Recent Works

Isolation Falls

Photo of Niagara Falls from the series Isolation Falls by Laura Chenault

Niagara Falls’ nickname is Power City. The power of the river and its beauty contrasts with our industrial complexes. These complexes show both our development and decline. The transition of the water

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Dancing through the Veil

Photo from the series Dancing through the Veil by Laura Chenault. Photo features a blurry photo of a dancer wearing a feathered headdress.

These photos of dancers performing the Concheros dance, also known as the dance of the Chichimecas, Aztecas and Mexicas, were taken at a Dia de los Muertos event at Mission Cultural Center in San

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Nice Girls Don't Yell: You Talk Too Much

The cover of Nice Girls Don't Yell: You Talk Too Much which has a black and white face with the title.

Nice Girls Don't Yell: You Talk Too Much is an exploration into how women's voices are not valued and not heard. The collaged text includes my childhood "theme song" often sung to me by my father "You

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Nice Girls Don't Smell

The cover of Nice Girls Don't Smell which has a black & white face with the title on the forehead.

Nice Girls Don't Smell is the third in a series of feminist zines exploring rigid expectations for women's thoughts, actions, and behavior. Collages of vintage ads create an overwhelming standard for

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Nice Girls Don't Smell

The cover of Nice Girls Don't Smell which has a black & white face with the title on the forehead.

Nice Girls Don't Smell is the third in a series of feminist zines exploring rigid expectations for women's thoughts, actions, and behavior. Collages of vintage ads create an overwhelming standard for

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Blog

November Creative Prompts

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Here is a list of November Creative Prompts! Scroll down for NaNoWriMo and 9 daily challenge lists plus the monthly "Are You Book Enough" and MoZiPro challenges. November Creative Prompts I did
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October Artist Prompts

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Here is a list of October Artist Prompts! It's Zinetober/Zine-O-Ween and Inktober! Many of these state they're for drawing or sketching, but I like to use them for my artist trading cards. They also
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September Artist Prompts

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It's beyond time for my September Artist Prompts! Many of these state they're for drawing or sketching, but I like to use them for my artist trading cards. They also work great for writers
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August Artist Prompts

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It's time for August Artist Prompts! July flew by and we're well into August, but I wanted to post these anyway. I've barely had time between my own art and teaching, so thank you for waiting ;)
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July Artist Prompts

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This month I decided to gather up the art challenges I usually share in Discord here on my blog. July artist prompts hopefully includes something that sparks you! I use a lot of ongoing challenges in
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