One Year: In the Desert

September of 2021

We moved again.

I’d like to share with you some of the highlights of my first year in the wildly freeing and welcoming place I have been treating as a self-made artist residency and new home.

Hello from “other desert cities”

The high desert which includes Joshua Tree, Pioneertown, Landers, Yucca Valley, 29 Palms and Wonder Valley is an area indicated on a highway sign on I-10 as “other Desert Cities”. I first came here with friends in 2019. After the pandemic insisted road trip escapes only, Hashem and I visited here and agreed it was special and inviting. Over the summer of 2021, we took the plunge to make this “other” rural desert our home.

Oblique International

Rotterdam collaborative, Oblique International, presentation series, 5 1/2 Proposals to Work and Live in the Current Millenium.

Why DIY? at Left Forum

On May 31st, we convened a panel at Left Forum to discuss why use DIY models and how. With Glen Ganaway and Lisa Markuson.

Laundromat Project Creative Conversations, Mary Jeys with Sinema White

Mary: What is your favorite thing about your neighborhood?

Sinema: I love that there are many places, such as churches, parks and community centers, for the youth to hang out after school.

My conversation with Sinema White, a resident in this year’s Laundromat Project Create Change Residency has just been posted. Read the full conversation.

Fix It Yourself: The Art of Creating Revolutionary Economic Models

Inventing alternative forms of exchange for a fair economy is one of the most crucial creative challenges of our time.

Fix It Yourself: The Art of Creating Revolutionary Economic Models
Saturday, June 16, 2012 2 PM
The Kitchen, 512 W 19th Street
Organized in collaboration with artist Paolo Cirio, 2012 Fellow at Eyebeam.
Speakers include Paolo Cirio, Mary Jeys, Jessie Reilly, Gregory Sholette, and Caroline Woolard.
This program is free of charge and open to the public; seats will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
This event is organized in conjunction with Creative Destruction on view at The Kitchen.

FEAST Brooklyn Winner!

Awarded $400 FEAST grant

Hi, I’m Mary Jeys. Nice to meet you.

Over the next weeks months I will be updating this wordpress site.  Eventually it will take over the main site and not just live in a hidden wordpress folder.