Collaborators
Erin Wilson (New York)
Gradiva Couzin (California)
Andrea Mullarkey (California)
Jill Russell (California)
Christine Mullarkey (California)
Delivery Sequence
Erin SENDS TO Gradiva
Gradiva SENDS TO Andrea
Andrea SENDS TO Jill
Jill SENDS TO Christine
Christine SENDS TO Erin
The progress gallery and the status chart are informed by progress reports.
PROGRESS GALLERY
(public)
Gradiva, September 14, 2026
G.C. September 13, 2026
When Andrea suggested working on a smaller sized paper, I had an idea to make the “real” art on the outskirt of a sheet, the cut off part, unseen, or folded over. I didn’t do that but I did paint a separate little skyscape, maybe nightfall in Wyoming, and cut it into seeds.
The feeling of a rushing road still in my body days later. The loneliness. The breathtaking sky. Salt flats to corn fields.
Childhood alchemy of writing on paper with Elmer’s Glue and sprinkling glitter over it, then gently blowing. Adult alchemy of grinding wheat berries and gently (just right) blowing so the husks (chaff) loft up and float away. Night is coming and we are moving across our planet, our country, like sand, like salt, like seeds.
Andrea Mullarkey, September 12, 2026
Having settled on 3.5″ x 5″ as our starting size I went to my postcard stack and found this one…a classic Pot Shots that was given to me as part of a pack from my uncle Casey decades ago. Most were funny or philosophical or somehow prescient. But this was an odd one; I didn’t know what to make of this one. Well, it turns out we’re going to be making a collaborative collage out of this one.
I started with the postcard, embroidered a heart behind the fence and sent it off to Jill.
Andrea Mullarkey, September 3, 2026
Before I started I wanted to make a proposal for our group: what if we work SMALL this round?
If you have seen the gallery show at the end of the project you may have had the same sense I did of just how overwhelming it is to see all this art in one place. It was hard to look at pieces. I found myself awash in colors and textures but not really seeing things. Which made me think: what if we made art that demanded a close look? Art you had to walk right up to and focus on?
Maybe this is a silly idea. Maybe folks aren’t interested in being limited in this way. Maybe you have no idea what I’m talking about. Perhaps you don’t believe that small art would be somehow more visible. So feel free to ignore this idea. But for myself, I will probably start with something index card sized and see what happens.
Christine, September 1, 2026
Erin is returning?!?! Hoooooeray!!
And I’m so excited to collaborate with Jill and Gradiva as well.
Let’s gooooooooo!