myriah Hampton, poem, poetry, studio on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Maine artist & gallery owner Heidi Reidell recently shared this poem with me and it struck a chord. As a native Mainer (relocated now) I’ve eaten my fair share of lobsters. This poem captures the quiet, habitual movement and mental absorption that comes with being an experienced lobsta picka. I notice occassionally that people operate in this mode [...]
