
Call and Response: Collaboration at a Distance Round 9
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 10 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 are needed.
Please join us for the opening reception of the online exhibition via zoom Saturday December 5, 3-5pm pst.
Featured Artists:
Aazam Irilian, Gail Downey, ADEOLA DAVIES-AIYELOJA, Kayla Cloonan, Adrienne Cole, Joanne Le Cocq, Angela Brooks, Victoria Martino, Ann Storc, Alfred Lowenheim, Beatrice Antonie Martino, Reksi Muhammad Sidik, Cristina Natsuko Paulos, Stacey Moore, David Forlano, Eva-Marie Amiya, Emily Wiseman, Gale Bongiovanni, Francisco Alvarado, Cynthia Cole, Genie Davis, Libby Hartigan, Ibuki Kuramochi, Kristine Schomaker, Jody Zellen, Sean-Michael Gettys, June Stoddard, Elena Viktorovna Stromberger, Katie Stubblefield, Maria Sathaliya, Kristine Augustyn, Michele “Mish”, Lorraine Bubar, Pau Gold, Madeline Arnault, Lyla Paakkanen, Michele Mekel, Rhiannon Barry, Molly Peters, Ashley Violet, Pascha Goodwin, Nancy Good, rain lucien matheke, Randi Matushevitz, Sema’Jay Hall, Thomas X, Sue Cutler, Stephanie Sydney
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 6 can be seen here Round 7 can be seen here Round 8 can be seen here
Round 10 is open for participation through December 6 at 4pm pst. Info on how to submit is here
Cover artwork by Eva Marie Amiya
Aazam Irilian and Gail Downey
Adeola Davies-Aiyeloja and Kayla Cloonan
1-AdeolaDavies-Aiyeloja “When the Smoke Came
2-Kayla Cloonan Let Water Wash it Away
3-AdeolaDavies-Aiyeloja Cleansing With Mother Earth Soil
4-Kayla Cloonan Existence Is Not Free

5-AdeolaDavies-Aiyeloja Seeking Footprints Freedom
6-Kayla Cloonan I Just Don_t Know
7-AdeolaDavies-Aiyeloja This Here…
8-Kayla Cloonan How Do You Know if You_re Angry if You Don_t Have a Mask
9-AdeolaDavies-Aiyeloja Happy Turkey Day
10-Kayla Cloonan Family from Afar
11-AdeolaDavies-Aiyeloja Hip, Hip…
12-Kayla Cloonan A Light in the Darkness
13-AdeolaDavies-Aiyeloja Flaming Joy and Hope!
Adrienne Cole and Joanne Le Cocq
1 Adrienne Cole

2 Joanne Le Cocq
6 Joanne Le Cocq_Exploring a Landscape’s Moods
7 Adrienne Cole
10B Joanne Le Cocq_Shimmering_Falling_Leaves
12 Joanne Le Cocq Moonflower_Landing
Angela Brooks and Victoria Martino
Ann Storc and Alfred Lowenheim
1 Ann Storc

2 Alfred Lowenheim
3 Ann Storc
4 Alfred Lowenheim
5 Ann Storc

6 Alfred Lowenheim
10 Alfred Lowenheim
14 Alfred Lowenheim
15 Ann Storc

16 Alfred Lowenheim
Beatrice Antonie Martino and Reksi Muhammad Sidik
Cristina Natsuko Paulos and Stacey Moore
1 Cristina Natsuko Paulos

2 Stacey Moore
3 Cristina Natsuko Paulos
4 Stacey Moore
5 Cristina Natsuko Paulos
6 Stacey Moore
7 Cristina Natsuko Paulos
8 Stacey Moore
9 Cristina Natsuko Paulos
10 Stacey Moore
11 Cristina Natsuko Paulos
12 Stacey Moore
David Forlano and Eva-Marie Amiya
Emily Wiseman and Gale Bongiovanni
Francisco Alvarado and Cynthia Cole
Genie Davis and Libby Hartigan
1A Genie Davis
Mentors
Find my heart and let it go
down this road,
down this road.
Tired of those
who see some hope,
empty spaces
let them roll.
Once a highway
took me on
I was gone,
I was gone.
Sprawled out on
this emerald lawn,
this golden beach.
Into the darkness
of the night-black sea,
welcome me.
This empty chair is my
vacant throne.
On I go,
on I go.
What do you tell
your child at night?
Sleep tight,
‘til morning bright.
While I wait here
to catch meteors.
Let them fall,
let them soar,
you were the one
I did adore.
Now let them soar.
2A Libby Hartigan
The meteor’s song
The Stone from which I came
is the only language I know.
I do as the universe exhorts —
not taught not thought shot
through with Quartz —
The future I cannot hold in my hand
Is sand, sand, sand.
3 Genie Davis
Beach and Boat
This is the beach I was born on.
This is the place I will rest.
One stumbles into darkness,
but light streaks down,
a welcome guest.
Invite in those that love you.
Close the door
to those who don’t.
There were always the stars
above you,
even as you bared
your throat.
I stand here,
radiant, incendiary –
ready to turn to ash.
But the danger sails on past us,
and we ask, we ask.
For a new chance at tomorrow,
for unconditional hope,
for everything to get better
before the end of the rope.
Pray then for forgiveness,
for love and joy to float,
like oil atop the water,
life is a sturdy boat.
3a Genie Davis

4 Libby Hartigan Oil & Water
5 Genie Davis

5A Genie Davis
Jewels
Emerald
like your eyes as a child.
Green – envy, money,
sea,
the vast green lawn,
Christmas tree,
the luminescence
at sunset.
Blue
as I am
because you
chose, and I choose.
Is alone really alone?
Azure, infinite, snow,
peace, sleep, sorrow,
shadows on stone.
Deep lakes, pale sky,
rare moonlight
aquamarine, cobalt dream
mourning and morning.
Jewels and orbs,
the color of memory
a wash of watercolor
infinity.
6 Libby Hartigan

7 Genie Davis
It was the Moon
It was the moon,
a chance, a spell –
It was just as well.
We walked,
and as the pale clouds parted,
there you were,
as you had been,
sweet child.
But once again,
the night pulled close,
tying shut
her dark fog robe.
On we go,
merrily, to see
the Christmas lights.
And we will pretend,
for a time
that they are as bright,
as the celestial moon,
asleep
in a nest of clouds.
Star bright, star light,
wishing may
not make things right.
9 Genie Davis
Celestial Space
We are in a celestial space.
Caught between what was
and this new place.
When you turn
the other cheek
do you receive
a new face?
I look away
because the view is
better from another
part of the garden,
where I won’t
remember looking up
at the stars with you.
I spent a lifetime
or two
looking through
telescopes and binoculars
searching for stars.
Who knew?
They were right there,
this new galaxy –
exploding all
around me.
10A Libby Hartigan
Marginalia by Libby Hartigan
(From Autobiography of Red)
–Unlike poets before him, he takes as his model himself.
–exploration becomes not just a trope but mode of existence
–difficulty of lang mirrors necessary imperf. of connect.
Between. Individ.
Way of memory
–cant trust memory
–crown of thorns
–writes
>Has to change ending
11 Genie Davis
Change the Ending
I want to change the ending,
weave a new web,
cast a new spell.
In which that moment
before and after
disappear.
Nothing gets worse,
only better.
The same story unfolds
in a different way.
He doesn’t say
no, never.
You just laugh it off,
complain
very little
for you rely
as you once did,
look for wisdom
to explain
- and the small child
in you, from you,
of you
still remains.
But
I am drinking a good wine,
watching a car
drive away.
I fell asleep
but was not dreaming.
I want to change the ending,
spin a new story.
How it all began, though,
remains
the same.
Dangling composition,
prepositions,
suppositions.
Maybe if nothing,
maybe if I held my breath,
maybe it won’t rain.
13 Genie Davis
The Alley
Walk down this shadow street
wait for the light
to meet
all this darkness –
every day,
take it away.
There are always
new restrictions,
convictions,
that I no longer hold.
It is all a series of
changing rules,
set by fools
whom I cannot abide.
This alley
narrows to a point
in which there is no passage.
At the core of it,
I wait for some illumination
to show me the route
out. Does it exist?
Up and over?
In between
the lines and lies,
I sense an answer –
too inchoate yet to form,
still unborn,
still gestating…
Ibuki Kuramochi and Kristine Schomaker
1 Ibuki Kuramochi – Transfiguration
3 Ibuki Kuramochi – Liquefaction
5 Ibuki Kuramochi About the Body
8 Kristine Schomaker – Invisible

9 Ibuki Kuramochi Cuticula
11 Ibuki Kuramochi Manejada
12 Kristine Schomaker – Duality
13 Ibuki Kuramochi Entropy
14 Kristine Schomaker Burst

Jody Zellen and Sean Micheal-Gettys
June Stoddard and Elena Viktorovna Stromberger
3 June Stoddard
the beach
I walked to the beach today.
My pup trotting, curious and whining
all the way, eager, for love.
Scared, she kept distance from the crashing waves.
My old dog would have run toward the
seagulls, grouped apart, white and grey,
and reveled in their flight.
Pepper, respectful, observant, sits
while each gull watches her,
and flies away one by one.
5 June Stoddard
Unreality of Now
Listening to podcasts, listening to news.
My puppy licks my hands as I write.
The crook of my wrist is licked clean.
She starts on the fingers.
I yearn for lightness of being
for joy, she embodies this.
She rests her head on my wrist
as I type, looking at me expectantly
knowing already that I love her.
I could not write with a pen
with her head on my wrist.
Katie Stubblefield and Maria Sathaliya
Kristine Augustyn and Michele Wong
1 Kristine Augustyn
2 Michele Wong_ Fusion in Flight

3 Kristine Augustyn
4 Michele Wong_ Explore & Enjoy

5 Kristine Augustyn
6 Michele Wong_ Who’s Watching

7 Kristine Augustyn
8 Michele Wong_ Guiding Light
9 Kristine Augustyn
10 Michele Wong_ Dream and Believe

11 Kristine Augustyn
12 Michele Wong_ Discover

13 Kristine Augustyn
14 Michele Wong_ Let the Sun Shine

Lorraine Bubar and Pau Gold
Madeline Arnault and Lyla Paakkanen
Michele Mekel and Rhiannon Barry
8-Rhiannon Barry
9-Michele Mekel
CURIOSITY
Beyond the beaconing mists,
mystery awaits,
offering up either mirth or mayhem.
My will, reprehensibly weak,
despite the urgings of my better angels,
bends and then surely buckles.
May the Fates have mercy
in unleashing
Pandora’s revenge.
10-Rhiannon Barry

12-Rhiannon Barry

Molly Peters and Ashley Violett Hester
Pascha Goodwin and Nancy Good
16-Nancy Good
Rain Lucien Matheke and Randi Matushevitz
1 Rain Matheke__Entropy in Neon (Scales)
2 Randi Matushevitz #2
3 Rain Matheke__Entropy in Neon (Ache)_
4 Randi Matushevitz #4
5 Rain Matheke__Entropy in Neon (Cleanse)_
6 Randi Matushevitz #6a
7 Rain Matheke__Entropy in Neon (Gaze)_
8 Randi Matushevitz #8
9 Rain Matheke__Entropy in Neon (Lost)_
10 Randi Matushevitz #10
Sema’Jay Hall & Thomas X
5 Sema’Jay Hall
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