JoAnne McFarland is a multidisciplinary maker. The tenet that fuels her practice across multiple genres is her belief that violence and creativity are opposites. She is the Artistic Director of Artpoetica, a project space in Gowanus, Brooklyn that focuses on the intersection of literature and visual art. Her recent multimedia collections include American Graphic, winner of the 2024 Wishing Jewel Prize for Poetic Innovation from Green Linden Press and the 2023 Experimental Poetry Award from the Connecticut Poetry Society; A Domestic Lookbook and Pullman, published by Grid Books in 2024 and 2023 respectively; and Identifying the Body, published in 2018 by the Word Works. McFarland has artwork in the permanent collections of the Cooper/Hewitt Smithsonian, the Library of Congress, the Columbus Museum of Art, and the Department of State, among many others. Beginning in 2019, McFarland has curated the Sally Project with fellow artist Sasha Chavchavadze. Sally is a community-centered project focused on using art to activate the public memory of women, like Sally Hemings, whose lives have been erased or marginalized. McFarland’s artwork is represented by Accola Griefen Fine Art. www.joannemcfarland.com