Artist Residency, Boise Idaho
Happy New Year 2010
I’m currently making new work as a resident artist of Boise, Idaho’s 8th Street Air Program. This 3-month program is awarded through the Dept of Arts & History. It gives artists space to work in downtown. Its been a fantastic opportunity. It has supplied space and time to re-evaluate the direction of my work and start new projects. I am taking part in 1st Thursday open studios to stage performances. I’ve invited other artist to participate in performances and have begun a series of workshops and collaborations (the 1st class was a book-binding class taught by Justinian Morton)
I have been painting and drawing, sewing soft sculpture and props, and experimenting with new props for performance. Although my ideas feel like familiar themes- ( the visceral experience of alienation- inspired by animals and creatures), some events I experienced* ( a change in my physical circumstances, and relocation from East Bay to Boise ) have affected the process, the medium, and what it means to me to be working right now.
Artists and interested people, especially potential collaborators and those with an idea for a workshop, should email me and come to open studios 1st Thursday of the month.
*1 year ago a nasty struggle with a reoccuring MRSA infection forced me to take some physical downtime from touring and dancing- which was my livelihood. A friend moved me to Boise to heal, to live cheaper, to live with less stairs, and to train a service dog.
Happy New Year 2010
I’m currently making new work as a resident artist of Boise, Idaho’s 8th Street Air Program. This 3-month program is awarded through the Dept of Arts & History. It gives artists space to work in downtown. Its been a fantastic opportunity. It has supplied space and time to re-evaluate the direction of my work and start new projects. I am taking part in 1st Thursday open studios to stage performances. I’ve invited other artist to participate in performances and have begun a series of workshops and collaborations (the 1st class was a book-binding class taught by Justinian Morton)
I have been painting and drawing, sewing soft sculpture and props, and experimenting with new props for performance. Although my ideas feel like familiar themes- ( the visceral experience of alienation- inspired by animals and creatures), some events I experienced* ( a change in my physical circumstances, and relocation from East Bay to Boise ) have affected the process, the medium, and what it means to me to be working right now.
Artists and interested people, especially potential collaborators and those with an idea for a workshop, should email me and come to open studios 1st Thursday of the month.
*1 year ago a nasty struggle with a reoccuring MRSA infection forced me to take some physical downtime from touring and dancing- which was my livelihood. A friend moved me to Boise to heal, to live cheaper, to live with less stairs, and to train a service dog.