to pick up what we set down

It is a constant battle.

Covering things up. 

Having layers. 

Removing the thing beneath.

Always wanting to see what is resting behind. Always making larger attachments to small moments. Always wanting to find another vantage point. Hoping there is change in movement. Hoping we gravitate toward color. Hoping we gravitate towards light. 
Finding myself writing ‘always’ quite a lot these days. Might be the desire for some sort of stability. Wanting to disprove that my relationship with fabric is more closely bound to my person than my relationship to wood. I always end up saving the old wood. I always end up coming back to the belief in fabric’s inherent strength found in interwoven threads made with the body in mind.


Maggie Heath is a Portland artist whose work rests in considering the space a body inhabits. Heath received her BFA from Portland State University in 2015. She has been awarded an honorable mention in ISC's Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award Program, the Kamelia Massih Outstanding Student Prize in the Arts, and received a 2015 Precipice Fund from Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. Her work has been seen at various galleries throughout Portland including: Surplus Space, MK Gallery, AB Lobby Gallery, galleryHomeland, Timeshare Gallery, Autzen Gallery, 511 Commons, B10, Blackfish Gallery, Short Space, and was part of a group exhibition at Virginia Commonwealth University. Heath collaborates with Emily Wobb on running Bronco Gallery, an exhibition tailgate that is based out of a 1991 Ford Bronco. http://www.maggie-heath.com/


DieAna Dae is a Portland based drag queen, performer, dancer, and artist. She has performed at Seattle Center, as well as Critical Mascara at PICA's TBA festival and is the regular host of Blow Pony, one of Portland's queer dance nights. DieAna works to find the bounds of herself within in the performance under the gaze of her audience.https://www.facebook.com/dieana.dae