In-Sync Interview with Sergio Gomez!

Check out my interview with Sergio Gomez, the curator of Chicago's Twelve, Owner/Director of 33 Contemporary Gallery, Curator/Director of Exhibitions at the Zhou B. Art Center and many, many more!

In-Sync with Kim Guare (Interview)

Last Nights Opening Reception for Chicago's Twelve: 12 Artists Mobilizing the Earth

Last night was the opening reception at the Zhou B Art Center for Chicago's Twelve: 12 Artists Mobilizing the Earth.  It was an incredible turnout and nothing like anything I have ever been a part of before.  I had a wonderful time!  

Harvesting the Blue Potato is a calendar displaying when the blue potato is grown and harvested in the Midwest.  It is rare for producers and consumers to consider availability of fruits and vegetables.  To make vegetables and fruits available year round we transport them from hundreds to thousands of miles away; wasting energy, using excessive packaging and reducing the quality of the product.  This piece is a reminder that there is an appropriate time and place for the produce we consume.

I am talking to the amazing artist Cathi Schwalbe!  She is big inspiration and the reason I found out about the Wormfarm Institute residency I will be starting in May!  And I am standing in front of another piece of mine titled Farmer Joel's Duck Eggs.

Chicago's Twelve will be up till June 9th at the Zhou B Art Center!

Opening Receptions! tonight in Chicago and Minneapolis in celebration of Earth Day!

Tonight! At the Zhou B Art Center, my work will
be on display for Chicago's Twelve: 12 Artists
Mobilizing the Earth.  The Opening Reception is
from 7pm to 10pm tonight! I hope to see you there!

And if you happen to be in Minnesota tonight, check out the opening for Our Earth at Flow Art Space.  80 Becomes 40 will be on display there.  Opening Reception is tonight from 6pm to 9pm!

Installing at the Zhou B Art Center!

I installed Harvesting the Blue Potato

at the Zhou B Art Center today for 

the opening of Chicago's Twelve: 12 

Artists Mobilizing the Earth, opening 

this Friday, April 20th, 7-10pm!  It is

going to be an amazing show!

I pressed about 600 maptacks into the wall.  My 

thumb can't feel anything!

My man, Jacob did these two drawings of me.  He was kind enough to sit around for 5 hours while I installed.  I made it up to him by buying him a lot of food at Yummy Yummy.  Check out his blog here!

Chicago's Twelve: 12 Artist's Mobilizing the Earth

My feet are the ones on the right, in the back, with the skirt!

And here is a little video Jacob and I made to show my process of attaching the paper potatoes together for Harvesting the Blue Potato.

The music in the video is by CocoRosie and the title of the song is God Has a Voice, She Speaks Through Me

Welcome Spring!

Harvesting the Blue Potato will be on display at the Zhou B Art Center from April 20th to June 9th. The above image is a close-up of the piece, it's about 5 x 7 feet. The show is called Chicago's Twelve: Twelve Artists Mobilizing the Earth. I am super excited to be a part of this! The opening reception will be April 20th, 7-10pm, just in time for Earth Day.

I saw the wall I have to show my work and realized my piece would be swamped by white wall, so I am in the process of making it larger. At least 250 potatoes larger!

Here is 156 of them cut out.

After I am done painting them, I will connect them to the cycle with jute and wheat flour glue.

Jacob and I took a walk around our lovely home, Roger's Park. I looked up and in the trees was a spazzy little bird, a woodpecker!

He was on a pecking mission.

We stopped by Ruby garden because I wanted to see all the soil before the green comes. It is amazing how much one space can change in such a short amount of time. I can't wait!

This sort of flower was popping up in random places all over. It seems to be the only flower ready to bloom at the moment. *Anyone know what kind of flower it is? This lady was growing all alone in a 6 x 8 feet square of dirt.

*My friend Kristin let me know it is a crocus! "Usually the first to bloom in the spring!"