Six nationally-recognized artists to present at Shadowcliff Mountain Lodge
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Shadowcliff Mountain Lodge and the Grand Lake Creative District will host a public event showcasing artists from the lodge’s new residency program on Friday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m. at the Grand Lake Community House.
The free event will feature six nationally recognized artists:
- Holland Andrews of Brooklyn, N.Y. is a composer, vocalist, clarinetist and improviser whose work explores vulnerability and healing. Their performances have been featured in the Whitney Biennial, and they are a Creative Capital and Guggenheim Fellow.
- Nina Elder of Gardner, Colo. is an artist and researcher investigating ecological change, land use and cultural memory with support from major foundations including Warhol and Rauschenberg.
- jaamil olawale kosoko of Philadelphia, Pa. is a Nigerian American author and performance artist exploring Black queer theory, rest-care strategies, and fugitivity. Their honors include fellowships from Doris Duke, Pew and Princeton.
- yuniya edi kwon of Brooklyn, N.Y. is a violinist, vocalist and interdisciplinary performance maker blending Korean folk traditions, Butoh and experimental sound. She is both a Guggenheim and Creative Capital Fellow.
- Cedar Sigo of Lofall, Wash. is a poet raised on the Suquamish Reservation whose work translates embodied language into text. He is a Lannan Foundation Fellow and Allen Ginsberg Visiting Fellow.
- Nick Wylie of Chicago, Ill. is an artist, organizer, and educator whose practice spans video, performance, and drawing. He co-founded multiple arts organizations and has taught at several Chicago-area universities.
Attendees will hear about the artists’ creative processes and experiences in residence at Shadowcliff through presentations, performances and conversations. Each artist will offer their unique perspective while exhibiting some of their work.
kosoko, one of the six artists, plans to present video excerpts of recent performances as well as read new poetry from collections in progress, titled “Quantum Rest” and “Ontological Delay.”
“I hope the residents find an opportunity to engage with practices that might be outside of their everyday circumstance … and be open to some new ideas and new ways of witnessing performance and visual art,” kosoko said.
A major theme of their work is the cultivation of rest-care strategies. kosoko said the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped how they think about sustainability as an artist, pushing them to center “critical rest” in both personal and collaborative practice. They also said they expect Friday’s audience to include art lovers, curious community members and anyone interested in music and performance.
“This is a time for allowing new experiences to open us, to open new portals, new ways of understanding and being with each other,” kosoko said. “I think this is one of those portals—so just prepare yourself to be moved.”
The event is free and open to the public but an RSVP is encouraged.
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Holland Andrews is one of the six artists in residence at Shadowcliff Mountain Lodge. Their work focuses on the abstraction of operatic and extended-technique voice to build cathartic and dissonant soundscapes.
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kwon yuniya edi is a violinist, vocalist and interdisciplinary performance artist. Her work explores transformation & transgression, ritual practice as a tool to queer ancestral lineage and the use of mythology.
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Nina Elder is an artist and researcher that creates projects to reveal humanity’s dependence on, and interruption of, the natural world.
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Cedar Sigo is a Suquamish American writer and poet of art, literature and film.
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Nick Wylie is an artist, organizer and educator. His work incorporates technology, performance, drawing and queer time travel.
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