Krista Leigh Pasini
Krista Leigh Pasini describes herself as an interdisciplinary performance artist, art doula, and public art facilitator.
Throughout her YAM Residency in the Gary and Melissa Oakland Studio in the Visible Vault, Krista will explore several projects in various modes, from performative post-mortem memoir to social sculpture installations. Her work is inspired by the life experiences and ultimate death of her father, who battled with a progressive neurological brain disease and maintained a tedious journaling system to cope with memory loss. Krista hopes to, through her work, explore an environment where her father’s story offers an invitation to connect and play. She hopes to honor the common bonds that we share as individuals, as families, and as communities. The final installation of her residency will include a series of public performances January 2 – 5, 2025 featuring an ensemble cast of creative souls.
Krista is co-founder of Rain Soul Studio, a bespoke wellness studio located in downtown Billings where she serves as a certified holistic bodymind coach, creative mindset mentor, and comprehensive yoga nidra guide. Among her continued education credentials, Krista is an honors scholar with a BFA in History from Montana State University—Billings and holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College.
Krista is available during her open studio hours on Thursdays from 10 AM – 3 PM. Guests are welcome the studio and browse the Note to Self Installation, learn about the Stuck on You performance art project and leave a few notes of your own behind.
Visit Krista’s website here: kristaleighpasini.com
Learn more about Krista’s The Post-it Note Project here: kristaleighpasini.com/stuck-on-you
December 2024:
Stuck On You | Chapter Five: Happenstance
Thursday – Sunday, December 19, 20, & 21 at 6 PM, December 22 at 2 PM in the Visible Vault
The fifth chapter in the Stuck on You series, Happenstance, features interdisciplinary artist Tess Howsam from Brooklyn, New York and local dance artist Lisa Oppegaard.
RESERVE A SEAT: Performances are FREE | Seating is limited. Please contact Krista Pasini for reservations @ kristaleighpasini.com/contact
Learn more here.
January 2025:
Stuck On You | Chapter Six: Known Traveler
Thursday – Sunday, January 16, 17, & 18 at 6 PM, January 19 at 2 PM in the Visible Vault
This final chapter concludes the Stuck on You performance series created by artist-in-residence Krista Pasini as part of the Post-it Note Project. Known Traveler is held by an ensemble of artists who have been in dialogue this past year about how the shared experience of travel lends to the ways we arrive and depart from moments, each other, this world, and the liminal spaces between.
Featured artists include Mehmet Casey, Sherri Cornett, Sonia Davis, Davison Schanno, Patrick Scott-Wilson, Billie Parrott, Starla Pattenaude, and Krista Pasini.
RESERVE A SEAT: Performances are FREE | Seating is limited. Please contact Krista Pasini for reservations @ kristaleighpasini.com/contact
