Hey folks!

I changed the URL for my website to match my name a few weeks back; then I posted something here and then deleted it. Then I posted on Instagram, and that’s still up, so I guess I’m back to explaining things over here.

If you’re not new to me or my work, then you know I’ve gone by Colin Keefe for 51 years. Now it’s Colleen Harriet. I’m okay with just “Col” too.

I’m transgender. I’ve been coming out in stages over the past two-plus years, a sort of stop-start, push-pull process whose pace has been tied to the growing strength of my own self-acceptance.

I haven’t made work in over a year. I miss it. I’ve never in my adult life paused my studio practice before, but it was needed.

I’m re-establishing a studio practice this spring, but I think what comes out of the studio doors will look different from what came before. I’m looking forward to that. I’ve long felt a need for more agency and freedom within the creative rules I’d set for myself. Now I’ve come to realize that that agency and freedom is not just a lesson for the studio but for life.

Best,

Colleen