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"It is the workshop process that creates the integrity of the community's event. The workshop becomes the 'sacred space' where the community gathers to celebrate itself."
Michelle Berne
Director

• December 2003: Suho Memorial Paper Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan

• Spring 2003: Venice High School, AIR, Grantee, Los Angeles Dept. of Cultural Affairs

• 1997-Present: 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica

• February-May 2000: Artists and Communities Millennium Artist for the State of Montana; Billings, Montana

• July-August 1999: Asian American Pacific Performance Exchange (APPEX)

APPEX Residency, UCLA 1999

• May-June 1999: Massalia Theatre de Marrionnette, Marseille, France

Wheelchair Puppets rig developed for the Specially Abeled

• 1999: Santa Monica Schools, Santa Monica:

Edison Elementary School - 4th & 5th Grade
Franklin Elementary - 5th Grade
Will Rogers Elementary - 4th Grade
Roosevelt Elementary - 5th Grade (2 classes)

• 1998: Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, La Canada

• 1998: Santa Monica Schools, Santa Monica

Edison Elementary School - 4th & 5th Grade
Grant Elementary - 5th Grade
Grant Elementary - CREST Program
Will Rogers Elementary - 4th Grade
Roosevelt Elementary - 5th Grade (2 classes)

• 1996: The HeArt Project, Angeleus Plaza Continuation High School

• 1996: The Disney Institute, Orlando, Florida

• 1995-1997: FirstNight Community Workshops, Hermosa Beach

• 1993: Los Angeles International Festival of Masks

Tierra del Sol School for the Specially Abled, Pasadena
LA County High School for the Arts, Los Angeles
Hancock Park Elementary School, Los Angeles
John Burroughs Mibble School, Los Angeles

• 1993: Summer Solstice Celebration, Santa Barbara

• 1993 Illuminaries Festival, Vancouver, B.C.

Grant Elementary School, Santa Monica Festival

• 1992: Los Angeles International Festival of Masks, Los Angeles

LA County High School for the Arts, Los Angeles
Hancock Park Elementary School, Los Angeles
Edison Elementary School, Santa Monica

Growth Thru Art Workshop, Billings, MT