hope caneel johnson

Cook / Artist / Teacher
Major influences: Sylvia Wynter, Disability Justice principles, Abolition Action NYC, and my friends 🥹
Worked at Obelisk, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Hart's, COVID Behind Bars Data Project.

Contact
  • hopecaneel@gmail.com
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    Art

    Clothing Double process dye

    Bleach, rit dye

    Paper Suminagashi marbling

    Okanara student paper, marbling ink, cloth


    Mobile

    Zora is born!
    Wood, plastic, wire


    Paintings

    Evidence // Underground
    16" x 12" acryclic
    Exhibited at Rhizome D.C. in December 2024 STEAM exhibition.

    Video

    Ocean Side link
    Shot on an iPhone 13 mini

    I sometimes post photos of my art on Cara: link

    I use Are.NA for research: link

    Food

    Kitchen Tool Library, a project I founded in NYC. Design work by Clare Largomarsino.


    Fermentation 101 with Justine Garcia.

    Workshop for Community Gardeners in NYC


    Grief ferment

    Solo practice

    I am grieving on a daily basis and use fermentation to process my grief.
    I am interested to learn about other fermentation-related or food-related grief practices. If you would to discuss, please email me.

    Data

    A Million Maps of Missouri

    Data viz, MCMC sampling

    For a project with the Princeton Gerrymandering Project and Clean Missouri, I created an ensemble of possible redistricting plans using MCMC sampling and visualized the result.
    Source code

    single project
    Who's Still Talking About Guantánamo Bay?

    Data viz, news media analysis

    I investigated how the media has reported on the prison at Guantánamo Bay from 2010-2020.
    Source code

    single project