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2024

UPCOMING OFFERING October | Contemplative Creativity: Artistic Explorations in Spiritual Companionship  | Spiritual Directors International webinar series | Mondays in October at 1pm Pacific Time

UPCOMING MONTHLY  Oct 5 | Contemplative Rest Practice | In-person and via Zoom | Priory Spirituality Center | Saturday, October 5

RETREAT September 13-15 | Contemplative Rest: Our Basic Peace Work | In-person & via Zoom | Priory Spirituality Center | Friday-Sunday, September 13-15

MONTHLY  Sept 7 | Contemplative Rest Practice | In-person and via Zoom | Priory Spirituality Center | Saturday, September 7

MONTHLY  August 3 | Contemplative Rest Practice | In-person and via Zoom | Priory Spirituality Center | Saturday, August 3

MONTHLY  July 6 | Contemplative Rest Practice | In-person and via Zoom | Priory Spirituality Center | Saturday, July 6 

MONTHLY  June 1 | Contemplative Rest Practice | In-person and via Zoom | Priory Spirituality Center | Saturday, June 1 

RETREAT May 4-5 | Cinema Divina Overnight – Slowing Down | In-person & Online | Priory Spirituality Center | May 4-5

MONTHLY May 4 | Contemplative Rest Practice | In-person and via Zoom | Priory Spirituality Center | Saturday, May 4 

APRIL 27  Between Serenity & Sirens | Good Symptom One-time Only, Free Film Event Live via Zoom | A Cadence Video Poetry Festival & The 3rd Thing Press Collaboration | Cadence 2024 | April 27

APRIL 26  so wonderful so sad so everything | Official Selection | Film Screening | Experiments in Cinema, Albuquerque | April 26

April 25 | Nonfiction for No Reason | Reading | In-person | Charlie’s Queer Books, Seattle | April 25, 7pm

APRIL 18 | LGBTQI Community & Spiritual Care | Class |  Hesychia School of Spiritual Direction, Tucson | April 18

MONTHLY April 6 | Contemplative Rest Practice | In-person and via Zoom | Priory Spirituality Center | Saturday, April 6 

MONTHLY Begins March 2  | Contemplative Rest Practice on First Saturdays, | In-person and via Zoom | Offered through the Priory Spirituality Center | Begins Saturday, March 2 

Contemplative Rest: Our Basic Peace Work  Feb 9-11 | Contemplative Practice Retreat | The Sou’wester Lodge and Vintage Travel Trailer Resort on the Long Beach Peninsula | February 9-11 in-person only. 

2023

Contemplative Rest: Dowse, Savor & Rest in the Numinous | Contemplative Practice Retreat | Priory Spirituality Center | November 17-19

“reverence” Friday Harbor Film Festival | Official Selection | October 26

“reverence” Midwest Video Poetry Fest, Madison | Official Selection | October 14

Good Symptom – a serial anthology of time-based disturbances | Film Anthology Launch | Full film suite release begins September 2023

Contemplative Rest: Discern, Savor & Rest in the Numinous | Contemplative Practice Retreat | Priory Spirituality Center | June 2-4

“reverence” | Film Screening | Frye Art Museum – Cadence 2023: Through the Lens of Lenses | May 13 in person

Baptism | Film Screening | Experiments in Cinema | May 1 – 10 online

Good Symptom | Showcase Screening |  Experiments in Cinema | May 1 – 10 online

“reverence” | Film Screening  | Cadence Video Poetry Festival |  April 27 – May 7 online

Good Symptom | Showcase screening | Cadence Video Poetry Festival | April 27 – May 7 online

Good Symptom | Showcase screening | Cadence Video Poetry Festival – Seattle | April 29 in person

“reverence” | Film Screening – US Premiere | Cadence Video Poetry Festival – Seattle |  April 28 in person

Good Symptom | Showcase Screening |  Experiments in Cinema – Albuquerque | April 21 in person

Baptism | Film Screening | Experiments in Cinema – Albuquerque | April 20 in person

“reverence” | Film Screening – World Premiere | MicroActs – London |  March 30 in person

Good Symptom | Showcase Screening | Showcase at NW Film Forum – Seattle | March 11 in person

The Illuminated Space | Reading  | A 3rd Thing Convergence with Aricka Foreman, Jennifer Calkins, Quenton Baker, M Freeman, Summer J. Hart, Alissa Hattman | Elliott Bay Book Company – Seattle | March 10 in person

2022

Like the Air | Monologues & Poetry International Film Fest, Vallejo, CA | Official Selection | December 17-18

Waking in Real Time | Shockfest Film Festival, a moveable feast | Official Selection | December 10

An Observance of the Hours | Shockfest Film Festival, a moveable feast | Official Selection | December 10

Cinema Divina and Autotheory: An Interview with Marilyn Freeman” | Article | Special Issue Autotheory in Contemporary Visual Arts Practice | November 2022

Like the Air | Nature & Culture Film Festival, Copenhagen | Official Selection | November 20

How Long Will You Sleep | We Make Movies International Film Festival, Los Angeles | Official Selection | October 5

Good Symptom – a serial anthology of time-based disturbances | Co-curator | Submissions open Oct 3 – Dec 20

I Keep Thinking | Short Invictus, Porto, Portugal | Official Selection | October 3

Like the Air | Make Art Not Fear, Porto, Portugal | Official Selection | October 1

Like The Air  | Cadence Video Poetry Festival at NW Film Forum, Seattle | Contemplative Social Art Practice  | April 30

Waking in Real Time | Experiments in Cinema, Albuquerque | Official Selection, Experiment 10 | April 19

Begin Again | Cinema Divina Season 3 at Priory Spirituality Center | Contemplative Social Art Practice  | April 3

Rest | Cinema Divina Season 3 at Priory Spirituality Center | Contemplative Social Art Practice  | March 6

Waking in Real Time | Bizarrya Short Film Festival, Portugal | Official Selection | February 15

Like The Air  | Cinema Divina Season 3 at Priory Spirituality Center | Contemplative Social Art Practice  | February 6

2021

How Long Will You Sleep | Nature & Culture Film Festival, Copenhagen | Official Selection | November 21

On Waking | Monologues & Poetry International Film Fest, Vallejo, CA | Official Selection | November 21

I love what you said to me | Monologues & Poetry International Film Fest, Vallejo, CA | Official Selection | November 20

How Long Will You Sleep | Monologues & Poetry International Film Fest, Vallejo, CA | Official Selection | November 20

How Long Will You Sleep | Down East Flick Fest, Greenville, NC | Official Selection | November 19

Mercy | Experimental Film Odyssey | Official Selection | November 13

How Long Will You Sleep | Midwest Video Poetry Fest, Madison | Official Selection | October 8

In the Heart of Love |  Make Art Not Fear, Porto, Portugal | Official Selection | October 1

How Long Will You Sleep | Make Art Not Fear, Porto, Portugal | Official Selection | October 1

How Long Will You Sleep | Divine Feminine Arts & Film Fest | Official Selection | September 18

Mercy  | We Make Movies Int’l Film Festival  | Official Selection | September 8

How Long Will You Sleep | 9th Int’l Video Poetry Festival | Online| Official Selection | June 6

Mercy |  9th Int’l Video Poetry Festival | Online| Official Selection | June 6

On Waking | Courage Film Festival, Berlin | Semi-Finalist | May 3

On Praying  | Cinema Divina Season 2 | Contemplative Practice  | May 2

Cinema Divina: Contemplative Social Art Practice  | Northwest Film Forum | April 21 @ 5-7pm Pacific Time

The Illuminated Space Reading | One Page Wednesday Portland Literary Arts |  April 7 @ 630pm

Mercy | Official Selection | 10th International Video Poetry Festival, Athens  | March 25

How Long Will You Sleep | Official Selection | 10th International Video Poetry Festival, Athens  | March 25

On Reflecting | Cinema Divina Season 2 @ Priory Spirituality Center | Contemplative Practice Series | March 7

Author Meet & Greet | Association of Writers & Writing Programs | March 6 @ 1pm Pacific Time

Cinema Divina | Six films featured in 6-week retreat | Abbey of the Arts: Journey with the Desert Mothers & Fathers | Feb 17 – April 4

On Beholding | Cinema Divina Season 2 @ Priory Spirituality Center| Contemplative Practice Series | February 7

The Illuminated Space Book Launch & Film ScreeningsNorthwest Film Forum | January 13

2020

Mercy | Official Selection | The 2020 Film and Video Poetry Symposium | streaming | Nov 12-Dec 31

so sad so wonderful so everything | Longest Night: Solstice Ceremony 2020 – Video Art Room | Northwest Film Forum| Dec 21

On OpeningCinema Divina Season 2 | Contemplative Practice Series | Virtual | Dec 6

Mercy | Official Selection | The 2020 Film and Video Poetry Symposium |Los Angeles | Nov 20

Waking in Real Time | Official Selection | BlowUp Int’l Arthouse Filmfest | Chicago | Nov 14

The Illuminated Space Workshop |  Workshop based on the book | Virtual | Nov 7

On Wondering | Cinema Divina Season 2 | Contemplative Practice Series | Virtual | Nov 1

 On Waking | Cinema Divina Season 2 | New Contemplative Practice Series Begins | Virtual | October 4

What Do You Seek  | Oblate Silent Retreat | Priory Spirituality Center | June 26-28

Cinema Divina: Mercy  | Contemplative Practice on Racial Justice PSC |  June 18

Cinema Divina; How Long Will You Sleep Priory Spirituality Center |  May 26

Shots Fired | National Education Telecommunications Association | PBS | January – December 2020

Cinema Divina: Time (online) | Contemplative Practice | PSC |  April 18

Transforming Trauma (online)  | Priory Spirituality Center |  April 14

The 3rd Thing Book Launch | Juan Alonso Studio | Seattle | April 5 (postponed – new date TBA)

Cinema Divina: I Keep Thinking (online event) | Contemplative Practice | Priory Spirituality Center |  March 29

How Long Will You Sleep | Official Selection | MicroActs Artist London Film Screenings | Hotel Elephant in London | March 5

Cinema Divina: All the Courtesy of Love | Contemplative Practice | Priory Spirituality Center | February 8

Cinema Divina: I love what you said to me | Contemplative Practice | Priory Spirituality Center | January 11

2019

Shots Fired | National Education Telecommunications Association | PBS | January – December 2019

Cinema Divina: Weep Wonder Wish Work | Contemplative Practice | Priory Spirituality Center |  November 9

Cinema Divina: Loss and Love | Contemplative Practice | Priory Spirituality Center |  October 12

Dreaming and Divination |  &NOW Festival of Innovative Writing | Presentation | UW Bothell | September 20

Cinema Divina: Walking | Contemplative Practice | Priory Spirituality Center |  September 7

Cinema Divina – How Long Will You Sleep | St. Gertrude Weekend Retreat | Priory Spirituality Center |  June 1

I love what you said to me | Official Selection Oregon State Int’l Film Festival | Corvallis | May 11

Mercy | Official Selection | MicroActs Artist Film Screenings | at CaveCinema – Pimlico in Central London | May 4

Mercy | Official Selection | Oregon Documentary Film Festival | Session 3: Film Screenings Part 2 |  8:45p-10:45p @ Avalon Theatre 3451 Belmont Street, Portland, OR 97124 | Saturday  March 23

CinemaDivina with Marilyn Freeman | Sanctuary & Plymouth Churches Seattle | February 23

2018

Shots Fired | National Education Telecommunications Association | PBS | September 2018 – December 2018

Mercy | Official Selection | Cutting Edge International Film Festival

Joy | Official Selection | Cutting Edge International Film Festival

CinemaDivina Retreat with Marilyn Freeman | Priory Spirituality Center  | Nov 2-4

An Observance of the Hours | Priory Spirituality Center  | June

2017

Joy | Priory Spirituality Center  | December 9replace06

Mercy | Oregon Independent Film Festival | September 20

CinemaDivina | Feast Arts Center | June

Shots Fired | Northwest Film Forum | March 23

Shots Fired Official Trailer | Seattle Documentary Association | March 12

Mercy | Feast Arts Center | Tacoma | February 11

Shots Fired Official Trailer | Feast Arts Center | February 11

Group Official Trailer | Feast Arts Center | February 11

2016

Mercy | Priory Spirituality Center  | December 10

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A Post Catholic Manifesto | Olympia Film Festival | November

Baptism | Olympia Film Festival | November

The Good Zeal of Monks  | Priory Spirituality Center  | June 1

2012

Hope | Franciscan House, Kowloon in Hong Kong | December 15, 2012

December | The Abbey of the Arts | December 2012

Hope | The Abbey of the Arts | November 2012

The Good Zeal of Monks  | The Abbey of the Arts | October 2012

Reverence | The Abbey of the Arts | September 2012

The Good Zeal of Monks  | The Priory Spirituality Center  | September 2012

The Mystic  | The Priory Spirituality Center  | September 2012

The Good Zeal of Monks  | The Priory Spirituality Center  | April 10

The Good Zeal of Monks | NW North American Assoc. of Benedictine Oblate Directors | St. Martin’s University | June 25

2011

Confession Diptych & Catechism Series | Olympia Film Society | The Capitol Theater | Aug 18

CinemaDivina  | Northern Flickers  | May 2

CinemaDivina  | The Priory Spirituality Center  | April 10

Video Essay Selections | Goddard College MFA-Interdisciplinary Arts Program | March 7

Confession Diptych, Baptism, CinemaDivina | Artist Lecture Series  | TESC | January 26

2010

Baptism  | Inaugural Video Essay Suite | Blackbird | Spring 2010

Hope & The Wilderness | The Priory Spirituality Center | March 11

December | St. John’s Episcopal Church | December 2010

Confession Diptych | NonfictioNow Conference, Iowa City, November 2010

Reverence | NonfictioNow Conference, Iowa City, November 2010

2009

Faith & Alienation: CinemaDivina Selections | Goddard College | July 25

CinemaDivina 7 New Works by Marilyn Freeman | Olympia Film Society | May 28

Communion: A Psychic Reading | Faculty Art Exhibition | TESC | May 7-15

Reverence | Ninth Letter | Featured Artist | April

Hope | “2,191 Days and Counting Exhibition” | The Powerhouse Arena, NYC | March 5-25

2008

Communion: The Labyrinth Project  | Washington Center for the Performing Arts |  October 3
Multimedia Installation: Six-channel video: 16 monitors, dimensions variable.
Two-channel computer: 22 inch monitors.  Personal artifacts.

  • Communion: A Psychic Reading (single-channel, 12 monitors)
  • Reaching the Center (single-channel/single monitor)
  • A Labyrinth Walk  (single-channel/single monitor)
  • VideoSoundStudy_1  (single-channel/single monitor)

Baptism | EVO Girls Club Exhibition, “Beyond Boundaries” | Georgetown, Guyana | June

Group | LadyFest  | London UK | May 10

The Mystic | St. John the Baptist Church | Covington | April 5

Confession Diptych | Residency Keynote  | Goddard College | February 8

2007

Baptism | EVO Girls Club ExhibitionCrossing Over”  | ­Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Nov 15-20

Baptism | EVO Girls Club ExhibitionCrossing Over”  | Singapore | November 22

Baptism | EVO GirlsCrossing Over”  | Beijing Contemporary Art Center China | June-July

Baptism | EVO Girls | Official Pride Event | Toronto, Ontario | June 20

Baptism | Northwest Film Forum’s 2007 Local Sightings Film Festival | Seattle | January

2006

Baptism (work-in-progress) | Associated Writing Programs Conference, Austin | March

2005

­Baptism (work-in-progress) | NonfictioNow Inaugural Conference, Iowa City | November

2004

Group – festivals

Reel Madness Film Festival  | Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK | June 19
NW Women Filmmakers | Cascade Campus Portland CC, OR |  March 3

2003

Group – festivals

Spokane LBGT Film Festival, Spokane, WA |  November 8
Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, Hart MI  | August 6
LadyFest Denver, Denver, CO  | June 20
Santa Fe Film Festival/Gay Pride Week Films, Santa Fe, NM  | June 17
NW Film Center, Portland, OR  | June 6
Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Hartford, CT | June 2
Boston Lesbian & Gay FF, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA | May 3
Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, MA | April 29-30
Grand Illusion Little Theater, Seattle, WA  | April 20-26
Olympia Film Society, Olympia, WA | April 6-12
Multicultural Alliance Films, University of Montana | March 21
Wingspan Film Festival, Tucson, AZ | March 7
Out Far! Phoenix Int’l Lesbian & Gay FF, Phoenix, AZ  | February 14 & 16
Directors View Film Festival, Stamford CT | February 16
University of Oregon Queer Film Festival, Eugene, OR | February 22
Rock for Choice, Vancouver, BC | January 11
NW Film Forum, Seattle, WA | January 2-5

2002

Group, theatrical release

United Kingdom Tour British Film Institute | June 6 – December 1
UCI Filmworks, Manchester; Glasgow Film Theater; The Chapter, Cardiff; The Watershed, Bristol; Robert Burns Centre, Dumfries; Tyneside Cinema; Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds; Irish Film Center, Dublin; Phoenix Arts, Leicester; Edinburgh Filmhouse; Duke of Yorks, Brighton; Eden Court, Inverness; Broadway, Nottingham; Cinema City, Norwich; Rio, Dalston; Hebden Bridge Picturehouse; UGC, Birmingham.

Olympia Film Society, Olympia, WA  | Opened November 30
The Orpheum Theater, Madison WI | Opened October 11
The Hollywood Theater, Portland, OR | Opened October 4
Prince Music Theater, Philadelphia, PA | Opened September 26
Angelika Film Center, Houston, TX | Opened September 6
Metro 4, Santa Barbara, CA  | Opened September 13
Laemmle’s Fairfax, Los Angeles, CA | Opened August 2
Coolidge Corner, Boston, MA | Opened July 26
The Village East Cinemas, New York, NY | Opened July 5

Group, festival release

Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY | December 7
Minneapolis LGBT FF | November 19
Truth Serum Festival, Boston, MA  | October 27
Seattle Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Film Festival | October 20
The Barcelona Int’l Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Spain | October 18 & 27
Tampa LGBT FF | October 12
Feminale, Cologne Germany / October 4 & 5
Portland LGBT FF | September 28
Image+nation: Montreal’s Int’l Queer Film Festival, Quebec | September 27
LadyFest East | September 21
Channel Island Indie Film Festival, Southern CA | September 14
Austin LGBT Film Festival | August 31
Philadelphia LGBT Film Festival | July 19 & 21
Outfest, Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival | July 16
Peabody Film Festival, Maine / June 22
Frameline, San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival | June 19
NewFest, LGBT, New York City | June 16
Provincetown Lesbian & Gay Film Festival | June 15
Western Psychiatric Association National Conference | April 13
London LGBT Film Festival, British Film Institute, London, UK  | April 5

2001

Civil Enough Animation Series | Planet Out Short Film Contest & Finalist | April
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Group Director’s Cut  | Olympia Film Festival | November 8

Group Preview  | NYC Independent Feature Film Market Selection | September 19

1999

Everyone’s a Critic | Co-producer/Co-host | Movie Reviews on KAOS | February-May 1999

Sophisticated: The Hollywood Story of Miss Dorothy Arzner  | Screenplay Reading | Artist Trust Fellowship Recipient | The Hugo House | Seattle | March 25

1998

Meeting Magdalene | Queer Screen | Sydney, Australia | February 12 & 18

1997

Sophisticated: The Hollywood Story of Miss Dorothy Arzner | Screenplay Reading | Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival | October 26

Meeting Magdalene
Touring NW Film Center, Portland, OR  | January-September
Bologna Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Italy | February 27
University of Oregon Queer Film Festival, Eugene, OR  | February 21
Rainy States FF, Seattle, WA  | February 16
London Lesbian Film Festival, Ontario, Canada  | February 14
San Jose LGBT FF,  CA  | February 2

1996

Meeting Magdalene

Seattle International Film Festival
London Lesbian& Gay Film Festival, UK
OutFest: Los Angeles Gay Lesbian Film Festival
Frameline: San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Melbourne Queer Film & Video Festival | Touring FF | Australia
Santa Barbara Gay & Lesbian FF
International Festival of Women’s Cinema | Boston
OutWrite Conference | Boston
Independent Film Market | New York, NY
Making Scenes: Ottawa Gay & Lesbian FF | Ontario
Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival
Northwest Int’l Lesbian Gay Film Festival
Boston Gay & Lesbian Film Video Festival at the Museum of Fine Arts
Feminale, Int’l Women’s Film Festival | Cologne, Germany
Berlin Lesbian Film Festival | Germany
Reeling ‘96: Lesbian & Gay Int’l Film Festival | Chicago
Paris Lesbian Film Festival
Pride & Prejudice: Int’l Gay Lesbian Film Festival | Berlin
Austin Gay & Lesbian Int’l Film Festival
Reel Affirmations | Annual Celebration of Gay & Lesbian Films | WA DC
Sacramento Gay Lesbian Film Festival
Tampa Lesbian & Gay Film Video Festival
Fresno Gay Lesbian Film Festival
Seattle Lesbian Gay Film Festival
image+nation: Festival Int’l of Cinema | Montreal