Sherese Francis

The Edge As a Road to Other Possible Wooorrr(l)ds: Jamaica Bay Collages, 2022

Digital Collages Printed on Canvas
8 x 8 inches each
$1050

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Artist Statement

This series is an updated and expanded version of my collages for Works on Water’s 2020 Instagram project, “Walking the Edge.” The purpose of these collages is to bring attention to Jamaica Bay through language and imagery related to the history of the area and the living beings who inhabit it, as well as emphasize the importance of protecting our waterways that nurture our environment and society.

About The Artist

Sherese Francis is an Alkymist of the I-Magination and expresses her(e)self through poetry, interdisciplinary arts, workshop facilitation, editing, and literary curation. Some of her(e) work has been published in Furious Flower, Obsidian Lit, Rootwork Journal, Spoken Black Girl, The Operating System, Cosmonauts Avenue, No Dear, Apex Magazine, Bone Bouquet, African Voices, Newtown Literary, and Free Verse. Additionally, Sherese has published three chapbooks, Lucy’s Bone Scrolls (Three Legged Elephant), Variations on Sett/ling Seed/ling (Harlequin Creature), and Recycling a Why That Rules Over My Sacred Sight (DoubleCross Press). Besides publications, Sherese has had her(e) work featured in various exhibitions and showcases from The Lit Exhibit, NY Live Arts, Queens Public Library, York College Arts Gallery, King Manor Museum, WorksOnWater, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica Flux, Baxter St Camera Club, Bliss On Bliss, Maleza Proyectos, The Rubenstein Art Center and Ely Center for Contemporary Art. Currently, Sherese is the poetry editor of Newtown Literary and curates the Queens-based literary and mobile library project, J. Expressions.

Learn more: https://linktr.ee/sheresefrancis