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2023
Monkeyhouse COVID Collaborations –
- Buttress [series co-curator, mentor] Monkeyhouse, supported through grants from Somerville Arts Council, Boston Cultural Council, and the Innovation Fund at the Massachusetts Cultural Council
- aMaSSiT [mentor] Dance Complex, Cambridge, MA February – May 2023
- Malden Dance Mile [curator/choreographer] Monkeyhouse and NACHMO Boston, Malden, MA May 2023
- Monkeyhouse’s Collective Imagination for Spatial Justice [team member] New England Foundation for the Arts January – June 2023
Ended Up in Boston [Humanities Advisor] The Black Arts Sanctuary, Boston, MA
2022
Dictionary of Negative Space events –
- addenda: an exercise course form the Dictionary of Negative Space [Solo Exhibit] Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN, October – November 2022
- Minimal. Signs and Forms of the Essential [group exhibit curated by LoosenArt], Rome, Italy, September – October 2022
- receives Sustaining Practice Grant for the Collective Futures Fund, Medford, MA September 2022
- _____[10] receives Live Arts Boston Grant from The Boston Foundation for pop up performances in May 2023 and beyond
- Memory Conference [presenter] Bhopal, India March 2022
Monkeyhouse COVID Collaborations –
- Buttress [series co-curator, mentor] Monkeyhouse, fall 2022
- Embracing Branding [workshop teacher] Samvad, online July 2022
- Dancing Disabilities Lab [cohort member], UCLA, Los Angeles June 2022
- aMaSSiT [mentor] Dance Complex, Cambridge, MA February – June 2022
- Malden Dance Mile [curator/choreographer] Monkeyhouse and NACHMO Boston, Malden, MA May 2022
- Innovation and Learning Network Launch event [Guest Artist] Mass Cultural Council, January 2022
- Remember Me [Public Art Publication] Monkeyhouse & Melrose Arts Council, Winter 2022
- NACHMO Boston [curator] Alive and Monkeyhouse, Somerville, MA January 2022
Pane projects-
- Pane #432.1
- [group screening] Groton School, Groton, MA Fall 2022
- [group screening] En Route Curbside Series, Biddeford, ME February 2022
- [solo exhibit] Canyon Flats Video Wall, Reno Nevada January 2022
Assemblages collaboration with Eric John Meyer
Ended Up in Boston [Humanities Advisor] The Black Arts Sanctuary, Boston, MA
Contradictions + Casual Self Loathing [dramturg] Kimberleigh Holman
- [Public Art Project] Complex @ Canal, Cambridge MA, September 2022
- [film] Malden Dance Mile, Malden MA May 2022
Common Circus [Audio Describer for video release] Luminarium Dance Company, October 2022
The Flavor Continues [board member] Malden, MA November 2022
2021
Monkeyhouse COVID Collaborations –
- Space Grants [curator/mentor], Monkeyhouse, ArtAssembled & Somerville Arts Council, November 2021
- Malden Dance Mile [curator/choreographer], Monkeyhouse & NACHMO Boston, Malden, MA June 2021
- Cassandre Charles/We Create [costume designer], Danza Organica, Boston, MA May 2021
- NACHMO Boston [curator] Alive and Monkeyhouse, online January 2021
- Against the Odds [mentor] locations tbd
aWays to Fathom events –
- Art on the Trails [Group Exhibit] Art on the Trails, Southborough, MA September 2021
- Experimental Fashion & Fiber Art 2021 [Group Exhibit] CICA Museum, Gimpo, S. Korea June – July 2021
- Change is in the Air Public Art Walk [Group Exhibit] Umbrella Center for the Arts, Concord, MA April – May 2021
Dictionary of Negative Space events –
- Glitch is the Soul in the Machine [Group Exhibit] Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN September 2021
- _____[356] [poetry reading] Art on the Trails Chapbook, Southborough, MA September 2021
- Glitch is the Soul in the Machine [Group Exhibit] Winona State University, Winona, MN June 2021
- Din Din [Participatory Meal] Flux Factory, NYC, NY June 2021
- Teachable Moment [Group Exhibit] Stoveworks, Chattanooga, TN December 2020- February 2021
- Remember Me [writer, workshop teacher] Monkeyhouse and Melrose Council on Aging, Fall 2021
Pane projects-
- Pane #432.1
- Winter Festival [group screening] Malden Reads & Clary and Cimermanis Little Free Library, Malden, MA December 2021
- Malden Dance Mile [dance film festival] Monkeyhouse & NACHMO Boston, Malden, MA June 2021
- Arts Department Capstone [lecture/film screening] Pingree School, S. Hamilton, MA June 2021
- Festival of Us, You, We & Them [group screening] Dance Complex, Cambridge MA Summer 2021
- NACHMO Boston [Online film estival] NACHMO Boston, February 2021
- Pane #
- [Group exhibit] Art on the Trails, Southborough, MA 2021
Contradictions + Casual Self Loathing [dramturg] Kimberleigh Holman, Dedham, MA November 2021
Assemblages collaboration with Eric John Meyer
- Production Residency [director/costume designer] Dutch Kills Theater, New York, NY Winter 2021
2020
Monkeyhouse COVID Collaborations –
- aMaSSiT [mentor] Dance Complex, Cambridge, MA March – October 2020
- CoLab [panelist] Rogers Art Loft, Las Vegas, NV October 2020
- Nozama Transition [mentoring] Monkeyhouse, June – August 2020
- Funding and Fundraising [panelist] Empower One Another, online July 2020
- 24 Choreofest [mentor & curator] Luminarium and Monkeyhouse, online May 2020
Assemblages collaboration with Eric John Meyers
- Artist Residency [director/costume designer] Lark Theater, New York, NY May – June 2020
Dictionary of Negative Space events –
- Teachable Moment [Group Exhibit] Stoveworks, Chattanooga, TN December 2020- February 2021
- Circle [Group Exhibit] CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea August 2020
- Public Art Learning Grant, New England Foundation for the Arts, June 2020 – June 2021
- Collab Projects [talk/workshop] New Media Art Conference, CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea (online) June 2020
- Life is a Journey [Group Exhibit] Bridge Gallery, Rochester, NY December 2019 – April 2020
- Input/Output [Group Exhibit] Mesa Community College Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ January – March 2020
- Typos + Spills + Broken Glass! [Group Exhibit] Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY January – February 2020
- Posthuman [publication] CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea, January 2020
2019
Dictionary of Negative Space events –
- Dictionary of Negative Space & Monkeyhouse @ Dance Complex [sketchbook collaboration with Nicole Harris] Brooklyn Art Library, Sketchbook Project Vol. 14, Brooklyn, NY & online, ongoing
- Dictionary of Negative Space & Monkeyhouse @ Dance Complex [sketchbook collaboration with Nicole Harris] Brooklyn Art Library, Sketchbook Project Vol. 14, Brooklyn, NY & online, ongoing
- A T-shirt Hug from Dad [podcast] Mementos Podcast, online, ongoing
- We Can’t Call it Antigone [Lobby Exhibition] Groton School, Groton, MA November 2019
- Art and Artists in the Cemetery [exhibit] Newton Free Library, Newton, MA October 2019
- Relaying [78]s [collaboration with Nicole Harris] Art Ramble 2019, Concord, MA October 2019
- Art and Artists in the Cemetery [talk] Newton Cemetery and Arboreteum, Newton, MA October 2019
- Dictionary of Negative Space & Monkeyhouse @ Dance Complex [sketchbook collaboration with Nicole Harris] Sketchbook Project Vol. 14, Pop up at Institute Of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA October 2019
- Dictionary of Negative Space [talk] DS Arts Homecoming, Dover, MA October 2019
- Mining the Gaps – Listening for What Language Lacks [workshop] Better World by Design conference, Providence, RI September 2019
- Commemorate a [78] [Park(ing) Day intervention] Clary & Cimermanis Little Free Library
- No Image [exhibit] CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea August – September 2019
- Amassing the Dictionary of Negative Space [talk] 14th International Conference on the Social Context of Death, Dying, and Disposal, Bath University, Bath, England September 2019
- Field Guide to the First Year of Navigating Negative Space [talk/workshop] New Media Art Conference, CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea May June 2019
- [24] [performance] New Media Art Conference, CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea May 2019
- Artist in Residence [residency] Newton Cemetery, Newton MA May 2019 This program is supported in part by a grant from the Newton Cultural council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
- Dictionary of Negative Space reading [book reading] Newton Cemetery, Newton MA May 2019
- Language and the Cemetery Landscape [Guided Cemetery Tour] Newton Cemetery, Newton MA May 2019
- I-ARE [residency/choreography/curation] Dance Complex, Cambridge MA November 2018 – April
- reAct reBuild reCollect [choreography] Monkeyhouse, Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA March
- An Animated Edition of the Dictionary of Negative Space [performance] Dance Complex, Cambridge MA April 2019
- NACHMO Boston [performance] Dance Complex, Cambridge MA February 2019
- reAct reBuild reCollect[choreography]Monkeyhouse, Groton School, Groton, MA February 2019
2018
Dictionary of Negative Space events –
- Artist and Location 2018 [Group Exhibit] CICA Museum, Gimpo, S. Korea,
- Humanities Approaches to the Opioid Crisis [Group Exhibit] Boston University Center for Humanities, Boston, MA
- Finding Your Voice [Group Exhibit]Kelwood Contemporary Art, Baton Rogue, LA
- Lingua Franca, [Group Exhibit]Garage Door Gallery, Incline Village, NV
Monkeyhouse projects
- Monkeyhouse Choreography Mentorship Program [mentor]
- Short & Suite, [Post Show Moderator ] Off the Beat, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
- re{ACT} re{BUILD} re{COLLECT} [choreographer, costume designer, sound designer] Monkeyhouse, OnStage Summer Performance Series, Malden, MA
Antelope Party, [Costume Designer] Theater Wit!, Chicago, IL January – March 2021
2017
- re[fuge] – textile based collaboration with Nicole Harris, the Sanctuary Printshop, and the Welcome Blanket Project included in
- Catalyst, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
- Welcome Blanket, Smart Museum, Chicago, IL
- This is going to take a while to process… – installation about paperwork and mourning, In Triplicate, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
- Warming to the Interior – installation and video investigating the long term effects of campus sexual assault included in
- MFA Midway Exhibition, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV
- Experimental Film and Video Exhibition Summer/Fall 2017, CICA Museum, Gimpo, S. Korea
- Celebrated 20 years of teaching at Impulse Dance Center, Natick, MA
2016
- Pygalgia pillow, A Different Vision, Plymouth Center for the Arts, Plymouth, MA
- Selected to be included in A4 O2O , CICA Museum, Gimpo, S. Korea
- Choreographic Guru for Luminarium’s 24 Hr Choreofest, Cambridge, MA
- Named Minister of Big Ideas & Pom Poms @ Clary & Cimermanis Library
2015
- Marcia Seigel of ArtsFuse listed Hireath from Monkeyhouse’s Misplaced/Displaced concert at the Multicultural Arts Center as one of the Best Dance Pieces of 2015, Cambridge MA
- Adjunct Faculty of Endicott College, Beverly, MA
- Mentor/Choreographic Guru for
- Luminarium’s 24 Hr Choreofest, Cambridge, MAStudent Choreography concert, Endicott College, Beverly, MA
- Guest Artist at
- Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
- Pingree School, South Hamilton, MA
- Groton School, Groton, MA
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