March 9th, 2016 – Collaborative Combative Drawing at Sports Basement in San Francisco with Glen Helfand’s P.E. (Physical Exhibitions) class at the California College of the Arts It was SUCH FUN!!! I loved learning self defense for one, but the act of pushing each other while also collaborating was awesome. I loved every piece that came out of this … More With the Physical Exhibitions class at Sports Basement, San Francisco

June 11th, 2015 – Presenting at Cestemer15 conference: Cultivating Ensembles in STEM Education and Research, hosted by the Trust Center at UC Berkeley. Conference Theme for 2015: Doing Science, Seeing Science, Being Science – created and organized by improvescience. Program themes: Inclusion: How do we create inclusive, diverse, open and collaborative communities of STEM practitioners? … More Presenting at Cestemer15: Cultivating Ensembles in STEM Education and Research, Berkeley

June 13th, 2015 – Collaborative Combative Drawing was part of the X Games at Root Division (gallery) in San Francisco. “Root Division invites you– artists, curators, writers, preparators, and arts enthusiasts– to join us for an evening of riveting, never-before-seen art world stunts! Each pulse-racing game pits artists, curators and preparators against unfathomable odds– and … More Extreme Games at Root Division, San Francisco

March 9th, 2015 – This workshop happened at Sports Basement in San Francisco with Glen Helfand’s undergraduate California College of the Arts’ P.E. (Physical Exhibitions) class. Read the testimonials below. Testimonials The combative drawing activity is something that everyone should experience. It is interesting how we can relieve our stress not from anger but from … More With the Physical Exhibitions class at Sports Basement, San Francisco

March 12th, 2014 – This workshop happened at Sports Basement in San Francisco with Glen Helfand’s Physical Exhibitions Class at the California College of the Arts.

January 18th, 2014 – This public event happened as part of a on month residency at Alter Space in San Francisco. Olivia Mole vs. Niki Shelley vs.Maya De Paula Hanika in their creation of “Bambi vs. Eagle vs. Bees” Raphael Noz vs.  Jena Sapinosa vs.Liesa Lietzke in their creation of “Crow vs. Raccoon vs. Chicken” *Watch the video* … More Three People on one piece of paper at Alter Space, San Francisco

March 17th, 2013 – I drew feathers because Christina was talking about birds. She does AMAZING bird drawings… nothing like these feathers. We were also talking about our kids, so she drew rainbows. This was part of the ONE HOUR COLLABORATIVE COMBATIVE COFFEE (or tea) SESSION Project in which I invited other artists to ‘work out’ ideas … More Feathers vs. Rainbows with Christina Empedocles

March 16th, 2013 – This was part of the ONE HOUR COLLABORATIVE COMBATIVE COFFEE (or tea) SESSION Project in which I invited other artists to ‘work out’ ideas or problems we may both share in our practices. We discuss our work and the challenges we face in our practice, ranging from time, space, material or … More With the Strategy Planning Group, Oakland

March 2nd, 2013 – Raphael Noz had the pen in his hand. He was trying to draw a table (horizontally) and I was trying to draw chair (vertically) by controlling his hand. This was part of the ONE HOUR COLLABORATIVE COMBATIVE COFFEE (or tea) SESSION Project in which I invited other artists to ‘work out’ … More Table vs. Chair with Raphael Noz, Oakland