In 2021, I was an artist in residence representing

Juxtaposition Arts at Great River School in St.Paul.

At Great River, I worked with a group of students and

high school science teacher, Scott Alsleben, to create

a mural that encompassed the values food justice,

land sovereignty, and the importance of indigenous

peoples to the land. For this project I created the

curriculum, lead the ideation with the students,

created the final design, built and prepped the

plywood mural surface, lead the painting

process, and sealed the piece.

The themes for the mural were informed by the

work th students had been doing in their science

program with the school’s community garden and

farm. Once the mural was finished, it was placed in

the in the school garden. The group of students was

exclusively BIPoC to help create more space

that gave access to the land and nature.

Learn more about the mural here