We have accepted our first Artist in Residence, a very talented up and coming photographer Jenna Gard (see bio below). She will be the starting point in RETROGRADE, working with concept/choreographer Robin Lynn Simpson to create the first collaborative performance piece to be presented at the Fundraising Gala this late summer/early fall. We are still looking for more artists for [this piece] the piece RETROGRADE. Still in needed of: writer, musicians/musical director, and acting coach/director. Please submit your resume and sample of work to robin.simpson@surgeinitiative.com RE: retrograde application
RETROGRADE iArtists in Residence will work a typical creative process in reverse starting with a photographic storyboard. The storyboards will then be passed to a writer who will develop dialogue, then on to a choreographer whose dance will ultimately be set with an original score, and finally completed with stage direction. In this unique approach we hope to open new doors and inspire creativity among up and coming artists.
Photographer/Artist in Residence: Jenna Gard is feeling fine in 2009, and it's extremely excited to be a part of the SURGE crew! Currently a student of photography at Marymount Manhattan College and International Center of Photography, she will be graduating in 2010. Hailing from Sarasota, Fl., her background is in a multitude of things, ranging from the visual fine arts to technical theatre and stage managing, and the prospect of constant collaboration is something she enjoys in being able to push her art further. She has been the recipient of the Disney Dreamers and Doers Award, a NFAA youngARTS Award, and has recently had her work show in a number of small shows featuring herself and her peers. Thank you to everyone who has gotten her to where she is, and everyone who will take her to where she is going. "New art should not arouse hostility among the learned, but does, and alas always will." -Alan Ginsberg
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