Taking One for the Team 

Ceramics, Textiles, Mixed Media, Social Engagement, Sound

2022

Taking One For The Team is a large scale installation of exuberant award forms and a participatory sound element. This new body of work explores hierarchies, power, value and endurance sparked by events in recent years.

By definition, Taking One for the Team means to willingly undertake an unpleasant task or make a personal sacrifice for the collective benefit of one's family, friends or colleagues. As the global pandemic and unrest continue to unravel in our exhausted communities: How have we taken one for the team? What does that term mean to us personally? Through these stories we will learn what this means collectively in our current climate, and offer some Cheer in return.

These stories were amplified during the opening reception of Taking One for the Team at Still Life With Fruit Gallery in DeLand, FL on May 6, 2022, alongside recorded cheers from Stetson University's Cheer Team.