June 2012
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Jun 29th
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Jun 27th
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Jun 27th
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Jun 25th
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Jun 23rd
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Jun 21st
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VAGINA Artist Spotlight: Jessie Young
Dancer/Choreographer/Photographer Jessie Young is a performer, dance maker and educator from the Port Angeles, WA. She has performed nationally and internationally (touring most recently to Tajikistan, Kyrgistan & Puebla, Mexico) and holds a BFA in Modern Dance from the University of Utah. She currently lives in Chicago, where she works as dancer with Dim Sum Dance & Khecari, most...
Jun 21st
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VAGINA Artist Spotlight: Ariana Dziedzic
Actor Ariana Dziedzic is a 2010 graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University with a BFA in Acting and a minor in Creative Writing. Recently she appeared in The Deadline Workshop with Chicago Dramatists, Powerless in collaboration with Two Birds Casting and Voice of the City, A Little Betrayal Among Friends with Halcyon Theatre, Bordello at Chicago Dramatists, Dracula: A Tragedy at...
Jun 19th
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VAGINA Artist Spotlight: Sierra Dufault
Visual Artist  sierradujour.tumblr.com Sierra Dufault is a local artist originally from the great and misunderstood state of Texas. A former student at SAIC, Sierra strives to live a life of creation and intent. As a child she grew up in a house hold where dreaming was allowed and working hard to make those dreams come true was strongly encouraged. She spends her time working at a coffee shop,...
Jun 18th
VAGINA Artist Spotlight: Ashley Thompson
Photographer Ashley Thompson’s interest in photography was sparked when she travelled to Haiti for the first time in 2008. Originally fascinated with the documentary aspect of photographs, her work is very experience-based. Bold and feisty, yet affable and collected, Ashley’s attitude and technique offer firsthand accounts of a variety of everyday life happenings with different...
Jun 16th
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Jun 15th
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VAGINA Artist Spotlight: Emmi Chen
Artist/ DJ Emmi Chen is an artist and will be dj’n the party as DJ Rib Tip.  She loves music, dancing, singing, acting, painting, taking pictures and meat and veggies.  Her pursuits as an artist are to do great works, find balance and bring meaning to the life of Emmi Chen.  She has acted in numerous short films as well as two feature films, Normal (soon to be released) and 5-25-77 (post...
Jun 15th
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VAGINA Artist Spotlight: Claire Stringer
 Artist Claire Stringer is a Chicago-based artist who uses a variety of materials to study dualism in both personal and cultural life.  Through applying her background in Art History, Stringer often responds to the notion of HIGH and LOW art, and GOOD and BAD taste. Focusing mainly in the craft of collage, she blends these divisions to create compositions that convey both...
Jun 14th
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Jun 13th
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VAGINA Artist Spotlight: Brittany Ransom
New Media Artist / Installation  www.brittanyransom.com  Brittany Ransom is an artist and educator who creates interactive installations, electronic art objects, and site specific interventions that strive to probe the line between human, animal, and environmental relations while exploring emergent technologies. Recently she has collaborated with various species (often uninvitedly) to question...
Jun 13th
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VAGINA Artist Spotlight: Sid Branca
Performance Artist http://sidbranca.com Sid Branca is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in performance. Informed by her training in physical theatre, Branca’s practice makes use of the human body as sculptural material, tracing ideas through a wide range of influences and media, using techniques drawn from theatre, plastic arts, music, dance, film, and literary and cultural...
Jun 11th
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Jun 9th
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Jun 9th
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Jun 8th
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VAGINA Artist Spotlight: Carina Gibson
Singer/Songwriter, Photographer, Painter, Barista http://carinainka.bandcamp.com/  http://soundcloud.com/peelspeels  http://mossandmilk.tumblr.com/ Although Carina loves to sing, and music is her ultimate outlet, this scandinavian girl has been known to explore photography, painting, drawing, cooking, and coffee making. Growing up with no shoes on in the outskirts of Helsinki, swimming in...
Jun 8th
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Jun 7th
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VAGINA Artist Spotlight: Kelsey Keaton
Printmaker/ Amateur Naturalist http://kelseykeaton.com/    Kelsey Keaton creates research-based work using a variety of printmaking and book binding techniques. Her installations are primarily informed by folktales, mythology, and her work in the Insect Department at the Field Museum of Natural History. Her practice strives to reconcile the difference between the Truth sought by science and...
Jun 6th
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Jun 5th
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Jun 4th
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Jun 4th
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Jun 1st
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