Performed Encounter: Playing the Interview Columbia University May 5 and May 12, 5pm-8pm 509 Knox Hall - 606 W. 122nd St., New York, NY 10027 - View Map Instructors: Nicki Pombier Berger & Liza Zapol This hands-on workshop explores the many possibilities at the intersection of theater and oral history, looking...
Join me at the Whitney Museum for a memory mapping experiment as we celebrate the Whitney's first anniversary in the Meatpacking District and Jane Jacobs' 100th birthday. ...
New Additions to the GVSHP Archive In 2014, GVSHP began an ongoing series of interviews with cultural pioneers and community leaders in the South and East Village. The project aims to record, preserve, and use the stories of of these exceptional individuals to increase our understanding of...
Image by Jennifer Wen Ma, Embodied Mapping Workshop, April 18, 2015. This residency was focused on the site of Pier 42, in the Lower East Side. A team of artists explored the notion of Embodied Mapping, using multi-disciplinary scores, practices, prompts and exercises. This mapping process was personal and...
I was an oral historian for the Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Project (CBBG) started by Sady Sullivan at Brooklyn Historical Society from 2012-2014. The project was featured on the cover of the Arts Section of the New York Times. For an example of the work of CBBG, You can listen to...
My thoughts about the National September 11 Memorial and Museum were noted in this article in Tablet Magazine. Read the whole paper quoted by writer Julia Bosson here: "The Museum as Ventriloquist: The Use of Oral History at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum." The paper was included...
Whitney Stories features my research in the Meatpacking District for the Whitney Museum, and a film I produced about artist Tom Otterness. ...
My Art Cart graduate students conducted oral histories of a older artists in New York City. I produced and oversaw this audio compilation for the exhibition at Stovall Gallery, Kimmel Center, New York University Opening September 5- October 20, 2013 Research Center for Arts & Culture ART CART is an intergenerational arts...