Author Archives: Katy

Collecting Information

I’m working on a project with Ariana Jacob and Amber Bell that aims to make a vending cart of maps made by people from Portland. I came across a link to the projects being created by Art House Co-op of … Continue reading

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With Love from Haha: Essays and Notes on Collective Practice

I’ve been finding inspiration in this book, the final project by the members of the art group Haha, Wendy Jacob, Laurie Palmer, and John Ploof. I wasn’t aware of Haha’s work until reading about them in Group Work last spring, … Continue reading

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Rumball 2008

Just catching up on some posts. Here is the image from the card Junior Ambassador and I sent out this year celebrating our first Rumball Season as Mostlandian Citizens.Inspiration: Labels: Mostlandia

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The Way It Is

Hi Katy – I found this poem by William Stafford, amongst my files…don’t remember where it came from..but, here to share… — Rudy The Way It Is There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it … Continue reading

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Oregon Council for the Humanities: Relating Through Art:

This article in Oregon Humanities Magazine profiles several social practice artists working in Portland, and includes some words I had to say about my work with the The M.O.S.T. Labels: MOST, publications

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Generosity and Greed

Here’s an interesting article by Douglas Rushkoff regarding current events in the US economy. He describes our monetary system as …”a shell game, with losers built into the very rules” and makes an appeal for the creation of alternative economies … Continue reading

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