Dedicated to the arts and social change, my career path has led me to a wide variety of roles. I bring my expertise in visual and performing arts to work that increases arts access and transforms everyday spaces through arts interventions.
A selection of some of my work:
A physical theater, magic and object manipulation performance for all audiences, from 6 months on. Adaptable for theater, school, library and community center shows. Click on the image for more info
Mon Carton/My Cardboard Box
I am a teaching artist with the Brooklyn Museum for NYC Health + Hospitals innovative HHArt of Medicine program. I co-teach art observation and art-making sessions for a large variety of H+H staff at hospitals all over NYC. Click on the image to watch a video about Arts in Medicine.
HHArt of Medicine: Brooklyn Museum and NYC Health + Hospitals Arts in Medicine
With Coline Irwin, I co-founded the French non-profit Association Peekaboo! which creates installations and creative workshops for groups of kids and adults together, as well as leading trainings in creativity, wordless books and early childhood education for professionals. We’ve partnered with Centre Pompidou, MAMbo, Centre National des Arts Plastiques - CNAP, CDA - Enghiens-les-Bains and numerous other art centers and libraries.
Association Peekaboo
To combat the current epidemic of loneliness and isolation (Surgeon General’s 2023 Health Advisory) I am launching the Museum of Play - MoPlay in NYC. Designed from its conception to be accessible to people of all abilities it is currently a series of pop-up initiatives with installations and workshops that elicit wonder and invite experimentation and play.
It is an ambitious long-term project that will grow into a central space with installations, experimental playground design, workshops, residencies, playful books, performances and access to the innovative research showing how the arts and play impact our health and well-being.
I intend to create intergenerational actions where young adults, children, and seniors feel welcomed and can reconnect with their own creativity and a festive side of life. The arts and play give our lives meaning. They are what make us thrive. Are you a local organization that would like to partner on a pop-up event or someone interested in collaborating? Please contact me!
Museum of Play - MOPlay
I’ve worked as an actor-clown in healthcare contexts for over 10 years, first with Le Rire Médecin and now with Laughter League. This work is all improvisation based. We perform in duos, using our characters, their comedic relationship, physical comedy, magic, music and more to create custom-tailored micro-performances for hospitalized children and seniors in memory care centers.
Le Rire Médecin/Laughter League
A two-year residency in the Parisian Suburb of Champigny-sur-Marne, in partnership with the Théâtre Gerard Philippe, Inclownito was a public performance project where comedic characters engaged audiences at the market, high school, political and community events, the swimming pool, art museum, library and more. A mix of scripted and improvised performance, the antics of these characters and the audiences turned performers were documented by graphic artist Renaud Pennelle in a graphic novel