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Christine Stoddard is a Salvadoran-American writer, actor, director, and artist. She created Quail Bell Magazine, founded Quail Bell Press & Productions, wrote/directed the play Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares and the film Sirena's Gallery, and authored books such as Heaven is a Photograph and Desert Fox by the Sea.
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Christine Stoddard is a Salvadoran-American writer, actor, director, and artist. She wrote/directed the play Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares and the film Sirena's Gallery, and authored the books Heaven is a Photograph, Desert Fox by the Sea, and Water for the Cactus Woman, among others. Previously, she was the first-ever artist-in-residence at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House in Manhattan and an AnkhLave Arts Alliance fellow at the Queens Botanical Garden. As an undergrad, she created Quail Bell Magazine and founded Quail Bell Press & Productions, which she runs today. She is a subject in Patrick Pfister's documentary, "Poetry, New York."
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Christine Stoddard is a Salvadoran-American writer, actor, director, and artist. She created Quail Bell Magazine and founded Quail Bell Press & Productions, which she runs today. In June 2022, she directed her nationally award-winning play, "Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares" at the Gene Frankel Theatre in New York City. In 2021, she premiered her first feature film, Sirena's Gallery, an arthouse title, after directing shorts such as Bottled, Virtual Caress, Butterflies, Drunken History, and Brooklyn Burial. Since then, she has created a filmed version of "Mi Abuela" and her feature Her Garden is now making its film festival circuit. Her books include Heaven is a Photograph, Hello, New York: The Living And Dead, Naomi & The Reckoning, Desert Fox by the Sea, Belladonna Magic, and Water for the Cactus Woman, among others. She was the first-ever artist-in-residence at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House and served as an inaugural AnkhLave Arts Alliance artist fellow at the Queens Botanical Garden. She is a subject in Patrick Pfister's documentary, "Poetry, New York," which won "Best Documentary" at the Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival. Her work has been published in Ms. Magazine, The Huffington Post, Portland Review, Bustle, Digital America, and beyond. She regularly produces Quail Bell plays and other shows at the Broadway Comedy Club and the Greenwich Village Comedy Club.
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Christine Stoddard is a Salvadoran-American writer, actor, director, and artist creating books, films, plays, murals, etc. She founded Quail Bell Magazine and Quail Bell Press & Productions, which she runs today. Her books include Heaven is a Photograph, Hello, New York: The Living And Dead, Naomi & The Reckoning, Desert Fox by the Sea, Belladonna Magic, and Water for the Cactus Woman, among others. In its review of Stoddard's work, Rowan University's Glassworks wrote that "[Stoddard] tells stories in magical and hauntingly beautiful ways." In a Poetry Foundation/Luna Luna Magazine feature, her hybrid poetry and photography book Water for the Cactus Woman was praised for its portrayal of "the fragmented nature of Latinidad." In June 2022, she directed her nationally award-winning play, "Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares" at the Gene Frankel Theatre in New York City, which Thinking Theater NYC described as "...a magical-realist memory play that kindles a unique atmosphere while addressing traumas that are, for women (of color) particularly, all too common." Supported by a 2020 Space Grant from 1708 Gallery, Stoddard premiered her first feature, Sirena's Gallery, an arthouse feature distributed by Summer Hill Entertainment, after directing shorts such as Bottled, Virtual Caress, Butterflies, Drunken History, and Brooklyn Burial.
She was the first-ever artist-in-residence at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House in Manhattan and served as an inaugural AnkhLave Arts Alliance artist fellow at the Queens Botanical Garden. She was part of the first cohort of resident artists at Woodlawn Plantation, originally part of George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate, and Brooklyn Public Library-Eastern Parkway Branch. She was a summer artist-in-residence at Annmarie Sculpture Garden in Maryland, where she created a sculpture series for the children's garden. The Puffin Foundation has awarded her two individual artist grants in photography and film. Her work has been published in Ms. Magazine, The Huffington Post, Portland Review, Bustle, Digital America, and beyond. She is a subject in Patrick Pfister's documentary, "Poetry, New York," which won "Best Documentary" at the Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival and premiered at Chain NYC Film Festival. She is part of the original cast of "The White Blacks," a play by Melanie Maria Goodreaux that premiered at Theater for the New City. She has been recognized as one of Style Weekly's "Top 40 Under 40" in Richmond, VA and FOLIO's Top 20 Media Visionaries in their 20s.
A graduate of VCUarts and The City College of New York, she calls Brooklyn home. At any given time, you can find her dreaming, creating, and presenting her work. She regularly produces Quail Bell plays and other shows at the Broadway Comedy Club and the Greenwich Village Comedy Club. For event and project updates, visit WorldOfChristineStoddard.com.
She was the first-ever artist-in-residence at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House in Manhattan and served as an inaugural AnkhLave Arts Alliance artist fellow at the Queens Botanical Garden. She was part of the first cohort of resident artists at Woodlawn Plantation, originally part of George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate, and Brooklyn Public Library-Eastern Parkway Branch. She was a summer artist-in-residence at Annmarie Sculpture Garden in Maryland, where she created a sculpture series for the children's garden. The Puffin Foundation has awarded her two individual artist grants in photography and film. Her work has been published in Ms. Magazine, The Huffington Post, Portland Review, Bustle, Digital America, and beyond. She is a subject in Patrick Pfister's documentary, "Poetry, New York," which won "Best Documentary" at the Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival and premiered at Chain NYC Film Festival. She is part of the original cast of "The White Blacks," a play by Melanie Maria Goodreaux that premiered at Theater for the New City. She has been recognized as one of Style Weekly's "Top 40 Under 40" in Richmond, VA and FOLIO's Top 20 Media Visionaries in their 20s.
A graduate of VCUarts and The City College of New York, she calls Brooklyn home. At any given time, you can find her dreaming, creating, and presenting her work. She regularly produces Quail Bell plays and other shows at the Broadway Comedy Club and the Greenwich Village Comedy Club. For event and project updates, visit WorldOfChristineStoddard.com.
