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I’m honored to have been selected by The Maryland-National
Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) to create a major new
public artwork for the historic Concord site in Prince George’s
County, Maryland. Once part of a former plantation landscape, the project
centers the histories of enslaved people whose lives and contributions
were largely erased from the physical record. The sculpture is envisioned
as a kind of lingering presence — an architectural memory suggesting
structures, bodies and histories no longer visible, yet still deeply
embedded in the land.
I’m also grateful to have received a FY26 Arts and
Humanities Fellowship from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities.
The fellowship continues the Commission’s longstanding support
of artists across Washington, DC, and I deeply appreciate their continued
investment in my work and practice.
The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities has also
acquired my glass panel It Feels Like I’m Dreaming for the city’s
Art Bank Collection. Established in 1986, the collection includes thousands
of works by artists from the Washington region and circulates throughout
District government spaces. I’m honored to have another work included
in this important civic collection.
Earlier this year, my studio completed Harbor of Stories,
a new public artwork for Historic Kempsville in Virginia Beach, Virginia,
located near the intersection of Princess Anne Road and Witchduck Road.
Developed in collaboration with the surrounding community, the project
creates a new landmark and gathering point that reflects the layered
histories and evolving identity of the neighborhood.
I was also selected to create the exterior sculpture for
the new Harriet Tubman Elementary School in Washington, DC. This commission
is especially meaningful, as the school is envisioned not only as a
place of education, but as a symbol of resilience, cultural strength
and future possibility. The artwork is being developed in dialogue with
the mission of the school and the broader community it serves.
In the studio, I’m continuing work on a new series
of figurative glass panels that explore emotional states through fractured
color, layered surfaces and shifting visual rhythms. Using sgraffitoed
glass powders intersected with bands of saturated cut-glass pattern,
the works move between intimacy and instability, where color behaves
less as decoration and more as emotional structure.
I remain deeply appreciative of the support I’ve
received from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities over many
years, including the Mayor’s Arts Award for Excellence in the Arts.
The Commission now holds ten of my works in its permanent collection,
reflecting a sustained civic relationship with my practice.
Previously, I was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship through
the U.S. Department of State and served as a Fulbright Specialist at
the University of Sunderland and the National Glass Centre in the United
Kingdom. The experience — particularly the collaborative atmosphere
and experimental glass facilities — had a lasting influence on
my work and continues to shape my approach to material, narrative and
public engagement.