COMMUNITY-BASED ARTS: SKYWATCHERS
For more than a decade Deirdre has been collaborator and creative thought partner in the development of the Skywatchers Ensemble, a radically relational and enduring community arts collaboration in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood.
She is lead artist for the "Opulence Project," a series of performance portraits inviting participants to imagine their most opulent selves, and "Memorials Project," an annual interfaith collaboration to honor the lives of San Francisco neighbors who've died on city streets that year. In her administrative capacity, Deirdre has worn many hats, including communications and marketing lead, organizational strategist, grant writer, and documentarian. The below images were made in winter 2025 of Towards Opulence, the Opera, performed at EastSide Arts Alliance.
