Sha Sha Higby's photostream

Sha Sha Higby "sythesizes Indonesian and other Asian dance,sculpture and theater as she creates personal performance rituals concerned with the cycles of life,death,and birth.The expressions grow and unfold in a slow mesmerizing dance using spectacularly sculpted hand-crafted costumes.The artist provides a number of workshops for children,families,and adults about masks,puppets,movement,and sculpture bases on her many years of study in Indonesia and elsewhere in Asia.
manipulation of materials and textures made one by one out of wood, silk, paper and
gold leaf, interwoven with a labyrinth of delicate props, Higby's work creates a path
in which movement and stillness meet. Shreds of memory lace into a drama of a thousand
intricate pieces, slowly moving, stirring our memory toward a sense of patience and
timelessness.
Higby studied for 1 year in Japan, 5 years in Indonesia under a Fulbright
Scholarship, and 6 months in India. She has received numerous awards and grants,
including grants from the Zellerbach Family Fund, Inter-Arts, New Langton Arts and
LACE (Interdisciplinary N.E.A.), California Arts Council, the Ludwig Vogelstein
Foundation, Inc. (Brooklyn, NY), both Fulbright and Indo-American fellowships to
India,the U.S. Travel Fund for Artists, the National Endowment for the Arts in Solo
Theater Fellowship,the N.E.A. RIARP program,U.S. Artists at International Festivals
and Exhibitions, California Arts Council Artists Fellowship Program.and the Japan -
United States Friendship Commission.