Works
Overview
Jacks McNamara is a genderqueer, neurodivergent writer, artist, activist, podcaster, educator, performer, and healer based on the Tewa land called O’ga P’ogeh and also known today as Santa Fe, New Mexico. Jacks is the co-founder of The Icarus Project, a participatory adventure in radical mental health and mutual aid now known as The Fireweed Collective. In 2012 Jacks was selected as a Lambda literary fellow, and their first book of poetry, Inbetweenland, was released by Deviant Type Press in 2013. Jacks hosts the podcast So Many Wings, which is a series of conversations at the intersection of transformative mental health and social justice.
Exhibitions
Events
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Poetry Reading: Ancestral Imagination
4-5pm 5 Nov 2022In celebration of their solo exhibition, Ancestral Imagination, Jacks McNamara presents a poetry reading with special guests including Israel Francisco Haros Lopez and Isabel Ribe.Read more -
Artist Talk: Jacks McNamara
2:30pm 1 Oct 2022Learn how Santa Fe artist Jacks McNamara mines their emotional and spiritual connection to their lost lineage through artistic practice in their solo show Ancestral...Read more -
Reception: Wild Pigment Project, Tilke Elkins & Jacks McNamara
5-7pm 30 Sep 2022Join us for this special reception featuring three new exhibitions: the group show Wild Pigment Project, and solo displays by Tilke Elkins and Jacks McNamara.Read more
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