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NEWS

The Small Human Festival is coming to Seattle, April 2020! The first in the US performance festival for the very young, this festival features new works by artists Lucia Neare, Mark Haim, Debbie Cavitt, and Thingyverse Productions, and a new print by Barbara Earl Thomas.

www.smallhumanfestival.com

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Really exciting developments happening with Catapult, the storytelling platform that I’m a co-founder with Mike Calcagno. First off, we’ll be inviting our first round of beta users in January 2020! If interested in participating, let me know! The team in Taiwan has been doing amazing work, and I love working with this team. We are going to democratize storytelling.

AI-powered Catapult helps unlock the stories we all have inside us.

I’ve joined as an Ecotrust Board Member — June 2019

I'm thrilled to announce that I've joined the board of Ecotrust, an incredible, forward-thinking non-profit at the intersection of equity, economy and environment. Since 1991 and currently with an annual budget of $13M, Ecotrust creates and accelerates triple bottom-line innovations and initiatives for our "Salmon Nation" -- the region from CA to AK -- that holds productive lands and determined people. Their reach is profound, complex and dynamic, impacting our farms, coasts, forests and cities. I'm honored to be working with such talented and dedicated people; it renews hope in our collective pursuit of a more equitable and climate-smart future.

https://ecotrust.org/about-us/board/

PBS State of the Art: Premiere April 26, 2019

After an exhilarating national journey of artistic discovery, 100 under-recognized American artists were selected for one unforgettable exhibition. “State of the Art," a one-hour documentary, captures the personal stories of seven diverse artists from Crystal Bridges’ groundbreaking exhibit who are redefining the American aesthetic.

Watch here

Blast from the past: Shotokan World Championships, Osaka Japan 1996

WELCOMING HANA INZA EDMONDS-LEE, the newest artist medium that I’m learning about

SUSIE LEE IS THE 2017 BONNIE BRONSON FELLOW

Susie Lee was awarded the 2017 recipient of the Bonnie Bronson Fellowship, an annual fellowship bestowed to an artist living and working in the Pacific Northwest. Established in 1991, the fund has selected 25 fellows through a confidential nomination process. The guiding principles are to advance and encourage creative and intellectual growth in a working artist in the Pacific Northwest region.

TEDX (2016): MAKING ROOM FOR THE DEFINITE MAYBE
In this time of internet dating and reduced physical connection, Susie Lee explores what really makes us more human and less like computers.

CREATIVE MORNINGS (2015)

Susie joins Creative Mornings in Seattle to discuss ugliness, tech, and sexual violence against women.

Watch the talk