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Overview of Joni's social practice work in Portland, Autumn 2020
American Theatre Magazine
Featured screenwriter for 2021 Fertile Ground Festival of New Works, Autumn 2020
Conde Nast's "Them"
Overview of Joni's social practice work in Portland, Winter 2020
KBOO
Host Dmae Roberts in conversation with Risk/Reward Festival Director Katie Watkins, discussing Joni's play "Self Defense", Summer 2019
LA Times and Orange County Register
Coverage of Joni's painting for Pacific Symphony installation "OC Can You Play?", Winter 2011
Overview of Joni's social practice work in Portland, Autumn 2020
American Theatre Magazine
Featured screenwriter for 2021 Fertile Ground Festival of New Works, Autumn 2020
Conde Nast's "Them"
Overview of Joni's social practice work in Portland, Winter 2020
KBOO
Host Dmae Roberts in conversation with Risk/Reward Festival Director Katie Watkins, discussing Joni's play "Self Defense", Summer 2019
LA Times and Orange County Register
Coverage of Joni's painting for Pacific Symphony installation "OC Can You Play?", Winter 2011
Awards
Oregon Arts Commission Arts Build Communities grantee, Winter 2021
Tin House Scholar, Winter 2021
Oregon Cultural Trust grantee, Autumn 2020
Portland Area Theatre Alliance grantee, Autumn 2020
Honorable mention, Best Music Video, Prague International Monthly Film Festival, Autumn 2020
Finalist, New Letters' Conger Beasley Jr. Award for Nonfiction, Autumn 2020
Portland Art Museum grantee, Summer 2020
Mellon Foundation grantee, Summer 2020
Oregon Community Foundation grantee, Summer 2020
City of Beaverton grantee, Summer 2020
All Classical Radio grantee, Summer 2020
Queer Hero award, Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest, Summer 2020
Jeremy Wilson Foundation grantee, Spring 2020
Literary Arts grantee, Spring 2020
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art grantee, Spring 2020
Collins Foundation grantee, Spring 2020
Multnomah County Cultural Coalition grantee, Spring 2020
Featured writer, Portland Underground Film Festival, Winter 2020
Tin House Scholar, Summer 2019
Regional Arts and Culture Council grantee, Spring 2019
Tin House Scholar, Winter 2021
Oregon Cultural Trust grantee, Autumn 2020
Portland Area Theatre Alliance grantee, Autumn 2020
Honorable mention, Best Music Video, Prague International Monthly Film Festival, Autumn 2020
Finalist, New Letters' Conger Beasley Jr. Award for Nonfiction, Autumn 2020
Portland Art Museum grantee, Summer 2020
Mellon Foundation grantee, Summer 2020
Oregon Community Foundation grantee, Summer 2020
City of Beaverton grantee, Summer 2020
All Classical Radio grantee, Summer 2020
Queer Hero award, Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest, Summer 2020
Jeremy Wilson Foundation grantee, Spring 2020
Literary Arts grantee, Spring 2020
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art grantee, Spring 2020
Collins Foundation grantee, Spring 2020
Multnomah County Cultural Coalition grantee, Spring 2020
Featured writer, Portland Underground Film Festival, Winter 2020
Tin House Scholar, Summer 2019
Regional Arts and Culture Council grantee, Spring 2019
residencies
Suttle Lodge artist in residence, Winter 2020
Arcosanti Urban Laboratory artist in residence, Fall 2019
Portland Parks and Recreation artist in residence, Spring 2019
Oregon State University's Trillium Project poet in residence, Spring 2019
Arcosanti Urban Laboratory artist in residence, Fall 2019
Portland Parks and Recreation artist in residence, Spring 2019
Oregon State University's Trillium Project poet in residence, Spring 2019
Reviews
for "Lilies"
"Captures the real essence of our days." — Portia Munson
"A dream-like, luscious, and vibrant film with cathartic truths. Stunning!" — Willie Little
"Unsettling and tender." — Sarah Turner
"Familiar, close, so real, so visceral. This poem is a gift." — Corbin LaMont
"Empathetic, timely...present and inviting." — Rhiannon Flowers
"A film filled with dream-like, luscious and vibrant video, mixed with unexpected insertions of contemporary animation. Their cathartic truth consists of vivid descriptions, as they bear witness to life during the days of Covid-19. Stunning!" — Willie Little
"Each time I watch it, I find new moments to love...how queer survival can look so many different ways." — Renée Muzquiz
"A dream-like, luscious, and vibrant film with cathartic truths. Stunning!" — Willie Little
"Unsettling and tender." — Sarah Turner
"Familiar, close, so real, so visceral. This poem is a gift." — Corbin LaMont
"Empathetic, timely...present and inviting." — Rhiannon Flowers
"A film filled with dream-like, luscious and vibrant video, mixed with unexpected insertions of contemporary animation. Their cathartic truth consists of vivid descriptions, as they bear witness to life during the days of Covid-19. Stunning!" — Willie Little
"Each time I watch it, I find new moments to love...how queer survival can look so many different ways." — Renée Muzquiz
for "Self Defense"
"Powerful, angular prose." — Judith Murciano