DIYpsi?

Small laser-cut collages mounted on blocks based on working the 2010 US Census in Hamtramck (available as stickers too!)
 

Screenprints and accompanying zine based on stories of working in a community garden in Hamtramck.
   
 
Al-zawaj zayy al-batikha.
Marriage is like a watermelon.
(You never know what it’s like ‘til you open it up.)


One day in early June, I was in line at Al-Haramain, and the man in front of me was buying a watermelon. As he was paying, he thumped on it and asked the cashier whether it was a good one. The cashier just said, “You never know…you never know.”



 
While digging around for weeds, I spotted a glimpse of orange from the lone carrot whose seed germinated, despite our neglect (bordering on abuse) after planting. Salma was watering the greens at the time, but when I pointed out the bit of color on top of the soil, she offered to liberate it from underneath the ground and ran across the street to show it to her mother, who was (as always) at home.




Copper plate etchings of infrastructure in and around Detroit (see post below too).

new etchings

New additions, part of the De-electrification series.

I Witness Palestine @ Thiel College

My photographs from Palestine are in a solo exhibition at Thiel College in Greenville, PA (outside of Pittsburgh). Show runs from September 12 through October 12.

Facts on the Ground + a show

I'm in a show at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center next month with a bunch of Chaldean artists as well as a few from my own tribe. My recent book, Facts on the Ground, will be there.

IMPRESS(ed) at Webster University in St. Louis

My work is in another show this month. IMPRESS(ed), curated by Tom Lang, is an exhibition of contemporary letterpress prints featuring the work of national and international artists. The exhibition is part of The Southern Graphics Conference International (SGCI). The artists in the show include Lynne Avadenka, Robyn Awend, Amy Borezo, Inge Bruggeman, Ophelia Chong, Kathryn Hunter, Kelly Jones, Ann Kalmbach, Tatana Kellner, Emily Larned, Susan Makov, Toby Millman, and Erin Newell.

This exhibition features both traditional forms of letterpress, as well as depictions of contemporary evolutions linking the idea of text and image—and of letter and line—allowing these components to become co-expressive elements within the object or composition.

The show runs from Thursday, March 17 to April 9.

one night show at Motor City Brewing Works

The amazingly talented and wonderful Anne Roecklein (and I) are showing brand new work next Wednesday at Motor City Brewing Works. One night only.

Hamtramck gallery & studio tour

A last-minute post, because it's happening today, now, Saturday, between 1 and 6pm. Organized by Steve Panton of the gallery on Edwin Street and Public Pool, my studio is on the list of noteworthy stops.