Rosalie Smith (@rosalieglsmith) is a New Orleans based interdisciplinary artist who uses poetry, organic materials, and alternative archival documentation in her installations and 2-dimensional work. Her work pertains to grief, impermanence, and attachment.

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I installed “My mother’s last garden” @cacnola this week. It is made from flowers that were given to my mother when she was dying, that I then coated in resin and mounted in individual squares of cement. It is intended to speak to the individual yet universal nature of grief.

The piece will be on view through the fall at the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans as part of the exhibition, “Make America what America Must Become.”

Preparatory images for the exhibition “Make America What America Must Become” at the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans — *Preparatory images for the exhibition “Make America What America Must Become” at the* *Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans*

“My mother’s last garden” installation in progress at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans — *“My mother’s last garden” installation in progress at the* *Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans*

*A previous iteration of the piece “My mother’s last garden” at Art Klub in New Orleans*