Category Archive: SPARK 56

Work from SPARK 56: August 30 – September 8, 2023

Tora Estep and Ash Martins

Tora Estep and Ash Martins

Tora Estep Acrylic paint on paper Response A Sorry Scoop By Ash Martins Inspiration piece You abandoned us like a stray ice cream scoop dropped on a picnic table at the park Sticky, …

 

KJ Hannah Greenberg and Upasana Mitter

KJ Hannah Greenberg and Upasana Mitter

Upasana Mitter “Negative (Black) – Watercolour and Pencil” Inspiration Piece Noesis By KJ Hannah Greenberg Response Activity of the nous, that is, intellectual pursuits, seem Like davits forever reaching for belongings gone …

 

Kamika Cooper and Channie Greenberg

Kamika Cooper and Channie Greenberg

Channie Greenberg “Access Denied” Inspiration piece   Just Trippin By Kamika Cooper Response i began a trip without a destination or clear direction criss-crossing highways navigating one way streets just looking for you i looked in churches and sat …

 

Stefanie A. Shilling and Angi Lewis

Stefanie A. Shilling and Angi Lewis

Stefanie A. Shilling Inspiration piece Dimpled By Angi Lewis Response Dimpled like goose pimples on flesh like the bumps on a dog’s snout where the whiskers sprout from like the rind of an orange or …

 

Angi Lewis and Stefanie A. Shilling

Angi Lewis and Stefanie A. Shilling

Angi Lewis Inspiration piece Handle with Care By Stefanie A. Shilling Response it’s forever been true that the land holds the sea and there’s no truer feeling than when your hands hold me   —————————————————— Note: …

 

Darice Jones and Quinzee the Artist

Darice Jones and Quinzee the Artist

Quinzee the Artist “Wade” Inspiration piece Submerged By Darice Marcella Jones Response Submerged The earth was scorched And I couldn’t bare to look at our seeds Even though I was well aware of the …

 

Quinzee The Artist and Darice Jones

Quinzee The Artist and Darice Jones

Quinzee the Artist Response Clay By Darice Marcella Jones Inspiration piece Out front They called to me from their homes And asked if I would stand out front and face the world on …

 

Kathleen Finn Jordan and Amy Souza

Kathleen Finn Jordan and Amy Souza

Amy Souza Inspiration piece City Sponge By Kathleen Finn Jordan Response A big sponge—I slurp up the city Borne on concrete streets Shaded by looming skyscrapers The never-ending hustle and bustle Slinked into my …

 

Upasana Mitter and KJ Hannah Greenberg

Upasana Mitter and KJ Hannah Greenberg

KJ Hannah Greenberg “Pea Shoots” Inspiration piece   one song supposedly about a cat (nothing more)(nothing less) By Upasana Mitter Response I’m prone to making cardboard dollhouses. the summer of 2017, pea shoots …