by zwackart | May 21, 2021 | Recent Projects
The concept of Black Girl Alchemy is a philosophy and programmatic approach originally presented by Black Women (specifically Dr. Nia Nunn, and Nydia Blas) from Southside Community Center to describe an experience of human beings creating and transforming through a...
by zwackart | May 16, 2017 | In the Classroom
I have been working with Cayuga Heights Elementary School, in Ithaca NY, on a 4′ x 15′ mosaic mural inspired by the schools values of Community, Respect, Friendliness, Safety and Self Control, Determination, Cooperation, Resilience, and Peace Making. I...
by zwackart | Nov 30, 2015 | Recent Projects
This November I had the incredible opportunity to work with girls at the Mariposa Foundation, DR. I was invited down to make mosaic portraits with the girls who attend the center in Cabarete, DR. We worked with a local potter and made tiles from raw clay, fired them...
by zwackart | Sep 3, 2015 | Recent Projects
We did a 2 day community build installation in late August. Here’s some snaps of the fun! This is the 2nd year of an ongoing community built, artist led and organized, mosaic mural (now about 70′ long!), on the wall of the DPW facility, facing the...
by zwackart | Oct 9, 2012 | New in the Studio
These high-fired ceramic leaves are made from impressions of real leaves, most of them Burdock leaves. Burdock is a “weed”, with fierce burrs, but it’s root is used to help the heart and cleanse the blood. Sometimes the veining pattern in the leaves...
