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by Karine Rupp-Stanko

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Month: April 2019

One month of junk mail in bloom

41 ounces. Roughly 1.2 kilograms. That’s the amount of junk mail that found its way to our mailbox from March … More

artist, earthday, environmentalism, origami, paper

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There has been a lot of noise in my life and in my head lately. Unfamiliar, overwhelming noise at social gatherings that took my voice away. Familiar noise in my head that keeps me from moving ahead freely. Paradoxically, I feel the urge to not be silent in this world, but I need silence to go on having a voice. I took a minute this morning to try to turn off the noise in my head and in my life. A few brushstrokes of gold paint on an old grocery bag, a silent piano, morning light. #silenceisgoldensometimes #lesilenceestdor #morningpractice #arttherapy #meditation #silent #folding #paper

Here are pictures of pages 1 and 4 of the first volume of my self-portrait cloth book series. If you want to see pages 2 and 3, you’ll have to come to @gamutgallerympls starting next week!!! I dropped my work off at the gallery today and took a sneak peak at other artists work... several pieces really caught my eye. 😍 Can’t wait for the Opening night : September 12th from 7 to 10pm. I hope to see you there!

Practice what you preach. Two years ago I started pulling out the lawn in our front yard, one square foot at a time to plant native flowers that would bring back pollinators to our extremely urban neighborhood. (Hear the traffic in the background?) This morning a whole cloud of monarch butterflies flocked to our yard, eating and getting ready for their big migration. I haven’t been sleeping well, devoured by anxiety about the Amazon burning, our lungs disappearing... but this cloud of monarchs gave me hope. You can have an impact. One square foot at a time. Plant a tree. Plant native flowers on your balcony if you don’t have a garden. Walk to work. Buy local and less. There are hundreds of little things you can do, and yes, they can have an impact. #monarchbutterfly #minnesota #changetheworld #onesquarefootatatime #socialpracticeart

“Swarm B” was successfully installed today @foodbldg in North-east #Minneapolis !! The pristine white wall was a bit intimidating at first but the junk mail bees soon took over, dancing and buzzing away. If you come have a coffee and a (scrumptious) pastry at Kieran’s kitchen, ask to see the swarm in the event hall! Or come see it on August 25th Pollination Festival! #pollinators #installationart #junkmail #upcycled #origami

Switching from morning folding to night. Thinking of the many layers that constitute a person. Serene, shiny, proper outsides. Complex, tortured, secret insides. #handmadepaper dyed with blue pea flower tea. #folding #meditation #paperart #origami #paper #ecodye

4th of July Self-portrait. This is what I am here. These official words make me a privileged individual. I can’t be separated from my US citizen child. Not unless I commit a crime worthy of deportation. My thoughts go today to all the parents who don’t have that privilege, at the border and elsewhere in the country. #nokidsincages #privileged #selfportrait #letterpress #jeans

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