Alexandria Turns 277
Everything about Alexandria is home to me, and there is always something new to experience.
Art in Every Space by Mayor of Alexandria, Alyia Gaskins
Mayor Gaskins launched a pilot this summer called Art in Every Space — original work by local artists, hung inside Alexandria businesses. Real estate offices, coffee shops, coworking spaces. Places you'd go for an entirely different reason than to discover beautiful original works of art. It runs through September 30. I'm one of the artists featured, matched with a space through Robin Jordan, who's been building this thing out since she first brought the idea to the mayor's office.
On Showing at The Agency at National Harbor | Ojalá Studio | June 2026
This summer, Ojalá Studio was invited to exhibit as part of The Agency at National Harbor's Art & Finance Exhibition Series—a space where conversations about wealth, legacy, and community intersect. Featuring Sowing Season and works from Lineage of Lightning, the exhibition explores what survives when official narratives fail, and how archives, capital, and cultural memory shape the futures we inherit.
Phone cards, packing boxes, and El Chavo
My sense of humor didn't come from stand-up specials or sitcom reruns. It came from El Chavo del Ocho playing in the background of childhood—while phone cards were bought, care packages were taped shut, Rosetta Stone commercials promised English like magic, and adults spoke quickly in Spanish. The show wasn't the main event. It was company. Looking back, I realize some things don't stay with us because they were extraordinary. They stay because they were constant.
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