Edge, Boston (Press)

On December 12, 2003,  from The Edge covered Who’s Afraid of the Virgin Mary?, Ryan Landry’s holiday adaptation of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf  in which I designed, built, and performed puppets. In the write up, my contribution to the production was characterized as “dead funny puppeteering”

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Bay Windows, Boston (review)

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On December 11th, 2003, Who’s Afraid of the Virgin Mary was reviewed in Bay Windows by R.J. Grub, who mentioned my work. “As a special touch, Providence-based puppeteer, The Marsian, contributed playful puppets to illustrate Mary and Joseph’s long journey to Bethlehem”

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Theatre Mirror, Boston (press)

Ryan Landry’s Who’s Afraid of the Virgin Mary? was reviewed by Carl A. Rossi in Theatre Mirror. In it, he mentioned the manger animals I designed including the “most startling entrance by a pig in years.” Continue reading “Theatre Mirror, Boston (press)” →

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA (education)

In May 2001, I graduated from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) with a BFA in Studio Art. At the graduation ceremony, DJ Spooky was a featured speaker and was awarded an honorary degree. While at SAIC, my focus was in Transdisciplinary Studies with a concentration on performance and puppetry.

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Chicago Journal, (press)

Chicago Journal, April 5th, 2001

On April 5th, 2001, images of my work from the Undergraduate Exhibition at Gallery 2 in Chicago (one of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago galleries) were featured in the Chicago Journal.

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Windy City Times (press)

Day of Beauty & Ritual, 1998, Photo: Jason Smith
Day of Beauty & Ritual, 1998, Photo: Jason Smith

On March 24th, 1998, Windy City Times included on their cover images and a write up of Day of Beauty and Ritual, which I curated with Kathleen O’Shea and Kokoe Johnson. Day of Beauty was a performance art circus celebrating spring as a time of rebirth, renewal and rejuvenation through a collection of performances, installations, and unique beauty treatments, climaxing with the Spring Equinox Ritual.

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New York Times

On December 8th, 1993, the New York Times printed , which covered work I had been doing on the Gay and Lesbian Student Rights bill to protect the civil rights of LGBTQ students in Massachusetts public schools.

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In NewsWeekly 11/93

In November 1993 InNewsweekly ran a story on legislation I was advocating for to protect LGBTQ students in Massachusetts public schools. At the time, the bill was stuck in the Senate’s third reading committee, where it stayed for a month.

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