Marya Errin Jones is an interdisciplinary artist and playwright. She tells her stories using lo-fi puppetry, loop pedals, paper, fabric, photocopiers, and computers. Marya’s work has been developed and/or presented at HERE Arts Center, Brown University, Fylkingen, Dell’Arte International, The Overture Center for the Arts, Tricklock Company, All Children’s Theatre, Revolutions Theatre Festival, Gatas y Vatas, Titwrench, Buran Theatre Company, Mother Road Theatre Company, Wise Fool New Mexico, The Magdalena Project, and AS220. Marya is a member of the experimental performance troupe Milch de la Machina. Her published texts include, Visually Speaking: A Companion to Public Art in Albuquerque, and Unchaste Anthology Vol.3. Marya has written articles for Hyperallergic and Southwest Contemporary. Marya’s zines are archived at MIT, Tate Modern, the University of Iowa, UCLA, and Barnard College. Honors include grants from the Jim Henson Foundation, artEquity Community Fund, Andy Warhol Foundation Fulcrum Fund Grant, a Rhode Island Council for the Humanities Research Grant, and she is a recent recipient of the City of Albuquerque Creative Bravos Awards. Marya founded and served as curator and managing director of The Tannex, one of Albuquerque's most recognized spaces for independent music, writing, and art (now sunsetted). She also founded the DIY literary festival, ABQ Zine Fest — now in its 12th year. Marya’s creative vending project, The Wyrd Machine, is installed at Sister Bar, in Downtown Albuquerque. Marya is an MFA candidate in Dramatic Writing at the University of New Mexico. Marya has dedicated her artistic life to experimental performance, moving across Afro-futurism, temporality, ghost collaborations, experimental theatre, and film. 

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