Earlier this year, I turned 30 — and it gave me an idea for a project.

Treads of 30 is my challenge to complete 30 creative collaborations over the course of the year. The name comes from how I create my artwork: using my wheelchair as part of my process, leaving treads and marks that become part of the work itself.

The project spans visual art, poetry, and music, bringing together a wide range of artists, poets, and musicians for one-of-a-kind collaborative pieces.

Completed Collaborations

Amanda Rainey — @3paintedmoons_studio

Multi-disciplinary studio artist and storyteller.

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Felipe Tristan

Artist.

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Lindsay Jow — @lindsayjowart

Pop art painter, turning everyday objects and cultural obsessions into bold, colorful work.

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Maya Sokora — @mayasokora

Multidisciplinary artist and performer, part of the O.G. #SistaGrrrls collective.

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Ryan Bataillon — @ryan_bataillon

Austin-based artist. Digital artworks.

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Splat — @_splatter_brain

Painter inspired by gutter music, known for expressive figurative and portrait work.

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In Progress Collaborations

  • Bailey Forman — Austin-based mixed-media artist exploring art, animals, and friendship. @jaileybean
  • Bode Robinson — artist and founder of Good Type, documenting her art studio SAINT BODE. @bode.robinson
  • Cryptic — Austin-based artist and muralist. @crypticenigma1
  • Guru Kozy — artist and co-creator of s.t.r.i.c.t. @gurukozy
  • Liz Zepeda — art facilitator and director of Scanlan Gallery, Scholastic Art Regional Director for Austin, Texas. @elizarrific
  • Mary Rochford — El Paso-raised, Austin-based hand-embroidery artist and figurative painter. @mary.rochford.art
  • Nathan Hamilton — Austin-based musician. @nathanhamilton023
  • RabbitSnake — street artist, three paintings currently being worked on. @rabbitsnakestuff
  • Richard Hall — Austin-based artist exploring reality through painting, with three finished pieces. @pathsoftruthart
  • Sam Soper — mural artist and illustrator based in Austin, NOLA-born and Houston-area raised. @samsoper.art

Follow Along

Check back here as the project grows — new collaborations, finished pieces, and the artists behind them will be added throughout the year.

Want to Collaborate?

If you're an artist, poet, or musician interested in being part of Treads of 30, I'd love to hear from you.