Writing and Press
2024
PCAC’s Mapping Detroit Microgrants, Outlier Media.
Imbolc’s social practice celebrations, Detour Detroit.
“15 Things to do in Detroit This Weekend,” Metro Times Detroit.
“Blurry Blueprints: Minami Kobayashi and Adrianne Rubenstein’s duo show at Et al. etc.,” Testudo.
“2023 Rear View Mirror,” Substack.
2023
“On the urgency of fallow,” Substack.
“Horizon Lines,” Substack.
2022
“Rear View Mirror: 2022,” Substack.
“Healing Sculptures, Traveling Time: A Conversation with Leah Dixon,” Testudo.
Interview with Kiana Hayeri, “On connecting to the world through your work,” The Creative Independent (TCI).
Interview with Sharon Loudon, “On why you’re more than what you make,” The Creative Independent.
“On administration as art,” Substack.
“Against specialization,” Substack.
“Community strategy: it’s a recipe, and it’s delish,” Substack.
“Retro: Four Day Work Week and the Overton Window,” Substack.
“Archives, The Dance Floor, and Using Art to Rethink Binaries: An Interview with Levani,” Testudo.
Interview with Steve Locke, “On telling the whole story,” The Creative Independent.
Interview with Tony Patrick, “On why nothing exists without collaboration,” The Creative Independent.
“One use, over and over: in conversation with Bat-Ami Rivlin,” Public Parking.
“Planning Your Photobook or Art Book,” Kickstarter.
2021
Interview with Josué Rivas, “On healing your inner child through your work,” The Creative Independent.
Interview with Gavin Turk, “On recycling ideas in your work.” The Creative Independent, 2021.
“How to Build Your Kickstarter Arts Community,” Kickstarter.
“How to Build Your Kickstarter Arts Campaign,” Kickstarter.
“How to Make a Photography Portfolio,” Kickstarter.
2020
“Business of Art | Crowdfunding 101,” NYFA.
Interview with LaToya Ruby Fraizer, “On working with dignity,” The Creative Independent.
Interview with Azikiwe Mohammed, “On being a steward to music and art,” The Creative Independent.
Resources for Artists in the COVID-19 Crisis, Kickstarter Blog.
Interview with The Family Interviews.
Interview with jackie sumell, “On working through resistance,” The Creative Independent.
2019
“Kickstarter Launches New Digital Resource for Emerging and Student Artists,” Kickstarter Blog.
Interview with Asif Mian, “On subverting trauma,” The Creative Independent.
2018
Interview with Mark Cross, “On working with your neighborhood,” The Creative Independent.
“You Created a Product on Kickstarter. Here’s What to Do Next,” Kickstarter, with Jamie Hoffman.
“5 Essential Product Design and Manufacturing Tips—for Artists,” Kickstarter, with Maura Lynch.
“Introducing Designed By Artists,” Kickstarter Blog.
Interview with Shanna Merola and Kate Levy, “On involving other people in your work,” TCI.
2017
“New Genre Public Art and the Law,” Agora Journal of Urban Planning and Design, 2017.
Curating
2023
Technotel (Detroit, MI) — Moods @ Movement 2023 curated by Daniel Sharp, Crystal Gause, Miguel Cisne, and Fabiola Belaen.
2022
Technotel (Detroit, MI) — Moods @ Movement 2022.
2021
Til Death (Brooklyn, NY) — Moods x Finjams 02 with Jordan Stanton and Gilad Granot.
Til Death (Brooklyn, NY) — Moods x Finjams 01 with Jordan Stanton and Gilad Granot.
Lectures
2024
“Live Q&A: How to Surpass Your Goal: Crowdfunding,” CreativeStudy, virtual.
“Crowdfunding 102: marketing and strategy for successful campaigns,” California Institute of the Arts, CA.
“Narrative and communication as a muscle and practice,” Sotheby’s Institute of Fine Art, NY
“Transferable skills: consulting and community strategy for artists,” Brown University / RISD, RI.
2023
“Narrative and communication as a muscle and practice,” Brown University / RISD, RI.
“Organizing as care and practice in Detroit,” Dutch Art Institute, St. Erme, France.
2022
“Introducing the Post-Center Art Center,” US Department of Arts and Culture (USDAC), virtual.
“Network Mapping,” with Continuus at Common Field’s What Now?, Seattle, WA.
“The difference between a community and a crowd, and how to get both,” Chautauqua Visual Arts Residency program, NY.
2021
“Innovation in Crowdsourcing,” UC Berkeley.
2020
“Crowdfunding in 2020,” Art World Conference.
“Kickstarter for Artists 101,” with KODA Lab, published on True Africa.
“How to fund an Exhibition on Kickstarter,” at Maryland Institute College of Art.
“Kickstarter 101 for Art Students,” at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
“Kickstarter for Visual Artists,” with KODA at FiveMyles, Brooklyn.
“Kickstarter for Visual Artists,” with Broward County Cultural Division, Fort Lauderdale.
2019
“Crowdfunding Community-Centered Art Projects,” at College Art Association.
2018
“Crowdsourcing Exhibitions: Lessons Learned,” with Katie Buckingham and Eric Schmalz, hosted by Rebecca McNamara and AAMC, webinar.
“Kickstarter 101 for Creative Capital Awardees,” webinar.
“Resourcing Your Practice,” with Kresge Fellows and Creative Many, Detroit.
“Rebranding Democracy,” with Suraj Patel, Rebecca Davis, and Nadia Asgari-Tari, hosted by Anjelica Triola, New York City.