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Now introducing our final  Artist of the Week, adrift Arguello and a glimpse at part of HELLO DARKNESS, one of her fantastic three pieces featured in the virtual exhibition.

Be sure to check out all her pieces and learn more about adrift and her work at May/Be/MAD, a virtual art exhibition exploring radical mental health, NOW OPEN! *link in our bio

adrift Arguello (she/her) is an indigenous, autistic, neurodivergent, q***r, creative, abstract painter and poet here in the burgh who struggles with OCD and cronic illness in an ableist, capitalist society. Her art is emotional, layered, and textured. She creates from a place without rules, her materials come from found items, and she has a fondness for unconventional tools. Her pieces are an expression of her inner dialogue and processing of the world. Through her work she wishes to evoke emotion in others and she believes there is no right or wrong way to experience her art. Most of her art has been featured in shows promoting and advocating for autistic peoples. She believes in transparency and visibility to promote positive shifts and collectively create a better world.

adrift recent experience a destabilizing flood in her home, which is also her art studio... if you’re able to show her some support for flood recovery please share and make a donation to her GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-anita-and-joi-make-emergency-housing-repairs

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Videos: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_ruuGIf_VQg&feature=youtu.be

We’ve got two last MAD May events this week!

“Mental Health and Our Identity” workshop w/ Rachel Nunes and Daeja Baker of the Sunflower Collective. Saturday, May 29th est
Mental Health and Our Identity

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The MAD May GRAND FINALE!
“Show+Tell” event with facilitator/storyteller Nicole Gallagher of special guest storyteller Sara Tang, our featured artists Adrift Arguello, Elise Delgado, AM Disher and Jessica Gaynelle Moss, and time+space to share your work (option to bring an art piece), share yourself, and build community.
+++Limited to 20 guests, register early+++
Show+Tell: MAD May Grand Finale

more info at registration: eventbrite.madmayworkshops.com

🤝: Inside Our Minds@storiesinthetimeof , Sunflower Collective
graphics: Zev Woskoff

Aaaand it’s Saturday so who’s excited for the workshop @2! Only a few spots left! Register through the link in our bio 🧘

Join us virtually at 2pm for “Body as Resource, Body as Teacher, Body as Muse” led by interdisciplinary artist, bodyworker, and educator Moriah Ella Mason!

Want to learn more? Here’s some more info about our wonderful workshop leader:

Moriah Ella Mason (they/them) wants to understand who we are, how we got here, and how we’re all thinking and feeling about that. An artmaker, educator and bodyworker, they combine rigorous academic research with lived experience, words with dance, brain with body, living in the tension between ways of knowing and methods of being.Over the past decade Mason has created 7 evening-length performance works and a number of installations, video pieces, and short movement works. They have been granted residencies at Future Tenant Gallery (PGH) and Pearlarts Studios (PGH), and their works have been presented at the New Hazlett Theater (PGH), Kelly-Strayhorn Theater (PGH), vox populi (PHL), wild project (NYC), WOW Café Theater (NYC), and BAAD! (NYC).  In addition to their work as a creator and performer, Mason is a licensed massage therapist specializing in trauma-sensitive bodywork. They bring their deep background in embodied practices to their work (both paid and volunteer) in a variety of community organizing roles. Mason is currently a dance MFA candidate at Temple University and aspiring to bake the perfect babka.

                 

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Now introducing our third Artist of the Week, Elise Delgado, and her Community Mural: A Catalyst for Change!

Be sure to check out the full mural and learn more about Elise and her work at May/Be/MAD, a virtual art exhibition exploring radical mental health, NOW OPEN at folklab.net/madmay

Elise Sanchez Delgado (she/her/hers) is a Puerto Rican artist and recent CMU graduate with a BS in Psychology. She enjoys a range of mediums from oil painting and sculpture to textiles and fashion design. With a scientific and artistic mind and background, she seeks to create interdisciplinary work that brings a voice to the unheard and underrepresented.

Her art tells her story and the stories of others within her communities. She has been working on the Community Mural Project for CMU as her Senior Honors Thesis starting June 2020, and has also participated and designed for Spirit Fashion Show on CMU’s campus for the last four years. Elise wants her past and future work to drive change and to create an understanding of feelings and experiences that are not recognized and often marginalized in our communities.

Website: writeedelgado.wixsite.com/lafuerza
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