The Boston Phoenix (press)

Jackson's Private Zoo, Providence Phoenix, 2006

On August 8th, 2006, The Boston Phoenix covered the Fledgling Festival at Perishable Theatre, which screened my short puppet film, Jackson’s Private Zoo.

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Jackson’s Private Zoo, Providence (Screening)

Jackson's Private Zoo, Fledgling Festival, 2006

On August 3rd, 2006, my short puppet film Jackson’s Private Zoo screened at Perishable Theatre as part of the Fledgling Festival, curated by Peter Deffet. The Fledgling Festival ran from August 3rd-6th and August 10th-16th, 2006.

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Blood from a Turnip – 1/20/06, Providence (curatorial)

Blood from a Turnip, January 20th, 2006, poster design: Marsian De Lellis
Blood from a Turnip, design: Marsian De Lellis

On January 20th, 2006, I curated and hosted Blood from a Turnip, Rhode Island’s only late night puppetry salon with Vanessa Gilbert at Perishable Theatre in Downtown Providence.

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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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King of Pop’s New Clothes, Chicago (performance, video art)

King of Pop's New Clothes, 1997
King of Pop’s New Clothes, 1997

On April 17th, 1997, I performed The King of Pop’s New Clothes in the Columbus Drive Performance Space at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  In King of Pop’s New Clothes, a reclusive pops star’s drug-fueled attempts at being loved through personal reinvention go horribly wrong when his public and private lives collide. The King of Pop’s New Clothes existed as both a live performance with projected video art and as a video art piece that screened at Randolph Street Gallery.

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