EDUCATION
2007 - Master of Arts in Arts Education, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2007 - State of Illinois Teacher Certificate in Visual Art, PreK-12, Chicago, IL
2005 - Bachelor of Fine Arts in Community-Based Art, University of Colorado, Boulder
2005 - Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy: Values & Social Policy, University of Colorado, Boulder
CULTURAL PROGRAMMING & ARTS ADMINISTRATION
2016 - Present - Cultural Program Manager, Young Cultural Stewards, Chicago Park District, Chicago, IL
2020 - 2024 - Artistic Director, “What Time Is It?” A Cultural and Civic Archive
2012 - 2017 - Co-Founder & Executive Producer, Chicago Home Theater Festival, Chicago, IL
2013 - 2016 - Education Manager, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago, IL
2008 - 2012 - Director of Community Engagement, Programs & Exhibitions, Children's Creativity Museum, San Francisco, CA
2007 - 2008 - Development Associate, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA
EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2024 - We Are Each Other’s Harvest, Film Screening, DuSable Black History Museum, Chicago, IL
2024 - Cycles of Transformation: Playing, Healing, and Learning in the Parks, Exhibition, Douglass Park, Chicago, IL
2023 - “What Time Is It?” A Cultural & Civic Archive, Exhibition, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL
2023 - Save the Soviet Jews!, Jewish Museum of Maryland, Performance
2021 - The Four Mitzvot of the Queer Soviet Jewish Diaspora, TRANSITIONS Contemporary Jewish Festival, Berlin, Germany
2021 - “What Time Is It?” A Cultural & Civic Archive, Exhibition, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2020 - In Flux: Chicago Artists and Immigration, Performance, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2017 - Chicago Home Theater Festival, Performance, Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, IL
2016 - Chicago Home Theater Festival, Performance, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
2016 - Cities of Peace, Public Programming, Cambodia Peace Institute, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2015 - Chicago Home Theater Festival, Performance, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2005 - A People’s History of Boulder, Exhibition, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
PUBLIC PROGRAMING & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2018-Present - Young Cultural Stewards, 100+ Chicago Public Parks & Community Gardens, Chicago, IL
2023 - 2024 What Time Is It? A Cultural & Civic Archive - Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL
2019-2022 - Queering the Parks, Garfield Park Conservatory, Palmer Park, Ping Tom Park, Columbus Park, Chicago, IL
2014-2016 - Cities of Peace, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Cambodian Institute for Peace, Chicago, IL & Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2014 - 2016 - Annual Summer Teacher Institute - Jane Addams Hull House Museum, National Museum of Mexican Art, DuSable Museum of African American History & Smart Museum of Art, and Reva and David Logan Center, Chicago, IL
2011 - 2012 - Open Feast, 35+ cities across the US, 7 countries throughout Eastern & Central Europe
2006-2008 - Feast of Words, SOMARTs, San Francisco, CA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS & RESIDENCIES
2023 - The Center Program, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2021 - Artist-in-Residence, Respite in the Round, North Carolina
2020 - Artist-in-Residence, Ways, Gyula, Hungary
2017 - Artist-in-Residence, SWARM, Winamac, IN
2016 - Teaching Artist-in-Residence, PUBLIC SCHOOL, Hyde Park Art Center | Chicago, IL
2015 - Curator-in-Residence, Chicago Art Department | Chicago, IL
2012 - Artist-in-Residence, The Hague, Netherlands
2012 - Co-Founder, Open Feast | North America and Eastern Europe
2010 - Co-Founder, Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck, SOMARts | San Francisco, CA
GRANTS & AWARDS
2024
$100,000 Alumbra Foundation, Young Cultural Stewards, Chicago Park District
$100,000 Good Chaos, Young Cultural Stewards, Chicago Park District
$25,000 Illinois Arts Council, Young Cultural Stewards, Chicago Park District
2023
$650,000 The Builders Initiative, Young Cultural Stewards, Chicago Park District
$100,000 Good Chaos, Young Cultural Stewards, Chicago Park District
$23,000 Illinois Arts Council, Young Cultural Stewards, Chicago Park District
$6,000 Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, City of Chicago, What Time Is It? A Cultural & Civic Archive
$1,000 Illinois Arts Council, What Time Is It? A Cultural & Civic Archive
2022
$500,000 The Builders Initiative, Young Cultural Stewards, Chicago Park District
$10,000 Crossroads Fund, Queering the Parks, Chicago Park District
2021
$8,250 Illinois Humanities, Queering the Parks, Chicago Park District
$7,000 Crossroads Fund, Queering the Parks, Chicago Park District
$25,000 The Field Foundation, Marwen & Chicago Park District
2020
$11,000 Crowdsourced Fundraiser, *small is all*, Chicago Park District
$8,000 Illinois Arts Council, Reparations for the Earth, Chicago Park District
$3,000 Illinois Arts Council, “What Time Is It?” Portrait Project
2019
$13,900 Illinois Arts Council, Belonging, Chicago Park District
$10,000 Northern Trust, Young Cultural Stewards, Chicago Park District
$3,500 Queering the Parks, Chicago Park District
$9,000 Night Out in the Parks, Queering the Parks Initiative, Chicago Park District
2018
$100,000 Crossroads Fund Giving Project (this amount was collectively raised)
$40,000 The Terra Foundation for American Art, Art Design Chicago
$5,000 Night Out in the Park, The Art of Flocking, Chicago Park District
$4,000 Crossroads Funds, Young Cultural Stewards, Chicago Park District
2017
$2,000 Chicago Foundation for Women, Chicago Home Theater Festival
$2,500 Chicago Park District, Night Out in the Parks, Chicago Home Theater Festival
2016
$1,000 Open Meadows Foundation, Chicago Home Theater Festival
2015
$25,000 Terra Foundation for American Art, K-12 Education Grant
$5,000 Chicago Art Department, Learning as a Lifestyle, Cities of Peace
$1,000 Chicago Park District, Chicago Home Theater Festival
$5,000 Illinois Humanities Council, Chicago Home Theater Festival
2014
$150,000 Institute of Museums and Library Services, Community Anchors
$95,000 American Alliance of Museums and United States Department of Education
$25,000 Terra Foundation for American Art, K-12 Education Grant
2013
$5,000 Illinois Humanities Council, Community Programs
$2,000 Propeller Fund, Chicago Home Theater Festival
2010
$1,000 Penguin Foundation, Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck