Dakota Parkinson
Loadstone

October 1 - November 15, 2025

Loadstone is a site-specific sculptural intervention created by artist Dakota Parkinson. Made with raw clay, natural forces will change the surface and structure of Loadstone over the duration of the installation. Parkinson's ephemeral installation formally resembles foundational support structures: pillars and pylons. The surface references hand slipped vessels and clay wall adornment while evoking an image of derelict Midwestern Americana. She incorporates themes of industrial architecture, nationalism, decay, and human hand. Parkinson also invites you, the viewer, the comment on her work. Parkinson also invites you, the viewer, the comment on her work. Comments can be submitted here: https://forms.gle/hQs3xU5FNSoRYnBMA.

Loadstone is part of the Terrain Biennial 2025. Terrain Exhibitions brings contemporary art where it is most needed and least expected: yards, front steps, windowsills, porches, and rooftops in neighborhoods worldwide. Terrain hosts the Terrain Biennial, a public art festival that builds community by creating space for public art through relationships between artists and their neighbors. The Biennial creates accessible contemporary art experiences available to the public, 24/7 for the duration of the festival. View more projects online and find projects near you at www.terrainexhibitions.org

Dakota Parkinson is a resident artist at the Morean Center for Clay and a technician at the Hive St. Pete. She grew up in Kansas City, Missouri and graduated from the University of Missouri in 2016. She is a ceramicist, community builder, and stalwartly visible trans femme. She got her start in ceramics at a community studio in 2019, and she went on to join Access Arts as an artist in residence (2020-2022). She is interested in clay as a place, clay as an extension of body, clay as a mourning ritual, and clay as a deeply relational social practice.

Lease Agreement is located at 118 W. Thomas St, Tampa, FL.

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