GRANTS / AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS
- Center for Emerging Visual Artists Fellowship - Career Development Program (2010-2012)
- PUFFIN FOUNDATION - funding for EMMA’S PARLOUR (2009)
- STUDIO FELLOWSHIP – Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY, for silkscreen printing textiles to be included into Beauty Revisited series. (February 2009)
- EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY – 2008 Project Proposal support to research the affects of phrenology on 19th Century profiling in female prisoners using the text: The Female Offender by Lombroso and Ferrero.
- LEEWAY FOUNDATION - 2007 Transformation Award.
- ARTIST IN RESIDENCE – 40th St AIR, Philadelphia, PA, (2007)
- 5 COUNTY ARTS FUND - support to empower women and gender queer individuals; to examine the forces that shape our lives, through a costuming/portraiture project and mini arts festival w/ members of “trans-gression” artist’s collective. (2007/2008)
- 5 COUNTY ARTS FUND - support for photography & video with girls (13-19) in a group home setting to explore issues of gender, in collaboration with BuildaBridge Intl. Community Arts Program. (2005/06)
- LEEWAY FOUNDATION - Art and Change Grant provides funding for research & leading a photo/video workshop at the William Way LGBT Community Center. (2005/06)
- PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS - Arts in Education Grants for artist in residency work in Delaware County middle schools. (2002/2003 & 2001/2002)
- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTIST RESIDENCIES - a collaborative with 8 artists, 4 schools, & an 11th grade journalism class at West Philadelphia High School (1999/2000); Urban Nutrition Initiative & Sayre Beacon School (2003/2004)
- PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS - Professional Development Grant for travel to the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture, Media Arts Leadership Institute, Portland OR (2000).
- WEST PHILADELPHIA PARTNERSHIP & THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - support for video making in the classroom at West Philadelphia High School and Summer Youthworks. (1998 -1999)
- CO-NECT SCHOOLS - private grant for video production at Sayre Middle School, West Philadelphia (1998)
- SCHOOL-TO-WORK - grant from Philadelphia School District for video production at Sayre Middle School. (1998)
- PEGGY AND ALBERT DESALLE SCHOLARSHIP - Merit Scholarship at Cranbrook Academy of Arts (1995)
- MERIT AWARD AT CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ARTS - Department Assistantship (1996)
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2010
- Queer Printmakers - Group Show at William Way Community Center Art Gallery, March 8 - April 30
- Introductions 2010 - Group Show at Moore College of Art, February 3 – 20, 2010
- MOLES NOT MOLARS - Slideshow and Presentation with filmmaker Marie Regan at West Philadelphia private residence.
2009
- inSitu: 628 - Salon style exhibition curated by Eileen Tognini, Philadelphia, PA (Nov. 2009)
- ABOUT TO SURFACE – Group Exhibition at Center for Emerging Visual Artists Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (Oct. 2009)
- FRINGE FESTIVAL BAR – Group Installation for Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Sept. 2009)
- EMMA’S PARLOUR - Philly Fringe Festival 2009 at University City Arts League (Sept. 2009)
- Crossing Lines: 2009 Members’ Juried Exhibition - Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (February 27 - May 24)
2008
- PANOPOLY – Philadelphia Foundation Group Show, (February – August 2008)
- THE 2ND ANNUAL LESBIAN ALLIANCE ART SHOW - The Milwaukee LGBT Community Center (May-June 2008)
- trans-gression MINI ARTS FESTIVAL – DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, (May 2008)
- NEW FACES – Art in City Hall group show (February – May 2008)
- CHILDHOOD SERIES OF GENDER PORTRAITURE PROJECT – Storefront at 36th and Sansom Sts., Philadelphia, PA (March 2008)
2007
- SOLO EXHIBITION – Introduction to Gender Portraiture at 40th St. AIR Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, recent retrospective of works on paper. (Oct. 2007)
- TWO PERSON SHOW - Introduction to Gender Portraiture at Green Line Cafe, Philadelphia, PA, Gendered Photographs.
- DAUGHTERS OF SAPPHO – Gay Art Center Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, group exhibit showing photos from “Gender Portraiture” project.
- PINK HANGER PRODUCTIONS – Joe’s Coffee House, Philadelphia, PA, film screening of “Busting Out”.
2006
- FEMALE - William Way LGBT Community Center Gallery, Phila. PA, group show with MODERN ICONOGRAPHY project.
2005
- PHILLY FRINGE FEST - Infusion Gallery/Café, Philadelphia PA, Women’s Caucus for the Arts group show.
- WORD - Da Vinci Art Alliance, Phila. PA, group show.
- HERE AND NOW - Highwire Gallery, Phila. PA, group show with Women’s Caucus for the Arts.
2004
- RETELLING HISTORY FROM THE MARGINS - William Way LGBT Community Center, Philadelphia PA, solo exhibition
- MICHIGAN WOMYN’S MUSIC FESTIVAL - “Busting Out” screening and workshop
- VITAMIN D PRODUCTIONS WOMYN’S FEST - The Rotunda, Phila. PA, “Busting Out” video screening
1999-2003
- VITAMIN D PRODUCTIONS WOMYN’S FEST - The Rotunda, Phila. PA, “Standardization” video screening
- OPEN VIDEO SCREENING - Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, PA (2000 & 2001)
- WOMEN IN THE REJECTED CHAIR - Intermedia Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, invitational film festival, Terri Sutton of City Pages describes Nature Walk as: “…mesmerizing urban-nature paean…” (2000)
- Juried Group Show - MUSE GALLERY , Phila. PA (1999)
1995-1996
- INVITATIONAL GROUP SHOW - Network Gallery Pontiac, MI (1996)
- THESIS SHOW - Cranbrook Arts Museum, Bloomfield Hills MI, (1996)
- STUDENT METALSMITHING SHOW - Cranbrook Arts Museum Bloomfield Hills, MI Forum Gallery,. (1996)
- FIBERS CLAY & METAL - Pontiac, MI, collaborative installations in a deserted industrial building. (1995)
- EMERGENCE - Cranbrook High School Performing Arts Center Bloomfield Hills, MI, (1995)
- CRANBROOK MERIT SCHOLARSHIP AWARD EXHIBITION - Milles House, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Video of live performance of “Emergence” (1995)
PROJECTS
Ongoing
- 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-present)
- GENDER PORTRAITURE – a portraiture project for exploring concepts of female and feminine through costuming and photography. (2007-present)
2003 - 2006
- 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
Ongoing
- PHOTOSHOP - Scribe Video Center (2008 - present)
2005 - 2008
- DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY - William Way LGBT Community Center (2005 – 2008)
- CAMP KENSINGTON - photography/bookmaking workshop for children ages 8-13
- ART WITHIN REACH: ART & COMMUNITY - Esther Klein Art Gallery/Art-Reach - A Photography workshop and exhibition with men in transitional housing in South Philadelphia. The resulting photos break down in two groups: People in the Streets and Urban Landscapes
- MODERN ICONOGRAPHY: RE-PRESENTING OURSELVES IN THE 21ST CENTURY - William Way LGBT Community Center, digital photography & video for women interested in critical dialogue and art-making regarding modern female iconography in relation to identities such as queer, lesbian, bi, trans, feminine/masculine, androgyny, femme, butch, goddess, dyke, etc.
- COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAM - BuildaBridge International, photography and book making for families in transition as a means to explore family relationships and personal identity. (2005-2006)
- ARAB-AMERICAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP - Albustan Seeds of Culture, a series of videos made with Palestinian-American youth and Arab-American adults including “Mendeel”, a documentary about a teenage girl who chooses to be recognized as Muslim by wearing the mendeel, head-scarf. (2005 - 2006)
1998 - 2004
- DELAWARE COUNTY INTERMEDIATE UNIT (Jan. - May 2002 & Jan. - May 2003) Cyberpassages: Artist in residence for the production of videos created from stories the students wrote with Storyteller Beth Phillips-Brown at middle schools in Delaware county.
- THE URBAN NUTRITION INITIATIVE - Sayre Beacon School, video production with 9th grade students from an urban public school, tells the story of having fun and eating healthy. (2004)
- LANGUAGE ARTS TOMORROW - Radnor Middle School, video production a digital storytelling with 6th grade students and teachers. (2003)
- VIDEO PRODUCTION AS ART - Radnor High School, two video production projects: an Advanced Placement Art class explores the aesthetics of contemporary video art; a Physical Education student and teacher produce a video promoting the benefits physical education. (2003)
- MEDIA ARTS PROGRAM - West Philadelphia High School, 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)
- BIZ ARTS – Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center, Camden, NJ, videography and animation teacher for an after school media arts program designed to provide professional development and community organizing with youth. (1998-2001)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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.
1998-2002
- MEDIA ARTS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE - Portland OR, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture, an intensive experiential workshop designed to build visionary leadership in the media arts field.
- ARTS IN EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM - Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a workshop designed to facilitate collaborations between artists and teachers in the classroom and an introduction to arts curriculum educational standards.
RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- 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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