Laura Milkins
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 FOR THE BIRDS (solo exhibition) Epic Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2018-19 ZERO PACKAGIN PROJECT (solo performance) Coop Food Conspiracy, Tucson, AZ
2016 BIRD MANDALA (solo exhibition) La Muse Artist and Writers Retreat, Labastide-Esparbairenque, France
2015-18 THE DEPRESSION SESSION (radio podcast performance) 99.1FM, Tucson, AZ
2013-14 KINDNESS PROJECT (solo performance) Tucson, AZ
2012 VERTIGO PERFORMANCE ART SERIES: WONDER WOMEN (solo performance) Waterloo Center for the
Arts, Waterloo, IA
2011 WALKING HOME: STORIES FROM THE DESERT TO THE GREAT LAKES (solo performance) ArtPrize
at 106 Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2009 CADA DIA UN PIROPO (solo performance) Centro Historico, Mexico City, Mexico
2009 WALKING STORIES: MEXICO CITY (solo performance) Fulbright Garcia Robles in association with UNAM,
Mexico City, Mexico
2009 SO I DON’T FORGET (solo performance) La Perrera, Oaxaca City, Mexico
2007 NAKED POLITICS (solo performance) University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2007 RECLAIMING PARIS (solo performances) Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
2006 THE ART SERVANT (solo exhibition) Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Project Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2005 PLANTS, PESTS AND ROMANCE (solo exhibition) Van Singel Fine Arts Center, Byron Center, MI
2003 ROCK PAPER SCISSORS (solo exhibition) Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 PCC FACULTY EXHIBIT Luis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2011 IN BED at TUCSON FRINGE FESTIVAL La Cocina, Tucson, AZ
2010 IN BEDat PERFORMANCE ART ROUNDUP Club Congress, Tucson, Arizona
2010 POLVO AL POLVO (member/curator) Salón Covadonga, Mexico City, Mexico
2010 SURVEYMuseum Of Contemporary Art Tucson, AZ
2009 IRREVERSIBLES-COLECTIVA EN LA CASA DE LA NINA Casa Del La Nina, Mexico City, Mexico
2009 PERFORMANCE HOTEL VIRREYES, LUCES CAMARA ACCION Hotel Virreyes in association with Casa Del
La Nina, Mexico City, Mexico
2009 POCHA NOSTRA at PRISMA FORUM (guest performer) Museum de Ferrocarril, Oaxaca City, Mexico
2009 TANK MAN TANGO 2009 (member/curator) Chinatown, Mexico City, Mexico
2009 VENUS CABARET Casa Del Lago, Mexico City, Mexico
2008 MFA EXHIBITION University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2008 MOSAICS Arizona State University Anthropology Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2008 7UP Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2007 TEATRO CALIENTE PHiX Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2007 LA POCHA NOSTRA (residency and group performance) Museum Of Contemporary Art Tucson, AZ
2007 TUNNEL OF OPPRESSION University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2007 EXHIBIT THREE (member/curator) Freemont House, Tucson, AZ
2007 WINTERFEST House of the Setting Sun Gallery, Pentwater, MI
2006 THE S-FEST (featured artist) Splinter Brothers and Sisters Warehouse, Tucson, AZ
2006 EXHIBIT TWO (member/curator) Gross Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2006 HER SHORTS INTERNATIONAL VIDEO FESTIVAL (member/curator) Dinnerware Contemporary Arts,
Tucson, AZ
2006 EXHIBIT ONE (member/curator) Freemont House, Tucson, AZ
2005 GRAND RAPIDS FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS (juried show) Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
2004 BAC 40th ANNIVERSARY FACULTY SHOW Institute of Art, Boston, MA
2004 FLAVOR (juried show) Space, Portland, ME
2004 ROMANCE Source Gallery, Portland, ME
2003 THE MYSTERY OF MOVEMENT Source Gallery, Portland, ME
2000 SMFA GRADUATING STUDENT SHOW School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1999 SUMMER FLOWERS Club Passim, Cambridge, MA
1997 LOST AND FOUND GROUP SHOW (member/curator) JP Open Studios, Boston, MA
1997 MIND, BODY, SPIRIT (member/curator) JP Multicultural Firehouse Art Center, Boston, MA
1997 WADDINGTON GROUP SHOW (member/curator) Waddington Gallery, Newton, MA
1996 17th ANNUAL FORT POINT CHANNEL OPEN STUDIOS Fort Point Channel, Boston, MA
1996 ALPHA/OMEGA JP Multicultural Firehouse Art Center, Boston, MA
1996 SMFA SPRING STUDENT SHOW School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2011 ARIZONA BETWEEN NOSOTROS Performance and Video Art Festival Co-Organizer, MOCA, Tucson, Latin@ Arts & Cultural Center, Phoenix, IMFOCULTA, Nogales
2010 POLVO AL POLVO Performance and Video Art Exhibition Co-Organizer, Salón Covadonga, Mexico City, MX
2007 HER SHORTS/PERFORMIT Performance Art Festival Co-Organizer, Historic Y, Tucson, AZ
2006 HER SHORTS International Women’s Video Art Festival Co-Organizer, Dinnerware, Tucson, AZ
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2019 TANNE FOUNDATION AWARD for Outstanding Achievement
2016 PIMA CC BOARD OF GOVERNORS RECOGNITION for The Depression Session, Tucson, AZ
2011 ARTPRIZE SUSTAINABILITY AWARD for Walking Home: stories from the desert to the Great Lakes, Grand Rapids, MI
2009 FULBRIGHT-GARCIA ROBLES for Walking Stories: Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
2008 PUFFIN GRANT for Her Shorts International Video Festival, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ
2007 TUCSON ARTS COALLITION GRANT for PerformIt Live Art Festival, Tucson, AZ
2007 ARIZONA COMMISION ON THE ARTS GRANT for Her Shorts International Video FestivalArizona Commission
on the Arts, Tucson, AZ
2007 TPAC GRANT for Her Shorts International Video Festival, Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ
2007 TPAC MINI GRANT for WeAreTheWeather Art Magazine, Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ
2007 MEDICI GRANT University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2006 ARIZONA COMMISION ON THE ARTS GRANT for Her Shorts International Video Festival, Arizona
Commission on the Arts, Tucson, AZ
2006 TPAC GRANT for Her Shorts International Video Festival, Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ
2006 MEDICI GRANT University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
PUBLICATIONS
2019 ARIZONA PEOPLE'S REPORT YWCA Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Zero Packaging Project, 2018-2019
2016 PBS: ARIZONA ILLUSTRATED Tucson, AZ, TV interview discussing The Depression Session, 2015-2016
2015 ARIZONA DAILY STAR Tucson, AZ, interview discussing The Depression Session, 2015-2016
2013 NATURAL AWAKENINGS Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Kindness Project 2013-14
2011 FOX 17 Grand Rapids, MI, interview discussing Walking Home, 2011
2011 NBC: KSN Great Bend, KS, interview discussing Walking Home, 2011
2011 PBS: ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Walking Home, 2011
2010 LA JORNADA Mexico City, interview discussing Polvo Al Polvo, 2010
2010 EL UNIVERSALMexico City, interview discussing Polvo Al Polvo, 2010
2009 AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: THE STORY North Carolina, interview discussing Walking Stories: Mexico 2009
2008 KGUN 9 Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Perfect Woman Project 2008
2008 BOSTON PHOENIX Boston, MA, interview discussing Perfect Woman Project 2008
2008 TUCSON WEEKLY, TQ&A Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Perfect Woman Project 2008
2008 TUCSON CITIZEN Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Perfect Woman Project 2008
2008 EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE Scottsdale, AZ, interview discussing Perfect Woman Project 2008
2008 COLLEGE TIMES Phoenix, AZ, interview discussing Perfect Woman Project 2008
2008 DELAWARE SPARK Wilmington, DE, interview discussing Perfect Woman Project 2008
2007 REFEXIONES DOMINGO KUAT, Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Her Shorts/PerformIt 2007
2007 RADIO REFEXIONES KUAZ, Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Her Shorts/PerformIt 2007
2007 TUCSON CITIZEN Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Her Shorts/PerformIt 2007
2006 TUCSON CITIZEN Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Reclaiming Paris
2006 ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Tucson, AZ, interview discussing Reclaiming Paris
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2015 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Tucson, AZ, guest lecturer Walking Stories Mexico, 2009
2012 UNIVERSTIY OF NORTHERM IOWA Cedar Falls, IA, guest lecturer Walking Home, 2011
2012 CHRISTOPHER NEWTON COLLEGE Newport News, VA, guest lecturer Walking Home, 2011
2009 PRE-DEPARTURE ORIENTATION 2010 MEXICAN FULBRIGHT-GARCIA ROBLES Mexico City,
Mexico, presentation to Mexican Nationals for US Fulbright Program
2007 HER SHORTS/PERFORMIT ROUNDTABLE moderator, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
2007 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CLASS guest speaker, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2006 MEDICI AWARD BRUNCH student ambassador/presenter, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2006 RECLAIMING PARIS PANEL DISCUSSION moderator, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
2004 SMFA POST-BACCALAUREATE guest speaker, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
ART ORGANIZATIONS
2014-15 SPIRAL JOURNEY SCHOOL OF MOVEMENT founding member, Tucson, AZ
2010-present ARIZONA BETWEEN NOSOTROS founding member, Tucson, AZ
2007-08 WE ARE THE WEATHER ART MAGAZINE founding member, Tucson, AZ
2007-08 KAFFEEKLATSCH ART SALONS founding member, Tucson, AZ
2005-present ARTXIII founding member, Tucson, AZ
2005-08 PLUGGED VIDEO COLLECTIVE board member, Tucson, AZ
1998-00 FREEZONE GALLERY founding member, Boston, MA
1996-7 LOST AND FOUND ARTIST GROUP founding member, Boston, MA
1992-3 VISUAL ARTS COUNCIL, KALAMAZOO COLLEGE founding member, Kalamazoo, MI
EDUCATION
2008 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Tucson, AZ Master of Fine Arts
2000 SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Boston, MA Four Year Diploma
1996 SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Boston, MA Post Baccalaureate Certificate
1993 KALAMAZOO COLLEGE Kalamazoo, MI Bachelor of Arts
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015-2018 FACULTY Pima Community College, Tucson AZ
2011-2015 ADJUNCT FACULTY Pima Community College, Tucson AZ
2012 ADJUNCT PROFESSOR Gila Community College, Payson AZ
2006-08 TA, INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ