resides in Rhode Island, the ancestral territory stewarded by the Narragansett, Nipmuc, Wampanoag, Niantic, and Mashapaug Nahaganset nations.
Meredith Stern grew up in a small, conservative rural town in Pennsylvania where her mother taught her how to grow vegetables and ride horses. Her Jewish family fled the pogroms in Belarus and Austria in the early 20th century. Her family discovered Quakerism where she was introduced to consensus decision making process and peace activism. She graduated Cum Laude at Tulane University with a BFA in Ceramics. After college she and several friends founded Nowe Miasto, a collectively run space in New Orleans which hosted music and film events, housed a screen-printing studio and a backyard garden where she planted her first strawberry plant. Her multifaceted practice includes printmaking, drumming, collage, gardening, and ceramic arts. She views art as a powerful medium of communication to visualize a more just and peaceful world, and to celebrate the power of mutual aid and collective resistance. Her work is in the permanent collections at the Library of Congress, The RISD Museum, the Book Arts Collection at the New York MOMA, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. She has given artist talks at universities, museums, and community spaces. In 2012 she curated a portfolio on gender justice titled "This is an Emergency!" In 2015 she created 14 large scale linoleum block portraits of several of her colleagues as a series titled "Craft in Time." In 2016 she created a series of prints of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Her website with one of a kind print collages and ceramic art is at www.meredithstern.org
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Justseeds Artist Meredith Stern will be a visiting artist at Tulane University in New Orleans on Monday March 27, 2023. She will be speaking at the Diboll Gallery at Malkin…
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Papergirl-Brooklyn (PGBK) is seeking artist submissions for an art project. Here is information in their words: “Papergirl- Brooklyn is about making art accessible, engaging in public spaces, and creating sustainable…
Maximalist Magazine is compiling art for an upcoming publication. Here is info from their website: email themaximalistpress@gmail.com to submit the revolutionary demos reappeared in the last week of May. from…
June 20, 2020PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:No Borders on Stolen LandAn international juried art exhibition curated by Mariano Gonzales, established visual artist and UAA professor. Native Movement, Out North, Sol de…
OUTPOST invites applications for a week long remote residency programme during Summer 2020. The opportunity is only open for Art and Design students of colour based in the UK in…
Dear friends, I always envisioned that I’d have more “me” time in all the pseudo-apocalyptic scenarios that have riddled my nightmares over the past couple decades. Instead, I’m mostly confined…
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Activation, in Upstate, NY, is a Black-owned immersive residency experience for working artists eager to expand their creative practice. Activation’s programming focus is queer and pleasure informed workshops, healing circles,…
Since the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, no document has more clearly outlined the inherent rights and freedoms guaranteed to every human being. It is the…
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights portfolio created by Meredith Stern is on display for the month of September at 159 Sutton Street in Providence. There is a gallery opening…
I’d like to share an inspiring new documentary film with you. The film is called, “Our Bodies Our Doctors” a feature-length film that tells the rarely-discussed story of what it…
Gardening is a large part of my practice from April through November. We’ve got a greenhouse where we have maintained rosemary through the winter to harvest for homemade bread, and…
I’ve been going through the archival documents and photos of our family and trying to find out all I can about the Russian origins of my family. This is a…
I’ve been going through the archival documents and photos of our family and trying to find out all I can about the Russian origins of my family. This is a…
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-beehive#/ “I began to realise that if I was getting into so much trouble—owning my own house and a newspaper—what hope would a pensioner have?” Juanita Nielsen, 1973. The Beehive will tell…