IG: @roesbud_studio

The Space Between

My life as a queer and TRANSdisciplinary artist guides my exploration of connections and supportive exchanges. The experiences of disabled folks and my time as a newly defined disabled person includes an additional perspective to my practice. Keeping connections as disabled people may feel overwhelming but survival is radical. My capacity for the love I am able to give rests within the way I am supported.

Chosen family, as a means of defining community among my trans and/or queer friends, creates a strong sense of connection. The overarching theme of shared identity is seen in the formal aspects of my practice. In my sculptural ceramic practice, the space between has the capacity to speak about the yearning to be closer or the need to be farther away. The tension of two almost touching figures is more than just empty space. It's a meaningful space.

I am chronically crocheting, in class, my free time or before bed. I, like many talented people who were socialized as women or girls, create beautiful works of fiber art that they minimize as a “free-time hobby”. This ‘hobby’ that seems so little to some, has helped me build community. I have traded many crocheted items, creating meaningful anti-capitalist connections. Crochet is my life line, it truly keeps me together.

Bio

Roenick Goldman (They/Them) is a ceramic artist from the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They currently live and work in Portland, Maine where they are expecting a Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) from Maine College of Art and Design (MECA&D) in May, 2025.

Roenick’s life as a queer and TRANSdisciplinary artist guides their exploration of connections and supportive exchanges. The overarching theme of shared identity is seen in the formal aspects of their practice. In their sculptural ceramic practice, the space between has the capacity to speak about the yearning to be closer or the need to be farther away.