Lita Albuquerque has been selected as the recipient of a Santa Monica Artist Fellowship for her creative writing and performance based work. Nominated by a group of distinguished arts professional approved by the Santa Monica Arts Commission, Albuquerque’s dedicated and unique vision, especially her commitment to a writing practice that informs and gives birth to her visual and performance work, provided the group with the impetus to award her this fellowship geared towards the production of new work. Recent performances by Albuquerque include, Spine of the Earth 2012, as part of the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time initiative, “Sometimes the sea is silver, sometimes it is actually red, other times it is an azure blue” Or is it ultramarine? for the Pasadena Museum of California Art in 2014, An Elongated Now and Particle Horizon commissioned by the Laguna Art Museum for their 2014 Art & Nature festival and an upcoming performance, 20/20 Accelerando, at the USC Fisher Museum of Art in January 2016.