As my residency draws to a close, I am looking forward to the last few RITES that I will perform at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery this weekend. Evidential Rite Saturday, July 28, 12-5pm I’ll spend Saturday afternoon in the main gallery, inviting visitors to participate in this RITE, designed to explore how art speaks to … More Last RITES
During the second day of my residency at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, I thought a lot about performance as an artform, and particularly about artforms that create no permanent art object. Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only … More Making Nothing
I’m very excited to begin my residency at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery today. I’ll be presenting RITES, a series of improvised performances and interventions that will explore the Gallery’s permanent collection and especially its physical space — how visitors inhabit it and how we relate to art with our bodies. I will be present in … More RITES Begins Today
I am very excited to share that I’ll be an artist-in-residence at Fredericton’s Beaverbrook Art Gallery this summer, July 23-29. During the residency, I’ll be focusing on a project I’m calling RITES, a series of small-scale performances, installations, and interventions in the Gallery’s permanent collection exhibition. Rather than focusing on the artwork itself, RITES will … More Summer Residency and Workshops at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery
I’m excited to participate this month in the Pink Lunch Box Speakers Series at Fredericton’s Beaverbrook Art Gallery. The gallery’s current artist-in-residence is Danielle Hogan, who is a visual artist, crafter, and founder and curator of the GAG, an on-line feminist art gallery dedicated to highlighting the work of artists often excluded from traditional gallery … More Pink Lunch Box
Just in time for the holidays, I’ve lowered the price for the DVD version of my solo show, Piecework When We Were French. The show, which toured widely in northern New England between 2009 and 2011, explores the legacy of French-Canadian immigration to New England and the relationship between ancestry, memory, and identity, and the … More New, Low Price for Piecework DVD
I’ve been working on a new performance piece since the beginning of this year, a sort of companion to my show, Piecework: When We Were French, that approaches some of the same themes, but from a more personal perspective. This summer, as I’ve been thinking about how to expand this new piece into a whole, … More Le racommodage
I’m excited to be contributing to The Bridge, “an artistic interrogation, exploration and celebration” of Canada 150 by a whole gang of Fredericton artists. Spearheaded by local theatre company Solo Chicken Productions, the project is part art installation, part historiographic jam session. On the evening of Friday, September 8th, Fredericton’s Bill Thorpe Walking Bridge will … More The Bridge
There are just two weekends left of David Budbill’s Judevine at Montpelier, Vermont’s Lost Nation Theater. I expect these shows to sell out, so if you plan to attend, get your tickets in advance to guarantee yourself a seat. With our opening weekend behind us, we’ve received thoughtful reviews from Montpelier’s Times Argus and Burlington’s … More “Judevine” Reviews
I’m not French-from-France, nor quebecoise, nor Acadian. I’m Franco-American, like Jack Kerouac. My solo show, Piecework: When We Were French, explored the enduring influence of Franco-American culture in Vermont and New England. But when I’ve performed the show in Canada, where I live, I’ve felt that audiences needed a fuller introduction to the history it … More Reading In Montpelier
