"Are They Looking at Me?" Laken Emerson

"Are They Looking at Me?" Laken EmersonLaken Emerson, Fort Smith, AR Are They Looking at Me?, 2026 Ceramic 8. 25 x 4. 75 Are They Looking at Me? is part of a larger body of work that reflects on the universal fear of being observed and desire to be noticed. This sculpture in particular, the four faces facing four directions, the eyes swinging and turning around the room, is a conduit for the psychic connections that bind people, that transcend time and space (Bell Hooks): there is the

it can become even harder to find unifying aspects of our society

His subjects were simple

My submission to the exhibition titled "Our Common Ground" explores the profound and mysterious UFO incident that occurred in Fort Smith during the mid-1960s — a phenomenon that created an unexpected

This line serves as a visual metaphor for relationship

an organization formed in 1914 that ultimately became the Arkansas Arts Center

acrylic washes and transparent oil washes to create a lovely

we can heal and learn and grow

settling on transparent watercolor as his medium of expression

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Watercolor

and hand and machine stitching

illustrating how we fluidly adapt our identities to meet life's challenges