"The picture I make is never exactly the one I started out to make, but that is of no importance. I am very flexible on the set. The script provides the starting point, as well as offering security. After the first weeks, the picture takes on a life of its own. The film grows as you are making it, like relationships with a person."

~ Federico Fellini, filmmaker

Your Project

innovation in planning and design

Creative Consultation I collaborate with individuals and organizations--artists, actors, architects, educators, therapists, social service agencies, designers, writers, nurses, entrepreneurs -- to add creative depth and spark to the project at hand. We design a series of dynamic actions and investigate the results of the experiment(s). This process is efficient, exciting and grounded.

Consulting can take the form of an individual session (1.5 hour minimum), a retreat, a presentation, or a performance project. Fee is project-specific.

Direction and Collaboration

Monologues, dance/theatre works, poetry, multi-media performances. (Vita lists directing projects and artists.)

"Susan is a visionary with an uncanny ability to visualize the movement of emotion. She added such lucidity and nuance to my work, audiences were spellbound. For a poet, it was nirvana."
~ Leanne Grabel, writer

Teaching Residencies

Susan is a teacher with the Wordstock / writers in schools program. This program is affiliated with the Right Brain Initiative, a regional arts education program committed to integrating arts and academic learning.

"Now I am an artist who teaches instead of a teacher who has kids do art."
~ Peter Thacker, professor and educator

Organizations

Portland Community College | library system strategic plan
Portland Public Schools | staff training and arts evalution
Portland Public Schools | Leadership and art
Hopewell House Hospice | storytelling, art and healing
Portland Policy and Planning workshop | art and public policy
Multnomah County | storytelling workshop for home health providers
Portland Public Schools | media literacy training for staff