WRITER
WEAVER
SHEPHERD
DANCER

photo by liam pickhardt

—> diane anastasio is a multi-disciplinary movement steward who invites people to hoof it together as a herd: attuned, alive, and expansive.

CURRENT PROJECTS

THE HITCHING POST: Dispatches from the Queer Country Dance Community

HERD DANCES

photo by liam pickhardt

—> diane’s work explores the dance floor as a site of connection, care, and transformation, where individual movement weaves into collective rhythm.

PRESS

Edible Ojai & Ventura County

Farming for Fashion: Restoring Textile Connections in Ventura County

EcoJustice Radio

Grazing the Land: Wildfire Prevention and the Return of Pastoralism

Urban Exodus

Modern Shepherd: A Queer musician and textile artist leaves academia for agriculture

Environmental Voices Rising

Guardians of Grazing: Modern Shepherdesses Revive an Ancient Practice for land Management

Regeneration Rising

Lessons in Shepherding

Ventana Monthly

Moral Fiber: Shepherdess Land and Livestock integrates land management with sustainable wool production.

Press Play on KCRW

Queer Cowboy Culture Makes a Comeback

Women in Ranching: Kitchen Table Chat

Following the Breadcrumbs: Finding Your Pathway to Meaningful, Impactful Work