Catherine James

An arts educator with a focus on intersectional, disability justice, as well as the founder and director of Outside Voices Theater Company and Poets, of Course. Catherine has a BA Hons in Theater from Victoria University of Manchester, England and an MFA in Performance and Performance Studies from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. She currently resides in Woodstock, has written multiple conference papers, and is responsible for the creation of the performing arts department at VSA Arts of New Mexico for adults with intellectual disabilities. Catherine works with Woodstock School of Art in collaboration with The Secret City.