Ellen Marie Hinchcliffe
(she/her/hers)
Lake Street Arts! Curator
Ellen Marie Hinchcliffe is a queer Mama, feminist, poet, performer, curator and filmmaker. She is white within the oppressive system of white supremacy and is a child of Earth. Both realities inform her work. Her work includes: the performance Murmurations with Gabrielle Civil, the ensemble performance Life Born of Fire and Spell for an End to Whiteness (and After Joy) with jazz drummer Juma B. Essie, the books Fierce Shimmer- Poems for Mama and Walk Towards It- an anthology of resistance released on inauguration day 2017 and the films– Thought Woman- The Life and Ideas of Paula Gunn Allen and Art Letter (For Gabrielle Civil). Ellen is a long time DIY artist- self publishing and producing independent films and performances. She works with Pangea World Theater creating Placekeeping connections/ story circles/ public art and performances along Lake Street as the curator for Lake Street Arts! More at www.fierceshimmer.art
