After twenty years as a theater director and stage designer. I enrolled in SRJC in the Art department, and then continued to Sonoma State University for a BA in art history, and an Interdisciplinary Masters. As an art historian, I found that very little information is available about the cultural histories and artforms of American non-white ethnicities. These structures cut across race, class and gender, and still influence cultural beliefs. I am interested in experiencing views from cultural margins.
Women writers in the Middle East, Africa, post-Maoist China and Southeastern Asia.
Animal intelligence especially in primates. The Beat generation and the 1960's. Painting and printmaking. Film and media. Computer generated art and design.