Film Curator | Public Media Worker

I am an independent film curator and public media worker based in San Francisco with over 15 years experience in film, video and performance production and programming. Trained as an art historian, I earned a BA and MA from SFSU before joining San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) in 2008 as the lead producer for live performances working with internationally recognized artists, filmmakers and musicians such as Sam Green, Miranda July, Rashaad Newsome, Jacolby Satterwaite, Yo La Tengo, Morton Subotnik, Charles Atlas, Mika Tajima/NEW HUMANS, Adam Pendleton, Deerhoof, Luna, Ann Magnuson and Naomi Rincón-Gallardo. From 2018 - 2021 I was the film curator for SFMOMA spearheading year round film programming and partnerships.

I have organized numerous film programs for SFMOMA, Roxie Theater, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Alamo Drafthouse, Castro Theater, Northwest Film Forum, Hunters Point Shipyard, Design Within Reach, California College of the Arts and San Francisco Cinematheque.

I have been the assistant director for several Bay Area films including All Animals (dirs: Robert Arnold and Cynthia Mitchell, 2009) featuring Sonny Smith.

As a filmmaker my work has been shown at CROSSROADS Festival of Experimental Film, Antimatter Festival, Artist Television Access and Public Records NYC.

IN PRODUCTION:

My short film what will you dream of tonight, a16mm B&W split screen fantasy ode to gothic silent cinema is currently in post-production.

ONE STORY AT A TIME, directed by Jim Granato, an Oakland-based award winning filmmaker and cinematographer. Producer, Gina Basso.

RECENT PRESS:

KQED interview, “Experimental Animations Relocate from YBCA to Shapeshifters Cinema”

KQED, “Why I’m Declaring 2024 the Year of Film”

Variable West staff pick!

SF Chronicle by Tony Bravo

Squarecylinder by Jaimie Baron

SF Chronicle profile, “After SFMOMA cut film programs, former leader found her footing without leaving the city”

Creative practice: I use video to explore transitional or altered states of being. I combine found and original footage to harness the energy of poetic montage and draw on a rich tradition of experimentation with various forms, materials, and processes including handmade animation and sound collage.

My work has screened at: San Francisco’s Cinematheque’s Crossroads Festival, Artist Television Access, Roxie Theater, HAXAN Film Festival, Antimatter Experimental Film Festival, and online via publicrecords.nyc.

Samples of my videos + trailers can be viewed HERE

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