Announcing When The House Burns Down, a photography exhibition to be featured at Gallery 123 at George Mason University.

When The House Burns Down
Feb. 6 - Mar. 6, 2012
Gallery Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-8pm

Reception:
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 6:00-7:30pm

Gallery 123, Johnson Center
George Mason University
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, Va. 22030

Convenient hourly parking available in the Mason Pond Parking Deck.

The Fat Lady Sings will now be featured at The Gallery at Convergence in Alexandria, Va. Dress sculptures, photography, and video will be on display for a two month solo exhibition.

The Fat Lady Sings
Aug. 1 - Sep. 30, 2011
Gallery Hours: Wed.-Sat., 11am-6pm

Closing Reception:
Friday, September 23, 2011, 7-9pm

The Gallery at Convergence
1801 N. Quaker Lane
Alexandria, Va. 22302

Free parking in lot and on street.

MFA Thesis show is officially open! The Fat Lady Sings features dress sculptures, photography, and video, and there will be an interactive performance at the opening reception.

The Fat Lady Sings
April 18-29, 2011
Gallery Hours: 9am-9pm

Opening Reception/Live Performance:
Thursday, April 21, 2011, 6-9pm

School of Art, Main Gallery, 1st Floor
Art & Design Building
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030

Download George Mason University's Fairfax campus map.

The closest parking garage is Sandy Creek Parking Deck. See map for location of the parking deck and click here for further directions.

My Daughter of Jephthah series (2009) made the front and back cover of the feminist literary journal So To Speak, Spring 2011 issue. Three inside plates also include the Concubine series (2009) and Ball Gown (2010). Journal copies are now available on the website.

So To Speak: a feminist journal of language and art

I will be performing in one of my new sculptural dresses to live marimba music at an art gala event in December. Also featuring performances by The 7 Sopranos and artist Eve Hennessa.

Divas and Bards Enchanted Evening
December 4, 2010, 7-9:30pm
Deborah's Dress Performance: 8-8:45pm

Convergence Gallery
1801 N. Quaker Lane
Alexandria, VA, 22302

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I'm off to West Africa for the month of January. Thanks to the VMFA fellowship I received this year, I will be shooting video and and photography projects in various cities and villages, and studying dance practices throughout the region. My focus will be on the everyday lives of local women, particularly their methods of adornment.

"Grocery Bag Gown" and "Vacuum Bag Party Dress" are now on display at the Adam Lister Gallery, a new art gallery and theaterspace in downtown Fairfax. The show "Grand Opening" will be up through the beginning of December.

Opening: Oct. 23rd, 7-10pm
Adam Lister Gallery
3955 Chain Bridge Rd.
Fairfax, VA 22030
Free Parking
(located across from Panera)

My first solo show opened Aug. 28th at the Point in Space Gallery in Fairfax! Most of my artwork from the last two years is up for viewing...over 40 works, including photography, sculpture, video, and an interactive installation. The show is open every Friday night through September, and by appointment.

Opening: Aug. 28th, 6-10pm
Fridays, 6pm-10pm
Point in Space Gallery
3940 University Drive
Fairfax, VA
Free Parking

"Gradations" show will be in the Point in Space Gallery in downtown Fairfax. The "." gallery is a student run and organized, and will be exhibiting work from 10 George Mason graduate students. My "Concubine" and "Daughter of Jephthah" series will be on display. Opening reception includes live music from Deborah's classic rock band The Seakers, food, poetry readings, and more!

Opening: May 29th, 6-9pm
Point in Space Gallery
3940 University Drive
Fairfax, VA
Free Parking

Rahab Series has been selected and is now on display in the "Reve(a)ling Feminist Art" annual juried exhibition at George Mason University.

Gallery 123, Johnson Center, GMU: March 2-13, 2009
Opening Reception: Wed. March 4, 3:30pm

I will be conducting a musical workshop during the 24-hour Arts Marathon at George Mason University from Feb 20-21, 2009.

"Build-A-Song Workshop"
Feb. 21st, Sat 12am-1am
FAB Alcove Gallery

"Using various instruments provided by the workshop (kazoos, maracas, trash cans), participants will work together to create a musical piece. Group improvisation will coalesce into an explosion of sound, which will be recorded and posted online for the participants. Get your song on."

I was one of 6 graduate students in VA to receive a $6,000 fellowship from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. I head down on February 20th to Richmond to meet my senator and participate in a ceremony.

http://www.vmfa.museum/fellowships_2009.html

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I will be performing the part of a shy older woman, "The Flood," in the legendary "Vagina Monologues."

February 6 and 7, 2009
Harris Theatre
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

Info: http://events.vday.org/2009/College/George_Mason_University_(TVM)

My photograph ("After war, use Ivory Soap...it leaves a freshness and cleanliness that can't be matched") exhibited in a group show:

The Conscience of A Nation 2008: Sid Chafetz Leads the Way

October 27 to November 7
Reception: October 28, 4:30 – 6pm
Gallery 123 George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

"Artists are struggling with the point and counterpoint political compass in our nation’s capital at a time when the rest of the world looks at the immediate dangers posed by drug trafficking, missing family members, natural disasters of extraordinary proportions, political corruption, extortion and imposed cultural and social changes. As a way of delivering personal responses and insights about the conscience of our capital right before the November election, the will exhibit their visual commentaries about our community, particularly investigating the psyche of survival instincts and emergency situations that grow from political divisions and consequences."

Two of my photographs from "For Theirs is the Kingdom" will be on display at an annual arts celebration.

Arts by George!

Saturday, September 27, 2008, 5:00 P.M.
Center for the Arts
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

"Celebrating the arts at Mason to benefit student scholarships and the Great Performances at Mason season. Proceeds from the evening’s event supports student scholarships in Art and Visual Technology, Dance, Music, Theater, Arts Management, and Film and Video Studies, and the Center for the Arts Great Performances at Mason Season."