Santa Barbara, CA (2021)
Pianos on State
As part of a community arts grant, I used sheet music, decorative paper, and original watercolors to collage a bee-themed piano. The piano was exhibited in downtown Santa Barbara, where it became a site of musical cross-pollination.
Song filled the streets.
Initial Sketches
Poetic Inspiration
Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures.
Antonio Machado
Opening Night
To celebrate the pianos’ voyages from the workshop to the streets, Santa Barbarian musicians duetted on ten different instruments.
MasQ(P)arade
The grand finale of Pianos on State was a piano progressive. A roving audience migrated between pianos while pursuing masked musicians.