About

I curate and facilitate programs at the intersection of contemporary art, performance, and politics, with an emphasis on conceptual, experimental, and social practices; critical discourse and dialogue; alternative education and pedagogy; and community contexts and relationships.

I work in various forms: exhibitions, performances, festivals, residencies, publications, conversations, writing, reading, symposia, panels, parties, research, administration, travel, trust-building, institutional change-making.

I believe in supporting artists & arts workers, and their ideas, time, labor, and livelihoods—especially those who have been historically excluded from mainstream art worlds & economies.

I value communities as part of the art.

I think institutions are part of the problem.

I am committed to anti-racism, equity, access, accountability, and care, and to being part of building a more just art world and whole world.

I am inspired by the inquiries and possibilities that arise when artists, audiences, activists, and academics come together to collectively examine & reimagine our current cultural moment.

I am an independent curator, writer, creative producer, and project manager in contemporary art and performance. I work with artists, organizations, collaborators, partners, and sometimes alone to produce projects, programs, and ideas at every stage of development. From 2012-2023, I was a program director, curator, & artistic director with Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. I am now based on the traditional lands of the Twana and Skokomish peoples on the Olympic Peninsula in rural Washington.

My work has taken many forms internationally, nationally, and locally: exhibitions, performances, festivals, residencies, public programs, publications, public art, writing, research, symposia, audience development, community engagement, panels, parties, budgets, boards, grant writing, event management, strategic and adaptive planning, arts administration, cultural policy, trust-building, change-making.

I believe in supporting the ideas, labor, and livelihoods of artists & arts workers—especially those historically excluded from mainstream art worlds & economies.

I value communities as part of the art.

I think institutions are part of the problem.

I commit to anti-racism, access, equity, and to work toward a more just art world.