Executive DirectorCollaborative ArtsIn addition to serving as the executive director of Collaborative Arts, Jorge Fiffe—commonly known as just Fiffe—has done development and marketing for various arts nonprofits and theater ensembles in New York City. He has done work for Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Performance Space 122, Advancement Project Los Angeles, Art Research and Curriculum Associates and Teatro Quinto Sol.Artistically, Fiffe began working in video and photography at the University of California Riverside (UCR), and earned his bachelor’s degree in art studio in 1998. Post-baccalaureate Fiffe continued to develop his writing and performance work with his mentor and ‘NEA 4’ artist, Tim Miller. In 2007, Fiffe was conferred a master of fine arts degree in visual arts from Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts. Currently, he continues his artistic practice and is further developing his latest body of work, The Worst Thing (That I Could Do), a performance that uses a recounting of the biblical narrative of the Garden of Eden in conjunction with religious liturgy and induced enchantment to posit deeper meaning into how ‘love’ can manifest itself. Relatively, it has inspired writing his first full-length novel, The Dreadful Weight of Hope, a reinterpretation of James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room.Hyperlinks: Email; Website; FacebookEvents: Producer, Breakthrough Arts Fest; Producer, Resonate No. 2; Resident Curator, Gall³ry No. 1: “The Scavenger Hunter’s Cookbook (A Guide to Living Well and Getting On in New Jersey)”