PAST EVENTS
Death Planted a Garden: Opening Reception
We were thrilled to welcome artists, friends, family and community to the opening of Death Planted a Garden, the inaugural exhibition at Queen Street Magic Boat.
Death Planted a Garden
The Art Chose Me, collaborated with Catherine Edgerton and Pop Box Gallery, to present Death Planted a Garden (September - October 2024). the inaugural exhibition at Queen Street Magic Boat.Queen Street Magic Boat was conceived in the historic home, garden, and studio space of artist, organizer, and dive instructor Catherine Edgerton.
This uniquely immersive art experience features twenty-two Triangle-area visual, sound, literary, and multidisciplinary artists exploring their lived experiences of loss through activation of the entire property-the house, outbuildings, and the land.
UPROOT: Slow Art tour
I led a Slow Art tour of UPROOT: Bipoc Visions of Our Food System at Northstar Church of the Arts on August 15, 2024. We meditated on the photography of Madilyn Nixon-Taplet. As always, the conversation was insightful, with audience members contributing layers of meaning to Nixon-Taplet's beautiful portraits.
Collecting 101 with art advisor Teka Selman
In March 2024, I moderated Collecting 101 at Ella West Gallery in Downtown Durham. It was a privilege to interview Durham-based art advisor Teka Selman, who has over 20 years of experience advising and building art collections for international private and institutional clients. Teka generously shared her wealth of knowledge and her expertise with a thoroughly engaged audience.
Conversation with artist Sachi Rome
I was thrilled to be in conversation with Atlanta based artist Sachi Rome, whose work was featured in Persistence: On Our Terms at Ella West Gallery in Durham, NC.
Old East Durham Curatorial Residency
From April 22 - July 1, 2023, Pop Box Gallery and The Art Chose Me curated three exhibits at 304 S Driver Street, Ste 102, in Old East Durham. The first exhibit was We don’t Care: reclaiming our environment. Our second exhibit was In Ecstasy, I Call Your Name So I Won’t Forget by Kennedi Carter, and the third was upstART Gallery by Jim Lee.
Nasher Museum Podcast
Nasher Museum Podcast
Nasher Museum Podcast
In May 2022, I had the privilege of interviewing photographer Kennedi Carter for the Museum Podcast. The episode is one of seven conversations with artists featured in the exhibition Reckoning and Resilience: North Carolina Art Now, which was on view from May - July 2022. The podcast is available on Apple, Google, Soundcloud, Spotify and RSS platforms.
