YWCA Shelter Bedroom
I was invited by the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art to create work for their exhibition "More than Shelter." After I expressed the interest to shift the focus of my women's bedroom series to depict transitional spaces used in time of need, the museum facilitated a partnership with the YWCA of South Hampton Roads. I was invited to visit the YWCA women and family emergency shelter and create a drawing depicting one of the rooms. A few days prior to my scheduled visit, a woman had unexpectedly vacated her space. I was granted access to photograph the room as she left it behind. From these photos I stitched together a composite and then drew it to scale from the viewpoint of the room's doorway. Shown is Room number 3 as it looked on May 12th of 2022.