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To Meneka who crawls into bed dressed like a Nepali. Half because she is cold and half because she feels it is a very luxe way to fall into bed and half because her lungs are still full of Bombay-Cochin smog and cold airplane germs. One foot in the East but facing west, missing but relieved and wanting the press of a crowd but hot and bothered and pushing it away and still feeling most at home in airports.

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An honor to present with this panel of bright stars at the 2021 NAEA National Convention.

My talking points, in summary:

I'm a teaching artist with experience in the context of schools, museums, city art centers, community art making initiatives, a

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Michelle Sindha Thomas featured at the de Young Open, 2020

December 24, 2020

Thank you for the feature, de Young Museum in San Francisco, California!

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Party of One | A rumination on representation →

September 08, 2020
Party of One | A rumination on representation

I long held a fantasy: might I shut out the world, make art that can take off its bra and relax, that is quiet and simple, that doesn’t have to code switch? And then — the world shut down.

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