Travel Social Pharmacy
April 04 - May 02,2022
From the organizers: "Traveling Social Pharmacy is an art project consisting of an emergency-red bicycle that has been customized into a home remedy exchange for physical, emotional, and mental health. Everyone has tried a remedy recommended by family or close friends to alleviate some body discomfort. Sharing home-made remedies has been an activity done by generations. MFA candidates in Art and Social Practice at SHSU have been collecting traditional home- remedies used by residents of the Huntsville community to make them available for exchange using a community care model of mutual aid. Residents of Creekside Retirement have been invited to contribute their knowledge and personal experiences to enrich this project. The project has previously been activated in different locations across Sweden, New Brunswick, NJ, and will now operate in select locations throughout Huntsville, TX from April 4 th – May 2 nd , 2021. Members of the Huntsville community will be invited to take a custom-made remedy home with them and contribute a new recipe to the project. Remedies such as the use of a stiff bristle hairbrush to alleviate mild-migraine, and repeated encouraging words as a relief to diminish anxiety, will be on display and available to audience members to take away. Traveling Social Pharmacy seeks to directly engage those participating in this collaborative project bringing them as participants rather than observers. The current situation with the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the need for medical attention in every person no matter their social and economic status. Implementing artistic responses like Traveling Social Pharmacy emphasize the urgent need for collective caring in communities. Full event schedule: Newton Gresham Library Lobby Monday April 4 th 11:00 am -3:00 pm 1830 Bobby K Marks Drive Huntsville Public Library Wednesday April 6 th Event: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Artist Talks: 5:15 pm – 6:00 pm 1219 13 th St. (Light Refreshments) Wynne Home Arts & Visitor Center Saturday April 23 rd (Earth Day Celebration) 11:00 am – 3:00 pm 1428 11 th St. Creekside Retirement Community Monday May 2nd Semi-private event: 2:00 – 4:00 pm 1433 Veterans Memorial Pkwy Huntsville, TX 77340 Image Link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/NpRNDTW76nWkmdmXA Instagram @shsumfa About Jody Wood Jody Wood is an artist working in mediums of social practice, video, photography, and performance art. Her work has been supported by prestigious institutions including A Blade of Grass in NYC, New York Council for the Humanities, Rema Hort Mann Foundation, an ArtPlace America Initiative at McColl Center for Art + Innovation in Charlotte, NC, and through residencies at Headlands Center for the Arts, Yaddo, and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including Manchester School or Art, UK and Parrish Museum of Art in Water Mill, NY, and has been featured in publications such as The Atlantic, Hyperallergic, The Art Newspaper, and MSNBC. She is an Assistant Professor of Art and Social Practice at SHSU. www.jodywoodart.com About Marcelle Cavazos Marcelle Cavazos is a multi-disciplinary artist who is currently pursuing her master’s at Sam Houston State University in Social Practices in Art. She is presently living in Huntsville, TX working as a teaching assistant. Marcelle is inspired by the world around her as well as the different historical and scriptural meanings of everyday objects. She uses symbolism to discuss personal issues and spark conversations about our world, how to change it, and bring awareness to other people’s stories. Marcelle is working towards becoming a Social Practices professor and engaging with her community through art. About Magda Macias Magda Macias is a current MFA candidate at Sam Houston State University in Art and Social Practice. She has a B.S. in Computer Engineering from ITESM in Monterrey, N.L. Mexico. Her artwork explores the relationship between art, science, social media and identity. Her work research how art can take the form of activities as diverse as interaction of social relationship, data analysis, race equality, and mental healing. Macias currently resides in The Woodlands, TX where she has been teaching art on-line throughout the pandemic. Presently, she is working as a graduate student at SHSU. www.magdamacias.com About Glenda Pivaral Glenda Pivaral was born in Santa Rosa Guatemala; she is an East Texas-based artist. In 2020 she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in 3D Studio Art and a minor in Art History from Sam Houston State University. Glenda is currently an MFA candidate in Art and Social Practice at Sam Houston State University. Her practice combines figurative and abstract functional, and non-functional sculpture inspired by Glenda’s childhood memories and the aesthetic of cute. www.glendapivaral.com About Patrick Richards Patrick Richards is a muralist as well as a practicing artist who graduated from Sam Houston State University in 1986 with a BFA in Advertising and Graphic design. He worked as a postgraduate student in 3-D, sculpture, and jewelry. He was able to work with the well-known trompe' l’oeil artist Richard Haas. In 1994 Patrick started a mural company called Architectural Details which he still owns and operates. He is currently an MFA student in the Art and Social Practice program at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. His art studio is in Corpus Christi, TX where he intends on setting his own socially engaged art programs."
On View: April 04, 2022 | 11-3 pm
Newton Gresham Library Lobby, 1830 Bobby K Marks Drive
