CV & Press

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Art/Fashion/Performance Events



QUEERTURE. Queer + Couture. Fashion Show and conference closing event.  UCLA Queer Studies Conference.  Los Angeles, CA. October 2011, Femme Fashion Stylist
Unedited video of Femme Fashion Portion can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8JhiUkpBSM

INVINCIBLE: Butch/Masculine Fashion Show. The kick-off event and fashion show at Butch Voices Regional Conference.  Los Angeles, CA. October 2010, Creative Consultant

Publications



Conference and/or Event Presentations/Participation

Fusion Lab - Outfest LGBT People of Color Film Festival. Fusion Lab is a pop-up shop style micro-cinema and media lab in Highland Park, Los Angeles. Supported by a grant from the Irvine Foundation, Fusion Lab hosts screenings of short films, filmmaking workshops taught by Outfest alumni. Fusion Lab Los Angeles, CA March 2013, Host Committee member

Femme Day of Action: Instigating and Imagining Femme(inine) Community in LA. Interrogating and celebrating the definitions, embodiments, and spirits of femme-ness, Part of a larger nationwide Femme Week of Action. Human Resources Gallery Los Angeles, CA January 2011, Panelist & Organizing Committee member.

Judgement Day: Fashioning Masculinities.  Book Launch event for Tania Hammidi's coffee table book on masculine fashion. La Vida Loca Galeria Highland Park (Los Angeles), CA.  November 2011, Panelist & PR for event

Theater of War. An innovative public health project that presents readings of ancient Greek plays, Sophocles' Ajax and Philoctetes, as a catalyst for town hall discussions about the impact of war on individuals, families, and communities. Cornerstone Theater, Casa 0101 Boyle Heights, September 2011, Panelist

A Tribute to Gloria Anzaldua "Surviving the Borderlands":  a dialogo that explores the borderlands from a geopolitical intersectional analysis that looks at the ways in which marginalized comuni-dades resist violence and create social change.  Conciencia Femenil.  CSULB. November 2010,  Panelist


Press

Mention. SweetLeigh BlogDomino Dollhouse Pop-Up Shop Round-Up Oct 2012

Featured Q & A.  Classic Vintage With A Twist for Feature Friday, July 2012

Mention.  Queer + Couture Blog : Models On The Runway Jan 2012

Mention. CSW Update (UCLA Center for the Study of Women) : Queer Studies Conference. Fashion, Identity, Performance, and Culture. Nov 2011

Feature. SweetLeigh Blog: Queer+Couture=Queerture Oct 2011

Interview.  The Daily Bruin: Queerture Fashion Show to promote social activism, explore style from LGBT perspective.  Oct 2011

Feature. COSMOPOLATINA at La Cosmopolatina on-line magazine  August 2011