What do the Jean Bodies titles mean?

In this video I introduce my exhibition, Great Mysterious Heart, and talk about my Jean Bodies sculpture, Banding together in our humanity (image below).

Banding together in our humanity, 2021, donated and reclaimed cut denim jeans, 11x32x76in.

My soft sculpture series, Jean Bodies, points to a variety of ways that we come together in this life as people. One aspect of these sculptures is how their shapes reference forms found in nature, including the scale of the human body. The titles for these sculptures are culled from a combination of life experiences, and combined with intimate feelings as well as my reading.

The title for this piece, Banding together in our humanity, is inspired an interview by activist and UW runner, Rosalie Fish, who races with a red hand print on her face to raise awareness of violence against indigenous women. Learn more about Fish in this article.

For further information about my exhibition, Great Mysterious Heart, visit the exhibition catalogue; dive deeper into my Jean Bodies sculptures here; or join my Patreon for personal videos and in-depth writings and to support my art practice.

Thank you for your support and love this past week!

What a week that was! My week long 15% off virtual art sale is over.

I raised more than $700.00 for Choose 180 and made the donation yesterday. Thank you for choosing to invest in change! As a result of your generosity young people throughout our community will have the chance to make their 180. Thank you all for helping me put our money where it matters most, in the hands of important ground-breaking organizations like Choose 180. Especially when they are lead by our black and brown family. They know best where the money can be used and how to get there.

Love Painting No. 46, gouache and ink on cotton paper, 6x8 inches, $100.

We all have a place and role to play in life. Each person is different. Each of us matters. Each of us is needed. My Love Paintings point to how each and every one of us needs and deserves love in our daily life, and we are needed by others. You are not alone. You are seen and loved just as you are.

Thank you for all of your emotional, physical, and financial support of my art practice! Lots of people will have new beautiful art in their homes soon to add beauty and so much more to their daily lives.

All the hopes and dreams,

Megan

EVERY DAY LOOK AT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU WITH DIGNITY featured in Life on Venus Magazine!

Hi Friends,

My art practice, and specifically my Jean Bodies sculpture EVERY DAY LOOK AT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU WITH DIGNITY, will be featured in an upcoming print addition of Life on Venus magazine exploring Sustainable Fashion. Life on Venus is a conversational magazine who aims to influence positive change by having open conversations.

As many of you know, I have been working on a series of textile sculptures, titled Jean Bodies, made from reclaimed jeans. The reuse of used denim jeans in my project speaks directly to sustainable fashion. People all over the world wear jeans and the style of jeans shifts every season causing them to be cast aside for the new style generating huge amounts of waste.

EVERY DAY LOOK AT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU WITH DIGNITY, 2018, donated and cut denim jeans, 4x36x150

Stay tuned for the print. In the meantime you can check out the magazine and what they are doing here. You can also check out their instagram and facebook. Enjoy!

Writings on the Wall inspires choreographer Arron Masters

Check out how Arron Masters of Master Musings interprets my site-specific installation Writings on the Wall. Her review of my installation spurred a collaboration to create Writings Converged. Check out the resulting video below!

Dancing by Ellie Harrison, visual art by Megan Prince, digital compositing by Tom Eaton, videography by Ryan Simms at Radio Tag, choreography by Arron Masters.