OPENING RECEPTION:
SAT NOV 14TH 6pm-8pm
Sticks+Stones is the first time in over a decade that Brittany Coburn has made a body of work solely about her own experiences. After years of using sculpture to talk about mental health and help others feel less alone, she turned the conversation inward.
The work began during a stretch when she felt disconnected from herself and her process. Instead of pushing through a planned series of sculptures, she started writing down the judgments that were weighing on her—and kept going. That shift let her stop aiming for perfection and begin experimenting without the usual constraints.
What resulted is a show about learning to love yourself despite the negativity and opinions that come your way. Coburn treats the old line “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” as both a challenge and a goal, showing how those words can lose their hold once you stop letting them define you.