Statement

Smith is an expert in art.

 

After completing the Art Studio MFA at UC Davis in 2020 with silent fire performances Smith apprenticed to foundational eco-artist Newton Harrison in 2021, made bubbles in 2022, and spent 2023 entertaining a 99-bed nursing facility.

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In 2023 she began writing and practicing Bubble Theory in the Performance Studies PhD Program at University of California, Davis. In 2024 she left the program shifting attention to her daughter Maryam West Cliff Smith, her home Santa Cruz, and Bubbles.