Aided in the production of the world's first Solar Mural artworks

Aided in the production of one of the world's first Solar Mural artworks

Building on the excitement of having produced La Monarca: The World's First Solar Mural Installation, I am helping generate more 'monarcas' to swarm this city and other locations on the Monarch migration route, as well as stir interest in other Land Art Generators--public art that produces clean energy.

Conceived and coordinated LHI Art-Sci symposia, artist-in-residency opportunities, land art commissions, planning for further future artist-scientist collaborations. Serve as special projects coordinator (attracting film location scouts to property; organizational development programs to Land Heritage Institute, e.g., Mid-America Arts Alliance's H.E.L.P. program for small museums and the M.A.P. program of the American Alliance of Museums; etc.) and as development advisor.

Served on charter Executive Committee since incorporation of LHI as a nonprofit dedicated to maintaining, developing and interpreting 1200 acres of open space as a living land museum preserving archeological, cultural, educational, environmental, and recreational resources for residents of--and visitors to--south Texas.

2017 - #queergrito ~ esperanza 3.0, an exhibition of cultural output by lgbtqia+ artists/cultural workers in response to current socio-political crises; part of Esperanza's 30th Anniversary celebration2012 - "¡Queers, Presente! 25 años~25 artists," an exhibition celebrating 25 years of queer arts2007 - "Que Queer San Antonio" Exhibit surveying “his”tories and “her”itages of San Antonio lesbian, gay, bisexual, Two-Spirit, transgender and queer communities. 1995 - "Re-Defining Lesbians:Power/Transition," a national visual arts exhibit held in conjunction with the Women’s Caucus of the College Art Association Conference1994 - "Who We Art," co-curated this exhibition of art by local LGBT community

The Regional Parks Coordinating Council (RPCC) was established to provide a forum for organizations involved in collaborating on the implementation of the San Antonio River Basin Plan for Nature-Based Park Resources. The RPPC also provides a forum for the coordination of individual or collaborative efforts to improve public park and outdoor recreation opportunities that promote wellness, natural and cultural resource conservation, and ecotourism. Representative for the South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce.

Represented "the Public" on the River Authority's Environmental Advisory Committee which also served as the Texas Clean Rivers Program Steering Committee.

Representive for the South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and Lavaca Neighborhood Association

Represented Chamber on boards of key area organizations (e.g., Land Heritage Instiute, San Antonio River Authoity committees, Mission Trail Oversight committee), attended monthly Chamber board meetings, kept abreast of issues relevant to San Antonio's south side

• Initiator/coordinator, SPARTS program linking youth population of Victoria Courts community (public housing project) to projects of area artists through support from the Texas Commission on the Arts and San Antonio Fighting Back of the United Way.• Occasional newsletter editor for this community development corporation encompassing the King William Historic District; Lavaca, San Antonio's oldest existing neighborhood; Baja King William; Blue Star Arts Complex;Victoria Community

East Theo Street Project: A Neighborhood With A Mission, concept & coordination of an arts-in-community project in the Mission Concepción community of San Antonio commissioning collaborations between artists, arts organizations and residents culminating in intergenerational front yard installations informed by anecdotal oral histories, vernacular architecture and remembered rituals sponsored by Mexico North Research Network, the San Antonio Missions National Historic Park and Los Campadres de San Antonio Missions and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs. Artist Selection Committees & Selected Artists: Art Lies/Angali Gupta: Jacqueline Arnett (2005) Art Pace/Kate Greene: Rhonda Kuhlman, Regis Shephard (2004) Blue Star Art Center/Bernice Appelin-Williams: Andy Benavides & Anastacia Uriegas, Ben Mata (2003) The Bower/Johanna Fauerso: Seth Camm, Chuck Ramirez (2004) Esperanza Center/Gloria Ramirez: Michael Marînez, Deborah Vasquez (2003) The P.E.A.C.E. Initiative/Patricia Castillo: David Zamora Casas (2005) Sala Diaz/Hills Snyder: Rae Cuthbert, Ethel Shipton (2003) San Anto Cultural Arts/Manuel Diosdado Castillo, Jr.: Cruz Ortiz & Ruth Buentello; Juan Ramos & Joanna Armijo Zamarron (2004) RC Gallery/Rhonda Kuhlman: Peter Zubiate (2005) Urban-15/Catherine Cisneros: George & Antonio Cisneros (2005)

With a four year operational grant from City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs, conceived and developed programs with local artists for final year of Burnet Elementary School, feeder school for the second oldest public housing project in the country scheduled for 1998 demolition; culminated with a Play Day in collaboration with Jump-Start Performance Co., San Antonio Children’s Museum, Southwest School of Art & Craft. 1999-00: Developed website and quarterly newsletter for the Mainstreet Alliance of San Antonio (Southtown); 2000-02: Placed choreographer-in-residence at Herff Elementary School (formerly Burnet); serve on Herff’s Instructional Leadership Team as community representative; supervise summer arts camp, Art Smart at Blue Star Art Space; active participant in formation of the Cultural Alliance of San Antonio and the San Antonio Arts in Education Task Force; authored Neighborhood Heritage Initiative grant for commission of Carlos Cortes bus-shelter on Presa; 2001-02: Conjunto Heritage Taller: Helped develop neighborhood school for traditional acoustic conjunto music.

• Served as active community liaison with City of San Antonio and San Antonio Housing Authority regarding redevelopment of Victoria Courts site• Published bi-monthly newsletter; negotiated with King William Association to jointly publish and mail• Coined terms EsPresa or SoPresa for promotion of S. Presa Street commercial corridor• Ushered community through development of the Lavaca Neighborhood Plan• Further development of the Presa Street Pocket Park/Public Art project including completion of City of San Antonio Neighborhood Improvement Challenge Grant project• Lobbying and application for national and local historic districting• City of San Antonio Neighborhood Conservation District designation

In performance works by artists including Anne Bogart, Ping Chong, Ain Gordon, Susan Landau-Finch, Ruth Margraff, Tim Miller, Stephen Petronio and the Talent Family (David & Amy Sedaris) at venues including the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival, Creative Time's Art on the Beach, Dance Theatre Workshop, the Danspace Project and Poetry Project Performance Series at St. Mark's Church, The Dance Place (Washington, DC), the Empire Theatre and the McNay Art Museum (San Antonio, TX), P.S. 1, Performance Space 122, Real Art Ways (Hartford, CT), Salvage Vanguard Theatre (Austin, TX), San Pedro Playhouse Basement Theatre (San Antonio, TX), Spirit Square (Charlotte, NC), Spoleto/USA (Charleston, SC) and National Public Radio’s “This American Life.”