‘Vus Ken men tun? (Yiddish: what can one do?), or, Shadow Person, or, On Hold’ by Sally Jablonsky, Oil on Canvas, 5ft. x 5ft.

Sally Jablonsky, born and raised by musician parents on a farm just south of Spokane, Washington, is a painter, fiddler, and teacher. Jablonsky’s (art) work (which includes drawings, paintings, sculptures, and zines) is influenced by experiences of nature and of being a body with chronic illness, and plays in the space between. She celebrates mutualism (within art, ideas, and ecosystems) as a way of dismantling societal norms that give illness an implied value, thereby allowing her experiences of illness to be a potent way of obtaining information about the world we live in. Jablonsky is the President and founding member of the Try Harder Society, holds a BFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, and an MFA in Visual Studies from that same school. Currently living in Spokane, she is building a fiddle army, making art, and watching the trees move in the wind.