Press (article titles may be truncated):
- Art and Architecture of Cemeteries, by Jasmine Leyva for the San Jose Mercury News. Print, Oct 14, 2015.
- Coming Together, Letting Go, by Jennie Tezak for the Monterey Herald. Print, June 5, 2015.
- Pillars of the Community, (video) by David Royal for the Monterey Herald. Online, May 16, 2015
- Burning Love, by David Royal for the Monterey Herald. Online, May 16, 2015.
- Good Grief, by Walter Ryce for the Monterey Herald. Print, May 14, 2015.
- Capstone Bonfire, by Jennie Tezak for Go Magazine. Print, May 13, 2015
- Experts and Insights, by Janet Zipser Zipkin for the Sierra Sun. Print, July 6, 2010
- Possibilities for Donner Summit, by David Bunker for the Tahoe Daily Tribune. Print, Sept 23, 2004
Presentations and Publications:
- Featured Speaker, Art Twistory (3 lectures), Louden Nelson Center, Santa Cruz, CA, Spring 2017
- Featured Speaker, Art Twistory (3 lectures), Louden Nelson Center, Santa Cruz, CA, Fall 2016
- Guest Speaker, Major Pro Seminar, California State University, Seaside, CA, 2015
- Featured Speaker, Dia de los Muertos, Michael Angelo Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, 2015.
- Featured Speaker, History Happy Hour, Campbell Historical Society, Campbell, CA, 2015.
- Guest Lecturer, Major Pro Seminar, California State University, Seaside, CA, 2014.
- Featured Speaker, Experts and Insights (public lecture series), Sierra College, Truckee, CA, 2010.
- Featured Speaker, Westland House Hospice, Monterey, CA, 2009.
- Conference Presenter, 12th Annual Conference on Holidays, Ritual, Festival, Celebration, & Public Display, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, 2008.
- Featured Speaker, The Burning Pub, London, England, 2007.
- Conference Presenter, 5th Global Conference, Making Sense Of: Dying and Death. Oxford University, Oxford, England, 2007. Paper Published, The Temples at Burning Man.
Installations, Exhibitions, and Public Art Projects:
- Decor team lead, Art Grant Committee member, unSCruz, Santa Cruz County, CA May 2018
- Designer, Lead Artist, The Book of Love (Lessons from Loved Ones), PVAC, Watsonville, CA, Fall 2017
- Design and fabrication, Everybody Leaves, Mpyre, Monterey, CA, June 2017
- Design and fabrication, Everybody Leaves, UnSCruz, Freedom, CA May 2017
- Public Art Activity. "Epitaphs" at 3rd Friday: BODIES, Santa Cruz MAH, Santa Cruz, CA 2016.
- Featured Designer/Artist. ”Merry Widows” at Michael Angelo Gallery for Dia de los Muertos, Santa Cruz, CA, 2015
- Public Art Installation, Event Planning. “Memory Lane” at MPYRE Strikes Back, Monterey, CA, 2015.
- Public Art Installation, Event Planning, Outreach, “Pillars of the Community” at IGNITE Capstone Festival, Seaside, CA, 2015.
- Public Art Workshop. “Pillars of the Community” at Michael Angelo Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, 2015.
- Public Art Activity. “Pillars of the Community” at Oasis Bay Festival, Seaside, CA, 2015.
- Public Art Workshop, Event Planning. “Pillars of the Community” at National Steinbeck Center, Salinas, CA, 2015.
- Public Art Activity. “Pillars of the Community” at SURGE Art Fair, Seaside, CA, 2015.
- Public Art Workshop, Event Planning. “Pillars of the Community” at Blank Canvas, Aptos, CA, 2015.
- Public Art Activity. “Blue Friends” at 3rd Friday: BLUE, Santa Cruz MAH, Santa Cruz, CA, 2015.
- Public Art Installation (Invitational). “Blue Jeans and Blue Collars” at Dia de los Muertos, Evergreen Cemetery (Santa Cruz MAH), Santa Cruz, CA, 2014.
- Interactive Public Performance. “Severing Ties” at Site Specific Festival, Seaside, CA, 2014.
- Commissioned Public Art Installation (Competitive award). “Eating Light, 3rd Course” at the Otter Express, Seaside, CA, 2014-Present.
- Group Exhibition (Juried). “Eating Light, 2nd Course” in Starving Artists, Balfour-Brutzman Gallery, Seaside, CA, 2014.
- Group Exhibition (Juried). “Clique Here” in DisConnected, Balfour-Brutzman Gallery, Seaside, CA, 2013.
- Public Art Installation. “Clique Here” at Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV, 2013.
- Group Exhibition, (Juried). “Rose Plate” in What’s your nature, Balfour-Brutzman Gallery, Seaside, CA, 2013.
- Group Exhibition (Invitational). “Eating Light, 2nd Course” in ReModified, Hartnell College Gallery, 2012.
- Group Exhibition (Invitational). “Eating Light” in Modified, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA, 2011.
- Featured Workshop (Invitational). “Sugar Skulls” for Dia de los Muertos, Westland House, Monterey, CA, 2009.
- Spoken Performance. “I Was There in the Room” in The Vagina Monologues, CalNeva Resort, Incline Village, NV, 2007.
- Set and Properties Design. Various pieces for The Truckee Follies, Truckee, CA, 2007.
- Public Art Collaboration with Valerie Surjan (Invitational). “The Monarchy” in Lions on Safari, throughout Sacramento, CA, 2004.