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At Home in Chinatown:
A Residence Lab Retrospective Alumni Spotlight Panel
Saturday, September 23, 2023
1:00 PM 3:00 PM
Pao Arts Center
99 Albany Street, Boston, MA
As part of our exhibition, At Home in Chinatown: A Residence Lab Retrospective, join us for a Residence Lab artist and resident alumni panel Saturday, September 23, from 1:00 pm –3:00 pm, featuring a discussion on community-engaged public art and the future of Boston Chinatown.
Featuring: Maggie Chen, Amanda Beard Garcia, Pihua Lin, Sheila Novak, and Krina Patel, moderated by Lily Song, exhibit curator and urban planner, scholar-activist, and Assistant Professor of Race, Social Justice & the Built Environment at Northeastern University.
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It’s an Open Studio Sendoff!
Sunday, July 9, 2023
As I pack up my life in Boston, I’m excited to invite you to visit my creative sanctuary in Jamaica Plain - my studio! I’ll have refreshments, treats, music, and a host of things to sell, barter, or trade.
Come by the Fenreffer Studio on Sunday, July 9 (11a-6p) to enjoy some refreshments, music, and tasty treats for this studio open house! Get a little piece of the Sheila Studio for your life, or just come get a refreshment and a hug. I look forward to seeing you!
A Ritual for New Growth
May 31-June 14, 2022; RSVP required

This project is supported by a Transformative Public Art grant from the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.
inPUBLIC: REST
The Second Wednesday of the Month 12pm - 2pm throughout Boston and beyond!
Studio visit with Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong
Thursday, March 3, 6-7 PM on Zoom RSVP here
In a curatorial collaboration between the Pao Arts Center and the Greenway Conservancy, we are producing an architectural installation and performance series for the Year of the Tiger. Join me and the artist for a studio visit with Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong, who will be creating the “Year of the Tiger Pavillion” on March 3 to learn more!
abundance among us
Display in Mary Soo Hoo Park on The Greenway extended until November 30, 2021
inPUBLIC Festival
October 29-31, 2021Downtown Crossing, Boston, MA

Residence Lab 2021 Kick Off
Friday August 27, 2021 5:00 - 8:00 PMMary Soo Hoo Park on The Greenway
Boston, MA

Rural Routes: Rural Public Art Perspectives
Reedsburg Arts LinkMay 6, 7-8 PM CST
REGISTER HERE

What are the particular challenges and advantages of creating art within rural settings? How is public art in rural places impacting communities? Post pandemic, what new opportunities do leaders in the field see for rural places?
The Cake Stand
an alternative art/project/exhibition/space based in Farmingdale, MaineApril, 20201
View here
Sun Print Banner Making Workshop
May 22, various times, Reedsburg, WI
Open Studio - private visits for COVID safety
April 3 & 4, 2021In-person in Jamaica Plain or on Zoom

Curating for the Chinese Zodiac
January 28, 2021A conversation hosted by the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy

From Our Garden to Yours
Urbano Project Youth Artist Virtual ShowcaseSeptember 23rd, 6:00 - 7:30 PM

watch the recording here
FLUVIAL: 2020 Farm/Art DTOUR
Fermentation Fest Sept 26 - Oct 4 2020created by the Wormfarm Institute

Gardening for community during a pandemic
The Prosperity Garden Network in conversation with CoVictory GardensJuly 20, 2020
Hosted by theUrbano Project

Panelists
Kirk Rea, Co-Executive Director for City Repair (Portland, OR)
Michael Bernard Stevenson Jr., Artist-in-Residence for City Repair
Sheila Novak, Artist-in-Residence for the Summer 2020 at Urbano
watch the full webinar here
Women Eco Arts Dialouge
10 artists highlighted during Women’s History Month.April 2, 2020

Let Yourself Be Lifted
collaboration with Jackie Scott, MFA TX 2020 at RISD,I was featured in the RISD Pandemic Publishing Vol. I.

2019 emerging artists exhibition
Cambridge Arts Association opening reception july 11, 2019 6-8p

do you remember?
reception friday march 1, 2019 7-9ppress release
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collage
A R E A (SoWa) // boston // 2017
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a brief interview filmed by JAMM which details some of the concepts, processes, and motivation behind my work
Colgada
Rochester, MNnews

OviOvaOvum
2016Hopkins Center for the Arts


Artist Residency in Community, Ecology and Spirituality Holden Village, Chelan, WA // 2014

Chait Galleries Small Works Show // Iowa City, IA // 2014





Winner of the Art Purchase Prize // Iowa City Public Library

