PAB2022
Contemporary Floral Medicinal Elucidations from the Codex de la Cruz-Badiano
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Contemporary Floral Medicinal Elucidations from the Codex de la Cruz-Badiano celebrates the profound knowledge of Indigenous peoples, particularly their expertise with medicinal plants and their applications. With funding by the Puffin Foundation, and support from others, I created and framed 13 original acrylic paintings inspired by the illustrations from the Read More
Sheroes of the Ocean
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Sheroes of the Ocean is an ARTSail spearheaded initiative that aims to shed light on the inspiring stories of women who are making significant contributions to ocean conservation. From marine biologists and environmentalists to artists, oceanographers, educators and activists, these women have committed their lives to understanding, protecting, and preserving Read More
Hybrid Zones
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In 2021, together with a colleague, I started investigating the anthracite region in Eastern Pennsylvania, a place with a tremendously layered, complex and damaged history. I’m very interested in setting up associations to open up new ways of seeing materials and the landscapes that are connected with them, as a Read More
Bugs, Trees and Me
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By spreading ideas of concrete actions that will help mitigate the loss of biodiversity, I encourage people change ingrained habits. My puppets show why we should not use pesticides in our grass, not rake leaves, especially under trees, and why we should plant native plants. The performance consists of a Read More
WE HEAR YOU—A CLIMATE ARCHIVE
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WE HEAR YOU—A CLIMATE ARCHIVE commissioned, published, and performed climate stories from 77 youth activists worldwide between 2022 and 2024. The project was a collaboration between the Embassy of Sweden in Washington DC, Georgetown University’s Earth Commons and Lab for Global Performance & Politics, and Sweden’s Royal Dramatic Theatre (Dramaten), Read More
Flight Lessons
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Based on a true story about Peregrine Falcons and humans living at the intersection of wild and urban habitats, “Flight Lessons” is a two-act, six-character, 17-song folk opera exploring themes of recovery, adaptation and making a home in an urban environment via intra and interspecies relationships. The narrative-in-song follows an Read More
Record and Distribute 3ɟutures for Trumpet and Orchestra to Advocate for Environmental Justice
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With the help of a Puffin Foundation grant, I was able to record 3ɟutures for Trumpet and Orchestra, trumpet concerto about climate change, with Ming Luke and the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra. The recording will soon be distributed to streaming services everywhere, elevating the cause of climate justice through music Read More
Strings
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Strings by Mary Donnet Johnson Synopsis: Three generations of Vermont women gather as dementia and a self-imposed hunger strike threaten to rapidly overtake the eldest. Desperate to connect before she slips away, her daughter and grandchild visit with increasing urgency, bringing new questions, resolving old conflicts, and reaching for reconciliation. Read More
Exiles and Emigres in Hollywood
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“Emigres and Exiles in Hollywood” features classical works, arrangements, songs, movie tunes by eight émigré composers who fled the Third Reich and persecution during World War II for Hollywood, going on to be instrumental in creating today’s world-renowned Hollywood sound and to educate the next generations of American composers. On Read More
Plant Based Portraits
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I have come to see that there are similarities in the ways that women and animals are oppressed, such as bodily autonomy, objectification and commodification. In a post-Roe climate, I began to envision a portrait project. During the summer and fall of 2024 I met with a diverse group of Read More