Simone Cottrell (she/her/គាត់)
Owner & Founder of Rachhana Creative Consulting
Social Practice Multidisciplinary Theatre-Maker
Performance Artist
Arkansas Folk & Traditional Arts Community Scholar
Artist INC Arkansas Facilitator
NWA Girl Gang Board Member
Her Set Her Sound Advisor
Squire Jehegan Outreach Center Volunteer
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ABOUT
The Concept of Power | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art | Dec 2022
នៅពេលដែលកញ្ចក់ខូចអណ្តែត / When Broken Glass Floats | the Momentary | Nov 2022
Poetry + Visual Art + Storytelling | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art | Fall 2022
Theatre of the Oppressed | Fayetteville, AR | June 2022
An Incomplete Thought | City of Rogers, AR | Summer 2022
Where is Justice? | Fayetteville, AR | Spring - Summer 2022
Lukyay | Fayetteville, AR | Spring 2022
Projects
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នៅពេលដែលកញ្ចក់ខូចអណ្តែត /
When Broken Glass Floats
Inverse Performance Art Festival
Bentonville, AR | Nov 2022
120-minute
meditation & performance installation
on koan "Where is Justice?"
Silence is just as subjective as sound.
Influenced by:
Khmer Folklore & proverb
street protests
individuals who dared to tell the Truth
personal and social injustices while living in Northwest Arkansas
Theatre of the Oppressed
Workshops
Fayetteville Public Library
Nov 2022
Four 90-min sessions
Entry level exercises
Participants:
Youth & Their Caregivers
US State Department - Fulbright Program
Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program
Secretariat of Public Education Program (Mexico)
Khmer Folktales & Myths
The Banana Tree Lady
Painting 2/9
Fayetteville, AR | 2022
9 Artworks
9 Khmer Folk Tales or Myths that occur on the full moon
Used as starting conversations to record stories of Mak's childhood and memories
Personal project
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Blog & Podcast
Sim1 Says...
The things they won't.
coming 2023 (Allegedly)
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Rachhana Creative Consulting
disrupt your pattern.
an anti-oppressive approach in arts & culture
Grants Development
writing, Editing & Review
6 years - Mississippi State University
3 years - Regional & National Panelist
Creative toolkit
bio, statements, work samples
3 years - Private Consulting
1 year - Artist INC
Program & project development
Generative guidance
10 years - Arts & Culture Nonprofit Experience
20 years - Theatre (Youth; Social Practice)
3 years - Private Consulting