Baker Artist Portfolios

In 2016, Joanna was selected to participate in NASA's James Webb Space Telescope artist project as one of a small group of artists invited to observe the new telescope in person and create works inspired by it for exhibits at NASA Goddard, Art.Science.Gallery, and the Texas Museum of Science and Technology during 2017 and 2018. 

A series of small abstract/surreal portraits 4" x 6" acrylic on canvas 2018  for a 2019 show in a hair salon ~ more in the works

Performed at Baltimore Theatre Project in February of 2019 as a collaborative effort between BlueShift Dance and Vaught Contemporary Ballet. VCB provided a historical ballet, depicting the efforts of the Suffragettes. BlueShift Dance presented works by Caitlin McAfee as well as Natalie Boegel, reflecting the state of feminism and political discourse in present times, as women of today stand on their shoulders. Pieces presented include:

Faceless by Caitlin McAfee and Kendra Smith

In-Progress

Antennae is an upcoming interactive virtual reality experience set in a greenhouse that presents a dreamlike narrative about our vulnerability to the pervasiveness of broadcast media.

Eyelydian is a 360° video that uses abstraction, animated geometric patterning, and photographic images to call to mind the colors, patterns, and visions seen as light filters through closed eyelids. The virtual reality headset closes our eyes to the outside world, while paradoxically bringing us immersive vision through a set of technological “eyelids”.

Screenings:
New York Film Festival: Convergence
360 Film Festival, Paris
Light City Baltimore
Tacoma Film Festival
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival

Awkward, behavioral forms, toeing a fine line  between  too specific and too broad in regards to function.  Inconsolably searching for stability  through personhood and memory.