Heather Kerley
@heatherkerleyart.bsky.social
Mixed media artist exploring cycles of creation and decay, deconstruction and reconstruction. I am also reweaving myself into the natural world through my art, gardening, and activism.
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Yesterday, I went to a meeting about a planned data center near me and decided to write up my experience. I was chagrined by the lack of transparency but uplifted by the incredible energy shown by the grassroots activists and concerned residents there. #maryland #Landover #datacenters #PGCounty
The Landover Data Center Fight
Coming to a community near you
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Yesterday, I went to a meeting about a planned data center near me and decided to write up my experience. I was chagrined by the lack of transparency but uplifted by the incredible energy shown by the grassroots activists and concerned residents there. #maryland #Landover #datacenters #PGCounty
Telling. A survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse talking about his friendship with Trump outside the Capitol was interrupted by a military flyover ordered by Trump. Survivors spoke of “two” Americas, one where the rich face no consequences, and the other where victims are silenced. #releasethefiles
September 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Telling. A survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse talking about his friendship with Trump outside the Capitol was interrupted by a military flyover ordered by Trump. Survivors spoke of “two” Americas, one where the rich face no consequences, and the other where victims are silenced. #releasethefiles
Scenes from our local #workersoverbillionaires protest! Even the dachshunds love the Constitution in this town 😂
September 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Scenes from our local #workersoverbillionaires protest! Even the dachshunds love the Constitution in this town 😂
August 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Free DC protest in Bowie, MD. #BeBraveDay #freedc
August 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Free DC protest in Bowie, MD. #BeBraveDay #freedc
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From coast to coast, city streets to small town squares, you showed up. And it mattered.
Honored to announce: 12.1 million in attendance.
Honored to announce: 12.1 million in attendance.
June 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
From coast to coast, city streets to small town squares, you showed up. And it mattered.
Honored to announce: 12.1 million in attendance.
Honored to announce: 12.1 million in attendance.
Annapolis, Maryland at the state house, where George Washington resigned his commission and set a precedent for responsible civilian oversight of the United States military. #nokings
June 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Annapolis, Maryland at the state house, where George Washington resigned his commission and set a precedent for responsible civilian oversight of the United States military. #nokings
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Annapolis” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Annapolis · No Kings
The rally will begin with a Re-enactment of George Washington's No Kings speech.
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in res...
www.mobilize.us
June 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Annapolis” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
From Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny. Police and military members must refuse to aid and abet authoritarianism. There is a noble history of conscientious objection. I hope people in these positions are seeing the larger context of this fake emergency in LA.
June 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
From Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny. Police and military members must refuse to aid and abet authoritarianism. There is a noble history of conscientious objection. I hope people in these positions are seeing the larger context of this fake emergency in LA.
Sign our petition act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/moralmo...
Tell the Senate: Reject immoral budget cuts
Repairers of the Breach and Faithful America are asking the Senate to reject Trump's immoral and unjust budget cuts. Add your name now >>
act.faithfulamerica.org
June 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Brainstorming my protest sign for June 6 and June 14 #nokings #uniteforveterans
May 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Brainstorming my protest sign for June 6 and June 14 #nokings #uniteforveterans
URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Please go to this link to comment on the new rule proposed by the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 04/17/2025. Also, please share and spread the word!
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Rescinding the Definition of “Harm” Under the Endangered Species Act
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively referred to as the Services or we) are proposing to rescind the regulatory definition of "harm" ...
www.federalregister.gov
April 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Please go to this link to comment on the new rule proposed by the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 04/17/2025. Also, please share and spread the word!
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
I am deeply ashamed of the leadership of my country right now. For what it’s worth, I stand with Ukraine. #standwithukraine 🇺🇦
March 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I am deeply ashamed of the leadership of my country right now. For what it’s worth, I stand with Ukraine. #standwithukraine 🇺🇦
Hope everyone is ready for the economic blackout tomorrow! Read my latest post on substack about all the ways I’m showing up imperfectly lately. #economicblackout #takeaction
Showing Up Imperfectly
And some actions you can take right now
open.substack.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Hope everyone is ready for the economic blackout tomorrow! Read my latest post on substack about all the ways I’m showing up imperfectly lately. #economicblackout #takeaction
Reposted by Heather Kerley
February 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Would-be strongmen always go after the arts and try to remake it according to their own vision and standards. Everything that challenges that vision is demonized, banned, censored. This has all happened before. #censorship #arts
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nbcwashington.app.link/DqXKZ0pWOQb
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February 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Would-be strongmen always go after the arts and try to remake it according to their own vision and standards. Everything that challenges that vision is demonized, banned, censored. This has all happened before. #censorship #arts
nbcwashington.app.link/DqXKZ0pWOQb
nbcwashington.app.link/DqXKZ0pWOQb
Just a beautiful picture of my beloved Sophie, my bff for 13 years now.
February 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Just a beautiful picture of my beloved Sophie, my bff for 13 years now.
Been doing the emotional labor of removing myself from Meta platforms with the hope of clearing space in my mind. 🌱 Keeping Bluesky as a place to make quick updates about my work. I also have a new roadmap for my substack which I hope can be a place of creative refuge in these chaotic times.
Creating a Space for Gentle Fortitude
My Plan for This Substack
heatherkerley.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Been doing the emotional labor of removing myself from Meta platforms with the hope of clearing space in my mind. 🌱 Keeping Bluesky as a place to make quick updates about my work. I also have a new roadmap for my substack which I hope can be a place of creative refuge in these chaotic times.
December 19, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Another thing I loved about the osgemeos show is not only the inclusion of textile art but the crediting of the textile work, in this case to their mother, Margarida Leda Kanciukaitis Pandolfo. Can’t say how much it annoys me when #fiberart creators are not named as collaborators. #contemporaryart
December 12, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Another thing I loved about the osgemeos show is not only the inclusion of textile art but the crediting of the textile work, in this case to their mother, Margarida Leda Kanciukaitis Pandolfo. Can’t say how much it annoys me when #fiberart creators are not named as collaborators. #contemporaryart
Went to see the #osgemeos show at the Hirshhorn yesterday. It’s been a good while since an exhibition has blown me away like that. Monumental murals are amazing but the intimate small pieces are equally engaging, probably more so, for me. #contemporaryart #artlover #streetart
December 12, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Went to see the #osgemeos show at the Hirshhorn yesterday. It’s been a good while since an exhibition has blown me away like that. Monumental murals are amazing but the intimate small pieces are equally engaging, probably more so, for me. #contemporaryart #artlover #streetart
Combining fiber, stitch, mixed media and painting in a little fabric book. I love to improvise in my work, each gesture leading to the next. #mixedmedia #art #abstractart #fiberart
December 11, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Combining fiber, stitch, mixed media and painting in a little fabric book. I love to improvise in my work, each gesture leading to the next. #mixedmedia #art #abstractart #fiberart
Some experiments painting on fabric with inks and pigments. It’s going to be fun mixing and matching and adding mark-making via stitching! #fiberart #mixedmedia #abstractart
December 5, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Some experiments painting on fabric with inks and pigments. It’s going to be fun mixing and matching and adding mark-making via stitching! #fiberart #mixedmedia #abstractart