2025
Rug by Susanna and Abigail Smith, 1860. Collection of the New Brunswick Museum.
"Rare Beasts: The Young Women, the Rug Hunters, and the Unlikely Existence of the Smith Mat"
in Root Words: An anthology of arts writing on New Brunswick artists, edited by Amy Ash
"When Abigail Smith pulled each loop through her fabric, along lines her older sister drew for her, did she want to be recognized? And if so, did she find that recognition while she was alive? So many women are lost to our historical record in New Brunswick, especially in their creative work. We have many Mrs. John Smiths, died xxxx, but not many thirteen-year-old Abigails."
NO DUCKS: Emerging Art Critics Journal
2023 edition, in collaboration with Emily Falvey
Created during the COVID-19 pandemic, No Ducks’ mission is to publish and promote diverse student and emerging art writers and critics with ties to Mount Allison University and the Atlantic Region and Wabanaki Territories.
"In a culture riddled with fast-paced, doomsday messaging, how can the process of building one’s identity with others be an act of resistance? How can embodied care become a refusal of the apocalypse and an affirmation of queer futures? For those who often feel out of place, how can we redefine belonging? This year’s issue of No Ducks explores these questions and more as five emerging art critics and writers engage with definitions of queer space in nature through the theme of reintroduction. Edited by Chloe Lundrigan, this year’s issue features the writing of Isra Amsdr, Flora Chubbs, Lexi Delong, and Riley Small, and covers a wide range of topics, including rubble species, Third Spaces in nature, and dismantling colonial capitalism." - Emily Falvey
