Published: Send to a friend Tim Miller to Perform 'Sex/Body/Self' in San Francisco Friday, October 17, 2008 "NEA 4" Member Opens California Institute of Integral Studies' Queer Bodies in Psychotherapy Conference SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- International performance artist Tim Miller will open California Institute of Integral Studies' (CIIS) Queer Bodies in Psychotherapy Conference with a special performance of "Sex/Body/Self" on Friday, October 17, 7:00 PM, at the Hotel Whitcomb inSan Francisco. Tickets for the evening, which is open to the general public, are $25. For more information or to register, call CIIS Public Programs at 415.575.6165 or register online at www.ciis.edu/publicprograms. Tim Miller's creative work as a performer and writer explores the artistic, spiritual, and political topography of his identity as a gay man. Hailed for its humor and passion, Miller's performance work has delighted and emboldened audiences worldwide at such venues as Yale Repertory Theatre, the London Institute of Contemporary Art, the Walker Art Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music Next Wave Festival. He is the author of the books Shirts & Skin, Body Blows, and 1001 Beds, which won the 2007 Lambda Literary Award for best book in Drama-Theatre. Miller has taught performance at UCLA, NYU and the Claremont School of Theology, and is a co-founder of two influential performance spaces in the U.S.: Performance Space 122 inManhattan and Highways Performance Space inSanta Monica, CA. He is the recipient of numerous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, including an NEA Solo Performer Fellowship in 1990, which was overturned under political pressure from the Bush White House because of its gay themes. Miller, along with three other artists, the so-called NEA 4, successfully sued the federal government for violation of their First Amendment rights. Event Details: Tim Miller, "Sex/Body/Self" Friday, October 17, 7:00 PM Hotel Whitcomb 1231 Market Street, San Francisco, CA Tickets are $25 For more information: 415.575.6175 or www.ciis.edu/publicprograms California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) is an institution of higher education offering interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and applied studies in psychology, counseling, philosophy, religion, cultural anthropology, transformative studies and leadership, integrative health, women's spirituality, community mental health, and the arts. The Institute offers master's and doctoral degrees, as well as a Bachelor of Arts completion degree and advanced certificates. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), and its Psy.D. program is accredited by the American Psychological Association. For more information, visit www.ciis.edu. SOURCE California Institute of Integral Studies Copyright © 2008, PRNewswire Copyright © 2008, NewsBlaze, Daily News Tags: ,HED,ART,LGB,MAV,POL,Tim-Miller-CIIS-event    _   _             Is your favorite bookmark site missing? Ask for it.