Religion & Art Colab 1
Religion & Art Colab is a new series of practice-based research collaborations organised in partnership with Religion & Art, Goldsmiths College
Lead Researcher for Session 1: Cilla Vee
7 May 2025 2-4pm
Holy Trinity, Prince Consort Rd
London SW7 2BA
Claire Elizabeth Barratt (artist moniker Cilla Vee) is a British interdisciplinary and performative artist based in the USA. She is the director of international arts organization Cilla Vee Life Arts, established Bronx NY 2002, and has run The Center for Connection + Collaboration from her home in Asheville, NC since 2020. She served an apprenticeship with the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation and holds an MFA in Creative Practice from the Transart Institute for Creative Research with Plymouth University where she developed the Living Art performance pedagogy. She was a Co-Founder and Director for Circle Modern Dance and a Choreographer for the Knoxville Opera Company in Tennessee and performed as a dancer for Unto These Hills outdoor drama on the Cherokee Indian reservation in North Carolina. Claire has presented work through organizations such as Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Bronx Council on the Arts, Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center and Art Basel Miami. She has been a member and facilitator with the international Sacred Dance Guild since 1997, becoming a SDG Legacy Project accredited facilitator in 2024. Much of her work is collaborative, durational and improvisational, often in the form of multi-disciplinary installation. She has performed and taught throughout the USA and in Canada, Europe, Japan and the Middle East.