Work > Teaching

These are a few of the projects I've done with my students at B.E.S.T High School in the South Chicago neighborhood.

Comics
Ink on paper
2000
Canjos
Cans, wood, strings, pegs, hardware
2009
Mixed-media posters to protest neighborhood violence
Spray paint and ink on paper
2009
Art about militarism post-9/11
Wood, ceramic, cardboard, paint
2012
View of the camouflaged ceramic sculptures of IEDs
Wood, ceramic, cardboard, paint
2012
Amplified ikembes, like those played by street musicians in Congo
Hardware, electronics
2011
Prison jumpsuits denouncing police torturer Jon Burge
Embroidery, applique
2010
Perpsective drawings of torn-down CHA high-rises, plans for new apartments
Drawings
2006
Masks commemorating the unusual pop icon Michael Jackson
Styrofoam, weave, mixed media
2009
School As Prison
Cardboard, paint, wire
2008
Pinatas under the Kennedy Expressway
Pinatas, safety blankets
2008
Memorials for slain young people placed in the North Shore
Paper mache, wood, candles, paint
2009