Rainbarrels on Parade

I recently was selected as one of ten artists to create a design on 133 gallon rainbarrels to display around the Pittsburgh area. They will then be auctioned off to help with funds for Nine Mile Run, an organization that helps maintain the Nine Mile Run waterways. My...

My Recycled Origami Works

I came to the United States as a refugee from Viet Nam in 1975. I graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Currently, I’m an employee of the Berkeley Public Library, and I’ve been with the BPL for twelve years. As a child growing up in Viet...

Blog: The Mali situation as I understand it

Janet has a 35 year relationship with Africa, especially with Mali. Since her 1995 Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship, she has spent several months every year in Mali engaged in a wide variety of cultural projects including collaborations with Malian artists. She...