Small shrimps, pink, and slimy

cute and curvy like the letter J

skinny shrimp with multi-colored eyes

a little bit colorful, a little bit hilarious

outrageous

like characters in a PG13 comedy show

like teenagers gossiping

about politics, about real life stuff:

budgeting, hospitality, entertainment

I want to eat the shrimp!

why do they have on hats and gloves? 

I can’t eat them like that!

they look like they want to dance

look at the mountain

really big, bigger than me

snowy and tall, so high up

the air is thin up there but

the shrimp are singing

- Exhibition poem collaged from words by 

Jay Bird, Charmaine Jones, Eric Kendrick, Helen Lewis, 

Gillian Patterson, Shawn Payne, Matt Schwab, and Eileen Schofield

Inspired by the title of an artwork by Eileen Schofield, "Shrimps on the Mountain" includes both 2D artwork (with nearly 70 shrimps!!) and a collaged/collaborative poem about the titular subject. Featuring artwork by A.T., Maurice Barnes, Duane Blacksheare-Staton, Marti Clark, Josephine Finnell, Michael Haynes, Paul Lewis, CeeJ Maples, Kenny Mashishi, Gillian Patterson, Shawn Payne, Dennis Quillin, Matt Schwab, Eileen Schofield, and Imani Turner