Please join us for the KSMoCA Visiting Artist Lecture Series, which is open to members of the public and students at Dr MLK Jr School!

Info about talk: Lately I have been thinking about storytelling as a medium or material. I've never been one to use traditional art materials so this idea was very natural for me. I am most interested in how we (humans) can slow down and see or imagine alternative narratives and possibilities in our world. I cook food, I tell stories, I take pictures, I write poems, I send postcards, I make objects, I take walks, I try to be funny, I collaborate with others, I make lists...

Artist Bio: Jodie Cavalier is a project based artist working with residuals of daily life, objects, food, and language. She earned her BA from the University of California, Berkeley and MFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon. She has participated in residencies at; the Center for Land Use Interpretation in Wendover, Utah in 2014, Wassaic in 2016, and AZ West Wagon Encampment in 2017. Her work has been exhibited at the Schneider Museum (Ashland), the deYoung Museum (San Francisco), Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley), CoCA (Seattle), EXO Project Space (Chicago), Städelschule (Frankfurt), among others. She currently has collaborative work on display with Zaira Salgado Gallardo at Portland Children's Museum with the Living School of Art in Portland, OR