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HONORS & AWARDS
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2005-06 NALAC Fund
for Arts Ford Foundation Fellowship , Book Project, San Antonio, TX, Dec-Jan.
- 2005-06 Project Assistance Grant ,
ACNO for Ashé Community Project, New Orleans,
LA, July.
- 2005 C/APP Grant from Alternate ROOTS, Ogden
Youth Performance Project, New Orleans, LA, April.
- 2005 Nominated for Louisiana Governor's Arts
Award , New Orleans, LA, February.
- 2004 C/APP Grant from
Alternate ROOTS for "MediaAmerica" Project
at Ashé, New Orleans, LA, May.
- 2003 Individual Artist Grant from LDOA for
Baton Rouge Gallery Performances, Baton Rouge, LA,
June.
- 1998-1999 Theater Fellowship awarded by
the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Baton Rouge,
LA, February.
- 1998 Aplauso Award from "Aqui: New Orleans" Hispanic
Press for Artistic Merit, New Orleans, LA, May.
- 1996 Regional Artists Project Award from
the National Endowment for the Arts, New Orleans,
LA, May.
- 1995 Project Support Award from ACNO for
Performances at CAC, New Orleans, LA, May.
- 1993 Project Support Award from LDOA for
Curating Latino Art Exhibit at CAC, New Orleans,
LA, May.
- 1992 Louisiana Purchase Award for
Visual Art in Public Spaces from ACNO, New Orleans,
LA, June.
LECTURES,
WORKSHOPS & RESIDENCIES
- 2007
University of California at Santa Barbara, "Performance
Art & Social Change" Lecture, May 15
- 2006
Ohio State University Dept. of Theatre, "Performance
Art & Social Change" Lecture, Sept. 28.
- 2006 Ogden Museum, Three-week Residency at Bishop
Perry Middle School, New Orleans, June 12-30.
- 2005 Highways Performance, NPN Residency for The
Cone of Uncertainty , Santa Monica, CA, Nov.
7-13.
- 2005
Overture Center for the Arts, Four-day "Youth
Residency," Madison, WI, November 1-4.
- 2005
University of Michigan, artist-in-residency, Solo
Show & Lectures,
Ann Arbor, MI, Oct. 21-27.
- 2005
Carpetbag Theatre, NPN Residency, Teen Workshops & Solo
Show, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 10-16.
- 2005
Duke University, Two-week Residency, Teen Workshops & Solo
Show, Durham, NC, Feb. 14-27.
- 2004
LSU Comm. Dept., artist-in-residency, "Techniques
in Performance" Lecture, Baton Rouge, LA Feb.
- 2003
National Hispanic Cultural Center, "Youth Performance
Project," Albuquerque, NM July.
- 2002
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, "Youth Performance & Visual
Arts Project," February.
- 2002
Tigertail Productions, "Youth Performance Project" Residencies,
Miami, FL, March & July.
- 2002
Out North Contemporary Art House, "Images of
Youth" NPN Residency, Anchorage, AK, June.
- 2001
Kalamazoo College, "Exploring the Personal
in Performance," Kalamazoo, MI, September.
- 2000
Northampton Comm. College, "Art as Tool for
Social Change" Lecture, Bethlehem, PA, November.
- 1999
Cornell University, "Media & The American
Mind" Performance Lecture, Ithaca, NY, October.
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
- 2007 From Chocolate City to an Enchilada Village,
Cultural Vistas , New Orleans, LA; Winter '06-07:
100
- 2002 Performance & Primal
Screams review
for Art Papers Magazine, Atlanta, GA; Mar/Apr
'02: 20-21.
- 2001 Healing with Humor article Art Papers Magazine,
Atlanta, GA; Sept/Oct '01: 17.
- 2001 Exploring
War & Race on Stage article
for Art Papers Magazine, Atlanta, GA; Mar/Apr
'01: 14-15.
- 1999 Voices from the Underground critical
essay for Art Papers , Atlanta, GA; July/Aug
'98: 16-21.
- 1999 Tamasakis: Joan Duran at Joan Prats
Gallery, art feature for Mexico City Times ,
Mexico, April.
SELECTED
PERFORMANCES & ART EXHIBITIONS
- 2007 The Cone of Uncertainty ROOTS/NPN Gulf
Coast Artists APAP Showcase, New York, NY, Jan. 20.
- 2006 The Cone of Uncertainty at Ohio State
University, Artist-in-residency, Columbus, OH, Sept.
27-30.
- 2006 The Living History Youth Project Exhibit
at Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA, June 30 - Sept.
13.
- 2005 The Cone of Uncertainty: New Orleans after
Katrina at Highways, Santa Monica, CA, Nov.
10-13.
- 2005 Between the Pen and the Sword Performance
at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Oct. 25.
- 2005 Performance
Art & Social Change Keynote,
American for the Arts Conference, Austin, TX, June
10.
- 2005 The Free People of Color: Works on Paper, Ashé Cultural
Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, April-May.
- 2005 In Exile Close to the Equator Performance
at Duke University, Durham, NC, February 20.
- 2004 $CASINOAMERICA$ Shows, Castle of Imagination
International Performance Festival, Poland, Sept.

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