"You can ride a horse
Some horses don't want to be ridden
Some horses don't want to be ridden sometimes"
Born in Portland, Oregon and living and working in Providence, Rhode Island for the past 7 years, I am often reenacting the longing for and migration towards The mythic West. Using textiles and detailed pencil drawings, the window collages together imagery of a glamorized western ideal and aims to create an ungrounded atmosphere of compartmentalization and control.
Vanessa Gilbert is a creative producer, interdisciplinary artist, and educator from Providence, RI who works with humans, objects, and digital media. She makes, produces, and directs performance works of varying scales, from miniature puppet theatre to multi-day performance festivals and opera. In 17 years with Perishable Theatre, Vanessa honed her curating skills founding both Blood from a Turnip-RI’s only late night puppet salon- and the Resident Artist at Perishable Theatre program. She has developed and taught classes in theatre history, theatre for social change, directing and producing for learners of all ages. Vanessa is a proud member of the Magdalena Project, an international network for women in contemporary theatre and she instigated Magdalena USA, a seven-day festival of workshops and performances with artists from around the world. Her work has been featured at Perishable Theatre, the HERE Arts Center, The Castle of Imagination Festival (Ustka and Gdansk, Poland,) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, among others. She received her MFA in Performance and Interactive Media Arts from Brooklyn College in May 2015.
*****UPDATES*****
Rectrix - Pro Arts Gallery - Oakland , CA 3/24/18
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RECTRIX just got back from touring the west coast with House Red and is performing at the Ende Tymes festival this weekend in Brooklyn at Silent Barn  And with HIDE, Gyna Bootleg, and YU/F at Psychic Readings 4/11/2018 
I’ve been actively trying to break this curse that was put on me in 2014, when I was traveling and reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Regrettably, it was the only book I brought with me, and I blazed through it, until I reached the final chapter, which I decided to save for my flight home. Big mistake. In case you haven’t read it, the “curse” is a major theme in the book. I got food poisoning and slept for the entire 24 hour flight. I haven’t been able to complete a book since then. I think I need that exact copy back, MJR!!!!   Besides my literacy struggle, I’ve been diving deep into self-exploration—experimenting with sewing, painting, and performance. For Maren’s show opening in February (also Lunar New Year!), I did a performance piece titled, "frontiers of love," about a buncha things: most importantly, my place within the Diaspora and proximity to whiteness. Made a piñata for Pisces season (see above). And in March was included in the Sweater Show at Trade Pop Up with a painted “sweater." This summer is the stage for my up-and-coming collaborative projects, yet to be announced in detail ;). Sometimes a rando airdrops you a Beesechurger and you must accept! (This actually happened to me...)
DANIELLA BEN-BASSAT
Daniella has been painting.   Also recently played a show with an optical tremolo and two guitars (Thank you for footage):
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*****ADDITIONALLY****, she is subletting her downstairs studio! 6x8 foot workspace expandable to 8x8 with access to larger common space for bigger projects. Storage space, wood shop, potential access to printmaking facilities. 125$ a month for a 3-4 month lease (flexible here). E-mail dbenbass@gmail.com for more info!
MAREN JENSEN
Maren makes a bittersweet departure this month-- "feeling filled up by a year at DP and grateful for the time and space allowed to heal grow learn etc etc etc." She's heading to the gold country region of California to get closer to home and try something different.
You can buy some of her older drawings, t-shirts, furniture, clothing, tchotchkes, art supplies, etc at a Yard Sale of sorts at Dirt Palace, Sunday, April 8th from 3pm-6pm. Bring your $
Maren currently has artwork installed in the Dirt Palace Window, learn more above :)
 If you will miss her too much you can follow on IG @puddlleofmud (two L's there) or come visit me in CA.
I'm on tour for the month of April with Japanese Breakfast which is boring news beyond that i'm writing a new book, working on a video to project during performances so people can stop looking at me, loosely planning a tour of my own. Cheez its and red bull for breakfast. Someone teach me drums 203-615-1795
Also my book 'A Stick With A Rock On It' is now stocked at Ada books, please go buy it there's a poster included
Waiting for something to live on the branches aside from the plastic bags. Seriously, when the flowers pop, going to spend a whole day smelling them. Please dear sky, give us a spring day!
MONTHLY PICTORIAL TREAT FROM THE DUSTY SHELVES OF THE DIRT PALACE
FURTHERING THE QUEST TO SPREAD FUN
LIKE GIN AND JUICE, MOSTLY GIN
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