Tammy Parks

My art is my immediate and thoughtful response to the world. Currently, I am a public artist working in glass, tile, paint, clay, and cement. I have begun to incorporate nontraditional materials into my work as I am becoming more conscious of the stuff left behind by others and myself. I focus on how I can consume less and reuse more in the creation of my art.

Washington Street Community Mural

Art, created individually or collectively, can revitalize communities by fighting the homogenization of identity fostered by institutional domination of culture and values through placeshaping, the concrete artistic expressions that celebrate and make plain the shared culture, geography, history and stories that make up the identity of its people. I am working to decentralize art from institutions and impart its knowledge, experience and participation to those  who know little or nothing of its history and power and to those others who feel alienated from art due to an emphasis on elitism and marketing. What exists in the space that lies between “public” and “art” is the embodiment of a dialogue between artist and audience, a conversation that takes place or comes to be in a community of social consciousness, commitment and collaboration.

Appalachian Sunset - stained glass

CONTACT

tparks@pCVa.us

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