UPCOMING EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS
Visual Art: Of Our Being: Fiber Art In the Immediate | March 8 - April 21, 2024 | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City | Info
Dance: We Are Particles adaptation on High Tech High School Choreography Track Spring Concert | May 2024 | High Tech High School | Secaucus
ONGOING
Letters: From Me To You | A sent-by-mail writing engagement for the 2024 year - become a reader-subscriber! | Info & How to Subscribe
Facilitation: WORK/SHARE Artist Feedback Sessions | Ongoing, monthly | 6:30-9:00p eastern | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City/Virtual | Info & RSVP
For Hire: Thought Partnering | Coaching, feedback, and facilitation on a sliding scale | Info & Booking
PAST EVENTS
Visual Art: *where I miss you series in The Gigantic Miniatures Show | December 2023 - March 2024 | Deep Space Gallery | Jersey City | Info
Teaching: Financial Literacy & Arts Business | January 31, 2024 | High Tech High School | Secaucus
Visual Art: Five Hundred Years to Forever selections in Storied Art / Artist Stories: book inspired art exhibit at Five Corners Library Branch | October 12 - December 15, 2023. EXTENDED through January 27, 2024 | Five Corners Library | Jersey City
Teaching: Backstitch Gathering #3: Backstitch your biggest wish- hand sewing messages into unsuspecting surfaces | January 20, 2024, 2:30p | Meagan Woods/SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City | Info
Visual Art: disaster [place] selections in The Affordable Art Show | December 1, 2023 - January 20, 2024 | Art House Gallery | Jersey City | Info
Poetry: TEXT-FOR-POEM | Live on the text line November - December 2023, Live on IG @TextForPoem Following | Jersey City/Virtual
Installation: disaster [place] | September 29 - October 28, 2023 | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City | Info
Dance & Performance: Two Voices & Slap Solo on Disaster Theater | October 27, 2023, 7:30p | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City
Poetry: Pinky Thinker Press, Issue No. 9 | Published July 30, 2023 | mignolo arts | Metuchen/Virtual | Read now
Poetry: Healing Verse Poetry Line | June 26 - July 2, 2023 | Philadelphia Contemporary | Philadelphia/By Phone at 1-855-POEMRX2 / 1-855-763-6792 | Info
Visual Art: Five Hundred Years to Forever selections in Shallow Pocket Art Show | May 13 - June 17, 2023 | mignolo art center | Metuchen, NJ
Visual Art: New pieces in Zero to 90: An Affordable Art Show | May 12 - June 3, 2023 | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City
Curation: Curator’s Choice 2023 for Pro Arts Jersey City | May 6 - 28, 2023 | Art150 Gallery | Jersey City | Info
Curation: Meet the Curators for Pro Arts Jersey City | April 15, 2023 | City Hall | Jersey City | Info
Dance: New Years Rondo (Var. 1) on International Women’s Day of Dance | March 8, 2023, 5:00p | Riverview-Fisk Park | Jersey City | Free!
Poetry: Feature at WAYE | February 22, 2023 | 7:30p | WAYE Poetry Series at Sure Things Fintage | Jersey City
Dance: Residency with the Monira Foundation at MANA Contemporary | January 2-8, 2023 | Jersey City
Poetry: Poem Booth: Make Me Wanna Holler | October 7, 2022 - January 21, 2023 | Gallery Aferro | Newark | Info
Curation: Are You There? An Immersive Poetry Installation by Benedicto Figueroa | November 4 - December 4, 2022 | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City | Info
Visual Art: Community Gallery @ JCAST HQ | September 29 - October 2, 2022 | JCAST HQ | Jersey City | Info
Performance: Crocheting Myself Into a Cocoon at ESTIA Day Festival | September 18, 2022, 1:00-7:00p | Middle Village, NY | Info & Tickets
Poetry: Feature at WerdBeat | September 1, 2022, 7:00p | Sweven | Hoboken | Info
Visual Art & Dance Film: 5 Slow Dances in Troublemakers | Opening June 17, 2022, 6:00-10:00p, On view through September 11, 2022 | Eonta Space | Jersey City
Installation: disaster [place] (Premiere Showing!) | August 4 - 7, 2022 | Deep Space Gallery | Jersey City
Residency at Arts On Site R&R | July 17 - 31, 2022 | Kerhonkson, NY
Visual Art: Five Hundred Years to Forever selections and New Works in Zero to 80 | May 13 - June 26, 2022 | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City
Dance: Being Here Is What We Are Doing on Jersey (New!) Moves: Emerging Choreographers Concert | June 10, 2022, 7:00p | NJPAC | Newark | Tickets
Visual Art: Five Hundred Years to Forever selections and New Works in The Gigantic Miniature Show | December 11, 2021 - January 15, 2022 | Deep Space Gallery | Jersey City | Info | Shop on Artsy
Visual Art: skyshapes on paper in Image, Pattern, and Texture | January 6 - 31, 2022, Reception January 25, 2022 6-8p | John W. Meagher Rotunda Gallery at Jersey City Hall | Jersey City
Facilitation: Xmas Emergency Dance Jam | December 25, 2021, 4p eastern | Free on Zoom
Letters: From Me To You | A sent-by-mail writing engagement for the 2021 year - become a reader-subscriber! | Info & How to Subscribe
Visual Art: Five Hundred Years to Forever selection in Renaissance: A Group Exhibition | September 30 - October 24, 2021 | Art House Gallery at 150 Bay St., Studio #258 | Jersey City | Info
Residency at Arts On Site R&R | August 1-8, 2021 | Kerhonkson, NY
Performance: Two Voices in Shavuot Face-To-Face: Divine & Human | May 16, 2021 | 8:00p eastern | B’nai Jacob | Jersey City/Virtual | Zoom Link, FB Event
Visual Art: Five Hundred Years to Forever selections in The Art of Our Times Exhibition | April 12 - June 1, 2021 | Snapdragon Gallery at Snapdragon Coffee and Social | Jersey City | Location
Dance: This is me trying to get (and stay!) free [in real time on camera] with you on April 2nd, 2021 for Passover Service | April 2, 2021 | 9:00p eastern | B’nai Jacob | Jersey City/Virtual
Visual Art: Five Hundred Years to Forever selections in Mother Shipment | March 8 - April 30, 2021 | Deep Space Gallery | Jersey City/Virtual | See/Shop
Visual Art: Five Hundred Years to Forever selections in The Gigantic Miniature Show/More Minis Show | December 2020 - April 2021 | Deep Space Gallery | Jersey City | Info | Shop on Artsy
Dance Film: 5 Slow Dances on Stay Home Film Festival | Premiere! | January 23, 2021 | 8:00p eastern | New York/Virtual | Access via YouTube, $15 suggested
Teaching: Dance Department at County Prep High School | Fall 2020
Dance Film: Living Room, created w/Paul Pinto at The Craft | December 10, 2020 | 9:00p eastern | New York/Virtual | Info & Tickets (Zoom link available the day of the show)
Dance Film: Living Room, created w/Paul Pinto on EdgeCut | December 5, 2020 | 1:00p eastern | New York/Virtual | Info & Tickets
Curation: The Zine Show // The Zine Shop | September 11 - November 7, 2020 | Opening weekend September 11 - 13 | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City | Info
Dance Film: Living Room, created w/Paul Pinto on Making Space | October 24, 2020 | 7:00p central/8:00p eastern | Hosted by tbd Dance Collective and OutrSpaces | Omaha/Virtual | Info & Tickets
Visual Art: Show Me How to Love You (Leaf) in WALK-BYE | October 1-4, 2020 | Free! | Outdoor art installation in Washington Park, Ward D | Jersey City | Info @walk_bye
Dance Film: The More I Move I Catch Myself in a Trap on gestures and other tiny dances | September 5, 2020 | 8:00p eastern | The Baumann Online | Info & Tickets
Residency at Arts On Site R&R | July 19-26, 2020 | Kerhonkson, NY
Do a Dance!: WALK-BYE | June 27, 2020 (rain date June 28) | 12:00-3:00p | Free! | Harrison to Fairview Avenues and West Side to Bergen Avenues | Jersey City | Info @walk_bye
Curation/Consulting: Commentator Salon Group | Spring-Summer 2020 | Pro Arts
COVID Canceled - KH&D: Jersey (New!) Moves: Emerging Choreographers Concert | (Postponed) June 19, 2020, 7:00p | NJPAC | Newark | Tickets
Installation: Labyrinth for Reflection & the Generation of Love [No. 9] | Restoration generously supported by the Exchange Place Alliance | May 25 - 29, 2020 | J Owen Grundy Park at Exchange Place | Jersey City | Free & Open to the Public | Instagram
Poetry: Performance for Tikkun Leil Shavuot, hosted by Congregation Bnai Jacob of Jersey City | May 28, 2020 | Event 8p - Dawn, Performance at 9:30p EST | Free & Open to the Public | Join on Zoom
K A T E S: Work-In-Progress YouTube Premiere & Chat Along | May 15, 2020, 9:00p EST | YouTube | Free!
COVID Canceled - KH&D: Rattlesnake Solo on Max4 / Dixon Connect | March 13, 2020, 7:30p | Dixon Place | New York | Free!
K A T E S: DEAR Residency at Paul Dresher Ensemble Studio | February 3 -11, 2020 | Oakland
Curation: Art on Toast, a surreal collection from SMUSH Gallery | November 15, 2019 - January 18, 2020 | Opening reception November 15, 6:00-9:00p | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City | Info
Performance: "Figure 1…” on “I Wonder If She Can Tell I’m Hard Right Now… Hmm.” & Other Classics | January 8, 2020 | 8p | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City | $12 door
Facilitation: WORK/SHARE Artist Feedback Session | January 5, 2020 | 6:30-9:00p | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City | Info & RSVP
Dance: Fiber & (K)not | December 8, 2019, 3:30p | Eonta Space | Jersey City | Free!
Dance: We Are Particles (Version 4) on the Your Move Dance Festival | November 14, 2019 8:00p & November 17, 2019 2:00p | Landmark Loew’s Theater | Jersey City | Tickets (email for a $10 ticket discount code!)
Facilitation: WORK/SHARE Artist Feedback Session | November 3, 2019 | 6:30-9:00p | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City | Info & RSVP
Dance: Rattlesnake Solo on ShowDown at Gibney | September 8, 2019 | 3:30p | Gibney (280 Broadway) | New York | Free! | Info
KH&D: Residency at The Iron Factory | August 2-9, 2019 | Philadelphia
KH&D: We Are Particles (Version 3) on mignolo dance’s 'Translations’ | July 30-31, 2019 | 8:30p | HERE Arts Center | New York | Tickets
Residency at Arts On Site R&R | July 24-26, 2019 | Kerhonkson, NY
KH&D: Selected Works on ‘Dance for the Ages,’ part of Jersey City’s Summer Dance Series | July 10, 2019 | 6:30p | J Owen Grundy Pier | Jersey City | Free!
Curation: Your Move Dance Festival | Art House Productions | Jersey City
Installation: Labyrinth for Reflection & the Generation of Love [no. 9] | Ribbon Cutting July 9, 2019 | 7:30-8:30p | J Owen Grundy Pier | Jersey City | Free & Open to the Public
KH&D: We Are Particles (Version 2) at Jersey (New!) Moves: Emerging Choreographers concert | June 14, 2019 | 7:00p | NJPAC | Newark | Tickets
KH&D: The Fan Dance premiere at SMUSH Moves, Vol. 8 | June 8, 2019 | 8:00p | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City | Tickets
KH&D: JUICE: surreal scenes at ITINERANT Festival | May 25, 2019 | 3:00p | Flushing Meadows Park | Queens | Free & Open to the Public | Info
Curation: Zero to 70 // Seventy Works of Art for $70 or Less | May 3 - June 9, 2019 | Opening Reception May 3, 6:00-9:00p | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City
Poetry: Performance at ‘Intermedium - Interdisciplinary Poetry’ hosted by After School Activities as part of the Jersey City Poetry Festival | April 28, 2019 | 7:00p | Mana Contemporary Basement | Jersey City | Free & Open to the Public
KH&D: We Are Particles (Version 1) | April 25 - 26, 2019 | 8:00p | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City | Tickets
Dance Film: The More I Move I Catch Myself in a Trap’on Audioglimt: Owen Weaver/various shorts | December 14, 2018 | 7:00p | Wrap | Bergen, Norway | Info
Curation: Soft News: immediate, everyday artwork for the human in you <3 | November 30, 2019 - January 27, 2019 | Opening Reception December 7, 6:00-9:00p | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City
Installation: Heartstrung (made with Talita Cabral) | October 5 - November 18, 2018 | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City | Info
KH&D: slap solo (excerpt from Loose Heart) at In Progress | November 17, 2018 | 7:30p | The Woods Collective | Queens
Visual Art: 'Untitled' (instax photography) in lost/found | September 28 - October 21, 2018 | The Arts at St. Paul’s & The Incarnation | Jersey City
KH&D: slap solo (excerpt from Loose Heart) and a new duet in progress | October 20, 2018 | 7:30p | Spoke the Hub | Brooklyn
Visual Art: skyshapes on paper (#1-4) in If These Walls Could Talk | October 5-6, 2018 | NonLinear Knitting Studio | Jersey City
KH&D: Build Up at Bridge for Dance’s Uptown Rising Performance Series | September 22, 2018 | 7:30p | New York | Tickets
Curation: In This House: Gestures of Unrest by Rina Espiritu | August 30 - September 28, 2018 | Opening Reception September 7, 6:00-9:00p | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City
KH&D: Three Strikes/I Win at Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers’ InHale Performance Series | August 24, 2018 | Philadelphia
TEACHING! Making Dances: Improv & Choreography with Arts on The Hudson | August 2 & 9, 2018 | 6:30-8:00p | Art House Productions | $25 for individual classes, $40 for the two-part session | Jersey City | Register
KH&D: DANCE for the AGES! | July 12, 2018 | 6:30p | J. Owen Grundy Park | Jersey City | Free! | Info
Visual Art: 'Untitled' (instax photography) in Sign Of The Times | March 3 - July 2, 2018 | The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences | Rabun Gap, GA
Dance Film: The More I Move I Catch Myself in a Trap at SLYCE OF LYFE V | June 28, 2018 | 7:30p | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City
KH&D: Duet from Loose Heart at Out of Bounds, presented by JCTC | June 2, 2018 | 8:00p, doors open 7:30p | $15-20 | White Eagle Hall | Jersey City | Tickets
Curation: Zero to 60 // fast art // sixty dollars max | May 25 - June 9, 2018 | Opening Reception May 25, 6:00-10:00p | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City
Build Up at County Prep High School's Memories in Motion | May 10-11, 2018 | County Prep High School | Jersey City
Visual Art: Instax Arrangements, 2018 | March 27 - April 29, 2018 | Opening April 8, 4-8p | Closing April 29, 4-8p | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City | Info
KH&D: Duet from Loose Heart at NimbusPRESENTS: OFFLINE+ @ BAM Fisher | April 21, 2018 | 2:00p | $18-22 | BAM Fisher (Fishman Space) | Brooklyn | Tickets
'The More I Move I Catch Myself in a Trap' at SMUSH Moves, Vol. 2 | April 14, 2018 | 8:00p | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City
Reading at The Box: Truth Edition | April 7, 2018 | 7:30p | Jersey City Theater Center | Jersey City | Tickets
Improv w. After School Orchestra | March 23, 2018 | Archetype Gallery | Jersey City
Reading at SMUSH Moves | March 2, 2018 | 8:00p | SMUSH Gallery | Jersey City
Loose Heart | a new evening from Katelyn Halpern & Dancers | December 14-15, 2017 | County Prep High School | Jersey City | Info
KH&D: CHIRP 2017 Residency at County Prep High School | September - December 2017 | Jersey City
KH&D: JUICE (concentrate) at Your Move Dance Festival | November 19, 2017 | 3:00p | $18 advance | Landmark Loews Theater | Jersey City | Tickets
Labyrinth [for reflection and the generation of love] No. 8 at JCAST | October 14-15, 2017 | "Streets of Jersey City" at ShuaSpace | Jersey City
Container Garden: Broccoli Crowns :: (Part II) at JCAST | October 14, 2017 | 6:00p | Free | "Motion : Emotion" at Barrow Mansion | Jersey City
K A T E S: Residency at Avaloch Farm | September 2017
Resonant Bodies Festival: Choreography for Kayleigh Butcher | September 7, 2017 | 9:20p | $20 | Roulette | Brooklyn | Tickets
JUICE | a world premiere from Katelyn Halpern & Dancers | June 9-10, 2017 | 8:00pm | $15 advance / $20 at the door | Alchemical Theatre Laboratory | New York | Facebook
K A T E S: Residency at Hambidge Arts Center | February 2017
Under Glass Zine Release, Vol. 3 "Domestic Ham" | January 2017 | Learn more
KH&D: Residency at Silo at Kirkland Farm | Late January 2017
KH&D: Under the Cover of Night at Never Before, Never Again | January 5, 2017 | 8:00p | $16 advance, $20 at the door | Triskelion Arts | Brooklyn | Tickets
KH&D: new celebratory work at 30-30-30, Dixon Place's 30th Anniversary Celebration | December 30, 2016 | 7:30p | $25 until Nov. 30, then $30 | Dixon Place | New York | Tickets
KH&D: JUICE (work in progress) at Fertile Ground | December 11, 2016 | 7:00p | $14 | The Green Space | Long Island City, New York | Tickets
Do a Dance!: Labyrinth at TEDxJersey City | December 3, 2016 | Available throughout the day | $20 for Conference Pass | Landmark Loew's Theater | Jersey City | Tickets
KH&D: new work at HATCH | November 19, 2016 | 7:30p | $15-20 at the door | The Works Studio in Chelsea | New York
KH&D: "Build Up" at Your Move Dance Festival | October 20, 2016 @ 8pm + October 22, 2016 @ 3pm | DeBaun Center for Performing Arts | Hoboken | Tickets
Do a Dance!: JCAST (Jersey City Art & Studio Tour) | October 8-9, 2016 | Free! | Van Vorst Park | Jersey City
Do a Dance!: JC Fridays | September 9, 2016 | 10a-12p (Early birds can help make Do a Dances! from 10-11:30a) | Free! | Van Vorst Park | Jersey City
Under Glass Zine Release, Vol. 2 "Dumpster Fire" | August 2016 | Learn more
K A T E S: Omaha Under the Radar | July 6, 2016 | Project Project | Omaha, Nebraska | Learn more
Do a Dance!: Figment NYC | June 3, 2016 | 10:00a-5:00p | Free! | Governor's Island | New York
CATCH Takes KNOCKDOWN | May 30, 2016 | 3:00-9:00p | $20-25 | The Knockdown Center | Queens, New York | Tickets
Set Down Your Mantle & Other Dances | May 3-5, 2016 | 4:00-7:00p | Free! | Anita's Way, the through-block connecting West 42nd and West 43rd Streets between Broadway and Avenue of the Americas | New York
WestFest 2016 Presents All Over Westbeth - Dance for the Westbeth Elevator Lobby & Gold Shoes | April 30 - May 1, 2016 | 2:00p | Free! | Westbeth Artists' Residence | New York | Learn more
K A T E S: Switchboard Presents | Friday, April 8, 2016 | 7:30p | Center for New Music | $10-15 | San Francisco | Tickets
Scary Love Monster EP Release - The More I Move I Catch Myself in a Trap | Friday, March 25, 2016 | 7:00p | $5 | The Cake Shop | New York
K A T E S: Firehouse Space | Thursday, March 24, 2016 | 7:30p | $10 | Firehouse Space | New York | Learn more
Biomorphic Dance Festival - Build Up (premiere!) | Saturday, March 19, 2016 | 8:00p | $15-18 | West End Theater | New York | Tickets
WAX Works - Set Down Your Mantle (excerpt)| Sunday, March 13, 2016 | 7:00p | $12 | Triskelion Arts | Brooklyn | Tickets
Fertile Ground - Set Down Your Mantle | Sunday, March 6, 2016 | 7:00p | $14 | The Green Space | Long Island City, New York | Tickets
Do a Dance!: JC Fridays | Friday, March 4, 2016 | Make a Do a Dance! 12:00-2:00p, Do a Dance! Exploration from 2:00p onward | Free! | Van Vorst Park | Jersey City
Under Glass Zine Release, Vol. 1 "Whattaya Like Me Now ?!" | January 2016 | Learn more
Solo Performance: Improvisation on Hand Solo | Sunday, November 8, 2015 | 6:00p | Private Event | Brooklyn
60x60 Performance - Steady On Through the Cold Dark Morning | Friday, October 23, 2015 | 12:30p and 8:00p | Free! | Brookfield Place | New York | Learn more
Do a Dance! at Van Vorst Park | Saturday, October 10, 2015 | 12:00 - 2:00p | Free! | Jersey City | Learn more
Open Rehearsal - 13 Moves | Tuesday, October 6, 2015 | 4:00 - 7:00p | Free! | Anita's Way, the through-block connecting West 42nd and West 43rd Streets between Broadway and Avenue of the Americas | New York | Supported in part by a space grant from chashama | Learn more
K A T E S: Omaha Under the Radar | Friday, July 10, 2015 | 7:00p | Bancroft Street Market | Omaha, Nebraska | Learn more
K A T E S: Dance Conversations | Thursday, June 7, 2013 | 7:00p | The Flea Theater | New York
K A T E S: NewYorksoundCircuit | Saturday, March 16, 2013 | 10:00p | The DiMenna Center for Classical Music | New York
K A T E S: Whistling, or Just After | Premiere concert | Thursday, May 17, 2012 | 8:00p | Westminster Choir College | Princeton, New Jersey
PROFESSIONAL & CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
Residency, Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency | February 2020 | San Francisco
Residency, The Iron Factory | August 2019 | Philadelphia
Residency, Arts on Site Residency & Retreat | September 2019 | Upstate New York
Fellowship, NJPAC Jersey (New!) Moves | 2019-2020 | New Jersey Performing Arts Center | Newark
Dancers Economic Empowerment Program (DEEP) Cohort | Spring 2019 | Gibney Dance | New York
Arts Professional Development Series | Spring 2019 | New Jersey City University | Jersey City
Poetry & The Creative Process | Spring 2019 | The New School
The Emotional Machine | Fall 2018 | The New School
School of Dreams | Spring 2018 | The New School
Writing the Photobook | Spring 2018 | The New School
Residency, Avaloch Farm Music Institute | September 2017 | New Hampshire
Residency, The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences | February 2017 | Georgia
Activate Equity: Insights, Inspirations, and Connections | January 2017 | The Field | New York
Aesthetics Live Within the Structure of Whiteness Just Like We Do | January 2017 | American Realness Festival | New York
Fall Fieldwork | October - December 2015 | The Field | New York
Performance, Comedy and Bad Singing workshop by Monica Bill Barnes & Company | September 2015 | Gibney Dance | New York
The Arts and Passion-Driven Learning Institute | August 2015 | Harvard Graduate School of Education
SUMAC Dance and Choreography Workshop | July 2015 | Susan Marshall & Company | New York