Hello! I am an artist originally from Chicago but my partner (Maya) and I are living in London at the moment. I studied in film/video/art in undergrad and hope to one day go to graduate school so that I can teach those subjects at a university level. But recently most of my work has jumped between teaching children and young adults, working within video/media departments (most recently at MoMA NY), and working at a variety of arts related non-profits. Outside of work, I spend most of my time going to events, whether it be a performance of some sort of screening, art event, concert, etc. I also love hanging out with people over a coffee or cocktail. I am very easy going, warm, and have a very loud cackle when I find something hilarious - which most people find endearing, but I apologize in advance for it!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Maya and I are currently traveling around Europe a bit for various artist residencies, working on a few farms, and meeting up with some friends. We have our housing locked for most of our travels, but there are a few dates here and there where we need a place to crash! We had never used Couchsurfing until about a month ago in Berlin and we had such a great experience! We are hoping to host couchsurfers once we move back to London and find another home there. It's such a great community of people and we wish we had realized that sooner :)

Interests

• theater
• concerts
• drinking
• music
• art history
• art
• film photography
• dance
• video
• film
• performance
• video editing
• video production
• drinking coffee

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: St. Vincent, Mykele Deville, Jordanna, Thanks for Coming, This is Lorelei, Water from your Eyes, David Bowie, Billie Holiday, Rihanna, Courtney Barnett, Allan Kingdom, Fiona Apple, Chance the Rapper, Childish Gambino, Daniel Caesar, David Lynch, Goldlink, Kendrick Lamar, Lizzo, Yeah yeah yeahs, uuuhhh more ppl too but blanking

Books: poisonwood bible, wretched of the screen, about the house, will write others later!!

Movies: will write these in later but there's a lot!!!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

one amazing thing that i haven't "done" but i have LIVED through is not being able to smell anything except for like gasoline and citrus. every once in a while i can smell a really strong perfume.

What I Can Share with Hosts

drawing/painting/printmaking, art history facts, video production/editing things, some funny jokes, my "famous" vodka sodas, a lot of other things!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Poland