Teaching

Teaching Philosophy – Operative Assumptions

By pairing a strong critical analysis based in theory and research with visual culture I hope to create an emergent, experimental pedagogical art practice that remains relevant to the everyday life of folks critically engaged with the world. Both traditional pedagogical and contemporary art practices are almost always embedded within a hierarchical, capitalist, oppressive framework. When productive, I engage in these modalities, operating in the many fissures and gaps of the seemingly ubiquitous, normative systems of domination. My true interests, however, lie in finding ways to agitate, share ideas and communicate that abandons these old oppressive structures in hopes of working towards new modalities of thinking and functioning in the world.

Workshops

  • “Reviving Our Archives – Putting Memory into Action,” Maine Youth Activist Gathering, Turner ME, April 2009; PRYSM Youth Group, Portland ME, 14 July 2009.
  • “Warning: Gay Marriage Movements Can Be Deadly,” National Conference on Organized Resistance, American University, Washington D.C., 9 March 2008.

Lectures / Presentations

  • “Cruising the Cartography,” Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 15-16 April, 2010.
  • “Against Equality in Maine and Everywhere,” Bates College, Lewiston ME, 16 March  2010.
  • “GLBTQ Youth Safety Training,” Auburn Public School, Auburn ME, April 2009.
  • “Silence (still) = Death,” Dooryard Gallery, Portland ME, 1 December 2008; Bates College, Lewiston ME, 3 December 2008.
  • “Intersecting Oppression through a Queer Lens,” Thrive Conference, Lewiston ME, 2007; Dirigo High School Diversity Day, Dixfield ME, 2007, 2008.

Panel Participation

  • Moderator, “Community Forum with the Governor’s Commission on LGBT Youth,” Lewiston Public Library, Lewiston, ME, 7 October 2009.
  • Panelist, “Future of the Past: Reviving the Queer Archives Inter-generational Panel Discussion,” Maine College of Art, Portland, ME, 18 June 2009.
  • Panelist, “Strategizing Queer Insurgency!: re-centering marginalized queer issues,” Montreal Anarchist Bookfair, Montreal, QC, 17 May 2009.
  • Panelist, Maine CDC LGBTQ Health Summit, Youth: Violence, Suicide and Other Disparities, Augusta, ME, May 2008.

Interviews