After a fun and fairly meaningless four years of college at a state school in NY, I meandered through various genres of the creative world with stints at book and magazine publishers and in the music business. I also held a few creative positions in less than creative companies. I began to feel harmony in my work when I joined esoteric record label Ellipsis Arts (and The Relaxation Co.) as their Creative Director. Here I produced my first large-scale event, Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones, a three-day exhibition and performance at New York's Winter Garden space featuring experimental musical instrument builders from around the world. After many enjoyable years I then joined forces with pop-culture marketing company Green Galactic where I worked to support artists of all kinds as a partner in this bi-costal firm.
While working in both of these positions, in 1996 I created my own record label called 28 Days Records (distributed by Polygram/Ryko). The label was an offering of support to female artists including my on band Moxie .I released Moxies first CD titled The Floor, and the first LadyFest compilation into a national distribution network which I supported with radio, press and touring. A songwriter myself I also wrote for, sang and played bass in Moxie for six years. My songs can be heard on popular TV shows such as Dawson's Creek, Joan of Arcadia and Men in Trees.
In 2002 I contributed to a local effort to create structure for the organization of a Burning Man community in New York City. I produced the first two events called Blast Furnace I & II that were offered by a non-profit group called SEAL. I also provided the group with event production training and developed their communications department. I decided to get out of PR in the formal sense but first gave my skills to communities close to my heart: Black Rock City's media team (2003/2003) and The Dali Lama's press team for a 2003 talk in NYC.
I left the 9-to-5 in 2001 and continued on my own producing events, offering freelance publicity to artists and and creating conceptual art works, mostly in New York City. The Vomitorium and No Bush were the most notable.
In 2004 I began teaching yoga and writing a yoga newsletter. In 2005, as an offering to the nudist community in the NY region I spawned the first coed naked yoga class.
In 2005 I created an event that I designed to be an alternative to consumerism called Swap-O-Rama-Rama. Since its introduction into the world it has grown to include more than a few dozen cities and several countries and it continues to grow. Under a Creative Commons license I gate keep and support this growing community. I currently write a column called Re:Fitted which appears in each issue of CRAFT, magazine. I also have been working on a paper that crystalizes the concepts that inspire my work.
In March of 2006 I moved to Truth or Consequences, NM to join a pioneering spirit emerging in the desert fueled by the energies of healers and artists. Here I am building off grid lodging and a cultural center made from recycled materials. Here I hope to bring the essence of a Sufi khanka to my new desert community. Khankah is a persian word used to describe a community home, a place to gather for meetings, classes and practices, as well as celebration. It is a place where home, spirit and community come together in a harmonious whole. Here my intention is to offer workshops on sustainable building, spiritual teachings, yoga, and celebration. I also continue work at the development of Swap-O-Rama-Rama.
I believe the universe likes to be poked at by us and by our intention. Sometimes it moves for me and then I know that the smallest who can change the world.
Feel free to get in touch and meanwhile I hope you will do some poking too. - Wendy Jehanara Tremayne
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