Collaborative Projects

Gratitude
Collaboration with Susan Allen
Blackfish Gallery Window 2009
Mixed media, 8'X6’X4’

As a member of The Girl Artists 1980-1988.
Split Shift Cafe, performed in Seattle and Portland, 1980.

The Girl Artists Free Portraits performed in
Portland and Seattle, 1981-82.

The Girl Artists TV Guidance performed in
Portland and Seattle, 1982.

The Girl Artists Shopping in America performed
in Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The Girl Artists Souvenirs performed in Portland,
Seattle and Olympia, WA 1984-85.

Gratitude a collaboration with Susan Allen, 2009. This piece was inspired by a daily, email gratitude practice begun in 2005 and continues currently. The goal of the installation was to translate the experience of gratitude into a rich and colorful accumulation of images, thoughts and emotions which include the disappointments, the beauty and difficulties of life.

As a member of the Girl Artists.
Early on in my career I began collaborating with 4 other women as The Girl Artists. We designed gallery installations and constructed sets, costumes, sound and props for performances, using unconventional materials, traditional art making techniques and always a sense of humor.

The group performed and created installations for the Portland Art Museum, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Artquake, the Oregon Biennial, Evergreen State College, COCA (Seattle), Southern Exposure in San Francisco and The Women’s Building in Los Angeles. We received numerous grants from the Metropolitan Arts Commission (now RACC), the Oregon Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts and private foundations.

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