PUBLIC ART 

Everyone has an equal opportunity to engage with Art when it lives on the street. It’s an offering void of price tag or prerequisite, in a space ripe for storytelling, unifying message or commentary. The practice itself presents daily, on-site interaction with community, which proves so meaningful.

MURALS Client & Community Projects

the arts commission toledo Yaaw program 2022

2500 sqUare feet at Market Street in downtown toledo

11 teens, 2 weeks. Mural Intensive program designed to guide young artist apprentices through the business of being a muralist, proposal to install. Each apprentice contributed a re-imagined animal figure to the composition which includes diverse portraits in silhouette communing with their animal creations. As if to say, We All Belong in ToleProduced with Young Artists At Work, Toledo and the Arts Commission Toledo.

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the arts commission toledo Yaaw program 2021

800 sqUare feet at Imagination Station in downtown toledo

13 teens, 3 weeks. Mural Intensive program design to guide young artists through the business of being a muralist, proposal to install, including curriculum on public art, its many forms and functions in society. Produced with Young Artists At Work, Toledo

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Photos by Rebecca Benson at The Blade

La Scuola InTErnational School, SF, 2020

1100 sqUare feet in the Mission

An 8th grade legacy mural. Two weeks of in-classroom training. One week of install on campus, socially distanced but full of joy.

The 8th grader’s chosen theme for 2020: Identity and Self-Acceptance. Each student composed a self-portrait vignette to paint side by side along the long stretch of wall. As if to remind the quiet sidewalks, I’m Still Here!

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Discover Your Nature, JULY 2018

2200 sqUare feet, On Second Street in Henderson, Kentucky

3 1/2 weeks, 4 aspiring muralist volunteers. Design in collaboration with the city of Henderson, KY.

Photos by Jordyn Myracle and Libby Keeling

Legacy vast like us, NOVEMBER 2017  

1500 square feet @ 691 27th Street, Oakland California

In celebration of a small selection of  women who've contributed greatly to Oakland's civic, cultural and political identity.

Created with grant funding from VisitOakland.org & in collaboration with artist Alex Bowman and local residents of Oakland.

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Left to Right: Kamala Harris, Favianna Rodriguez, Amy Tan, Lateefa Simon, Joan Tarika Lewis, Pat Parker, Alicia Garza, Alia Sharrief, Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee, Amanda Wright, Gertrude Stein, Angela Davis

Photos by Elle Wildhagen and Christopher M Sturm

Have you heard us, MAY 2018

300 Square feet in albany, ca on solano avenue

A 3 day project commemorating the opening of an exhibition featuring 21 female artists. Design in collaboration with Abrams Claghorn Gallery and artist Cece Bowman.

deeply dimensional women, 2015

nashville, tennessee @ five points east nashville

wear your heart on your chest, your sleeve, or wherever.

Designed and installed by Leah Tumerman

five points bears, 2015

1020 square feet in nashville, tennessee @ five points east nashville

Design based on an illustration in collaboration with artist Natalie Clark (2010). Mural executed by Leah Tumerman and Nashville community helping hands.

Commissioned by BongoJava Inc., in partnership with Color Theory Studios and Tinsley Dempsey

Photo by Blu

Java Beach, 2014

650 square feet on Judah at ocean beach, San Francisco

Design in collaboration with Annie Galvin of 3 Fish Studios, SF. A client driven project honoring the symbols of The Outer Sunset, past and present.

Photos by Miguel Arazabe

longroom/sidecar exterior + interior murals

950 cumulative square feet in chicago, illinois

A client driven project, working with Jason Burrell, combining existing interior decor with vibrant floral design work.

oakland interior, 2017

200 square feet in a stairwell

clients love : activism, biking, plants + graffiti

rogers park underpass, 2010

600 square feet in Chicago, illinois @ Touhy and gLenwood in rogers park

49th Ward bid for Public Art Award

Design submitted for community vote.

Project goals : to illuminate the train rail underpass (a school and work day thoroughfare) with a warm and vibrant palette, and showcase neighborhood notable architecture with plant life in reimagined communion.

Extra Hands : Brandon Waltz, Jennifer Goldstick, Rachel Slotnick , my sister & many local children