DESIblitz, a South Asian British magazine based in Great Britain, interviewed me and we discussed my works as a filmmaker, performance artist, and poet.

Here is an incredible video created by Super Sisters UK, an organization based in Great Britain that advocates on behalf of British Minority Ethnic women and British Muslim women. I am so grateful and humbled for their support. I feel that the video did a great job introducing my works to a bigger audience. 

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My poetry film, Deaf Brown Gurl, will be screened at Scottish Writers' Center in Glasgow, Scotland on April 25th, 2017 for a night of poetry film screenings. I am grateful to L.A (Lesley) Traynor of Scottish Writers' Center, who is also the founder of Women Poets with Fierce Words, for reaching out to me and to bring more awareness of my works for people in the beautiful city of Glasgow. The event will be interactive with GR codes for the audience to access my channel (along with other poet filmmakers' channels). If you live there, you can attend the event for free. 

7-9pm (evening) on April 25, 2017 (Tuesday night)
Centre for Contemporary Arts
350 Sauchiehall St 
Glasgow G2 3JD
Scotland, UK
(event link)

I am proud to be involved with a new exhibition called "Justice Can't Wait: Deaf People of Color Seeking Change Through the Arts" at California State University-Northridge. It is the first of its kind in the USA--a multimedia arts exhibition that specially highlights works created by deaf people of color.

My video, Deaf Brown Gurl, was selected to be screened as part of the exhibition. The exhibition opens on October 23, 2016 and will run through for 2 weeks up to November 2, 2016.

There will be an opening reception on October 23, along with various workshops offered on campus through-out two weeks. You can check for schedule and venue information here.

OPENING DATE:
Sunday, October 23
1:00 to 5:00pm
West Gallery @ CSUN
18111 Nordhoff St
Northridge, CA, 91330

If you live in Los Angeles, you should definitely go to CSUN and see this exhibition.

Patna Beats, an Indian website devoted to the state of Bihar, has interviewed me. I discuss my Bihari roots, talk a bit about my projects, and I give some advice to Bihari youth.

I will be hosting "The Age of Glam" with Loren D. at Attitudes Nightclub. It's a benefit fundraiser for the St. Louis Fringe Festival. 100% of ticket sales and donations will go to the Fringe and will help keep the festival running this summer. Loren D. and I will host using both voice and ASL.

"The Age of Glam" (FB event)
May 21, 2016 (Saturday) // Doors open at 7pm
Attitudes Nightclub
4100 Manchester Ave
St. Louis, MO 63110

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We will ROCK you! Y'all bitches better be there!

And here is a video of me giving my acceptance speech. For Deaf viewers, please go to the video link to read a transcript of the introduction statement by Deborah J. Patterson, former head of Monsanto Fund.

I was invited by Deaf West and HowlRound to participate in Deaf Theatre Week and I was asked to share my perspective as a Deaf Playwright.

I wrote a blog post called "Deaf Playwriting: A New Art Form." I suggest that we need to think of deaf playwriting (or deaf theatre) as a new art form.

You can read it here.

Big thanks to DJ Kurs and Ramona for inviting me! ​

I was asked to create and develop three workshops for students at New Mexico School for the Deaf in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They are learning to write poetry over a course of months. Since I am known to be an ASL poet and performance artist, the school asked me to be involved for the Final Day on March 25.

I created a few videos along with a detailed workshop curriculum for the students. My curriculum focused on the elements of performance and using those to analyze and perform poetry.

The workshops were a huge hit and the students greatly enjoyed them! Big thanks to Shira G. for inviting me to participate.