Soul Moon’s Maroons

406 Gallery, Elon University Department of Art, Elon North Carolina, Found, conserved and donated post-consumer objects and artworks, dimensions variable, 2024.

Soul Moon’s Maroons

406 Gallery, Elon University Department of Art, Elon North Carolina, Found, conserved and donated post-consumer objects and artworks, dimensions variable, 2024.

Reliquaries 10

Conserved paperboard and corrugated cardboard packaging, dimensions variable (each brick 14 x 14 x 5”), 2023-current (ongoing, this view 2024).

Bold Moon (wall)

Post-consumer packaging and detritus, 96 x 45”, 2024.

Reliquaries 10 (detail)

Conserved paperboard and corrugated cardboard.

Bold Moon

packaging, dimensions variable (each brick 14 x 14 x 5”), 2023-current (ongoing, this view 2024).

Bold Moon (detail)

Post-consumer packaging and detritus, 96 x 45”, 2024.

Bold Moon (detail)

Post-consumer packaging and detritus, 96 x 45”, 2024.

Bold Moon (detail)

Post-consumer packaging and detritus, 96 x 45”, 2024.

Bold Moon (detail)

Post-consumer packaging and detritus, 96 x 45”, 2024.

Reliquaries 10

Conserved paperboard and corrugated cardboard, 2024.

Reliquaries 10 (detail)

Conserved paperboard and corrugated cardboard, 2024.

Reliquaries 10 (student collaboration, Beginning Painting)

Conserved paperboard and corrugated cardboard, conserved objects, paint, 2024.

Reliquaries 10 (student collaboration, 3D Design)

Conserved paperboard and corrugated cardboard, conserved objects. 2024.

Reliquaries 10 (detail)

Conserved paperboard and corrugated cardboard, 2024.

Reliquaries 10 (student collaboration, 3D Design)

Conserved paperboard and corrugated cardboard, conserved objects. 2024.

Reliquaries 10 (student collaboration, 3D Design)

Conserved paperboard and corrugated cardboard, conserved objects. 2024.

Reliquaries 10 (detail)

Conserved paperboard and corrugated cardboard, 2024.

Reliquaries 10 (student collaboration, 3D Design)

Conserved paperboard and corrugated cardboard, conserved objects, 2024.

Reliquaries 10 (detail)

Conserved paperboard and corrugated cardboard, 2024.

Reliquaries 10 (student collaboration, Beginning Painting)

Conserved paperboard and corrugated cardboard, conserved objects, paint, 2024

Reliquaries 10 (student collaboration, 3D Design)

Conserved paperboard and corrugated cardboard, conserved objects. 2024.

Reliquaries 10; Bold Moon

Reliquaries 10 (floor) Bold Moon (wall)

Soul Moon’s Maroon

406 Gallery, Elon University Department of Art, Elon North Carolina, Found, conserved and donated post-consumer objects and artworks, dimensions variable, 2024.

Soul Moon’s Maroons

406 Gallery, Elon University Department of Art, Elon North Carolina, Found, conserved and donated post-consumer objects and artworks, dimensions variable, 2024.

Soul Moon’s Maroon

406 Gallery, Elon University Department of Art, Elon North Carolina, Found, conserved and donated post-consumer objects and artworks, dimensions variable, 2024.

Soul City

Conserved mylar plastic packaging, 336 x 84”, 2024.

Soul City (detail)

Conserved mylar plastic packaging, 336 x 84”, 2024.

Soul City (detail)

Conserved mylar plastic packaging, 336 x 84”, 2024.

Soul City (detail)

Conserved mylar plastic packaging, 336 x 84”, 2024.

Soul Moon’s Maroons

406 Gallery, Elon University Department of Art, Elon North Carolina, Found, conserved and donated post-consumer objects and artworks, dimensions variable, 2024

Bald Cypress

Mylar packaging. 54 x 32”, 2024.

Bald Cypress (detail)

Mylar packaging. 54 x 32”, 2024.

Bald Cypress (detail)

Mylar packaging. 54 x 32”, 2024.

Bald Cypress (detail)

Mylar packaging. 54 x 32”, 2024.

Soul Moon’s Maroons

406 Gallery, Elon University Department of Art, Elon North Carolina, Found, conserved and donated post-consumer objects and artworks, dimensions variable, 2024.

Soul Moon’s Maroons

406 Gallery, Elon University Department of Art, Elon North Carolina, Found, conserved and donated post-consumer objects and artworks, dimensions variable, 2024.

Union Tank Car Dome

Mylar packaging. 37 x 84”, 2022.

Union Tank Car Dome (detail)

Mylar packaging. 37 x 84”, 2022.

New Llano Berry Baskets

Conserved paperboard packaging, dimensions variable (each basket 5 x 5 x 3.5”), 2023-present (on-going).

Theater Dome; Archival Structure 5

(Wall) Theater Dome. Conserved paperboard packaging, 60 x 108”, 2023.

(Floor) Archival Structure 5. Conserved paperboard and plastic packaging, conserved, found and donated post-consumer objects, dimensions variable (each brick 2.5 x 9 x 4.5”, this version: 60 x 140 x 72”. 2008-Current/Ongoing.

Theater Dome

Conserved paperboard packaging, 60 x 108”, 2023

Archival Structure 5 (detail)

Conserved paperboard and plastic packaging, conserved, found and donated post-consumer objects, dimensions variable (each brick 2.5 x 9 x 4.5”, this version: 60 x 140 x 72”. 2008-Current/Ongoing.

Archival Structure 5 (detail)

Conserved paperboard and plastic packaging, conserved, found and donated post-consumer objects, dimensions variable (each brick 2.5 x 9 x 4.5”, this version: 60 x 140 x 72”. 2008-Current/Ongoing.

Archival Structure 5 (detail)

Conserved paperboard and plastic packaging, conserved, found and donated post-consumer objects, dimensions variable (each brick 2.5 x 9 x 4.5”, this version: 60 x 140 x 72”. 2008-Current/Ongoing.

Soul Moon’s Maroons

406 Gallery, Elon University Department of Art, Elon North Carolina, Found, conserved and donated post-consumer objects and artworks, dimensions variable, 2023.

Archival Structure 5 (detail)

Conserved paperboard and plastic packaging, conserved, found and donated post-consumer objects, dimensions variable (each brick 2.5 x 9 x 4.5”, this version: 60 x 140 x 72”. 2008-Current/Ongoing.

Soul Moon’s Maroons

406 Gallery, Elon University Department of Art, Elon North Carolina, Found, conserved and donated post-consumer objects and artworks, dimensions variable, 2023.

Reliquaries 8 and 9; Archival Structure 14

(Wall): Reliquaries 8 and 9. Conserved paperboard, corrugated cardboard and plastic packaging, found objects, dimensions variable (each box 10 x 10 x 3 or 11 x 11 x 11”, this version 150 x 300 x 3”, 2014-current/ongoing.

(Floor): Archival Structure 14. Corrugated cardboard and plastic packaging, student-created post-consumer object assemblage sculptures, 60” diameter, 2023.

Reliquaries 8 and 9 (detail)

Conserved paperboard, corrugated cardboard and plastic packaging, found objects, dimensions variable (each box 10 x 10 x 3 or 11 x 11 x 11”, this version 150 x 300 x 3”, 2014-current/ongoing.

Reliquaries 8 and 9 (detail)

Conserved paperboard, corrugated cardboard and plastic packaging, found objects, dimensions variable (each box 10 x 10 x 3 or 11 x 11 x 11”, this version 150 x 300 x 3”, 2014-current/ongoing.

Bold Moon Shed; Reliquaries 8 and 9

(Left): Bold Moon Shed. Conserved paperboard packaging, 40 x 65”, 2023.

(Right): Reliquaries 8 and 9. Conserved paperboard, corrugated cardboard and plastic packaging, found objects, dimensions variable (each box 10 x 10 x 3 or 11 x 11 x 11”, this version 150 x 300 x 3”, 2014-current/ongoing.

Bold Moon Shed; Reliquaries 8 and 9

(Left): Bold Moon Shed. Conserved paperboard packaging, 40 x 65”, 2023.

Bold Moon Shed

Conserved paperboard packaging, 40 x 65”, 2023.

Bold Moon Shed

Conserved paperboard packaging, 40 x 65”, 2023.

Bold Moon Shed (detail)

Conserved paperboard packaging, 40 x 65”, 2023.

Archival Structure 14

Corrugated cardboard and plastic packaging, student-created post-consumer object assemblage sculptures, 60” diameter, 2023.

Archival Structure 14 (detail with Elon University student-created post-consumer-object artwork)

Corrugated cardboard and plastic packaging, student-created post-consumer object assemblage sculptures, 60” diameter, 2023.

Archival Structure 14 (detail with Elon University student-created post-consumer-object artwork).

Corrugated cardboard and plastic packaging, student-created post-consumer object assemblage sculptures, 60” diameter, 2023.

Soul Moon’s Maroons

406 Gallery, Elon University Department of Art, Elon North Carolina, Found, conserved and donated post-consumer objects and artworks, dimensions variable, 2024.

Soul Moon’s Maroons

406 Gallery, Elon University Department of Art, Elon North Carolina, Found, conserved and donated post-consumer objects and artworks, dimensions variable, 2024.

Otto Plastics, NC

Mylar packaging, 60 x 60”. 2023.

Otto Plastics, NC (detail)

Mylar packaging, 60 x 60”. 2023.

New Llano Berry Baskets

Conserved paperboard packaging, dimensions variable (each basket 5 x 5 x 3.5”), 2023-present (on-going).

Soul Moon’s Maroons

406 Gallery, Elon University Department of Art, Elon North Carolina, Found, conserved and donated post-consumer objects and artworks, dimensions variable, 2024.

Soul Moon’s maroons

Dimensions variable - Found, conserved and donated post-consumer objects and artworks

406 Gallery, Elon University Department of Art,
Elon, NC, 2024,

Soul Moon’s Maroons is a site-specific, interactive and collaborative installation inspired by the various utopian histories of North Carolina. Made entirely from repurposed post-consumer materials, this exhibition delves into three former Utopian communities that existed within the state: Soul City, Bold Moon Farm, and the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp--and how their respective rises and falls reflect global struggles for peace, stability, sustainability and self-determination.

Students in several Elon University Department of Art classes were collaborators in this exhibition, creating post-consumer artworks using materials culled from their own daily consumption. Student creations were placed within the clamshell ‘vitrines’ of the central, spherical artwork ‘Archival Structure 14’, joining 24 other works created by School of Design Students at the University of Louisiana, Ruston for the 2022 exhibition In Arcadia Ego.

Students also created works that were placed within the central alcoves of a new work, Reliquaries 10.

Soul Moon's Maroons

Soul Moon’s maroons