The Six Foot Platform presents Mikaela Perry

SEPTEMBER 20: Mikaela Perry: Dumbo Dreams

"Dumbo Dreams" invites the public to play with three giant, hand-painted fortune tellers. Each artist-guided reading requires at least two participants, creating a nostalgic experience and a glimpse into a hopeful future. Through playing with the fortune tellers, participants are reminded of their unique power and ability to dream positive outcomes for themselves, their communities, and the world.

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Mikaela Perry is a figurative oil painter and former multi-generational farmer based in Brooklyn. Her work primarily depicts human and animal figures, inviting viewers to be in relationship with their own ancestral ties to land and nature. She has exhibited her work in group shows and juried exhibitions throughout the US, and in 2023 exhibited her first solo show at Solas Studio. Perry was honored as a recipient of the 2023 NYC 40 Under 40: Rising Stars in Food Policy Award for her representation of rural life and small farms and was a 2024 artist-in-residence at Chashama's ChaNorth residency. Perry's work has been featured in the AQ Quarterly Journal Vol. 1, curated by Ekaterina Popova, the City of New York’s Food Policy Center News, and the "Writing the Land" anthology in partnership with Hudson Taconic Land Trust. She received her BA in 2014 from Middlebury College and her MA from New York University in 2022.

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