2010 Exhibition Summary: The installation was exhibited at Z Space at Theater Artaud in San Francisco, CA from June 25- July 18, 2010. Live performances included a dance installation choreographed by Erin Mei Ling Stuart of EmSpace Dance during the opening weekend, “live art” at the sewing station where I was present making a final dress on Saturday afternoons, and a curated poetry reading with local poets at the closing reception.

Over 30 women artists contributed to this project including: (Dressmakers/ visual artists) Kehren Barbour, Sasha Duerr, Marcie Farwell, “Feral Childe”, Alison McLennan, “Moira & Obbie”, Pilar Nadal, Rebecca Overacre, and Ambra Sultzbaugh; (Dancers) Christine Bonasea, Rebecca Gilbert, Shawnrey Notto, Juliann Rhodes, and Julie Sheetz; (Choreographer) Erin Mei-Ling Stuart; (Musicians) El Beh, Daveen DiGiacomo, Lianna Stuart; (Poets) Lara Durback, Jennifer Manzano, and Erika Staiti; (Models & other contributors) Chida Chaemchaeng, Laurel DeCou, Jenifer Lake, Mati McDonough, Brooklynn Moore, Marcia Scott, Lisa Solomon, and Kerstin Svendsen.

I recently finished editing my first full-length poetry manuscript, Relationship to Trees. I’m currently submitting the work to editors and publishers for review. To read an excerpt from the working manuscript, visit this link to There online literary journal: poems from Relationship to Trees. This collection started as my thesis for my MFA in Creative Writing at Mills College, though the editing process has helped to reshape the work into my first full-length collection of poems. I’m currently working on a second poetry manuscript and sometimes I admit to chipping away at a first novel.