http://www.vanessagilbert.com/new-blog-avenue daily 0.75 2023-04-10 http://www.vanessagilbert.com/new-blog-avenue/2022/6/6/shifting-toward-the-sun-work-wise monthly 0.5 2023-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54fef61de4b0961e4d17282b/8b74c3fe-0ffa-4ddb-9208-4ae1c8100d63/cloudsashfield.jpg Blog - Shifting toward the Sun (work-wise..) - Make it stand out a beautiful sky over Ashfield MA- a signal of beautiful weather ahead. http://www.vanessagilbert.com/new-blog-avenue/2021/8/28/the-magdalena-project-turns-35 monthly 0.5 2021-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54fef61de4b0961e4d17282b/1630167655399-1XOQKQI04ZMW505AUYWU/Screen+Shot+2021-08-28+at+12.20.25+PM.png Blog - The Magdalena Project turns 35! - Make it stand out Elaine Vaan Hogue (left), interviews me (right) about the process of producing the Magdalena USA Festival . Image description: a double pane zoom screen- on the left, Elaine, a white woman with square glasses and an asymmetrical bob, looks straight into the camera listening to Vanessa, a white woman with long brown hair and glasses, make a point by holding her left hand up and extending her index finger. http://www.vanessagilbert.com/new-blog-avenue/2019/10/16/blood-from-a-turnip-is-back-baybee monthly 0.5 2020-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54fef61de4b0961e4d17282b/1578785550887-YPKCCV7BJCIDVDZPTQGC/puppets.JPG Blog - Blood from a Turnip is BACK, BAYBEE! Valentine’s Day finger puppets made for us by Rebecca Noon, which may or may not make an appearance at this reboot of Blood from a Turnip-Georgetown Edition http://www.vanessagilbert.com/new-blog-avenue/2018/3/11/see-host-until-314-thats-wednesday monthly 0.5 2018-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54fef61de4b0961e4d17282b/1520817668712-7DPVLLZ8MWQBV333Y7EC/IMG_1090.jpg Blog - See HOST until 3/14!!! 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This is a draft of my performance table on Day 1, complete with almost every object that I brought. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54fef61de4b0961e4d17282b/1683727769745-3GVJ161VPT6AKSL9DBVB/Arendt_1.jpeg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54fef61de4b0961e4d17282b/1713906085657-R6PITA5WCGPKGH1L4176/79FC9733-4A36-48AB-82A9-9D236BBCB783.jpeg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54fef61de4b0961e4d17282b/1650989545956-3VGET596ALMXRPR41YF7/theimaginaryinvalid_111721-138.jpeg Works - The Imaginary Invalid In fall 2021, The College of William & Mary hired me to direct Moliére’s final play, The Imaginary Invalid. 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