No Bad Art - Episode 20 - Lauren Frances Evans

On this week's episode John and Jenn sit down to talk about her journey as an artist, professor, and parent. We talk about our shared nostalgia for indoor-shopping malls, navigating our constantly shifting cultural and religious norms, plus the 90s masterpiece Hanson's Mmm Bop.

Image slides

1. Other-Oriented - 2015 - solo exhibition at Graceland University - Lamoni, IA

2. Knot Connected - 2014 - cardboard, hot glue, and latex paint - from Omphalos, a solo exhibition at Jacksonville University - Jacksonville, FL

3. Omphaloskepsis - 2018 - cardboard and hot glue

4. Indwelling - 2019 - video

5. Transitioning (not sure how to sleep/be without you in my arms) - 2019 - needle-felted wool

6. En Caul - 2020 - needle-felted wool over steel armature, printed lycra fabric, sewn and stuffed with fiberfill

7. First Position - 2020 - needle-felted wool over steel armature, printed lycra fabric, sewn and stuffed with fiberfill

8. Mother, May I? - 2022 - photographic digital collage, printed on transparency

9. Let It Shine (a fire in my belly) - 2021 - video

10. Lactogenesis - 2022 - welded steel, foil duct, urethane foam, fiberglass, Bondo, and human milk