My People
All art and media is collaborative work.
Here is a short introduction to the people that I work with. Specific project info is on the project page.
Moe Bowstern
Moe Bownstern is funny and loyal has a story for everything.
She loves cats, and art, and learning, and takes so much joy in living.
We do zines and projects together, including the potluck distributed What’s Goin on, a project of the B3 Newsroom. We hang out every Monday for years now: Mondays with Moe.
Moe is a a writer and a community artist who create opportunities for people to engage in the crossroads of art, community and ceremony in order to provide support and resilience for the events of our lives. They are the publisher and editor of the zines “Goodnight People of Earth” and “Xtra Tuf” plus a lot of one off projects about cancer, the first 100 days of the trump presidency, clearing, the art around the movement for Black Lives, and much more. They are a bard and a storyteller in all forms. They host “Umbrellas in The Shitstorm” potlucks..
Icky A.
Icky has been a contributor and collaborator on so many projects. He’s an excellent sounding board, sharp with critique and praise. He recommends the best books and podcasts. He is a great band mate, DJ and friend.
Icky A. is Alec Dunn and grew up in Portland, OR. He is a nurse who works in critical care, street medicine, and harm reduction. He is an artist and illustrator and is a member of the Justseeds Artist Cooperative. He has always been supportive of my projects by making art that I can use as covers for audio zines, contributing writing and critique to projects, and working togetheron Bright Spark: A Podcast About Harm Reduction - not to mention the incredible amount of work he did on the IDHH podcast and book. He co-edits Signal: A Journal of International Political Graphics & Culture along with Josh MacPhee, and is currently designing This is a Message to Persons Unknown.
Jodi Darby
Jodi Darby and I have collaborated on so many kinds of media - mostly audio and video- with a range of topics that include humor, obsession, beauty, frustration, and struggle. She is a great person for impromptu gatherings and for Spanish Coffee. She walks in so many worlds. Her heart is open and her wit is sharp.
Jodi Darby is a media artist, activist and educator specializing in experimental video and photography. Her work reflects an interest in re-purposing history, mapping the changing North American landscape and finding beauty in that which has been discarded and abandoned.
Julie Perini
Julie Perini and I have made films together, and she’s contributed to my zines. We like diners, saunas, and The Ramones. She is curious, funny, thoughtful, engaged and up for anything.
Julie Perini makes experimental and documentary films/videos, as well as photographs, installations, events, and works of creative writing. She’s the recipient of numerous grants, awards, and residencies and has exhibited her work internationally. Julie is an Associate Professor of Art Practice at Portland State University. She is a back country guide with the arts/environmental organization Signal Fire. Originally from the East Coast, she now lives in Portland, Oregon among an inspiring community of artists, troublemakers, and consciousness-expanders.
Honna Veerkamp
Honna and I have collaborated on projects and then taken long breaks of just writing postcards and being friends. She has great perspectives on community and how to build it. She’s a daily painter. She loves her dog. I love her long and welcoming dining room table .
Honna uses documentary and experimental strategies to tell personal stories, celebrate creative resistance, and contribute to cultural conversations.
Rebecca Gilbert
Rebecca and I met outside the Arcata Greyhound bus station in 1990.
We have been roommates, radio geeks, audio zine collaborators, Pretend Troop Librairians,
and walking and talking friends ever since. She is my website coach
and helps me stay grounded when the big picture gets WAY too big.
She reminds me there are always new things to do and new people to meet.
Mic Crenshaw
My friendship with Mic Crenshaw was one of the many inspirations to do
the IDHH podcast, as he was a founding member of the Minneapolis Baldies,
and Anti Racist Action. Mic loves words and motorcycles. He’s a sharp organizer
and sly joker.; a force of nature and a community treasure. Proud to call him friend.
In 1992, Mic moved to Portland. He was the front man for Hungry Mob.
He’s a Portland Poetry Slam champion. He’s got a gazillion recording projects,
including Last Of A Dying Breed, Audio Assault, and his solo work.
He’s a mentor and a teacher both casually and
professionally - Global Fam, Education Without
Borders, Hip Hop Congress, the Afrikan Hip Hop Caravan.
Always more getting added to the list
Celina Flores
Celina and I started working together when she joined the IDHH dream team to help organize interviews and do them, as well as research, providing photos, and as one of the narrators. She is hilarious and kind. We go to protests and speeches and movies.
Celina is a photographer (she took this photo) and visual artist and works dismantling white supremacy. Celina hopes to continue this work: collaborating with a team to create media that educates in an engaging manner, while shining a light on the racist history of the United States in hopes of one day achieving a reckoning for the injustices of the powerful against those they continue to oppress.