Artist Collective

Supported/Suspended with Open MFA

April 01, 2023

Earlier this year Open MFA welcomed me back for their collaborative exhibition Supported/Suspended at Box13 Artspace.

Organized by Hillaree Hamblin and Amanda Powers, the exhibition was an experimental approach to group curation. Inspired by the work of Jennifer Moss and Marie Watt, Open MFA’s Supported/Suspended offered its artists the opportunity to construct and respond to the metaphorical and literal prompt of support and suspension. Artists contributed individual works, created new work, and collaborated on the exhibition’s overall form.

Exhibition poster design by Amanda Powers

Open MFA at Raven Tower

March 31, 2022

I joined the artist collective Open MFA in fall 2019. We–Amanda, Hillaree, Ryan, and I–hosted social events, organized artist talks, and planned a collaborative group show for 2020. Then the pandemic hit. We tried planning a few virtual events, but those quietly subsided as Zoom burn out took over. Open MFA went on a hiatus.

In January 2022, nearly two years later, Open MFA relaunched. We planned our first meet-up for February and brainstormed ideas for the new year. By March, we hosted our first group show at Raven Tower.