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Conceptual presentations on art, labor, masculinity, devotion, community, and relational repair — often paired with discussion and audience engagement.

Hands-on, participatory sessions integrating creative practice, reflection, and dialogue around themes such as:

• perception and projection

• responsibility and care

• community dynamics

• identity and narrative

• working across difference

Projects center the dignity, skill, and relational lives of working men, and are developed in collaboration with local partners to reflect regional histories, economies, and cultural practices.

Multi-day or multi-week engagements in which Shawndel works within communities, trades, schools, or land-based settings to develop site-responsive programming and artistic research.

Hands That Nurture: Perceptions of Masculine Devotion is an ongoing sculptural and field-research project developed through the Artful Transcendence methodology, exploring how skilled labor, care, and responsibility shape men’s relational lives in rural communities.

Invite me to celebrate your local crafts- and tradesmen. I create site-specific versions of the Hands That Nurture project, which includes an exhibition and public programs presented in and for your town.

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Sculptural or visual installations paired with talks, workshops, and facilitated conversations that extend the inquiry beyond the gallery space.

Custom-designed engagements for organizations seeking to address relational, cultural, or environmental challenges through creative and place-based practice.