JULY 2008: VARIOUS & SUNDRY

ART STUFF
The year 2008 was one that got away from me. A lot's been happening, so please forgive me if I don't manage to post here for the next few months.

xoxo
Tif

UPCOMING PERFORMANCE INSTALLATION
"Seeding Easter Island": you can participate by sending in a Seed of creativity for the ongoing project (email me for details). Or come see it in person at Fort Worden, Port Townsend, Washington on August 16, 4 pm. The time may be changed to accommodate an appearance by Linda Montano; and hey, if my time is gonna be changed, that's a pretty sweet reason. "Seeding..." will involve a walking tour through Fort Worden to the abandoned military building Battery Vicar, with performances and artwork by Emily Stone and Nancy Boulmay, among others.

WRITINGS & EDITINGS IN PROGRESS

• For the journal of the Oregon Council for the Humanities, I'm writing an essay on how art foments conversation about subjects generally considered uncivilized, overly intimate, and otherwise uncomfortable, focusing on my work inspired by issues of childlessness.
• Working on Issue #30 of PLAZM's print magazine, where I'm an editor.
• Continuing the 2GQ.org website and blog, together with John Longstocking, Clare Carpenter, and Nora Robertson.
• A little food writing and restaurant reviewing for Willamette Week.

KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR:
Laura Miller's forthcoming The Magician's Book: A skeptic's adventures in Narnia, for which I was interviewed alongside... gasp... Philip Pullman! Be still my heart!

OTHER LOVELY STUFF GOING ON
I'm assembling a panel of smart, generous, talented working artists and writers for a Professional Development Panel next winter with M.K. Guth, Stephanie Snyder, Andrew Hultkrans, Linda K. Johnson, Jon Raymond, Kristan Kennedy, and Kristen Tsiatsios. Enormous thanks to those folks for stepping up.

Burning Man is nearly upon us. I'll be reprising my Burning Tarot readings from 2003 ,and photographing participants for a new deck to be debuted on the Playa in 2010. Allison Dubinsky, Steve Fritz, Aurora and I hope you'll come find us at the Tarotist Training Camp.

On a personal note, Josh Berger and I will be married this fall.

THANKS
And a big ol' thank-you to the many supporters, audiences, presenters, media, participants, and collaborators who have been so instrumental in making possible my 2008 projects:

• "Play Me" at Portland Center Stage
• "House Bound" at Performance Works NW
• Oregon Literary Review's First Wednesday reading series at Blackbird
• "Because We Are Here and We Are Real" post-Chekhov Technique workshop
• two sound/spoken word pieces on the latest Gargoyle CD
• "Creative Whoring" in The Wife, The Mistress, & the Prostitute (a back room event & book)

Hypatia provided the necessary respite to get all this stuff done by offering me a residency in Washington state. Scroll down for info and links on all this goodness.

Lots of love goes out to the Rats --- you know who you are --- and to all who have created Seeds for the ongoing Easter Island Project. Anyone wanting to make a creative Seed can check out the link above or email me at magdalen23 at g mail dot com.