CURATORIAL PRACTICE IN THE VIRTUAL SPACE- Caryl Henry Alexander

Caryl Henry Alexander, Artist/Environmental Installation Artist:

For more than 40 years her work has harnessed the power of creative collaboration with multi-generational, multicultural, and interfaith communities. Together, we conceive, design, and implement public art projects in diverse public settings. She works with media that are both traditional and experimental, often incorporating recycled or found objects, and natural plant materials. In the studio, this work has spanned painting, mixed media printmaking, paper making, textiles, installations, and sculpture. A strong long-term focus in my artwork is on ancestry, culture, environment, and nature. This art has exhibited throughout the US and internationally in small museums, in galleries, and online.

Investigation: The specific question I want to press, is what are some ways we as artists examine the state of our environment, and what is the intersection of art and social justice, as seen in the practice of curators?

Unanticipated Impacts? How does the current body of work, intersect with the ideas of art and social justice, and or Tactical Urbanism? What responsibility do artists have to display the times in their art? How do artists impact their environment and contribute to the overall vitality of a city?

When I am working in community, I endeavor to combine elements of my skill set that include, visual artist, teaching artist, curator, researcher, lecturer, writer and social activist. I, together with project participants engage the arts to identify common social and cultural goals and turn their ideas into action.