FAMILY COLLECTIVE is a cooperative of artists and craftspeople giving shape to the interconnection of collaborative and generational making. Made up of three generations of artists and craftspeople whose work shown together expresses the ongoing exploration and possibilities that urge us to investigate shared space, structure, and self. The (gallery) interrogates how stories of family, community, and connection cultivate meaning and encourage critical consideration for the capacity of objects to facilitate and carry on relationships with one another. Opening a dialogue in shifting the perception of what is living, passed down, and ingrained. 

Through this process, the audience bears witness and becomes a part of the collaboration. This investigation is in support of my interest in embracing the hallowed, present awareness, of what is available within and what has always been; as ways of appreciation, intention, and interaction continue to answer and ask what it means to exist allied.