How We Got Stuck Together

Detail from (In)/Animate Objects Panel #1, 2019,  photo: Track 16

Whether it’s disintegrating dolls, mutant ceramic bunnies, or rescue animal pinups, the artists of Stuck Together: Marsian De Lellis, Simone Gad, Debra Broz, playfully handcraft responses to mass-produced objects and images charged with autobiographical fragments. Join me on a virtual tour, where we can survey the work for context… Continue reading “How We Got Stuck Together”

OBJECT OF HER AFFECTION to Play REDCAT, 7/30-8/2, BROADWAY WORLD

Photo: Steve Gunther

July 22, 2014, Broadway World covered Object of Her Affection’s run at REDCAT for the NOW Festival.

Continue reading “OBJECT OF HER AFFECTION to Play REDCAT, 7/30-8/2, BROADWAY WORLD”

OBJECT OF HER AFFECTION Runs this Weekend at Automata, BroAdway world (7/15/2014)

Object of Her Affection, REDCAT NOW Festival, 2014, Photo: Steve Gunther

On July 14, 2014, Tyler Peterson covered Object of Her Affection in Broadway World. Object of Her Affection is a solo object and puppet-based performance art piece centered on a woman, who in her search for true love develops intimate relationships with inanimate objects.

Continue reading “OBJECT OF HER AFFECTION Runs this Weekend at Automata, BroAdway world (7/15/2014)”

The Joan Quinn Profiles

On June 23, 2014, Joan Agajanian Quinn interviewed me for her cable access show The Joan Quinn Profiles in advance of my performance, Object of Her Affection at REDCAT in Los Angeles. Object of Her Affection is a solo object and puppet-based performance art piece centered on a woman, who in her search for true love develops intimate relationships with inanimate objects.

excerpt from Joan Quinn Profiles: Lisa Adams and Marsian De Lellis
Continue reading “The Joan Quinn Profiles”

Anna Sosenko Trust (support)

Photo: Rafael Hernandez

On June 3rd, 2014, I was awarded funding from the Anna Sosenko Assist Trust for the Los Angeles workshops of Object of Her Affection.

Continue reading “Anna Sosenko Trust (support)”

Object of Her Affection, REDCAT (excerpt)

Marsian De Lellis, 2013, Photo: Steve Gunther
Marsian De Lellis, 2013, Photo: Steve Gunther

On December 7th + 8th, 2013, I performed an excerpt from Object of Her Affection at REDCAT in Los Angeles. 

Continue reading “Object of Her Affection, REDCAT (excerpt)”

CalArts, MFA (education)

Growing Up Linda, design, ©2007 Marsian De Lellis
Growing Up Linda, design, ©2007 Marsian De Lellis

On May 15th, 2009 I earned my MFA degree from California Institute for the Arts (CalArts) in Scenic Design in the Puppetry track from the Theater School and the Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts. I attended CalArts between 2006-2009 under the mentorship of Janie Geiser and Susan Simpson and developed two major productions, Growing Up Linda and Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical,.

Continue reading “CalArts, MFA (education)”

CalArts – Student Council (support)

In March 2009, I was the recipient of funding from the Student Council at California Institute for the Arts for my workshop production of Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical. In Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical, an aging socialite grows fur and claws to recapture the attention of her philandering game hunter husband.

Continue reading “CalArts – Student Council (support)”

Special Project Fund – 2009 (support)

On March 6th, 2009, I was the recipient of a Special Project Fund from the Theater School at CalArts for a workshop of Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical

Continue reading “Special Project Fund – 2009 (support)”