A Garden Is Magic Yay! A poem of mine was published by my spiritual teacher Francesca de Grandis on her blog. Its a meditation on the shared awareness...
I made this today. It’s me and my guitar in my studio. –—> Mystery (in-studio recording (Oct 17, 2019) I wrote this song in Nov 2016 after the election....
Here is a list I made based off of a “How To Fail As An Artist” blog by Alyson Stanfield (unfortunately I cannot find a link to her blogpost...
“Bodies always speak to us in the language of love.” – Robin Rose Bennett, The Gift of Herbal Medicine I haven’t yet written on this blog about why I...
Signs of shifts towards autumn are staring to creep through the heat haze of southern Louisiana. I haven’t been out selling much. Any day over 95 degrees is too...
I’m announcing the start of Daily Blossoms. Spring in New Orleans is a luscious experience of vibrant petals, sweet scented nectar and green, green, green. To welcome...
40:25 min In this second episode of the Sound Philosophy Podcast with Jenelle Leigh Campion and Virginia Brisley we talk about the Sacred Music Festival which happened at the...
Getting this permit means Ill be able to support myself by selling art. Coming out of grad school in 2012 I had my sights set on selling art in...
38:10 min Jenelle Leigh Campion and Virginia Brisley discuss their philosophical understanding of “sound healing” in connection to creating music and experiencing the healing influence of sound. This...
Hellooooo darling internet angels, My album, How To Heal A Broken Heart, which I recorded in 2010 is getting put out on my friends label Campers Rules Records in Brooklyn,...
I went down to the french quarter at 7am to set up my spot for the day. Well not set up, but I put up a few signs to...
Donovan, Tara. Untitled. 2003. Styrofoam Cups, Hot Glue. Ace Gallery, Los Angeles. Tara Donavan‘s work inspires me because she has an interesting sense of articulation through pattern. She...
This link will take you to an article by Orion Magazine (an environmental rag) about the artist Basia Iriland. She takes blocks of ice, carves them into books, adds...
River Styx: underground river of greco-roman myth where Charon ferries departed souls to the other side. It used to be a custom to bury the dead with two coins...
Firstly I have Petrarchan and Shakespearean Sonnets. Then I took the two poems and mashed them together to make a third creation. Enjoy! Petrarchan (Italian) Sonnet A velvet lined...
Hello lovelies, I said in my last post that I was going to start making copies of my rivers but that has taken a bit of a turn. I...
The last 6 months have been a whirl wind for me. Between graduating with an MFA degree and moving back to New Orleans my life has been a vortex...
I am excited to say that I am going to be showing some of my work at Voodoo Fest in New Orleans. The Big Top Gallery is going to...
Hello internets, I have some follow up thoughts to yesterdays post about my MFA experience. I found the MFA in Creative Inquiry program challenged me to build the schematics...
The MFA department at CIIS asked me to reflect on my experiences in the Creative Inquiry department and I am reposting my responses here. Enjoy! — What were the...
Katrina Brees, Jenelle Campion, Virgina Brisley at Aniteau Gallery (Photo by Steven Foster)
Hello Internet, If you didn’t already know I have moved back to New Orleans to resettle and begin my life as artist in the world. I had lived here...
Gratitude for everyone who was able to attend! You all light up my life. Thanks also to the CIIS Minna Street Gallery for hosting the event. (photos by Lauren,...
I am quoted in the article “My Body, My Voice, My Power: Burlesque, the Antidote” by my friend Janna Zinzi… This speaks directly to some insight given to me...
I was assigned to do a piece working with symbols that relate to my ancestry. My father’s family traces back to a town near where the Black Madonna of...
I read back through my writings of this semester and pulled out my list of vocabulary words I chose. Resonance Pattern Space Body Awareness Direction Love Desire Curiosity Dialogue...
Reposted from CIIS MFA blog: By JENELLE CAMPION, student in the Creative Inquiry, Interdisciplinary Arts MFA program On Saturday, Sept. 11, Saturday Night @ CIIS launched its fall presentation series with a talk by Alonzo...
I was reading The Spiritual Dynamic In Modern Art by Charlene Spretnak and wanted to post some images of art she references. MODERNISTS:Georgia O’Keefe –“Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV” 1930 “Black...
I used to work at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Porcupine, SD on the Pine Ridge Reservation. It was really good to paint because I had to spend...