performance artist, meanwhile, has caused her selection as director of upcoming features on artists Ed Ruscha and Richard Prince. Jordan is currently making a feature-length art film on the performance group the Angels of Light from San Francisco. This is a film to be made for free and given for free to the public. Angels of Light will be features at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver’s upcoming exhibition, West of Center: Art and the Counterculture Experiment in America, 1965-1977. In 2011 in Tallinn, Jordan directed and orchestrated a performance with dancers from the Ballet Preljocaj, the Vox choir and composer Tõnu Kaljuste. Public art projects In 2010 Jordan founded and became the Creative Director of Word Above the Street, a non-profit international arts organization dedicated to combining art and cultural programming with social advocacy based in New York City. Her newest venture, ‘The Water Tank Project,’ utilizes New York City’s water tanks for a large-scale public artwork that will draw attention to the global water crisis. In 2011 the Ford Foundation awarded Word Above the Street a grant to develop the Water Tank Project. In May 2011 Jordan spoke about The Water Tank Project at the Festival of Ideas. In November 2013, The Water Tank Project, directed by Jordan, established exclusive media sponsorship with Hearst Corporation. The Project was featured in the April 2014 issue of Town & Country Magazine and in the May 2014 issue of Marie Claire. The idea of the outdoor museum along the New York City skyline dedicated to the global water crisis has been well received by artists, philanthropists, scientists, educators, real estate professionals and city officials. With participation of artists such as Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari, Jeff Koons, Andy Goldsworthy, Carrie Mae Weems, Julie Mehretu and Lawrence Weiner; financing from the Booth Ferris Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation New York City Cultural Innovation Fund and the Agnes Gund AG Foundation; and partnerships with STUDIO IN A SCHOOL, the Columbia Water Center, the project is poised for successful execution. The curatorial committee features leading figures in the art world, including Lisa Dennison, Toby Devan Lewis and Neville Wakefield. Speaking Engagements On September 12, 2012, with the President's wife and a selected group including the Ambassador to Finland, Mary Jordan spoke on Imbi Paju's book and on the subject of memory and healing. On April 5, 2013 Jordan spoke in New York City