Owed to The Mountain
a storytelling + fundraising event to honor and support the work of the CRÍID Founation, Bark Defenders of Mt. Hood, and artist Diane Jacobs
Join us on Saturday, May 21, 2022 for a unique showcase of artists, activists, and storytellers. Thank you Bark for hosting and Al Rose, Native Communities Liaison with Bark, Diné (Navajo) & Karuk Tribes, for their vision and energy in planning this event. Special guests include Executive Director of the Columbia River Institute for Indigenous…
Read MoreMarch 2022 Art News from Diane Jacobs
Happy 2022 My daphne bush is blooming and the flower is one of my favorite smells! I hope this email finds you doing well. There are many challenges on numerous fronts and I find it hard to keep a positive outlook but one thing is certain we are stronger together and flowers bring joy! In…
Read MoreWake
Wake click to view Installation incorporating dollar bills, weed roots, military dog tags, bullet shell casings, chicken egg shells, ceramic, human hairballs, cigarette butts, matches, poultry wishbones, and living tree stump Solo Installation at the Bush Barn Annex in Salem, OR 2019 Video I think about capitalist greed as a root cause of our dire…
Read Morewoven with Human Hair
woven with Human Hair click to view COMB OVER human hair, plastic comb 17″ x 23″ x 2″ 2011 Commentary on the national financial crisis.
Read MoreThis Hunger
This Hunger click to view pin oak trees, twisted wire, ceramic apples and birds burned magnolia leaves laser cut copper This Hunger, In these Five Remaining Days after Hafez, and Before Surgery are all poems written by Kathleen Flowers. These three pieces were part of the Open Sesame: The Magic of Artist Books Revealed exhibition…
Read MoreBiracial Basket Faces
Biracial Basket Faces click to view woven photolithography on paper 10″ x 10″ x 5″ 2001 The Biracial series is constructed by weaving two different women’s faces of diverse ethnic backgrounds and age together. A checkerboard pattern develops from the process as well as a new design element on the edges of the 3-dimensional object.…
Read MoreOwed To The Mountain
Owed To The Mountain click to view wood engraving, reduction wood cut, linoleum cut, etching, handset letterpress metal type, pressure printing, silk-screen printed book cloth, unique eco printed end pages, and mono print centerfold 13.5″ x 13″ x .25″ closed, 36 pages 2021 Thank you to the following institutions, programs, and people for your financial…
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Owed To The Mountain
Deluxe Box
Owed To The Mountain Deluxe Box click to view lithography, wood engraving, reduction wood cut, linoleum cut, etching, letterpress, plexiglass, handmade paper, mono print, silk-screen, solar etching, natural pigments, handset type, pressure printing, and eco printing. 14″ x 14″ x 7.5″ closed, 60″ x 60″ x 7″ open 2021 Video Owed to The Mountain is a…
Read Moresculptures with human hair
sculptures with human hair click to view Weigh Station Human hair, scale 10″ x 5″ x 7″ 2005 For me, hair represents humanity and is a rich material thick with history, genetics and societal taboos. I use hair in the form of hairballs, locks, sewing thread, matting, and weaving fiber. In 1993 I shaved my…
Read MoreWoven Paper Lingerie
Woven Paper Lingerie click to view Letterpress text on paper. Turned wooden stands by Steve Jacobs. Exhibited at Gallery Paule Anglim in San Francisco in 1998 and the Hoffman Gallery at Oregon College of Art & Craft. 2013 In this body of work I intend to expose the tenacious, white, patriarchal power structure by using…
Read MoreWoven Paper Wigs
Woven Paper Wigs click to view Letterpress text on paper. Turned wood spindles, heads, and stands by Steve Jacobs. The wigs were exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery in 1999. Then exhibited at the Frumkin/Duval Gallery in Santa Monica in 2000, in Names Will Never Hurt Me, at the Rock…
Read MoreBoundless
BIMA Website Curated by Cynthia Sears and Catherine Alice Michaelis March 4 – June 22, 2022 At The Bainbridge Island Museum of Art In the Rachel Feferman & Sherry Grover Galleries Owed to The Mountain is part of this impressive exhibition. Clarissa Sligh, Transforming Hate: An Artist Book, 2016 Allison Leialoha Milham, Ulhhaimalama: Legacies of…
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