expert witnesses

Combines images of students, Denver 1969, Chicano Youth Conference, and a man mixing concrete in Costa Rica 2004.archival photos, thread, beads, nails 32"w x 25"h 2008

working hands

Combines images of a potter, a story-telling barber, a gardener, a rag-factory worker, people walking, reflections in a thrift shop window. archival photos, thread, beads, nails 36"w x 32"h 2006

the price of silence

Inspired by the Audre Lorde essay, "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action."

archival photos, thread, beads, nails 40" x 25" 2006

the children know 2003

and fight like hell for the living 2005

This piece is dedicated to Mother (Mary Harris) Jones, who said, "Pray for the dead, and fight like hell for the living."

the witnesses (detail) 2002

for the woman on the roof 1996