Journal

In 2019, I began using fabric, foam, and carpet to extend embodied space through interactive objects and installations, affording somatic life to objects and “feeling back” on and through my body. This has developed into and informed my current project, Blood Baby. It explores my experience of queer motherhood in… Read More

Lauren Bakst, artist and scholar of experimental performance studies, situates Blood Baby in our current political landscape: queer x family By Lauren Bakst Thinking queerness and family together can feel like trying to solve a riddle. Perhaps that’s why, in whatever part of Meg Foley’s Blood Baby you’re about… Read More

Photo of Carpet Womb performance by Erin Johnson Learn about the early, expansive formation of Blood Baby from Michèle Steinwald, the former project advisor and a current Queer Parent Convenings co-facilitator: Cultural Dramaturgy and the Early Mapping of Meg Foley’s Blood Baby By Michèle Steinwald How it started… Read More

Jazz on Market, a series of concerts featuring acclaimed jazz musicians from Philly and beyond, returns this May! Tickets are now on sale for all three shows: 5/5: An Evening with Luke Carlos O’Reilly & Friends – award-winning Philadelphia piano, organist, and musical director Luke Carlos O’Reilly and ensemble… Read More

Painted Bride and Ma’at Works Dance Collective Present New Residency On Softness For Black, Neurodivergent, and Queer Folk Philadelphia artists Ma’at Works Dance Collective to present public workshops and performances from March 23 – April 28 in West Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA (March 8, 2024) – Painted Bride presents “something soft,”… Read More