Artist Kristine Schomaker transforms her studio space into Kristine’s Sweet Shoppe of Liberation, a vintage-inspired art installation opening at the Brewery Artwalk on October 25-26, 2025, from 11am-6pm.
Behind the charming pink-striped facade and nostalgic candy shop aesthetic lies something far more revolutionary: 52 years of carefully curated personal history—shredded, sorted, and packaged as collectible art objects.
“This is where Fluxus meets confectionery,” says Schomaker. “Where controlled destruction becomes precious art, and where your purchase makes you a collaborator in radical liberation.”
The shelves of Kristine’s Sweet Shoppe are stocked with “liberation blends” housed in acrylic vitrines: love letters, report cards, diary pages, shredded CD inserts, painted Yogurtland spoons from an eating disorder recovery journey, fragments of cut-up wigs, transparencies, and stored items that no longer serve their original purpose. Each cube is a tiny time capsule where memory, identity, and letting go become sweet confessions.
The installation features floor-to-ceiling POW (Pattern on Wall) installations that transform the space into a virtual candy store, with each purchase actively participating in dismantling barriers, taking up space, and proving that what we destroy can become more precious than what we keep.
Schomaker, a new media and performance artist living and working at the Brewery artist complex, is known for her interdisciplinary approach exploring identity, body liberation, and transformation. As founder of Shoebox Arts and January Arts nonprofit, she has dedicated her practice to supporting artists and building community.
Come for the nostalgia. Stay for the revolution. Leave with freedom you can hold in your hands.
