November 2011
I was invited to write an article about my recent stay in the Arab-Israeli city Umm el-Fahem as a Visiting Artist and Volunteer at the Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery. Please see the links on my LINKS page under Academic Blogs (PEACE X PEACE) and under Artists' Organizations (Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery).
I lived in the Volunteers' apartment on the top floor where I shared the rooftop gallery with Volunteer Joanna Liss (English teacher & writer), and Rafi Munz's large ceramic sculptures: his dog/wolf howling up at the incredibly gorgeous, fabulously luminescent full moon.
During my more than three weeks there I posted some thoughts and observations on "scd abroad@blogspot.com" (2011). Now I am pondering the integration of the experience into my work.
"End of an Empire"
23 June - 21 August 2011
Grass Gallery, No. Adams, MA. Davis Art Services' juried show of anti-war art featured dessel's "OUR BACKYARD: A Cautionary Tale".
A.I.R. Gallery WISH YOU WERE HERE 10
22 June -16 July 2011
dessel's "wish you were (still) here" among donated works sold to benefit A.I.R. Gallery through its annual benefit postcard show: "Wish you were Here 10".
Detail, Kitchen Cabinet. Conceived for the exhibit DISTANT COUSINS (2011).