She is known for The Katrina Collection, her series of mixed media assemblages that incorporates debris from the massive hurricane that ravaged the Mississippi Gulf Coast in August 2005; for The Labat Project, which has been acquired by the Smithsonian Institution, and for Six Degrees: West to East which addresses the gulf between the western and Islamic worlds.
One of her major works from this period is the 8' by 10' biographical art quilt "Labat: A Creole Legacy," which has been acquired by the Smithsonian Institution for inclusion into their permanent collection.
[2] In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina obliterated her home and studio in the small community of Clermont Harbor, Mississippi.
With her tools and supplies destroyed by 140-mile-per-hour winds and a 43-foot storm surge, Gordon transformed it into mixed media assemblages.
She teaches workshops for both children and adults in her collage/assemblage techniques and has acted as co-organizer in shows across the country, including those in Moss Beach, California; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Richmond, Virginia and several locations in Mississippi.