I am an artist, entrepreneur and the CEO of Listings Project. I create communities of collective self-care.
I am an artist,
entrepreneur
and CEO of Listings Project,
a free weekly compilation of vetted real estate listings and other opportunities geared towards artists and creatives that is rooted in collective self-care and community building.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been creating community. With over three decades of experience community building, the largest community I have created to date is Listings Project, a community offering free, carefully vetted real estate, job, and services offered listings weekly.
Listings Project is staffed by a small and dedicated team who communicate with each individual lister. Since our founding 20 years ago, we have connected thousands of people with apartments, roommates, art studios, jobs and opportunities: we now have over a million people visiting our site annually from 200 countries and 43 states. Listings Project believes that all people should have equitable access to job and housing opportunities.
As a social practice artist, I create with a community as opposed to an audience. I have also served in a wide variety of educator roles at museums, public art institutions, and schools and universities.
Listings Project
Listings Project is a community offering free, carefully vetted real estate, job, and services offered listings weekly.
Listings Project is an independent woman-owned company staffed by a small team who believe in creating opportunities for all people to have equitable access to job and housing opportunities. Since we were founded over 20 years ago, we have connected thousands of people with apartments, roommates, art studios, jobs, and opportunities.
Listings Project was born when I sent an email to friends asking for housing leads in 2003. It worked so well that I kept assembling listings week by week for others who also wanted to share spaces. Over time, I realized that the service was both a business and a social practice art project.
Speaking + Consulting
I am frequently called upon to present on my work at museums (Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA), universities (Columbia University, Parsons School of Design, Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design) and conferences (Arts in Education International Convening at Harvard University, Inbox Awesome in New York City). Full list of past speaking engagements.
I also accept a limited number of consulting engagements with creative startups and artists with entrepreneurial ideas where I combine business coaching with intuitive guidance. Please feel free to reach out – I’d love to connect.
Art
As an artist, I started as a photographer and subsequently pivoted to social practice art, in which the artist creates with a community as opposed to for an audience. Instead of using paint and canvas or a chisel and stone, social practice artists use social systems, situations and public space as their materials.
Some of my favorite projects: A slumber party for artists at the Queens Museum of Art. A publication, resembling a supermarket circular and distributed by small businesses, that consisted of recipes and stories about food contributed by new immigrants. Dancing, for six hours, throughout the Sol LeWitt murals at MASS MoCA, shifting the experience of visitors (even those who didn’t join in the dance).
5Rhythms
I believe that everyone should have a grounding practice, whether it’s meditating or playing basketball or walking around the neighborhood. I found mine when I discovered 5Rhythms, a practice created by the dancer/musician Gabrielle Roth in which participants gather in a supportive community, moving instinctively to music, guided by a certified teacher. I like to describe it as a combination between group meditation and dancing with the ecstatic abandon of someone who is absolutely certain they are all alone.
I have found 5Rhythms to be centering, elevating and so essential to the fabric of my life that I became certified as a 5Rhythms teacher and co-founded Hudson Valley 5Rhythms. I teach weekly 5Rhythms classes in the Hudson Valley, NY and work one on one with clients incorporating intuition, guidance and movement.
