Alexis – Page 2 – Alexis Clements

Los Angeles Review of Books

I’ve written a handful of essays for the Los Angeles Review of Books, but the first two focused on the economic realities of being an artist in the United States, both of which received a fair amount of attention afterContinue reading

Maps, Maps, All the Queer Maps

Since starting my documentary project, All We’ve Got, I’ve come across more and more projects aimed at mapping LGBTQ spaces – even the National Parks Service is getting in on the game. You can see a list of some of the mapping projectsContinue reading

All We’ve Got

Why Many people, myself included, have spent at least some part of their life searching for a sense of community, a sense of belonging. It’s a tough thing to come by for many, if it exists at all. And whenContinue reading

Advocating for Yourself & Others in the Arts or How Artists Get Paid?

After initially being invited to give this workshop at the Lower East Side Printshop in 2014, I have been developing and adding to the materials. I give this workshop at least a couple of times every year, and always welcomeContinue reading

Forest Bathing

A friend posted recently to Facebook, thanking a 300+ year old tree in Philadelphia for lending her some of its energy in a difficult time. It’s a tree with many stories tied to it. I know that feeling well, atContinue reading

Launch Event for Sinister Wisdom 101: Variations

Very excited to announce that the volume of Sinister Wisdom that I was asked to guest edit landed in mailboxes in July. The journal also celebrates 40 years of publishing in July! Read journal editor Julie Enszer’s essay about theContinue reading

Spring…

Can you hear it? Turtles’ muddy hibernation-slowed claws scraping the sun-drenched rocks? Buds cracking and bursting with color? Sugars rushing beneath the bark of trees? Tiny bugs and little birds shifting and moving in the dried grasses and leaves, fillingContinue reading

Open or Closed?

When I leave colleagues’ offices at my job, for those that have offices, I ask, “open or closed?” They have a choice – a single word that may require a little extra expenditure of energy from me as I go. The privilege is in being able to shut the door. The rest of us in cubes can’t shut anything out.

New Name for the Documentary Project

It’s official! The documentary film project I’ve been working on, which grew out of a play that I wrote in 2012, now has a new name – ALL WE’VE GOT. And there’s a new web address to go with it: www.allwevegot.orgContinue reading

We Do Not Agree

I just finished reading Elisha Lim‘s wonderful book 100 Crushes and it got me thinking about what it means to hold change and ambiguity: to hold space for it; to hold it inside you; to hold a presence for it in public; to embody it.