Writer + Interdisciplinary Artist + Director, New Oregon Arts & Letters + Editor, PLAZM
Portland, Oregon Area
- Current
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- Faculty - Adjunct at Prescott College
- Editor at PLAZM Magazine
- Executive Director at New Oregon Arts and Letters
- Writer/Editor/Artist at self
- Past
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- Freelance Writer/Editor at Freelance Writer/Editor
- Editor & Producer at Signum Press
- Creative Director at Joko
- Senior Writer at Organic Inc
- Editor at Anodyne Magazine
- Assistant Editor at FRINGE WARE REVIEW
- Host at The WELL
- Education
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- Goddard College
- University of California, Berkeley
- Trinity College, Dublin
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Tiffany Lee Brown’s Summary
Tiffany Lee Brown is a writer, performer, and interdisciplinary artist based in Portland, Oregon. The author of A Compendium of Miniatures, she co-edits Plazm magazine and is the editor/director of 2GQ, a non-profit that produces literary and performance mayhem.
Her writing has appeared in UTNE, Bookforum, Tin House, Bust, Wired, and Portland Monthly, and in charming literary journals and anthologies such as Gargoyle, Northwest Edge, Slow Trains, and The Bust Guide to the New Girl Order. Her performance and installation works have been presented at Performance Works NW, Wordstock, the Enteractive Language Festival, and PICA, among others.
Tiffany has studied theatre and interdisciplinary arts at the University of California, Berkeley; Goddard College; and Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. She received grants and residencies from the City of Portland, Caldera Arts, Soapstone, and Hypatia, and serves on the Selection Committee for the Visual Arts Chronicle of Portland at RACC, the Regional Arts and Culture Council.
More at www.magdalen.com.
Tiffany Lee Brown’s Specialties:
I am a pirate; I do not need to be a genius.
Tiffany Lee Brown’s Experience
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Faculty - Adjunct
Prescott College
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
Through this unique colloquium-based program that focuses on the environment and social change, I'm able to work one-on-one with graduate and undergraduate students around the world. Each program meets up in person at colloquia in Prescott, Arizona several times per year.
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Editor
PLAZM Magazine
(Publishing industry)
January 2005 — Present (5 years )
I co-edit Plazm magazine with Jon Raymond and art director Joshua Berger. Founded in 1991 by Portland artists as a creative resource, today Plazm is an award-winning design firm. The annual Plazm magazine publishes challenging and innovative art, design, cultural, and literary works and is distributed worldwide. The magazine is included in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and others.
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Executive Director
New Oregon Arts and Letters
(Writing and Editing industry)
January 2002 — Present (8 years )
New Oregon Arts & Letters creates and presents arts, literature, and media. Our programming encourages collaboration, supports interdisciplinary practices, and contextualizes creative culture. We are committed to fostering innovation, integrity, and critical dialogue across a broad range of communities.
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Writer/Editor/Artist
self
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
January 1991 — Present (19 years )
EDITOR: Plazm, 2GQ.
FREELANCE WRITER, PERIODICALS: Utne, Tin House, Bookforum, Portland Monthly, Willamette Week, Wired, Bust, Venus, Adobe, Mondo 2000, others. BOOKS: Covert Culture Sourcebook (St. Martin's), Bust Guide to the New Girl Order (Penguin), Catalog of Tomorrow (TechTV/Que), more.
CREATIVE DIRECTOR & WRITER/EDITOR: Print & web. Clients include Pacific Northwest College of Art, the musician Sting, New Line Cinemas, Nike, Compaq, Laika, and Lucent.
WRITER, POETRY & FICTION: Author, A Compendium of Miniatures (Tiger Food Press). ANTHOLOGIES: Literary Cash (BenBella), Clear Cut Future (Clear Cut Press), NW Edge (Chiasmus Press), How To Mutate & Take Over the World (Random House), more.
PERFORMANCE & INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS: Integrating performance, literary, curatorial, and relational practice. Performance Works NW, Portland Rose Festival, PICA, Enteractive Language Festival, Wordstock, PNCA, the University of Oregon, Pacific University, more. -
Freelance Writer/Editor
Freelance Writer/Editor
(Writing and Editing industry)
1992 — 2008 (16 years )
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Editor & Producer
Signum Press
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
June 1997 — March 2002 (4 years 10 months)
Editor & producer of Signum Press, a publication of SoundLightMind Media in New York. Signum was founded by Vince X. Potenza in the early 1990s as a PDF-based publication devoted to digital and other culture. Under my tenure as editor, Signum developed an HTML-based online magazine and expanded its subject matter to include music, alternative and independent culture, and the arts.
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Creative Director
Joko
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
October 1999 — April 2001 (1 year 7 months)
Founding Creative Director for the JOKO project, a collaboration with the West African musician Youssou N'Dour, American multimedia executive Lisa Goldman, and others. The project brought Internet technology and education to Senegal through an innovative approach to building online community using music and other cultural commonalities.
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Senior Writer
Organic Inc
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
1998 — 2000 (2 years )
I was the Senior Writer for Organic's New York City offices, collaborating intensively with designers, information architects, and engineers to create unique interactive experiences. I was the Content Editor for the musician Sting's website; other clients included Nickelodeon and Lucent Technologies.
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Editor
Anodyne Magazine
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
February 1996 — April 1998 (2 years 3 months)
Monthly printed magazine of independent and alternative culture in Portland, Oregon, covering music, arts, literature, fashion, queer culture, and more.
History: Began as Fashion Editor; promoted to Senior Editor; became Website Producer; promoted to Editor in Chief. Also wrote "Absynthesis," a monthly column about digital and Internet culture. -
Assistant Editor
FRINGE WARE REVIEW
(Writing and Editing industry)
1992 — 1997 (5 years )
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Host
The WELL
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
July 1993 — January 1995 (1 year 7 months)
A pioneer in online community-building, the WELL (well.com) has provided me with an online home since 1992. In 1993, I began working for the WELL, at that time part of the non-profit responsible for the Whole Earth Review, in customer and technical support. I was the coordinator for all support email, and developed a trouble ticket database for tracking and fixing bugs when the system was upgraded to new machines and a new platform. I have remained a host on the WELL, nurturing online communication and conversation.
Tiffany Lee Brown’s Education
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Goddard College
MFA , Interdisciplinary Arts , 2006 — 2008
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University of California, Berkeley
BA , Liberal Arts, Dramatic Art , 1987 — 1991
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- Graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1991. Took junior year abroad to Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1989-1990. Dean's List, newspapers (The Agitator, The Daily Californian), summer stock theatre, directing, acting, political activity.
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Trinity College, Dublin
Samuel Beckett Center for Theatre Studies 1989 — 1990
- Activities and Societies:
- Directing, acting, Guinness.
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Tiffany Lee Brown’s Interests:
Travel, writing, cooking, performance, art, film, books, media, poetry, music, walking, mud, leaves, fire. Creativity and collaboration. Relational aesthetics, social practice, interactive art, participatory work. Issues related to ritual practices, gender, words, language, the role of money and "selling out" in community life, mental health, the role of childless and childfree women in culture, and the concept of home. Quote of the day: "If you have no dreams or chance of success, you're free to do whatever you want." --Marco Pirroni (ex-Siouxsie, the Models, Adam & the Ants)
Tiffany Lee Brown’s Groups:
PEN America, Poets & Writers, Authors Guild, Musicians for Peace. Sit on Selection Committee for the Visual Chronicle of Portland for RACC, the Regional Arts & Culture Council. Chair of Board of Directors for 2 Gyrlz Performative Arts. Co-founder, the dUdU art collective., The WELL
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2GQ Arts & Literature of Portland
Tiffany Lee Brown’s Honors:
* Hypatia Residency
* Soapstone Residency
* Caldera Arts Residency
* Grant, City of Portland
* Mark Godson Award
* Academic Awards/Honors (Dean's List, summa cum laude, Stebbins Scholarship, L Brotherhood Scholarship, theatre acting grant, and theatre directing grant offered by UC Berkeley. At Trinity College, received all Firsts; finalist for Best Play, Best Director, and several Best Actress nominations by Irish Drama Association.)
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