I’m Scared Too at Bethany Arts Community

My piece, “Stitch” (shown above), is included in I’m Scared Too, a juried exhibition at Bethany Arts Community in Ossining, NY. The show runs from October 4 through November 1, 2025, with an opening reception on Friday, October 10, from 6–8 PM.

Bethany Arts Community
40 Somerstown Road
Ossining, NY 10562

The exhibition asks a simple question—what does it truly mean to be scared? It brings together 2D and 3D works, sculpture, film, and soundscapes that explore what we try to hide in the dark: the strange, the bleak, the freaky, and the weird.

My work in this show turns that question inward. The stitched mouth and skeletal collar suggest the ways fear can manifest as control—how we contain what threatens to spill out. It’s part of my ongoing exploration of transformation, fragility, and the uneasy beauty of what lies just beneath the surface.

For more information or visiting hours, see Bethany Arts Community – I’m Scared Too

Show Prep & The Process Behind My Collage Portraits

With my upcoming show approaching, I’ve been focused on framing, organizing, and making final decisions on what will be included. It’s always a mix of logistics and reflection—figuring out what fits together and seeing how the work holds up as a whole.

For both BEFORE AFTER BETWEEN and TRANSFORMATIONS, I’ve built each collage portrait from antique and vintage imagery sourced from Flickr’s extensive royalty-free archives. Old book illustrations, forgotten photographs, scraps of text—things that once had meaning to someone but have since been untethered from their original context.

None of these images were ever meant to be together, but now they form faces, expressions, and identities that feel whole. It’s a lot like memory—disjointed details coming together into a story, even when they don’t quite belong.

By searching, choosing, and assembling these pieces, I create new connections between them. Each fragment carries its own history, but together, they become something else. In a way, the work is about giving them a second life—letting these forgotten images take on new meaning now.

More soon as the show gets closer.