GRANTS / AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS
- CFEVA New Courtland Fellowship – Project Grant (2010)
- CFEVA Fellowship – Career Development Program (2010-2012)
- Puffin Foundation – Project Grant (2009)
- Eastern State Penitentiary – Grant for research and project development (2008)
- Leeway Foundation –Transformation Award (2007)
- 5 County Arts Fund – Community Arts Grant (2007/08)
- 5 County Arts Fund – Community Arts Grant (2005/06)
- Leeway Foundation – Art and Change Grant (2005/06)
- Pennsylvania Council for the Arts – Arts in Education Grants (2002/2003 & 2001/2002)
- University of Pennsylvania Community Artist Residencies – West Philadelphia High School (1999/2000); Sayre
- Beacon School (2003/2004)
- Pennsylvania Council for the Arts – Professional Development Travel Grant (2000).
- West Philadelphia Partnership & The University of Pennsylvania – Educational Program Grants (1998 -1999)
- Co-Nect Schools – Educational Program Grant (1998)
- School-to-Work – Educational Program Grant (1998)
- Peggy and Albert deSalle Scholarship – Merit Scholarship at Cranbrook Academy of Arts (1995)
- Merit Award at Cranbrook Academy of Arts – Department Assistantship (1996)
RESIDENCIES
- NextFab Studio – Residency and Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA (2010)
- Women’s Studio Workshop – Studio Fellowship/Residency, Rosendale, NY (2009)
- 40th St AIRSPACE – Artist in Residence, Philadelphia, PA (2007/08)
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
Solo
- University City Arts League with Philly Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA (2009)
- Storefront at 36th and Sansom Sts., Philadelphia, PA (2008)
- 40th St. AIRSPACE, Philadelphia, PA, (2007)
Small Group (2-3 people)
- Esther Klein Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (2010)
- Green Line Café, Philadelphia, PA (2007)
- William Way LGBT Community Center, Philadelphia PA (2004)
Group
2011
- Steel City Coffee House, Phoenixville, PA
2010
- Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
- AxD Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Philadelphia Foundation Community Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA
- William Way Community Center Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, PA
- Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2009
- Eileen Tognini Residence, Philadelphia, PA
- Center for Emerging Visual Artists Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Fringe Festival Bar, Philadelphia, PA
- Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
2008
- Philadelphia Foundation Community Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- The Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, Milwaukee, WI
- DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
- Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
2007
- Gay Art Center Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
- Joe’s Coffee House, Philadelphia, PA
2006
- William Way LGBT Community Center Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005
- Infusion Café, Philadelphia PA,
- Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
- Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004
- Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, Walhalla, MI
- The Rotunda, Philadelphia PA
1999-2003
- The Rotunda, Philadelphia PA (2003)
- Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, PA (2000 & 2001)
- Intermedia Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN (2000)
- MUSE Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (1999)
1995-1996
- Network Gallery, Pontiac, MI (1996)
- Cranbrook Arts Museum, Bloomfield Hills MI, (1996)
- Cranbrook Arts Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI (1996)
- Fibers Clay & Metal, Pontiac, MI, collaborative installations in a deserted industrial building. (1995)
- Cranbrook High School Performing Arts Center, Bloomfield Hills, MI, (1995)
- Milles House @ Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, MI (1995)
PROJECTS
Ongoing
- GENDER PORTRAITURE – a portraiture project for exploring concepts of female and feminine through costuming and photography. (2007-present)
2003 – 2006
- TRANS-GRESSION – founder of an artists’ collective dedicated to creating opportunities for people to examine, play with, and break gender stereotypes while building a safe space for artistic and personal exploration. We provide support and access to resources for individual and group projects. (2006-2009)
- FEMALE PORTRAITURE – a series of mixed media “portraits”, lithography and mixed media on paper mounted to panels combining digitally manipulated images taken from public places including, photographs by the artist of art displayed in museums, public statues, mannequins, images from the internet, and texts by women both past and present.
- RETELLING HISTORY FROM THE MARGINS – a series of Xerox lithography monotypes. Digitally manipulated photographs of Philadelphian statues and monuments are combined with texts and quotes relating to cultural and gender diversity.
- BUSTING OUT – an experimental documentary video, originally inspired by working in a women’s collective, includes breast interviews of Womyn from Michigan, about the phenomenon of breast implants and how the media impacts Americans view on women’s breasts and body image. (15 mins.)
1998-2001
- STANDARDIZATION – an experimental video elicits an emotional experience created by layered texts, sounds, and images bringing the subject through a clash of place, gender, race, and religion. (6 mins.)
- NATURE WALK – an experimental video juxtaposes city ‘nature’ scenes with the artist’s grandmother’s idyllic view of nature. (6 mins.)
- KNOWING – an experimental video, juxtaposes a deteriorating cityscape with an outsider’s view of childhood survival. (5 mins.)
1994 – 1996
- THE CONSUMER – a video animation & mixed media installation including interactive metal sculpture and photographs.
- FIGHTING INERTIA – a video animation of a mixed media performance using interactive metal sculpture.
- EMERGENCE – a collaborative dance performance of wearable and interactive metal sculpture, a high school student and her dance teacher.
- CAST ASIDE – a collaborative mixed media installation of metal, fiber, and ceramic in an abandoned men’s public restroom.
TEACHING & WORKSHOP FACILITATION
2005 – present
- Center for Emerging Visual Artist & NewCourtland Senior Centers – Workshop leader – screen printing workshop with seniors (2010)
- Women’s Studio Workshop – Instructor – Fabric Printing with Dye; Rosendale, NY (2010)
- Scribe Video Center – Instructor – Photoshop; Philadelphia, PA (2008 – 2010)
- William Way LGBT Community Center – Instructor – Digital Photography; Philadelphia, PA (2005-2008)
- Esther Klein Art Gallery/Art-Reach – Workshop leader – photography workshop and exhibition with men in transitional housing in South Philadelphia.
- William Way LGBT Community Center – Workshop leader – digital photography & video for women interested in critical dialogue and art-making regarding modern female iconography in relation to female identities; Philadelphia, PA (2006)
- BuildaBridge International – Teaching artist – Community Arts Program; Philadelphia PA (2005-2006)
- Albustan Seeds of Culture – Teaching artist – video production with Palestinian-American youth and Arab-American adults; Philadelphia, PA (2005 – 2006)
1998 – 2004
- Delaware County Intermediate Unit – Artist in residence – middle schools in Delaware County, PA (2002 & 2003)
- University of Pennsylvania, The Urban Nutrition Initiative – Artist in residence – Sayre Beacon School, Philadelphian, PA (2004)
- Radnor Middle School – Artist in residence; Wayne, PA (2003)
- Radnor High School – Artist in residence in an advanced placement art class; Radnor, PA (2003)
- West Philadelphia High School – Media Arts Program – Co-founder, grant writer and artist in residence of a media arts program designed to provide media literacy education, video production, animation, and web site design with a strong focus on community based projects for urban youth and teachers (1998 – 2004)
- Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center – After school media arts program; Camden, NJ (1998-2001)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Present
- Center For Emerging Visual Artists Lecture Series (since 2006)
- Philadelphia open studio tours (since 2007)
2003-2005
- Women in Dutch Art – Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art History Seminar
- Printmaking Techniques – Fleisher Art Memorial, Lithography and Non-acid printmaking
- Copyright Basics – Scribe Video, seminar for video producers
- Media Smart – Temple University, lecture series showcasing educators who are using media and technology to promote the development of students’ critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity.
- SAFE Conference – James H. Bryson Institute of the Attic Youth Center, Creating Safe Communities for LGBTQ Youth.
RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- MOLES NOT MOLARS – Slideshow and presentation with filmmaker Marie Regan in West Philadelphia private residence (2010)
- EXHIBITIONS COMMITTEE MEMBER – William Way LBGT Community Center Art Gallery (2006-2008)
- TELLING STORIES, CONSTRUCTING NARRATIVES: GENDER EQUITY AND ARCHAEOLOGY – video production (2007)
- COMMUNITY VOICES : 30 Years of Pride and Progress – William Way LBGT Community Center, keynote speaker (2006)
- FROM HEART TO HEART – University of Pennsylvania Greenfield Intercultural Center, video post-production & crew for a 45 min. documentary of feelings and attitudes, towards the incidents of Sept. 11, 2001, from Arab-Americans in the Philadelphia area. Aired on WYBE’s Philadelphia Stories, Sept. 28, 2004.
- BIG PICTURE ALLIANCE – Phila. PA, Movie Production crew and mentor at Village Prep High School for Adjudicated Youth in North Philadelphia. (1999)
- INTERIORS & ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING DESIGN – New York, NY & Syracuse, NY. (1986-1994)
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