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Online References and Related Material:
Sirius Communications
WAC | Gallery 9 | Bowling Alley | Marcie Rendon
PBS TeacherSource - Recommended Books
Bibliography of Books by Native American Women
Painting Revolution
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Recognized in the Newspaper Articles/Monthly Newsletters
Writer
* Poetry
* Stage/Theatrical productions
* Children's books
* Collaborator for writers, performers, musicians, theatrical
productions
* Educational materials
* Text to accompany music, photography, video
Freelance writer
* Newspaper - profiles and feature stories, theatre reviews
* Magazine articles
Performance
* Poetry, spoken word
* Artist collaborations/installation pieces
* Modeling for video and print
Consultant
Writer and Cultural Expert for:
* Theatre Festivals & Performance events
* Indigenous Film and Video
* Native American Theatre
* Dramaturg
* Writing mentor/coach
* Classroom instructor/speaker for colleges, high schools, community venues
For information regarding availability and fees, please contact via e-mail: MRendon703@aol.com
Abbreviated Resume
Awards/Grants/Residencies
UofM Native American Journalism Internship – Summer 2000
Nautilus Music-Theater Residency – Spring 2000
Many Voices Multi-cultural Collaborations Grant - Playwright Center - ‘98-’99
St. Paul Company’s Leadership in Neighborhoods (LIN) Award - l998-99
Jerome Fellowship, Playwright Center - 1996-97
Intermedia Arts Emerging Artists Installation Grant - 1995-96
Norcroft Writing Residency for Women - 1995
COMPAS Community Art Program - 1995
Raving Natives "Theater in the house" Productions
(these are collaborative 1/2 hour long theater pieces created
‘site-specific’, scripted by myself and performed by the creative cast)
As the Spiritual World Turns at Patrick’s Cabaret, Mpls, May 2000 an indian love/murder play, in a private home in Seward Neighborhood and one in Powderhorn neighborhood, March, l999 and at Blackbear Crossing in April ‘99
Ho Ho Ho and a Cuppa Jo, at Black Bear Crossing, Dec. ’99
Collaborations, Performances, and Readings
Weismann Art Museum, UofM, Mpls., spoken word performance for Russian Avante Garde Art Exhibit with Bao Phi, Doug Kearney & Yurick Glasow, 2001;
TricksterX, New Voices Poetry Reading at Acadia Cafe, Mpls, 2001; Aboriginal
Eliminating Racism Conference, Sydney, Australia, Aboriginal Women Reading on
Racism, 2001; Birchbark Books poetry reading, Mpls, 00-02; Lyn-Lake Street
Fair poetry reading, Mpls, Aug. 2000; just a kid – Patrick’s Cabaret, March
2000; Featured Poet at Sky Woman Festival, A celebration of Native Women in
Theater, American Indian Community House, NY, Nov ’99; FREE frybread musical
revue – MTCC Annual Poetry and Song Student Evening, April, l999; Op-Ed Slam
– celebrity slammer at Kieren’s Pub, l999; Vulva Riot ‘Women in Prison Book
Project’ Benefit-Intermedia Arts, l999, 2000-02; reader for SASE ‘Poetry
about Town’ series, l998-02; MN Fringe Festival-Native Rave Cabaret - Loring
Playhouse-‘97 & l998; Maiden Voyage: lost your virginity? - original
performance piece-Cheap Theatre production-‘97; A Pebble in the Sea, street
performance with SafeArt & Migizi youth-’95; The Underground Railroad Project
directed by Robbie McCauley, Penumbra Theater ‘95
Newspaper Articles
Pioneer Press, St. Paul; The Alley; The Seward Profile; the artist’s voice; Native City News; The Circle; Minnesota Women’s Press; Star & Tribune; The Edge; Lac Du Flambeau Tribal Press
Magazine Credits
Spectator, Vol1,#3, Mpls., A moveable feast-literally; Rising Dawn, Archdiocese of St. Paul, MN-short story, Hannah; Parenting Magazine, San Francisco, CA - interview; Colors Magazine, Mpls., MN - article; A Journey to Life:Native People with HIV and Traditional Healing, for Nat’l Indian AIDS
Media Consortium
Book, Art & Theater Reviews
The Circle Newspaper; Native Arts Circle newsletter; Performance TC (Twin Cities); Colors Magazine; Native City News
Writing Mentor
Neighborhood SafeArt Mural Project-inner-city youth project, South Mpls., MN, l994-2002
Native Voices Youth program, the Circle-l998-2002, Mpls
SASE Writer’s Mentorship, women’s support group at the Sexual Violence Center–l999, Mpls
Minnesota Transitions School -l998, Mpls
Seward Community Playwrighting Project-l998, Mpls
Intermedia Arts EXchanges Mentor-l996-97, Mpls
Native American Roundtable, facilitator-The Playwright Center, Mpls. l996
Migizi Communications ‘Side-by-Side’ program for 3-5th grade Native students, Mpls. l995
Organizational Memberships
Native Arts Circle, Mpls., MN
Playwright’s Center, Mpls., MN
Intermedia Arts, Mpls., MN
SASE: The Write Place, Twin Cities, MN
Mystery Writer’s Group, Mpls., MN |