To honor the little-known contributions of Chicago’s early women agricultural and cultural workers, I am collaborating on a new publication entitled Invisible Labors, inspired by a recent research and garden project in the Morgan Park and Beverly neighborhoods formerly known as The Ridge. This book will weave together historical archives, photographs, and original new artwork that creatively interprets the crucial role that women have played in working and stewarding land in our city.

In the summer of 2021 for the Terrain Biennial, Melissa and I collaborated to create Invisible Labors: Prairie Carbon Sequestering and Papermaking; a garden project exploring the underground carbon remediation activity of prairie plants and the process of hand papermaking with these plants during the fall/winter season.