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Education

B.A. in Music and Physical Education, Hunter College

Ph.D. Hon. Humanities, Albright College

Awards

2009 Leeway Transformation Award

1999 Dorthea Lange/Paul Taylor Award

1998 Beacon of Hope Award

1996 Poet Laureate, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

1995 Karen Sofield Award for AIDS Awareness

1994 Hyacinth AIDS Foundation Contribution Award   


​Selected Exhibitions 

2018  The Edge Of Time as We Knew It, solo show, San Miguel De Allende

2017  Immortal Remains, Sevenminusseven Gallery, solo show St Thomas, USVI

2016  Gleasons, New York, NY

2016  Fabrica La Aurora, San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

2015  Open Studio, San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

2014  Bamboula, solo show, St John, USVI

​2013 Group Exhibit, Caribbean Color

2013  Tomorrow Was Yesterday, Solo Show, Ocean Gallery USVI

2012, Art In The Garden, St Thomas, USVI

2012  You Will Never Amount To Anything Exhibit, USVI

2011  USVI Council on The Arts Exhibit, solo show St Thomas, USVI

2011  Less Than Zero Exhibit, Sevenminusseven Gallery, St Thomas, USVI

2011 Feminine Mystique, The Ice Gallery, USVI

2010 ARTEXPO New York City, NY

2009 Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA

2009 River Run Gallery, Lambertville, NJ

2003 No #9 Gallery, Lambertville, NJ

2000 PNC Bank, New Hope PA

1999 Positive Expressions, St Petersburg, Florida

1998 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

1997 The Gallery Café, New Hope, PA

Lecture Topics

Lecture Topics

Art and Healing

Aging: Midlife Opportunities 

A Positive Life

Body Image

​Overcoming Challenges

Sexuality

Performnces

 Sex, Cellulite & Large Farm Equipment: One Girls Guide To Living & Dying

SEXED

The Dominatrix Next Door

It Looks Like A Banana But It Is Really A Dog

Publications

2012 Bucks County Poet Laureate Anthology: Making Our Own Light

2010-2011 Blog for edgenewyorkcity.com

2010-09 Blog for thebody.com1994-07 

1994-2008 Columnist for POZ Magazine

2004                   In Which I Lost 1000 Pounds, Poetry By River Huston

1999                   Goddess: The New Feminine Guide to Wisdom.

1998                   The Chicago Tribune: Road Trip

1998                   A Positive Life Portraits of Women Living With HIV

1997                   Hand Offering God

1996                  Live at Karla’s, An Anthology of Performance Poetry

1995                   The Bones Of Susan by Poetry by River Huston

1995                  Black Oak Press Collection

1995                   The Poets Attic

1994                   It looks Like a Banana But It’s Really a Dog, a poetry collection

1993                   North Star Bar Poetry Series

1992                   Jesus Never Lived Here, Poetry by River Huston

Representative List of Lectures, Appearances and Performance

KEYNOTE/PLENARY

Allegheny General Hospital, PA

AmeriCorps, RI

Archdiocese Of New Jersey

Body Positive Conference, AR

Abbott Laboratories International, Canada

Action AIDS Benefit, PA

AIDS, Medicine and Miracles, CA, FL, CO

AIDS Minnesota Conference, FL

A Positive Life Dinner, TX

Bucks County Chamber of Commerce, PA.

Bucks County AIDS Network, PA

Bucks County Detention Center, PA

CARES, Make It Happen Benefit, MI

Children’s AIDS Network AIDS, NJ

Catawba Care Benefit, SC

Changing Landscapes Conference, SC

Community Healthcare Network, NY

CIFOPWA Gala benefit, IL

Day Of Service, RI

Day of Healing, DE

Department Of Health, AR, CA, KY, ME, MI, NE, NJ, NY, OR, PA, SC, WI, VT.   

HEROES Retreat, LA

HIV/ AIDS Conference, Santa Fe, NM

Hyacinth Foundation, NJ

International Conference on

HIV/AIDS and Chinese Medicine, CA, NY

Holyoke Health Retreat, CT

International AIDS Empowerment, NM

Internal Revenue Service, NJ

International Water Keeper’s Gala, PA Kalmia Benefit Gala, PA

Labs are Vital Campaign, Chicago

Martin Luther King Center, RI

M'Kor Shalom, NJ

National Skills Building Conference, DC, CA

New Hampshire Women’s Conference, NH

NJWAN Conference, NJ

New Jersey Collegiate Consortium For Health and Education, NJ

New Orleans Empowerment Conference, LA

Northwest Rural AIDS Alliance, PA

Omega Institute, NY

Over 50 Forum, Boston, Miami

On Wings Of Hope Conference, NJ

Positive Living Women’s Conference, FL

Positive Health Clinic, PA

Peer Leadership Conference, MI

Philadelphia Fight Gala Event, PA

Planned Parenthood, PA, NJ, FL, NY

Promethean Center, PA

Ray of Hope Conference, NY

Reaching For Peace, PA

SMART University, NY

St. Francis Medical Center, NJ

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, DC

St. Johns Presbyterian Church, NJ

Scientific Study Of Sexuality Conference, PA

Social Work and HIV Conference, Chicago

TPAN Women’s Conference, Chicago

Trenton Family Guidance Center, NJ

Today Inc., PA.

Trinity Church, NJ

United States Conference on AIDS, CA, FL

United States Conference on Ministers, MI

Vermont Cares Conference, VT

Women on The Move Conference, NJ

Women: Images and Reality Conference, NJ

Women and HIV; Day of Healing, OH

Women and Girls National Testing Day, AR

Women and HIV Conference, DC

Women and HIV Luncheon, MD

Women’s World Retreat, CA

Women Healing Luncheon, Phila Fight, PA

Winter Youth Assembly, NJ

World AIDS Day Dance, NJ

Yale CT AIDS Training Center, CT

Young Women’s Christen Association, PA

Youth Leadership Summit, IL

Youth Services Inc., NJ

8th Annual Women’s Leadership Conference

10th Intl. Conference on HIV/AIDS, Japan

11th Intl Conference on HIV/AIDS, Canada

18th Intl Conference on HIV/AIDS, Vienna

COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES

Alabama

Spring Hill College

University of Alabama-Birmingham

Arkansas

University of the Ozarks

Arkansas State University

University of Arkansas- Fort Smith

California

California State Poly University

California State University-Monterey

University of California-Irvine

Cate School

San Jose State University

Sonoma State University

Connecticut

Southeast Connecticut State U

Gateway Community College

Delaware

University Of Delaware

Wesley College

Florida

Gulf Coast University 

Eckerd College

Hillsborough Community College

Valencia Community College 

Georgia

Columbus State University 

Savannah College of Art & Design 

Valdosta State College

Young Harris College

Idaho

University of Idaho

Albertson College

Illinois

Bradley University, Peoria

Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago

Saint Francis University, Joliet

Southern Illinois U, Carbondale

Indiana

Drake University

Morningside University

Buena Vista University

Indiana University

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Indiana State University

Saint Mary’s College

University of Saint Francis

Saint Mary’s College

University of Saint Francis

Iowa

Buena Vista University

Morningside College 

Kansas 

Garden State Community College 

Kentucky

Eastern Kentucky University

Louisiana

Nichols State College

Massachusetts

American International College

Bridgewater State College

Clark University

Curry College

University of Massachusetts

Wheelock College

Wheaton College

Salem State University

Simmons College

University of Massachusetts

Bentley College

Maryland

Chester College

Howard Community College

McDaniel's College 

Salisbury Sate University 

St Mary’s College of Maryland

Washington College 

Maine

Colby College

Bowdoin College

Bates College

Husson College

University of Maine, Fort Kent

University of Maine, Farmington

University of Maine, Presque Isle

Michigan

Ferris State University

Kettering College 

Michigan State University

Northern Michigan University 

University of Michigan

Minnesota

College Of St. Benedict

Ridgewater College

Missouri

Washington University of St Louis 

Montana

Carroll College, Helena 

Nebraska

Southeast Community College

New Hampshire

Colby-Sawyer College

Dartmouth College 

North Carolina

College of East Carolina

East Carolina University

UNC-Pembroke

UNC-Charlotte

UNC-Wilmington

 New Mexico

New Mexico State University

New Jersey

Brookdale Community College

Centenary College 

Jersey City State College

Monmouth University

Middlesex CCC

Rutgers University New Brunswick

Rutgers-Camden

Princeton University

Raritan County Community College

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 

Rowan University  

Rider University

The College of New Jersey

Seton Hall University

William Patterson College 

New York

Adirondack Community College

Alfred University 

Fashion Inst. Of Technology 

Fordham University

Hunter College

Ithaca College

Jamestown Community College 

Keuka College 

Long Island University 

Monroe Community College 

Nazareth College of Rochester 

New York University

Polytechnic University 

Queens College

Saint Bonaventure University 

Saint John's University 

Saint Lawrence University

Siena College

SUNY, Oneonta 

SUNY, Oswego 

SUNY, Cortland

Suffolk County community College

Wagner College 

Wells College 

Ohio 

Miami University 

Muskingum College

Ohio State University

Ohio University-Athens 

University of Cincinnati

Oregon 

Pacific College

Portland, University 

Southern Oregon University 

University of Portland

Pennsylvania 

Albright College

Bucknell University 

Bucks County Community College

Cedar Crest College 

Delaware Valley College 

DeSale University

Gettysburg College 

Juniata College 

Lehigh University

Lafayette University

Mercyhurst College

Millersville University

Moravian College

Northampton Community College 

Pennsylvania College of Technology 

Penn State University, Altoona

Penn State University, Hazelton

Penn State U, Beaver Campus

Penn State U, New Kensington

Philadelphia University

Shippensburg University 

Slippery Rock University 

Temple University 

University of Sciences, Philadelphia 

Ursinis College 

Wilkes University 

Rhode Island

Brown University

Providence College

Roger Williams University 

South Carolina 

Coastal Carolina University 

Furman University

University Of South Carolina

Winthrop University 

Tennessee 

Austin Peay University

University of Memphis 

Volunteer State Community College 

Texas 

Amarillo College

Cedar Valley College 

Southwest Texas State University

Texas Tech University

United States Virgin Islands

University of The Virgin Islands

Charlotte Amalie High School

Utah 

Westminster College

Southern Utah University

Virginia 

Longwood College

Old Dominion University 

Mary Washington University 

Randolph Macon College 

The College of William and Mary 

Vermont 

Lyndon State College

Saint Michael's University 

Washington 

Edmunds Community College

Green River community College 

Pierce Community College 

Western Washington University

Wisconsin 

University Wisconsin

Cardinal Stritch College

West Virginia 

Davis and Elkin College 

Marshal University

University Of West Virginia

West Virginia University 

Wyoming 

Northwest College

University of Wyoming, Laramie

Performance

Atmosphere, Chicago

Border's Books, Princeton, N J

Broadway Comedy Club, NYC

Caroline’s Comedy Club, NYC

Castle Cinema, RI

Club Cafe, Boston, MA

Denver Marriott Tech Center, CO

Dodge Poetry Festival, NJ

Dover Downs, Dover, DE

Edith Macy Conference Center,

 Briarcliff Manor, NY

Fairmont Hotel, Chicago

Hyatt Hotel, Miami

International Fringe Festival,  New York, NY

John and Peter's, PA

JJ Resorts, Muskegon, MI

La Paloma, Miami

Karla's Cafe, New Hope, PA

Manhattan Theater Source, NYC

Midtown Manhattan International Theater Festival, NYC

Mockingbird Warehouse, Canada

Montgomery Theater, PA

New Hope Art's Festival, PA

Hotel Carlisle, PA

Lambertville, Station, NJ

New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ

Nuyorican Poet's Cafe, NYC

Portland Convention Center, OR

Poco’s Comedy Cabaret, PA

Portland Convention Center, OR

Ramada Inn, Chicago

Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, Los Angeles, CA

Society Hill Playhouse, Philadelphia

Sioux City Convention Center, IA

Sportsman Lodge, CA

Stage Left Theater, NYC

Stand-Up New York, NYC

St. Petersburg Writers Festival, Florida

The Cafe, Long Beach, CA

The Duplex, NYC

The Getty Center, SC

The North Star Bar, Philadelphia

The Renburg Theater, Los Angeles

The Sculpture Garden, Hamilton, NJ

The Tower Theater, CA

The Tweeter Center, Camden, NJ

media

 MEDIA        

AM Philadelphia

CBS Up To The Minute

Charles Perez Show

Channel 9 Update

CNN Morning Show

Day and Date

Good Morning America

Late Date with Seri 

Montel Williams Show

News Talk Television

NPR All things Considered

KMUD Radio Interview

Showtime

WPST AIDS Benefit 

MetroLive

FOX News Radio

Telephone

650-787-3073

Email

rivhuston@gmail.com
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