Trust the Hours

This Art and Poetry Collaborative exhibition will demonstrate how voices of poets and artists who self-identify as affected by mental illness can heal and create empathy in Rochester, Minnesota. The goal is to examine how mental health can impact groups differently, including youth, BIPOC communities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and underserved populations.

Finch has created “Eat or Be Eaten,” a cardboard sculpture specifically for this exhibition. This is the first sculpture she has done on her eating disorder experience. This sculpture dives into the tension between societal consumerism and the relentless messaging to be physically smaller: Buy more, eat more, have more - but be less, take up less space, let your body consume itself. It’s a losing game. The only way forward is through connection, curiosity, and honest conversation.