The things I do

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•Shadow theater & puppetry, consultation, teaching

-Shadow puppetry and Crankie Theater – design, creation, performance, and consultation

-Collaborations in dance, theater, film, and music

-Workshops for the passionate and the curious: shadow puppetry, giant puppets, paper maché, printmaking, toy making

-Guest lectures about my art and its roots in puppet theater, printmaking, and music

-Puppet show and Crankie Festival organizing

•Education and uplifting with

Spiral Q  / Asian Arts Initiative / Fleisher Art Memorial / Camden FireWorks / Burlington County NJ Parks

•Food Forest farmer and Community Workshop coordinator​ with Fair Amount Food Forest in North Philly

•​Occasional pop-up printmaker, toy maker, illustrator, and graphic designer

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Education and Community

 

•Greater Philadelphia Area Puppetry Guild

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•Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Workshops

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-Shadow Puppetry II with Linda Wingerter

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-Crankie Theaters with Myra Su

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•Puppeteers of Color Social, member

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Philadelphia Animation Ensemble

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•University of Connecticut (UConn), Puppetry Arts Certificate

 

-Advanced Shadow Theater with Annie K. Rollins

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​•Bread & Puppet Theater 2018 Summer apprentice, Grasshopper Rebellion Circus, and Out-of-Joint Hamlet

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•Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania*  

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•Printmaking Major,  Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts**

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Funding

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Art is PHL grant

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Bartol Foundation Teaching Artist Micro-grant

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Illuminate the Arts Grant, distributed by the Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy, and Philadelphia City Council

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*      Call for UPenn to pay PILOTS

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**     Sadly but not surprisingly PAFA administration consistently refuses to dismantle its white supremacist museum legacy and to reconstruct an equitable, accountable environment for its students, teachers, and staff.  I stand with those impacted by PAFA's punitive suppression of staff and student support for the Black Lives Matter movement and PAFA's failure to protect and dignify survivors of sexual assault.  While the student and staff-led website calling for Change at PAFA has since expired, more context can be gained at the Philly Inquirer and Hyperallergic

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