Community Ringings
Performance Exhibition; Collaborative Installation
Multiple Ongoing Locations
2023 - Present
Community Ringings is an ongoing set of performance installations, working with non-professional community members to improvise a collaborative handbell performance on a custom set of Suzuki Hand Chimes.
Lately, as I've been feeling less-than-optimistic about the state of the world and some of the events that are occurring, I've found that one of the big things that is indeed in my control - bringing people together to experience joy, wonder, togetherness, and feelings of community - has been tremendously rewarding for others, and myself, and it is a reminder of why I became an artist in the first place. Regardless of age, ability, experience, background, or anything else, these ongoing installation/performance events are a reminder that community and art are fundamentally interconnected, and that everyone can be an artist.
Performance Installation Dates:
2025: World Listening Day Bells (Artpark, Lewiston, NY, USA)
2025: Artpark Bells (Lewiston, NY, USA)
2025: Burchfield-Penney Bells (Buffalo, NY, USA)
2025: Hallwalls Bells (Buffalo, NY, USA)
2024: Austin Bells (University of Texas - Austin, USA)
2024: Hamilton Public Library Bells (Hamilton, ON, Canada)
2023: Boxcar Bells (Hamilton, ON, Canada)