In the spirit of all being in the same crazy boat, I'm posting images of the work I've been making this semester. It is a wall installation based on the Anne Sexton poem "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." The piece was made for the project "Poetry Scores" in St. Louis, MO, in which a musical work based on the poem was commissioned and visual artists were asked to make pieces that responded to the poem. For more information see: http://poetryscores.blogspot.com/. To read the poem, see: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15300.

Kristina Arnold; "Snow White Turns 40;" Cast Glass, Cast Sugar, Wood, Brass

In the fairy tale "Snow White," no one roots for the step mother. She is evil, and the fair Snow White triumphs. In this work I ask us to consider what happens when Snow White ages and due to passing years is herself no longer the "fairest of them all." I ask us to take responsibility for our complicity in perpetuating the beauty myth, a fairy tale that ties value so completely to youth and an impossible perfectionist ideal. For one day, Snow White will find herself in her step mother's shoes. And in an increasingly connected and media-savvy world, she will need more than one mirror and one apple to maintain her position.