BoxoProjects, a multi-program arts initiative based in Joshua Tree, showcases three artists, LJ Roberts, Edie Fake, and Aili Schmeltz, during March and April. Hilary Sloane will tell you the details…
LJ Roberts is a visual artist and writer who creates large-scale textile installations, embroideries, artist’s books, and collages. Roberts’ work investigates overlaps of queer and trans politics, activism, protest, and craft and maintains a critical writing practice that bridges craft and queer theory. Roberts’ in-person Artist-talk is Saturday, March 26, at 3 p.m. The link to LJ Roberts zoom talk is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87490247003.
In addition, BoxoProjects is presenting “Experiments in Transition,” an exhibition by two Mojave-based artists, Edie Fake and Aili Schmeltz. Edie Fake’s high-key abstractions are simultaneously figurative and abstract, combining recognizable household objects and dynamic geometries. Aili Schmeltz’s thread-based paintings are monochromatic, abstract patterns of vibrating intensity that serve as analogs for lives shaped by gender issues. The “Experiments in Transformation” exhibit is from April 2 to May 1.
The opening reception is Saturday, April 2, from 2 to 5 p.m. and continues Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. and by appointment.
BoxoProjects is located at 62732 Sullivan Road, Joshua Tree, CA 92252. Highway 62 to White Feather, south on White Feather to Sullivan, west on Sullivan).
