untitled, Andrew Carnie; Nazanin Amiri Meers

To expand Carnie’s Junctures of a Haphazard Kind project into the United States, Spencer Curator Cassandra Mesick Braun invited four regional artists to participate based on a variety of factors, including their work with textiles and mixed media, commitment to collaborative art-making, and interest in exploring the body and embodiment through art. Their diverse contributions were undertaken during the first weeks and months of the Covid-19 pandemic. Amiri Meers reflected that she felt like she’d been entrusted with a gift while working on the project, and that the process prompted her to reflect on care, compassion, connection, and the responsibility we should all feel toward one another.