The House Protects the Dreamer: Gentle Animations
Animation excerpts and installation images of The House Protects the Dreamer, an exhibition created in collaboration with Art Enables. After multiple artist brainstorm sessions, I collaged and animated 7 scenes using Art Enables artists' artwork and collective narrative concepts. Tying the animation is an underlying thread of a vision of a world where everyone is safe and free to dream. Through the animation the viewer traverses an individual's dreams-- collaged scenes with flowers growing rabbits and ice cream, mermaids greeting aliens, royal disco dance parties, breathing abstract shapes, eyes with swirling energies, and more! All to culminate in a final scene with many more homes, where all are sheltered and safe to dream. The final 6 and a half minute animation was projected large scale on two walls at the gallery. The show ran June 21 - August 16 2025.
With artwork by: A.T., Eric Atkinson, Maurice Barnes, Jay Bird, Duane Blacksheare-Staton, Marti Clark, Calvin “Sonny” Clarke, Mara Clawson, Jacqueline Coleman, Jabari Cooper, Egbert “Clem” Evans, Debora Green, Josephine Finnell, Michael Haynes, Payman Jazini, Charmaine Jones, Eric Kendrick, Mike Knox, Toni Lane, Helen Lewis, Keith Lewis, Paul Lewis, Raymond Lewis, CeeJ Maples, Marrimarra, Joel Martinez, Kenny Mashishi, Vanessa Monroe, Gillian Patterson, Shawn Payne, Dennis Quillin, Jamila Rahimi, Kelvin Richardson, Eileen Schofield, Matt Schwab, Nonja Tiller, and Imani Turner
Narrative concepts by: Jay Bird, Marti Clark, Mara Clawson, Jacqueline Coleman, Charmaine Jones, Eric Kendrick, Mike Knox, Keith Lewis, Raymond Lewis, Gillian Patterson, Shawn Payne, Matt Schwab, Eileen Schofield, and Imani Turner