Call and Response: Collaboration at a Distance Round 6
In March 2020 when we went on lockdown due to the pandemic, the Shoebox PR team created “Call and Response: Collaboration at a Distance” as a way to stay connected and to check in with and support each other. We are now going into Round 7 and have enjoyed the process, experiences and friendships that we have made. The project draws on the tradition of Jazz and Exquisite Corpse as a way for the artists to ping pong creatively off of each other. We are looking forward to continuing on for as long as we need to.
Please join us for the opening reception of the online exhibition via zoom Saturday September 5, 3-5pm pst.
Featured Artists:
Jamia Weir, Anne M Bray, Sarah Haskell, Anita Sinclair, Michelle Lopate, Deborah McAfee, Michal Greenboim, Kerrie smith, Marthe Aponte, Stacie Birky Greene, Kayla Cloonan, Angela Brooks, David Forlano, Mizz Conchi, Kristine Augustyn, Carla M. Wilson, Tami S Tsark, Jason Hadley, Catherine W Singer, Adrienne Cole, Aazam Irilian, Ann Storc, Francisco Alvarado, Stefania Aldabarab Breveglieri, Shaney Watters, Allegra Bick-Maurischat, Elena Victorovna Stromberger, Sally Baxter, Pascha Goodwin, June Stoddard, Sean-Michael Gettys, Brenda Oelbaum, Ibuki Kuramochi, Michele Mekel, Annie Clavel, Laura Henneforth, Arpad Petrass, Adeola D-Aiyeloja, M Melis Basmaci, Maria Sathaliya, Xavier Cázares Cortéz, Yvonne Jongeling, Frances Tseng, Jeremy Hight, Elizabeth Flinsch, Galina Kovshilovsky, Cristi Lyon, Jody Zellen, Rhiannon Barry, Kellan Barnebey King, Lark Larisa Pilinsky, Eva-Marie Amiya, Faina Kumpan, Heather Arndt, Ashley Violet Hester, Sarah Granett, Jessica Nora, Nancy Good, Madeline Arnault, Stacy Prihoda, BARD (Barbara Ayala Rugg Diehl), Lucy Boyd-Wilson, Sarah Pavsner Mael, Kristine Schomaker, Genie Davis
Call and Response: Collaboration at a Distance Round #1 can be seen here Round 2 can be seen here Round 3 can be seen here and Round #4 can be seen here Round 5 can be seen here
Round 7 is open for participation through September 13 at 4pm pst. Info on how to submit is here
Cover image by Sarah Haskell
Yvonne Jongeling and Frances Tseng (Umami)
Stefania Aldebaran Breveglieri and Shaney Watters
Stacy Prihoda and BARD
Stacy Birky Greene and Kayla Cloonan
Processed by Collageable 
Processed by Collageable 
Sarah Garnett and Jessica Nora
Sally Baxter and Pascha Goodwin
Nancy Good and Madeline Arnault
Michele Mekel and Annie Clavel
Maria Sathaliya and 2 Xavier Cázares Cortéz
Lucy Boyd-Wilson and Sarah Pavsner Mael
Laura Henneforth and Arpad Petrass
Kristine Schomaker and Genie Davis
2 Genie Davis
Transitions
I try to value me,
whoever I may be.
I tried to have everything,
conventionally.
I chose quickly but not wisely.
I wanted to
move on to the good part.
I want to savor
new starts, transitions.
I try to see the treasure
of now,
even as it stands.
There are certain small
things I never appreciated.
I had grand plans,
I loved …
what I loved.
I was bold for a while.
Driving in the desert
dirt roads, red rocks
beer in hand, radio singing
wheels forward, always
spinning forward. When I
was in a holding pattern,
I wept. Rolling on,
my children saw
icicles glaciers trout streams
hot springs geysers tropical
islands distant galaxies through
telescopes. Of course, much
of that was for me,
as is a garden now.
Reverse the view and
from the scope,
everything seems so small,
as we are ourselves
pinpricks of light,
silvery against a collapsing
darkness.
This is me.
I look for the worth in that
tiny flame. I take in
the momentary stillness.
Transitions come
in many sizes.