ARTIST CV
Angelica Dzeli Palmer
Social Practice Performance Artist / Ritualist / Creative Placemaker
EDUCATION
- Non-Linear Movement Method Embodiment Teacher Certification, Michaela Boehm, 2020
- Journey of Young Women, Mentoring Girls Training, 2019
- Experimental Performance Institute, New College of California, Master of Arts, focus in Social Activism, 2004
- Cornell University, Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Economic Development, 2001
RECENT TEACHING / FACILITATING
- Red Tents Women’s Gathering, The Telegraph School, Cherry Valley, NY, monthly March 2022 – current
- Open Mic Community Performance Evening, The Telegraph School, Cherry Valley, NY, monthly February 2022 – current
- Cherry Valley Drum Circles, Cherry Valley, NY, led weekly Summer 2024 and monthly Summer 2025
- Drum Circle Workshop, Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School Health Fair, Cherry Valley, NY, April 2025
- Puppet and Mask Making Workshop, part of Koliada, Cherry Valley & Utica, NY, January 2025
- Roving Dance Party, organized monthly workshops and Ecstatic Dances at: The Cherry Valley Old School, Yoga People Oneonta, Little Falls Summer Solstice Festival, Wasontha Sanctuary in Root, NY, Grassmere Music Festival in Middlefield, NY, and the Klinkhart Hall Sharon Springs Dance Festival, throughout 2024
- Contact Improv Class Series, part of the Improvised Arts Festival, Cherry Valley Artworks, Cherry Valley, NY 2024
- Dance Workshop, part of the Cherry Valley Water Project, Cherry Valley, NY, 2023
- Stretching & Relaxation Classes, The Telegraph School, Cherry Valley, NY, 2022 – 2024
- Keening Over The Bones Grief Ritual Workshop, The Telegraph School, Cherry Valley, NY, October 2022
- Improvisation Dance classes, West Kortright Center, East Meredith, NY, June 2022
- Ballroom Dance Classes, Cotillion, Cooperstown Central School, Cooperstown, NY, 2020-2025
- Grief Ritual, A Time For Healing Retreat, Helios Care, The Uplands Center, Walton, NY, October 2021
- “The Flowing River, A Grief Ritual,” Institute of Spiritual Development Oneonta, Oneonta, NY, July 2021
- “Mindfulness Through Motion Workshop” and Ecstatic Dance, Equinox Festival, Origins Cafe, Cooperstown, NY, September 2019
- Grief Ritual, The Art Garage, Cooperstown, NY, June 2019
- “Meditation in Motion” Classes, Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown, NY, 2018 – 2019
- Nourish Consent Workshops, Cooperstown, NY,2018 – 2019
- Parlor Nights, “An evening of fun, food, creativity and community”, Cooperstown, NY, monthly 2018 – 2019
- “Healing Rituals for Wild Animals,” Touch & Play Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2018
- “Peeling the Onion: An introduction to Shadow through Authentic Movement and Contact Improv,” Stanley-Wade School of Dance, Oneonta, NY, 2018
- “Growling, Climbing & Flying: Intro to Contact Improv for Littles and their Grownups, ” Stanley-Wade School of Dance,Oneonta, NY, 2018
- Ritual, Bare Souls Retreat, Montreal, Canada, 2018
- Contact Improv Dance Classes, Brookwood School, Cooperstown, NY, 2017
- Contact Improv Dance Classes, Oneonta Art Gallery, Oneonta, NY, 2017
- Community Clothes Swaps, Earth Festival, Otsego County Conservation Association, Milford, NY 2014-2017
- Parlor Nights, “An evening of fun, food, creativity and community,” San Francisco, 2001 – 2003
PERFORMANCES
- Writer, Performer, & Director of Koliada, roving theatrical performance of Slavic origin, Cherry Valley, NY February 2025
- Dancer, Choreographer, & Co-Director of Improvised Arts Festival, Cherry Valley, NY June 2024
- Creator, Director, & Performer in Cherry Valley Water Project presents: “Water Dreams,” experimental site-specific eco-theater performance along the Cherry Valley Creek, October 2023
- Dancer for “Land Body Translation“, Artistic Director Catherine Wright, NYS Choreographers Initiative 2022
- “Unwilding,” Klinkhart Arts Center Performing Arts Series, June 2021
- Living Sculpture Interactive Installation, Secret City Art Revival, Woodstock, NY, July 2019
- Post-Nature Living Sculpture Interactive Installation, The Art Garage, May 2019
- “Unraveling: To Come Undone,” Secret City Art Revival, Woodstock, NY, July 2018
FUNDING / GRANTS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
- Community Foundation of Otsego County Grant for Koliada (2025)
- Earlville Opera House’s Arts in the Community Grants Program, made possible by the NYS Senate with support of the Office of the Governor, and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts, for Koliada (2025)
- Artist Residency, Budne, Poland, October 2024
- Stewart’s Shops Community Giving Program Grant, for the Cherry Valley Water Project (2023) & the Improvised Arts Festival (2024)
- Rural and Traditional Artist Fellowship, administered by the Arts Council for Wyoming County
in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) for The Cherry Valley Water Project (2023) - Guaranteed Income for Artists, Creatives Rebuild New York, 2022-2023
CO-FOUNDED PROJECTS
Wild Women Retreat, 2015 – present
Full Moon Women’s Circle, 2010 – present
WillowGrove – coming of age program for young women, 2019 – 2021
Businesses of Historic Cherry Valley (formerly Rebirth Cherry Valley), we host two annual festivals and monthly First Friday community-wide events, 2020 – present
LocalMotive Sustainable Business Network, 2013 – 2016
BUSINESSES FOUNDED
The Telegraph School, Home for the Healing & Performing Arts, 2022 – present
Green Circle Consulting, Accounting and Sustainable Business practices consulting, 2004 – 2025
BOARD POSITIONS
Board Member, Community Foundation of Otsego County, 2025 – present
Board Treasurer, Cherry Valley Community Facilities Corp, 2020 – present
Board member, Cherry Valley Artworks, 2020 – 2022
Board Treasurer, Earthdance, 2018 – 2019
PRESS
“Koliada Excites Cherry Valley” by Alexis Pencar for The Mountain Eagle, February 2025
“Building Community Resilience by Reviving Ancient Traditions” Mohawk Valley Today, February 2025
“Creativity, Connection Alive in Cherry Valley” AllOtsego, June 2024
“Cherry Valley Water Project Culminates in Performance, Exhibit” by Wriley Nelson for AllOtsego, October 2023
“Eco Theater Performance Kicks of Water Exhibit Friday” AllOtsego, October 2023
“CV Water Project Receives State Funding” by Elizabeth Cooper for AllOtsego, June 2023
“Can Cute Windows Resurrect a Depressed Town in Upstate New York?” NY Times, January 2021
“Volunteers bring rebirth to Cherry Valley” The Daily Star, February 2021
“Intentional Reemergence: dreaming the aftertime” by Nicole Bindler in ThinkingDance.net, January 2021