Curator of multidisciplinary production for stage, Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness
(Forthcoming world premiere: Jan 20, 2024 at Brockman Hall for Opera, Rice University, Houston, TX)
Guest editor for Zócalo’s Mellon-funding series, “How should societies remember their sins?”
Curator of public artwork & short documentary, Love Letters in Light
Co-director of Art Rise, Part of WE RISE 2021
Co-chair of subcommittee, City of LA Civic Memory Working Group
Editor of book, The Kitchen Table: Eugenia P. Butler
Editor of book, The Story of Our Rights, by Olayami Dabls
Director of higher education, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA
Launch of new masters program, campus, robotics lab and public program series for UCLA Architecture & Urban Design
2011 Pacific Standard Time Interview with artist Charles Gaines
X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly: Publication of 4-part series on The Kitchen Table
Assistant project director for Getty-led initiative, Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980
A primary through line in my work is collaboration across disciplines. I want to grow beyond what I already know, and I want to learn about what interests those around me the most, why, and how to collectively build from there. I’m at ease in the realm of the unknown, where things are still loosely defined, possibilities are open, and asking the right kinds of questions is key. From there, I’ve found that structure, form, and organization inevitably takes shape.
Building on two decades of work—in what has at times felt like fragmented or divergent interests—I’m now deeply interested in the intersection of art, design, and architecture with civic space and justice. I believe that the arts belong to everyone and I seek ways to build broader audiences while maintaining a sense of both rigor and play.