2023 Upcoming Events
October 4..............................Show of Hands Puppet Festival, presented by Visionaries + Voices, Cincinnati, OH
Behind the Screen, shadow puppetry workshop 4-6pm over zoom <--Sign up here!
October 12............................Crankie Workshop at Historic Smithville Park, Eastampton, NJ, N
November 1–7.....................Spirit-Rider & Night Heart Fall Tour 2023, a music and shadow show in collaboration with Georgia Beatty
The Birdhouse Center for the Arts, Lambertville, NJ
Maryland Center for History & Culture, Baltimore, MD
Rhizome, Washington, D.C.
Open Kitchen Sculpture Garden, Philadelphia, PA
Sisters Bar, Brooklyn, NY
10 Forward, Greenfield, MA
November 17–19.................Crankie Cabaret, presented by LilyPad Puppet Theatre, Ithaca, NY
Performances on Friday & Saturday @ 7:30pm, Sunday @ 3:00pm
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December.............................DIY Crankie theater workshops with TeenLounge, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
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December 2nd....................Community Fair puppet activity leader, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
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December 10–17.................Collaborating artist/scenographer in residence for The Conditions, by Lucy M. May, Montreal, QC, CA
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Selected Past Opportunities
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2023 Arts After Dark Crankie Festival, Historic Smithville Park, Eastampton, NJ
Minneapolis Crankie Festival, Minneapolis, MN (remote)
National Puppetry Festival attendee, College Park, University of Maryland
Spirit-Rider & Night Heart, Fall tour a music and shadow show performed and created in collaboration with Georgia Beatty
Festival of Scrolling Panoramic Art, Confluence Center for Creative Arts, Confluence, PA
Nasty Brutish & Short Puppet Cabaret with the 2023 Chicago International Puppet Festival, Chicago, IL (virtual screening)
2022 Meadow Fest, crankie performance to Save the Meadows at FDR Park, Philadelphia, PA
The Future is Generational shadow film and workshop series created in partnership with Camden FireWorks, NJ
Goldenrod Worship: In Situ Polyculture Commons Beta Residency, Saxtons River, VT
Mami Wata shadow puppet film pilot written and directed by Brittany Clemons
Baltimore Crankie Fest, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
Puppet Slamwich at Black Cherry Puppet Theater Baltimore, MD
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2021 CARE: Access, highlighting the role of caregivers in the pandemic, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
319 Artist in residence at Grizzly Grizzly gallery, Vox Building, Philadelphia, PA
O'Neill National Puppetry Conference attendee, "Making Manual Cinema" strand, O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, CT (remote)
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2020 Virtual Rocky Mountain Puppet Slam, presented by Katy Williams Design with Theatrical Response Team, Denver, CO (online)
Virtual Slam Extravaganza, presented by Puppet Showplace Theater, Brookline, MA (online)
International Toy Theater Festival Day #5, presented by Great Small Works, Brooklyn, NY (online)
The Codex Project, Works on Paper Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Artist in residence at Officina Stamperia del Notaio, printshop and studio residency, Tusa, Sicily, Italy
2018 Bread and Puppet Theatre Summer Apprenticeship, Glover, VT
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2015 Independent art and puppetry absorption abroad, Penn. Academy of Fine Arts Women's Board Travel Scholarship
(A backpacker's quest for art and puppets throughout Germany, France, and the United Kingdom)
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