PNCA in partnership with Cascade AIDS Project welcomes artist and public health activist Joanna Berton Martinez (aka Teresa Dulce) to deliver the 2012 Alfred Edelman Lecture. Martinez, who has for 20 years used art and performance in the service of activism, will deliver a talk entitled, “Made in Form! Using self as canvas and stage.” The lecture will focus on transforming self as the medium to execute art in public spaces. Martinez will draw from the last 20 years of her work in art, performance, and public health, accompanying her lecture with a digital slide show and video.
About Joanna Berton Martinez
Martinez has been a health educator since the early-90s, ranging from hands-on and direct services to program management and policy work. Under the name Teresa Dulce, she was the director of Danzine for 10 years, a non-profit organization in Portland created by and for sex workers. The agency did needle exchange, threw art and film fundraisers, fought City Hall, and raised a little hell. Ms. Martinez wrote and directed GAG Rules, the live production and video on health*art*work*family in front of the Portland Mayor and City Council in 2004. Joanna documented her live art project, D*TOX in Washington, DC from 2006-2008, where she got her Masters in Public Health from George Washington University and was awarded a federal fellowship from SAMHSA and the Center of Substance Abuse Prevention. Martinez currently lives in Boston and is working on overdose prevention and disability rights.
About Cascade AIDS Project
Incorporated in 1985, Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) is the oldest and largest AIDS Service Organization serving Oregon and SW Washington. The agency works to prevent HIV infections, support and empower people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, and eliminated HIV/AIDS related stigma. Information about CAP including programs, annual reports, financials and more can be found at www.cascadeaids.org
Performance artist Joanna Berton Martinez gives the 2012 Edelman Lecture, entitled “Made in Form! Using self as canvas and stage.”
Joanna Berton Martinez will present “Made in Form! Using self as canvas and stage” for one evening at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. The lecture will focus on transforming self as the medium to execute art in public spaces. Martinez will draw from
Micah Fischer '13
Joanna Berton Martinez will present “Made in Form! Using self as canvas and stage” for one evening at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. The lecture will focus on transforming self as the medium to execute art in public spaces. Martinez will draw from
Micah Fischer '13
Joanna Berton Martinez will present “Made in Form! Using self as canvas and stage” for one evening at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. The lecture will focus on transforming self as the medium to execute art in public spaces. Martinez will draw from
Micah Fischer '13
Joanna Berton Martinez will present “Made in Form! Using self as canvas and stage” for one evening at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. The lecture will focus on transforming self as the medium to execute art in public spaces. Martinez will draw from
Micah Fischer '13
Joanna Berton Martinez will present “Made in Form! Using self as canvas and stage” for one evening at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. The lecture will focus on transforming self as the medium to execute art in public spaces. Martinez will draw from
Micah Fischer '13
Joanna Berton Martinez will present “Made in Form! Using self as canvas and stage” for one evening at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. The lecture will focus on transforming self as the medium to execute art in public spaces. Martinez will draw from
Micah Fischer '13
Joanna Berton Martinez will present “Made in Form! Using self as canvas and stage” for one evening at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. The lecture will focus on transforming self as the medium to execute art in public spaces. Martinez will draw from
Micah Fischer '13
Joanna Berton Martinez will present “Made in Form! Using self as canvas and stage” for one evening at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. The lecture will focus on transforming self as the medium to execute art in public spaces. Martinez will draw from
Micah Fischer '13
Joanna Berton Martinez will present “Made in Form! Using self as canvas and stage” for one evening at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. The lecture will focus on transforming self as the medium to execute art in public spaces. Martinez will draw from
Micah Fischer '13
Joanna Berton Martinez will present “Made in Form! Using self as canvas and stage” for one evening at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. The lecture will focus on transforming self as the medium to execute art in public spaces. Martinez will draw from
Micah Fischer '13
Joanna Berton Martinez will present “Made in Form! Using self as canvas and stage” for one evening at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. The lecture will focus on transforming self as the medium to execute art in public spaces. Martinez will draw from
Micah Fischer '13
Joanna Berton Martinez will present “Made in Form! Using self as canvas and stage” for one evening at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. The lecture will focus on transforming self as the medium to execute art in public spaces. Martinez will draw from
Micah Fischer '13
Joanna Berton Martinez will present “Made in Form! Using self as canvas and stage” for one evening at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. The lecture will focus on transforming self as the medium to execute art in public spaces. Martinez will draw from
