Our gratitude goes out to the artists and audience who made SWAN Day Dayton 2013 such a hit. Ohio is bursting with vibrant female artists.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Thanks for an amazing SWAN Day!
Our gratitude goes out to the artists and audience who made SWAN Day Dayton 2013 such a hit. Ohio is bursting with vibrant female artists.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
SWAN Day Dayton: FREE Event on March 30th at 2pm at the Dayton Metro Library Main Branch
Building off of the success of last year’s inaugural
standing-room only event, SWAN Day Dayton 2013 will be held on Saturday March
30th at 2pm at the Dayton Metro Library Main Branch Auditorium at 215 E. Third
St. Join artists and community members
in a celebration of Ohio female artists. The showcase is free and includes
films, poetry, plays, music, dance, short stories, visual arts and door prizes.
Featured artists include photographer Bonnie Adams Brestelli,
filmmakers Ursula, Gabrielle, Jennifer, Charity, and Maria Burton of Fiver
Sisters Productions, R&B singer and songwriter Adriane Caffey, poet
Elizabeth Cantonwine Schmidt, actor Daniel Cermak, collage and mixed media
artist Laura Ceville, actor Whitney Davis,
filmmaker Rani Deighe Crowe, theatre director and actor Andy Falter, actor
Dan Foley, illustrator Sarah Fortener, spoken word artist and rapper Kim
Gerhold, color pencil artist Janyce Denise Glasper, theatre director Daniel Grigg, portrait
artist Terri Melia Hamlin, actor Elizabeth Harelik, author Sandra J. Kachurek, singer and songwriter Marianne Kelser, Kilbourne
Drama Club members Mason Althouse, Jocelyn Decker, Sophie Decker, Camryn
Johnson, Adi Kinzer, Leah Kinzer, Audrey MacKenzie, Sabrina Ramsey and Meghan
Weinle, Knotwork Flutes flautists
Jessica Arriola, Diane Stroud and Barb Tucker, surreal self-portrait photographer Ellie
Lane, playwright Stacey Lane, painter
Crystal Leisure, singer, songwriter and guitarist Talianna LeVangie, sketch
comedy filmmaker Alex Mangen, dancer and choreographer Crystal Michelle, painter
Heather Lea Reid, filmmaker Eric Risher, poet and author Maranda Russell, poet Claudia Skutar, filmmaker Alex Taylor,
actor Jocelyn Tanis, mixed media artist Karen Webb and actor Jacob Wright.
SWAN Day Dayton is produced by Dara Cosby and Stacey Lane and
is co-sponsored by the Dayton Metro Library and Joy Schwab. This event is part
of an international celebration of women artists taking place on the last
Saturday of Women’s History Month. There have been over 900 SWAN Day events in
23 countries in the first five years of SWAN Day.
Bonnie Adams Brestelli (Europe: Black and White Photography)
A
Dayton area native, Bonnie has lived in Ohio, Kansas, and Germany. She has
studied Art, Art History, and Museum Studies at University of Dayton, Sinclair
Community College, Kansas State University, and University of Oklahoma. Her photographs and frames showcase the
beauty that surrounds us and encourages us to take a moment from the toils of
life and see that there is still beauty in this world. www.bonniebrestelli.photography.com
Mason Althouse (Flashback to Girl Scouts: Play)
Mason
is an eighth grader at Kilbourne Middle School.
Mason’s stage roles include parts in The
Odyssey, 54 People ‘LIKE’ This,
and FLASHBACK! He served as student director for the 2012-13
KMS season and enjoys reading and playing the trumpet.
Jessica Arriola (Flutezalad Suite: Music)
Jessica Arriola has played the flute for many musicals in the last seven years. She is a member of the Richmond Community Orchestra, the Eaton Community Band and Knotwork Flute Trio.
Charity Burton (The Happiest Day of His Life: Film)
Jessica Arriola (Flutezalad Suite: Music)
Jessica Arriola has played the flute for many musicals in the last seven years. She is a member of the Richmond Community Orchestra, the Eaton Community Band and Knotwork Flute Trio.
Charity Burton (The Happiest Day of His Life: Film)
Charity
Burton splits her time between teaching in L.A. city schools and producing all
“Five Sisters Productions” commercials, corporate creative workshops and
films. She studied dance, theater and
anthropology/sociology at Denison University. She’s performed in numerous
productions and she wrote, produced, directed, and performed in the play Venus
on the Halfshell. Charity studied Bhratan Natyum dance in Malaysia while
teaching at an Indian orphanage in Kuala Lumpur. She also organized and taught Americorps literacy
programs. www.fivesisters.com
Gabrielle C. Burton (The Happiest Day of His Life: Film)
Gabrielle
C. Burton is a writer/director/actor. Currently she is directing Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens, a
documentary on drag queens and kings in Columbus. She won a Rotary Scholarship
to study film in France. A Harvard/Radcliffe graduate, she was awarded summa
cum laude for her creative writing thesis.
She was a guest at the Columbus Arts Festival. She was named 2013 recipient
of the Ohio Arts Council's Individual Excellence Award for 'outstanding
accomplishment in media arts.' www.fivesisters.com
Jennifer Burton (The Happiest Day of His Life: Film)
Jennifer
Burton is a film and commercial producer and professor at Tufts University. She
wrote, directed, and acted in Harvard/Radcliffe’s first performance thesis. She
completed her Ph.D. at Harvard in English and American Literature. She received
a Mellon Grant for her dissertation on hope in American film and theater of the
1920s. She was awarded a Luce Fellowship to study Japanese Theater in
Tokyo. She is a Harvard Du Bois Fellow
and a published author. www.fivesisters.com
Maria Burton (The Happiest Day of His Life: Film)
Maria
Burton helms the film company Five Sister
Productions. She has directed documentaries as well as commercials, PSAs
and feature films. Maria also produced The
Happiest Day of His Life and Letting
Go of God. Graduating from Yale with a degree in theater and filmmaking,
Maria produced, performed in, and/or directed numerous theater shows. Maria is
Co-Chair of the Board of The Alliance of Women Directors and on the Board of
Global Girl Media. www.fivesisters.com
Ursula Burton (The Happiest Day of His Life: Film)
Ursula
Burton wrote, directed and acted in The Happiest
Day of His Life which won a Viewer's Choice Award on MTV's LOGO Channel and
qualified for the Academy Awards. Acting
credits include The Office, The War at Home, The West Wing, The Divine
Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Two
Broke Girls, Grey’s Anatomy, The Young and the Restless, BBC’s My Family and others. Ursula graduated
from Yale with honors. She’s currently writing a fairytale feature. www.fivesisters.com
Adriane Caffey (Me and U: Music)
Adriane
Caffey is 22 years old. She has been
singing since she was six and began recording music at eighteen. Adriane has
performed in front of a lot of crowds and has the passion to take it further in
the future. She love music: it’s a part of her. She hangs on to her love for
music because it is always with her.
Elizabeth Cantonwine Schmidt (Musing Edward Weston and Say You Will: Poetry)
Elizabeth
Cantonwine Schmidt is the author of the chapbook, For Gretel. Her poetry has
been published locally in Mock Turtle Zine and can also be heard on WYSO's
poetry program Conrad's Corner. As a reference librarian at Wright Memorial
Public Library, she coordinates Wright Library Poets and posts poetry trivia
every April (www.wrightlibrary.org). She lives with her husband and four
children in Kettering.
Daniel Cermak (Alien to Antiquity: Play)
Daniel
is a senior at Thomas Worthington High School. He has been in theatre for six
years and has loved all of the friends he’s made and opportunities he has been
given. He plays percussion in concert and marching band and is a varsity tennis
player. Roles include: Rick in The Nerd
and the donut in Stacey Lane’s Stalemate,
performed at last year’s SWAN festival.
He plans to attend the University of Akron next fall.
Laura Ceville (Let Your Creativity Take Flight: Mixed Media Art)
Laura
Ceville is a proud Air Force veteran, an aspiring children's author and
illustrator, and word lover (yes, she loves words!). Some of her life goals
include having a children’s book on the market that she has both written and
illustrated and owning estates in Ohio, Colorado, and Texas. Laura enjoys
inspiring the uninspired, exploring the outdoors with her husband, writing,
drawing, and loving on her two mischievous dogs—Jack and Deuce. http://www.facebook.com/CevilleDesigns
Dara Cosby (Co-Producer)
Dara Cosby is a graduate of Wright State University’s Motion Picture program. She has written reviews for film and television. Some recent work has been as a casting assistant on the feature film, True Nature and script supervisor for FreshMouth 2020 and the web series, Freak Club. Dara has also obtained a master’s degree in Community Counseling from University of Dayton, in hopes to use film and media to help others.
Whitney Davis (Door Prize Coordinator, Pet Names: Play)
Whitney Davis is a 2012 Lake Forest College Graduate with a B.A. in Theater. She appeared in Snow White and the Paramedic as Snow White, The Vagina Monologues as The Flood, The House of Benarda Alba as Prudencia, Splendor in the Grass as Angelina, Fiddler on the Roof as Yente and more. Prior to college, she attended Stivers School for the Arts and is happy to be back in the Dayton area.
Jocelyn Decker (Flashback to Girl Scouts: Play)
Jocelyn is a ninth grader at Thomas Worthington High School. She co-wrote and performed in Gossip Squirrels, which premiered at last year’s Dayton SWAN festival. Jocelyn has received the Patriots’ Pen award for writing skills and is currently writing her first novel.
Sophie Decker (Flashback to Girl Scouts: Play)
Sophie is a seventh grader at Kilbourne Middle School. She has been in FLASHBACK! and The Music Man Jr. She also performed in Gossip Squirrels and Stacey Lane’s Stalemate, both performed at last year’s Dayton SWAN festival. She enjoys horseback riding and reading in her free time.
Rani Deighe Crowe (Beautiful Eyes: Film)
Actor, writer, director from Dayton, Ohio area, Rani is discovering new performance and storytelling space in film. Recent work the Spoon River Saga for the public art installation, The Telephone Booth Project, performing her Julia Child character in nontraditional venues directing the Kurt Vonnegut text of Igor Stravinksy's A Soldier's Tale in collaboration with Columbus Symphony musicians, collaborating with choreographer Melissa Heston on Les Jeux D'Amour for Contemporary Dance Theater's Choreographers Without Companies in Cincinnati. http://beautifuleyesfilm.blogspot.com/
Andy Falter (Flashback to Girl Scouts, Alien to Antiquity: Plays)
Andy is a longtime actor and director based in Columbus, Ohio. He has been seen on stages and screens throughout the United States. This school year marks his thirteenth year teaching theatre in Worthington City Schools. He is thrilled to work again with his friend, Stacey Lane. He is particularly excited to feature current and alumni members from Kilbourne Middle School in Dayton's celebration of SWAN.
Five Sisters Productions (The Happiest Day of His Life: Film)
Five Sisters Productions is a film company run by the Burton sisters. Their award-winning films have played on Starz, Showtime, AMC, WE Channel, MTV and Netflix. They also make PSAs and social issue-related commercials. Their current film in production is Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens, a feature-length documentary on the fluidity of gender identity as seen through the window of drag queens and kings in Columbus, Ohio. www.fivesisters.com
Dan Foley (Pet Names: Play)
Dan Foley began his career in the community theatre at age 6. His earlier work included Our Town, The Wiz and South Pacific. Once out of high school he dabbled in film, guest staring on WB’s Blue Collar T.V. and landing a role in School Daze, a mini-series shot in Beijing. He studied theatre at Sinclair and Saginaw Valley State and is currently in his senior year of a Film Degree at Full Sail University.
Sarah Fortener (Meka: Gouache, Colored Pencil, and Ink Pen Illustration)
A recent graduate of the University of Dayton, with a BFA degree, her concentrations are in painting, drawing, and illustration. www.sarahfortener.wix.com/flyerswork
Kim Gerhold (I Came to Be and Rise: Spoken Word and Rap Music)
Kim has been writing and performing positive socially conscious rap and spoken word for over 8 years and is working on her second CD. Kim had 3 songs nominated for positive music awards in 2011, winning an award in social justice. Kim has one song published in a 2009 songbook. Using life experience and a passion for creating change, her goal is to touch the spirit, bring people together and promote positive action and change.
Janyce Denise Glasper (To Relax Or Not To Relax: Colored Pencil Drawing)
Janyce Denise Glasper, graduate of Colonel White High School for the Arts and the Art Academy of Cincinnati (BFA emphasis in drawing), is a freelance artist, writer, poet, feminist, and vegan blogger creating enthralling pieces of stylized, figurative portraiture primarily in oil pastels, acrylic paints, colored pencil, and litho crayon that insert and beautify the absent African American aesthetic into sensual romanticist themes incited from stimulating historical romance novel reading and afternoon soap opera dalliances.
Terri Melia Hamlin (Luminous, Moody and Sleepyhead: Colored Pencil Paintings)
Terri Melia Hamlin believes that God gives each of us a gift. She has been blessed with talent for art. She tries to honor this gift with the art that she does. Motherhood has also been such a blessing, so she combines the two, into statements on the beauty and wonder of childhood. Commercial work and portraits have been a part of her resume, which she enjoys as well. www.meliaarts.com
Elizabeth Harelik (Alien to Antiquity: Play)
Elizabeth is a first-year PhD student in the Ohio State Department of Theatre. She is originally from Wilmette, Illinois, and received a BA from Tufts University in Drama and English. She has been involved in many shows in Wilmette, Boston, and Columbus both on and offstage, and is incredibly excited to be involved with SWAN this year!
Camryn Johnson (Flashback to Girl Scouts: Play)
Camryn is an eighth grader at Kilbourne Middle School. Camryn was featured as Miss Hannigan in Annie, Rumpelstiltskin in Rumpelstiltskin, and various roles in FLASHBACK! She enjoys lacrosse and spends entirely too much time shopping online.
Sandra J. Kachurek (In a Swirl of Lights: Short Story)
Two biographies, Francisco Pizarro and George W. Bush, published in 2004 for elementary and middle school students marked her entry into professional writing. Kachurek earned third place in the Antioch Writers' Workshop/Dayton Daily News Short Story Contest in 2011. The first chapter of her mermaid novel was a finalist for SWAN Day last year. She belongs to WriteShop, a professional science fiction/fantasy writers' group in Columbus. http://sandrakachurek.wordpress.com/
Marianne Kesler (Pear in the Pink Thing: Pre-show, Intermission and Post-show Music)
Marianne is an acoustic singer-songwriter and performer currently in a season of writing ... both songs, and free verse poetry/prose! She is working on the third of a book trilogy ~ the say something series ~ that features one word titles and her own photography alongside each of 15 pieces per book. Books can be ordered through www.blurb.com, and her music is available online at www.cdbaby.com and www.itunes.com. www.mariannekesler.com
Adi Kinzer (Flashback to Girl Scouts: Play)
Adi is a ninth grader at Thomas Worthington High School. She co-wrote and performed in Gossip Squirrels, which premiered at last year’s Dayton SWAN festival. She is also in concert and marching band.
Leah Kinzer (Flashback to Girl Scouts: Play)
Leah is a seventh grader at Kilbourne Middle School. She was featured in FLASHBACK! and High School Musical. Leah has participated in Broadway2LA’s summer camps and classes. She plays saxophone and was “Flag Holder Number Four” in her first grade opera.
Knotwork Flutes (Flutezalad Suite: Music)
Knotwork Flutes was founded in 2002 with 25 members. The group played at venues including Central Ohio Flute Association Conventions at OSU, Preble County Historical Society, Wright Dunbar Historic District, Ohio Statehouse, Greene County Pioneer Festival, Preble County Pork Festival, local churches and festivals. In 2010, the group downsized. Now Knotwork Flutes performs with 4 of the original members. They specialize in Celtic, Christian, Pops and Folk music.
Ellie Lane (In This Haze of Green and Gold and Other Works: Surreal Self-Portrait Photography)
Ellie Lane is a native Daytonian who began pursuing photography in early 2012, after modeling for a year. Her specialty is emotive self-portrait photography, but she has recently begun to photograph local and traveling models. Between chasing her darling niece and serving her three mischievous cats, Ellie is currently embarking upon a 52-week self-portrait project. www.facebook.com/ellielaneimagery
Stacey Lane (Producer, Cold, Pet Names, Alien to Antiquity: Plays)
Lane’s plays have been seen at 300 theatres in the U.S., Canada, England, Australia, and New Zealand and are published with Dramatic Publishing, Eldridge, Playscripts Inc., Pioneer, Smith and Kraus, Heuer, Brookyln Publishers, Next Stage Press, Manhattan Theatre Source, JAC Publishing, San Luis Obispo Little Theatre, Sterling, Freshwater, Poydras Review, the Quotable, Indian Ink, Steel Bananas and Scene4. She’s received grants from the Montgomery County Arts & Cultural District and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. www.StaceyLaneInk.com
Crystal Leisure (The Abdominal Snowman and The Ghost Birthday: Acrylic Painting)
Crystal Leisure is a well-known low brow artist from the Dayton area that focuses on illustration. She started drawing at age two. Continuing to grow and work diligently with colored pencil, chalk pastel and ink. At fifteen she attended the Dayton Art Institute where she painted and discovered a love for acrylic. She’s created album covers and custom work for private collectors. Her work can be viewed on her blog and art page. www.crystalleisureart.carbonmade.com www.crystalleisureart.blogspot.com
Talianna LeVangie (On Me: Music)
Talianna LeVangie is a 14-year-old singer/songwriter from Cincinnati, Ohio. She picked up her first guitar when she was 10, and with her grandmother's mentoring, played the Middletown, Ohio Blues & Bike Festival just 1 week later. Since then, Talianna is almost never without a pick in her hand and a pencil and notebook. She is currently working on original songs for her debut CD and recently auditioned for the new season of America's Got Talent. https://www.facebook.com/taliannal?fref=ts
Audrey MacKenzie (Flashback to Girl Scouts: Play)
Audrey is an eighth grader at Kilbourne Middle School. She was featured in Annie, The Odyssey, 54 People ‘LIKE’ This, and FLASHBACK! She participated in Camp MADD, (Music, Arts, Dance, Drama) and assists with costume design and creation for her mother.
Alex Mangen (The Veterinarian’s Office: Film)
Since earning a Motion Picture Productions degree from Wright State, Alex has worked on several feature films, music videos, television, and commercials. He has written and directed sketches for LeftofCenterComedy.com whose sketches have been licensed by MTV, CW, and played at numerous film festivals. He was awarded a grant from Culture Works for the Arts. Alex is currently a Director of Film Studies at Stivers and is in production for his next sketch comedy show.
Crystal Michelle (Boxing Up Beautiful: Dance)
Crystal Michelle is a choreographer and performer with a BFA in Dance Performance from Southern Methodist University. Presently she is in her final year of graduate studies in the Department of Dance at The Ohio State University. Her current research engages themes of embodiment for women in contemporary performance; with her most recent project focusing on the historical practices of black women’s bodies in popular culture entertainment.
Sabrina Ramsey (Flashback to Girl Scouts: Play)
Sabrina is an eighth grader at Kilbourne Middle School. She was featured in The Odyssey, 54 People ‘LIKE’ This, and FLASHBACK! She sings and plays guitar, flute and piano.
Heather Lea Reid (Poster & Program Designer, Sphere & Other Works: Acrylic on Fabric & Wood)
Heather Lea Reid's artwork is born out of a love of personality and pattern. The resulting subject matter is a mixture of figurative and pattern/design. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Wright State University with her BFA and will begin graduate study Fall 2013. She lives in Dayton with her partner and daughter. https://www.facebook.com/artworkbyheatherleareid
Eric Risher (In With the New: Film)
Eric was born in Canton, Ohio, where he integrated himself into the performing arts. He developed an affinity for video editing and moved to Dayton to pursue an education in filmmaking. With a passion for narrative and documentary alike, Eric seeks to explore themes of identity through his work.
Maranda Russell (What She Was and The Day My Sister Died: Poetry)
Maranda Russell is a 30-year-old foster parent, book reviewer, children’s writer, poet and writing teacher. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and has been awarded several awards and honors for her writings. She spends most of her time reading, writing, hanging out with her family, playing with her 5 cats and doing fun author events. For more information about Maranda and her published books, visit www.marandarussell.com.
Chelley Seibert (Rise: Music)
Chelley has been a TRU member since 2009, starting out as a conga player then becoming "The Police Officer" back-up singer for Martin Luther King celebrations in Dayton. Chelley now serves as part time choir director, back-up singer and soloist and creates original songs. Chelley received her music education degree at Miami University and marched in the World Champion Garfield Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps. Chelley is a member of the acoustic band Frozen Feet.
Claudia Skutar (Scion: Poetry)
Claudia Skutar is a poet, essayist, and English professor at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College. Her work has appeared in Red Cedar Review, National Writers Union YMCA Writers’ Voice Project, Express Cincinnati and Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes. She’s served as a critic for the Greater Cincinnati Writers League and done workshops and readings at Michigan State, University of Cincinnati, Wright State, Blue Ash Recreation Center, Starfire and Mallard Cove.
Diane Stroud (Flutezalad Suite: Music)
Alex Taylor (In With the New: Film)
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Alex received a BFA in Motion Picture Production from Wright State University. There, Alex produced several films and fulfilled a bevy of crew roles on additional productions. He views film as a synthesis of his passions: acting, music, and photography.
Barb Tucker (Flutezalad Suite: Music)
Growing up in a professional musical family instilled Barb’s love for music. She played in the NCR Concert Band and the Ohio State Youth Orchestra. She spent 8 years singing gospel music. After raising two children (quite talented musicians), Barb founded Miami Rivers Flute Band, Knotwork and Festival of Flutes. You will find Barb behind the counter at Hauer Music when she's not playing flute in the Eaton Area Community Band or at her church.
Karen Webb (Desert Beauty, Kylie, Lola & Emery and Starry Night: Multi-Media Art Work)
Karen has lived in the Dayton area for over 40 years. Her interest in art started at a young age, and throughout the years she has tried numerous mediums to express herself. In this exhibit you will see some acrylic painting, collage, colored pencil drawing, felting, and paper marbling. Her style is as diverse as her talents. You will see realistic paintings, as well as abstract designs. metalartxpressions.com.
Meghan Weinle (Flashback to Girl Scouts: Play)
Meghan is an eighth grader at Kilbourne Middle School. She has been featured in Gossip Squirrels at last year’s SWAN Festival, had roles in FLASHBACK!, played Helen of Troy in The Odyssey and Annie in Annie. Other plays she participated in include Rumpelstiltskin and 54 People ‘LIKE’ This. Meghan plays the flute and enjoys singing.
Jacob Wright (Cold: Play)
Seventeen year-old Jacob Wright is currently a junior at Archbishop Alter High School in Kettering. Since the first grade, he has been a part of nine theater productions, notably the Genie in Aladdin. Jacob has also appeared in two films. In his spare time, he will often star in, film and edit videos. Jacob is most interested in comedic acting, specifically, improvisation.
Our selection committee was overwhelmed with the talent of Ohio's women. One afternoon of SWAN Day just isn't enough to showcase this much creativity. We wish to give special recognition to our finalists.
PERFORMING AND LITERARY ARTS
Tracy Ryan Edwards: Eulogy for a Modern Day Jekyll and Hyde: Essay
Brianna Gessert: An Artist’s Lament: Letter
Danielle Harlow: All the Days: Short Story
jerjonji (Jeri Fay Maynard): Panda Girl: YA Novel Excerpt
Marianne Kesler: Mercy: Free Verse
VISUAL ARTS
Shulamit H. Adler, Ph.D.: Dayton Celebrates Women, Women Celebrate Dayton: Photography
Kitana Kuhn: Mask of Womanhood: Ceramics
Dara Cosby is a graduate of Wright State University’s Motion Picture program. She has written reviews for film and television. Some recent work has been as a casting assistant on the feature film, True Nature and script supervisor for FreshMouth 2020 and the web series, Freak Club. Dara has also obtained a master’s degree in Community Counseling from University of Dayton, in hopes to use film and media to help others.
Whitney Davis (Door Prize Coordinator, Pet Names: Play)
Whitney Davis is a 2012 Lake Forest College Graduate with a B.A. in Theater. She appeared in Snow White and the Paramedic as Snow White, The Vagina Monologues as The Flood, The House of Benarda Alba as Prudencia, Splendor in the Grass as Angelina, Fiddler on the Roof as Yente and more. Prior to college, she attended Stivers School for the Arts and is happy to be back in the Dayton area.
Jocelyn Decker (Flashback to Girl Scouts: Play)
Jocelyn is a ninth grader at Thomas Worthington High School. She co-wrote and performed in Gossip Squirrels, which premiered at last year’s Dayton SWAN festival. Jocelyn has received the Patriots’ Pen award for writing skills and is currently writing her first novel.
Sophie Decker (Flashback to Girl Scouts: Play)
Sophie is a seventh grader at Kilbourne Middle School. She has been in FLASHBACK! and The Music Man Jr. She also performed in Gossip Squirrels and Stacey Lane’s Stalemate, both performed at last year’s Dayton SWAN festival. She enjoys horseback riding and reading in her free time.
Rani Deighe Crowe (Beautiful Eyes: Film)
Actor, writer, director from Dayton, Ohio area, Rani is discovering new performance and storytelling space in film. Recent work the Spoon River Saga for the public art installation, The Telephone Booth Project, performing her Julia Child character in nontraditional venues directing the Kurt Vonnegut text of Igor Stravinksy's A Soldier's Tale in collaboration with Columbus Symphony musicians, collaborating with choreographer Melissa Heston on Les Jeux D'Amour for Contemporary Dance Theater's Choreographers Without Companies in Cincinnati. http://beautifuleyesfilm.blogspot.com/
Andy Falter (Flashback to Girl Scouts, Alien to Antiquity: Plays)
Andy is a longtime actor and director based in Columbus, Ohio. He has been seen on stages and screens throughout the United States. This school year marks his thirteenth year teaching theatre in Worthington City Schools. He is thrilled to work again with his friend, Stacey Lane. He is particularly excited to feature current and alumni members from Kilbourne Middle School in Dayton's celebration of SWAN.
Five Sisters Productions (The Happiest Day of His Life: Film)
Five Sisters Productions is a film company run by the Burton sisters. Their award-winning films have played on Starz, Showtime, AMC, WE Channel, MTV and Netflix. They also make PSAs and social issue-related commercials. Their current film in production is Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens, a feature-length documentary on the fluidity of gender identity as seen through the window of drag queens and kings in Columbus, Ohio. www.fivesisters.com
Dan Foley (Pet Names: Play)
Dan Foley began his career in the community theatre at age 6. His earlier work included Our Town, The Wiz and South Pacific. Once out of high school he dabbled in film, guest staring on WB’s Blue Collar T.V. and landing a role in School Daze, a mini-series shot in Beijing. He studied theatre at Sinclair and Saginaw Valley State and is currently in his senior year of a Film Degree at Full Sail University.
Sarah Fortener (Meka: Gouache, Colored Pencil, and Ink Pen Illustration)
A recent graduate of the University of Dayton, with a BFA degree, her concentrations are in painting, drawing, and illustration. www.sarahfortener.wix.com/flyerswork
Kim Gerhold (I Came to Be and Rise: Spoken Word and Rap Music)
Kim has been writing and performing positive socially conscious rap and spoken word for over 8 years and is working on her second CD. Kim had 3 songs nominated for positive music awards in 2011, winning an award in social justice. Kim has one song published in a 2009 songbook. Using life experience and a passion for creating change, her goal is to touch the spirit, bring people together and promote positive action and change.
Janyce Denise Glasper (To Relax Or Not To Relax: Colored Pencil Drawing)
Janyce Denise Glasper, graduate of Colonel White High School for the Arts and the Art Academy of Cincinnati (BFA emphasis in drawing), is a freelance artist, writer, poet, feminist, and vegan blogger creating enthralling pieces of stylized, figurative portraiture primarily in oil pastels, acrylic paints, colored pencil, and litho crayon that insert and beautify the absent African American aesthetic into sensual romanticist themes incited from stimulating historical romance novel reading and afternoon soap opera dalliances.
Terri Melia Hamlin (Luminous, Moody and Sleepyhead: Colored Pencil Paintings)
Terri Melia Hamlin believes that God gives each of us a gift. She has been blessed with talent for art. She tries to honor this gift with the art that she does. Motherhood has also been such a blessing, so she combines the two, into statements on the beauty and wonder of childhood. Commercial work and portraits have been a part of her resume, which she enjoys as well. www.meliaarts.com
Elizabeth Harelik (Alien to Antiquity: Play)
Elizabeth is a first-year PhD student in the Ohio State Department of Theatre. She is originally from Wilmette, Illinois, and received a BA from Tufts University in Drama and English. She has been involved in many shows in Wilmette, Boston, and Columbus both on and offstage, and is incredibly excited to be involved with SWAN this year!
Camryn Johnson (Flashback to Girl Scouts: Play)
Camryn is an eighth grader at Kilbourne Middle School. Camryn was featured as Miss Hannigan in Annie, Rumpelstiltskin in Rumpelstiltskin, and various roles in FLASHBACK! She enjoys lacrosse and spends entirely too much time shopping online.
Sandra J. Kachurek (In a Swirl of Lights: Short Story)
Two biographies, Francisco Pizarro and George W. Bush, published in 2004 for elementary and middle school students marked her entry into professional writing. Kachurek earned third place in the Antioch Writers' Workshop/Dayton Daily News Short Story Contest in 2011. The first chapter of her mermaid novel was a finalist for SWAN Day last year. She belongs to WriteShop, a professional science fiction/fantasy writers' group in Columbus. http://sandrakachurek.wordpress.com/
Marianne Kesler (Pear in the Pink Thing: Pre-show, Intermission and Post-show Music)
Marianne is an acoustic singer-songwriter and performer currently in a season of writing ... both songs, and free verse poetry/prose! She is working on the third of a book trilogy ~ the say something series ~ that features one word titles and her own photography alongside each of 15 pieces per book. Books can be ordered through www.blurb.com, and her music is available online at www.cdbaby.com and www.itunes.com. www.mariannekesler.com
Adi Kinzer (Flashback to Girl Scouts: Play)
Adi is a ninth grader at Thomas Worthington High School. She co-wrote and performed in Gossip Squirrels, which premiered at last year’s Dayton SWAN festival. She is also in concert and marching band.
Leah Kinzer (Flashback to Girl Scouts: Play)
Leah is a seventh grader at Kilbourne Middle School. She was featured in FLASHBACK! and High School Musical. Leah has participated in Broadway2LA’s summer camps and classes. She plays saxophone and was “Flag Holder Number Four” in her first grade opera.
Knotwork Flutes (Flutezalad Suite: Music)
Knotwork Flutes was founded in 2002 with 25 members. The group played at venues including Central Ohio Flute Association Conventions at OSU, Preble County Historical Society, Wright Dunbar Historic District, Ohio Statehouse, Greene County Pioneer Festival, Preble County Pork Festival, local churches and festivals. In 2010, the group downsized. Now Knotwork Flutes performs with 4 of the original members. They specialize in Celtic, Christian, Pops and Folk music.
Ellie Lane (In This Haze of Green and Gold and Other Works: Surreal Self-Portrait Photography)
Ellie Lane is a native Daytonian who began pursuing photography in early 2012, after modeling for a year. Her specialty is emotive self-portrait photography, but she has recently begun to photograph local and traveling models. Between chasing her darling niece and serving her three mischievous cats, Ellie is currently embarking upon a 52-week self-portrait project. www.facebook.com/ellielaneimagery
Stacey Lane (Producer, Cold, Pet Names, Alien to Antiquity: Plays)
Lane’s plays have been seen at 300 theatres in the U.S., Canada, England, Australia, and New Zealand and are published with Dramatic Publishing, Eldridge, Playscripts Inc., Pioneer, Smith and Kraus, Heuer, Brookyln Publishers, Next Stage Press, Manhattan Theatre Source, JAC Publishing, San Luis Obispo Little Theatre, Sterling, Freshwater, Poydras Review, the Quotable, Indian Ink, Steel Bananas and Scene4. She’s received grants from the Montgomery County Arts & Cultural District and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. www.StaceyLaneInk.com
Crystal Leisure (The Abdominal Snowman and The Ghost Birthday: Acrylic Painting)
Crystal Leisure is a well-known low brow artist from the Dayton area that focuses on illustration. She started drawing at age two. Continuing to grow and work diligently with colored pencil, chalk pastel and ink. At fifteen she attended the Dayton Art Institute where she painted and discovered a love for acrylic. She’s created album covers and custom work for private collectors. Her work can be viewed on her blog and art page. www.crystalleisureart.carbonmade.com www.crystalleisureart.blogspot.com
Talianna LeVangie (On Me: Music)
Talianna LeVangie is a 14-year-old singer/songwriter from Cincinnati, Ohio. She picked up her first guitar when she was 10, and with her grandmother's mentoring, played the Middletown, Ohio Blues & Bike Festival just 1 week later. Since then, Talianna is almost never without a pick in her hand and a pencil and notebook. She is currently working on original songs for her debut CD and recently auditioned for the new season of America's Got Talent. https://www.facebook.com/taliannal?fref=ts
Audrey MacKenzie (Flashback to Girl Scouts: Play)
Audrey is an eighth grader at Kilbourne Middle School. She was featured in Annie, The Odyssey, 54 People ‘LIKE’ This, and FLASHBACK! She participated in Camp MADD, (Music, Arts, Dance, Drama) and assists with costume design and creation for her mother.
Alex Mangen (The Veterinarian’s Office: Film)
Since earning a Motion Picture Productions degree from Wright State, Alex has worked on several feature films, music videos, television, and commercials. He has written and directed sketches for LeftofCenterComedy.com whose sketches have been licensed by MTV, CW, and played at numerous film festivals. He was awarded a grant from Culture Works for the Arts. Alex is currently a Director of Film Studies at Stivers and is in production for his next sketch comedy show.
Crystal Michelle (Boxing Up Beautiful: Dance)
Crystal Michelle is a choreographer and performer with a BFA in Dance Performance from Southern Methodist University. Presently she is in her final year of graduate studies in the Department of Dance at The Ohio State University. Her current research engages themes of embodiment for women in contemporary performance; with her most recent project focusing on the historical practices of black women’s bodies in popular culture entertainment.
Sabrina Ramsey (Flashback to Girl Scouts: Play)
Sabrina is an eighth grader at Kilbourne Middle School. She was featured in The Odyssey, 54 People ‘LIKE’ This, and FLASHBACK! She sings and plays guitar, flute and piano.
Heather Lea Reid (Poster & Program Designer, Sphere & Other Works: Acrylic on Fabric & Wood)
Heather Lea Reid's artwork is born out of a love of personality and pattern. The resulting subject matter is a mixture of figurative and pattern/design. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Wright State University with her BFA and will begin graduate study Fall 2013. She lives in Dayton with her partner and daughter. https://www.facebook.com/artworkbyheatherleareid
Eric Risher (In With the New: Film)
Eric was born in Canton, Ohio, where he integrated himself into the performing arts. He developed an affinity for video editing and moved to Dayton to pursue an education in filmmaking. With a passion for narrative and documentary alike, Eric seeks to explore themes of identity through his work.
Maranda Russell (What She Was and The Day My Sister Died: Poetry)
Maranda Russell is a 30-year-old foster parent, book reviewer, children’s writer, poet and writing teacher. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and has been awarded several awards and honors for her writings. She spends most of her time reading, writing, hanging out with her family, playing with her 5 cats and doing fun author events. For more information about Maranda and her published books, visit www.marandarussell.com.
Chelley Seibert (Rise: Music)
Chelley has been a TRU member since 2009, starting out as a conga player then becoming "The Police Officer" back-up singer for Martin Luther King celebrations in Dayton. Chelley now serves as part time choir director, back-up singer and soloist and creates original songs. Chelley received her music education degree at Miami University and marched in the World Champion Garfield Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps. Chelley is a member of the acoustic band Frozen Feet.
Claudia Skutar (Scion: Poetry)
Claudia Skutar is a poet, essayist, and English professor at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College. Her work has appeared in Red Cedar Review, National Writers Union YMCA Writers’ Voice Project, Express Cincinnati and Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes. She’s served as a critic for the Greater Cincinnati Writers League and done workshops and readings at Michigan State, University of Cincinnati, Wright State, Blue Ash Recreation Center, Starfire and Mallard Cove.
Diane Stroud (Flutezalad Suite: Music)
Diane started playing flute at age 9. Her solo debut was in
her school Christmas program. She played through high school with Marching,
Concert and Pep Bands and liturgical choir. During college, she played at worship
services and flute choir. Now Diane plays with choirs at her church and Knotwork.
Diane is a busy mom of 2 musical sons, Andrew (flute) and Kevin (trumpet) and
works as Graphic Designer/Resource Editor for One More Soul.
Alex Taylor (In With the New: Film)
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Alex received a BFA in Motion Picture Production from Wright State University. There, Alex produced several films and fulfilled a bevy of crew roles on additional productions. He views film as a synthesis of his passions: acting, music, and photography.
Barb Tucker (Flutezalad Suite: Music)
Growing up in a professional musical family instilled Barb’s love for music. She played in the NCR Concert Band and the Ohio State Youth Orchestra. She spent 8 years singing gospel music. After raising two children (quite talented musicians), Barb founded Miami Rivers Flute Band, Knotwork and Festival of Flutes. You will find Barb behind the counter at Hauer Music when she's not playing flute in the Eaton Area Community Band or at her church.
Karen Webb (Desert Beauty, Kylie, Lola & Emery and Starry Night: Multi-Media Art Work)
Karen has lived in the Dayton area for over 40 years. Her interest in art started at a young age, and throughout the years she has tried numerous mediums to express herself. In this exhibit you will see some acrylic painting, collage, colored pencil drawing, felting, and paper marbling. Her style is as diverse as her talents. You will see realistic paintings, as well as abstract designs. metalartxpressions.com.
Meghan Weinle (Flashback to Girl Scouts: Play)
Meghan is an eighth grader at Kilbourne Middle School. She has been featured in Gossip Squirrels at last year’s SWAN Festival, had roles in FLASHBACK!, played Helen of Troy in The Odyssey and Annie in Annie. Other plays she participated in include Rumpelstiltskin and 54 People ‘LIKE’ This. Meghan plays the flute and enjoys singing.
Jacob Wright (Cold: Play)
Seventeen year-old Jacob Wright is currently a junior at Archbishop Alter High School in Kettering. Since the first grade, he has been a part of nine theater productions, notably the Genie in Aladdin. Jacob has also appeared in two films. In his spare time, he will often star in, film and edit videos. Jacob is most interested in comedic acting, specifically, improvisation.
FINALISTS
Our selection committee was overwhelmed with the talent of Ohio's women. One afternoon of SWAN Day just isn't enough to showcase this much creativity. We wish to give special recognition to our finalists.
PERFORMING AND LITERARY ARTS
Tracy Ryan Edwards: Eulogy for a Modern Day Jekyll and Hyde: Essay
Brianna Gessert: An Artist’s Lament: Letter
Danielle Harlow: All the Days: Short Story
jerjonji (Jeri Fay Maynard): Panda Girl: YA Novel Excerpt
Marianne Kesler: Mercy: Free Verse
VISUAL ARTS
Shulamit H. Adler, Ph.D.: Dayton Celebrates Women, Women Celebrate Dayton: Photography
Kitana Kuhn: Mask of Womanhood: Ceramics
Abigail
Maurer: Jessie No 3.: Oil Stick
Drawing
Brandilyn Nicolia: Black and Light: Photography
Ashley Simons: Colors of the Wind and Desert Storms: Abstract Acrylic Painting
Brandilyn Nicolia: Black and Light: Photography
Ashley Simons: Colors of the Wind and Desert Storms: Abstract Acrylic Painting
Friday, February 22, 2013
Can’t wait for SWAN Day? You don’t have to.
SWAN Day Dayton is Saturday March 30th at
2pm. But you can stop by the Dayton Metro Library Main Branch to view the wonderful
work of our SWAN visual artists right now! This diverse exhibit includes works by Bonnie
Adams Brestelli, Laura Ceville, Sarah Fortener, Janyce Denise Glasper, Terri
Melia Hamlin, Ellie Lane, Crystal Leisure, Heather Lea Reid, and Karen Webb. The
SWAN Day Dayton Celebration of Ohio Female Visual Artists is open during
regular library hours from now until
March 30th.
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In This Haze of Green
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Saturday, February 16, 2013
Thank-you! Thank-you! Thank-you!
SWAN Day Dayton is so grateful to all of the artists who
shared their passion and creativity with us. This year we received a record
number of submissions. The selection committee now has the very difficult task
of narrowing down so much talent to only a two hour show. All artists will be
contacted before March 1st.
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A Bug's Life by
Laura Ceville
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
Calling Ohio artists to participate in SWAN Day Dayton on March 30th, 2013
Wanted: Writers,
poets, playwrights, filmmakers, musicians, dancers, actors, visual artists and
more!
Last year’s inaugural event was such a success
that we are doing it again and we need performers and artists! On March 30th 2013, artists and community members will
gather together at the Auditorium in the Dayton Metro Library
Main Branch to celebrate female artists for SWAN (Support
Women Artists Now) Day.
PROPOSAL DEADLINE: February 15th
EVENT DATE: March 30th 2:00pm
VENUE INFORMATION:
SWAN Day Dayton Showcase: Saturday March 30, 2013 at 2:00 pm
SWAN Day Dayton visual artists’ work display throughout the library Feb- March 2013
Dayton Metro Library Main Branch
Auditorium on Second Floor
215 E. Third St.
Dayton Ohio, 45402PERFORMING ARTISTS, WRITERS, AND FILMMAKERS:
TO SUBMIT A
PROPOSAL:
E-mail SwanDayDayton@yahoo.com by
February 15th, 2013
Subject line of e-mail should read: SUBMISSION:
“Artist’s Name”: “Title of Work”:
“Genre”
Example: SUBMISSION: Emily Dickinson: Because
I could not stop for Death: Poetry
Submissions must include:
1) Your Art: 10 minute maximum. Preference
will be given to pieces under 5 minutes. Please provide us with the actual
material you plan to present on March 30th, not just a sample of your work.
2) Bio: 75 words or less. (This bio will
be used in the program if you work is selected for SWAN Day Dayton.)
3) Contact
information.
If your submission cannot be e-mailed, please
contact SwanDayDayton@yahoo.com to make other arrangements.
TIME LINE:
Deadline for Proposals Feb. 15, 2013Selected Artists Announced March 1, 2013
Mandatory Rehearsal March 30, 2013 11:00 am
Public Showcase March 30, 2013 2:00 pm
THE FINE PRINT FOR PERFORMING ARTISTS:
This is a “bring it yourself” showcase. We provide the venue and the publicity, but you are responsible for providing all elements of your project, including but not limited to readers, actors, costumes, props, and rehearsal space. Artists must arrive on March 30th with projects “production ready”. Please do not send scripts or writing samples if you are unable to provide people to read or perform your piece.
Selected artists are required to meet at 11:00am on Saturday March 30th to do a rehearsal of the production, prior to the 2:00 pm show. The day of March 30th is the only time commitment to be involved in this showcase.
The show is free and open to the public. Unfortunately at this time, no artists or coordinators will be paid for their participation.
The proposed project must be created by women or feature women. However, SWAN Day Dayton values gender equality and recognizes the importance of female and male artists working together to create. Pieces including male collaborators are encouraged.
Projects must be under 10 minutes, with preference given to pieces 5 minutes or less.
The stage is small and there is no wing space or fly space. There is little room for set pieces other than a table, chairs, podium, or stool (provided) and pieces that can easily be carried on and off by a performer.
Artists must be able to set up and clear their performances in very little time.
We are able to show films from DVDs and project PowerPoint presentations.
A novelist, poet, or essayist does not have to read her own work, but she is responsible for providing someone who will.
Artists will have the opportunity to sell their books and other art work at the event, but are solely responsible for all financial transactions.
SWAN Day Dayton is co-sponsored by the Dayton Metro Library.
Proposals may include but are not limited to:
* A short film
* Reading of an excerpt of a novel or essay
* Poetry reading
* Performance of a play
* Dance or movement pieces that can be done on a small stage
* Musical performances that can be done with limited equipment
VISUAL ARTISTS:
Last year’s inaugural SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day
event was such a success that we are doing it again! This time we’ve partnered with the Dayton
Metro Library to offer even greater exposure to our visual artists. SWAN Day artists will have their work
featured in the display cases found throughout the Main Branch library in
February and March 2013.
PREFERRED PROPOSAL
DEADLINE: Jan. 30
FINAL PROPOSAL
DEADLINE: Feb. 15th
ARTWORK DISPLAYED IN THE DAYTON METRO LIBRARY DISPLAY CASES:
February 16 – March 30th
SWAN DAY DAYTON PERFORMANCE EVENT DATE: March 30th 2:00pm
TO SUBMIT A VISUAL
ARTS PROPOSAL:
E-mail SwanDayDayton@yahoo.com by February 15th, 2013 (Preference
strongly given to artists that submit early.)
Subject line of e-mail should
read: SUBMISSION: “Artist’s Name”:
“Title of Work”: “Genre”
Example: SUBMISSION: Mary Cassatt:
The Boating Party and Other Works: Impressionist Oil Paintings
Submissions must include:
1
Your Art: 3-10 jpg images of the work that you
wish to showcase or a link to your website where photographs of your art are
found, with an explanation of what type of pieces you plan to include in this
particular show.
2
The minimum and maximum amount of space that
will need to display your work, as well as whether your work will fit in a trophy
style or a flat display case
3
Your availability on February 16th to
come to the Dayton Metro Main Branch Library and set up your display and to
take it down March 30th after SWAN Day Dayton
4 Bio: 75 words or less. (This bio will be
used in the program if you work is selected for SWAN Day Dayton.)
5 Contact
information
If your submission cannot be e-mailed, please contact
SwanDayDayton@yahoo.com to make other arrangements.
TIME LINE:
Preferred Deadline for Proposals: Jan. 30, 2013
Final Deadline for Proposals: Feb. 15, 2013
Selected Visual Artists Announced: Feb. 16, 2013 or sooner
SWAN Day Artwork in Display Cases: Feb. 16 –March 2013
Public Performance Showcase: March 30, 2013 2:00 pmRemove Art from Display Cases: March 30th, 2013 5pm- 6pm
THE FINE PRINT FOR VISUAL ARTISTS:
Based on the quantity, quality and style of visual art
submissions and at the discretion of the SWAN Day selection committee and
producers, SWAN Day Dayton may also include tables and easels at the back of
the auditorium featuring the work of visual artists on March 30th at the performing artists showcase in addition
to the display cases of visual art throughout the library during February and
March.
SWAN Day Dayton has a number of display cases in a variety
of dimensions to fill with the work of a variety of artists. The earlier you
submit and the more detailed you are about your display needs, the more likely
you are to be selected. Because of the tight
timeline and planning involved, visual artists may be chosen and notified
before the deadline.
Each display case is locked, with the key held by a single
Dayton Metro Library employee.
Each display case is lit with florescent bulbs.
ABOUT SWAN
DAY:
SWAN Day/Support Women Artists Now Day
is a new international holiday that celebrates women
artists. It is an annual event taking place on the last Saturday of March
(Women’s History Month) and the surrounding weeks. The official date of the Sixth International SWAN Day is Saturday, March 30th, 2013.
By focusing
attention on the work of women artists, SWAN Day helps people imagine
what the world might be like if women’s art and perspectives were fully
integrated into all of our lives.
People celebrate this new holiday by participating
in SWAN Day events and by making donations to their favorite
women artists. The long term goal of SWAN Day is to inspire communities
around the world to find new ways to recognize and support women artists as a
basic element of civic planning.
There have been over 900 SWAN Day events in 23
countries in the first five years of SWAN Day. SWAN Day has been officially
recognized by the mayors of New York, Boston, San Francisco, Washington, DC,
and several other cities. Women artists at all levels have been proud to
participate in SWAN Day. Isabel Allende, the award-winning novelist;
Sandra Oh, a star of the hit television show ER and an acclaimed stage actress;
and Famke Janssen, star of the X-Men movies, have all done online
video endorsements of SWAN Day.
SWAN Day is facilitated by WomenArts (www.womenarts.org), a non-profit arts service organization which is dedicated to helping women artists get the resources they need to do their creative work. Over the past decade WomenArts has raised over $4 million and built a website at www.womenarts.org that offers networking, fundraising and advocacy services to over 500,000 visitors a year.
To learn more about this international grassroots movement, please visit:
www.womenarts.org/swan
ABOUT THE PRODUCER, STACEY LANE:
Playwright Stacey Lane’s scripts have been performed at over three hundred theatres from coast to coast in the U.S., as well as in Canada, England, Australia, and New Zealand and are published with Dramatic Publishing, Eldridge, Playscripts Inc., Pioneer, Smith and Kraus, Heuer, Next Stage Press, Manhattan Theatre Source, JAC Publishing, San Luis Obispo Little Theatre, Sterling, Freshwater, Poydras Review, The Quotable, Indian Ink, Canyon Voices, Steel Bananas and Scene4. She is the recipient of the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency Grant, the Montgomery County Arts & Cultural District’s Literary Artist Fellowship, a “Charlie Award”, and a nominee for “Outstanding Playwriting” at the Midtown International Theatre Festival.
Lane has also served professionally in the theatre as an actor, costume designer, teacher, stage manager, run crew, and box office. In addition to producing Ohio’s inaugural SWAN Day last year, she organized and emceed the Greene Children’s Book Festival at the Greene Mall in Beavercreek, Ohio.
To learn more, please go to:
www.StaceyLaneInk.com
ABOUT THE CO-PRODUCER, DARA COSBY:
Dara Cosby is a graduate of Wright State University’s Motion Picture program. She has written reviews for film and television. Some recent work has been as a casting assistant on the feature film, True Nature and script supervisor for FreshMouth 2020. Dara has also obtained a master’s degree in Community Counseling from University of Dayton, in hopes to use film and media to help others.
ABOUT THE CO-SPONSER, THE DAYTON METRO
LIBRARY:
SWAN Day Dayton and it’s producers are delighted to join forces
with the Dayton Metro Library and wish to extend our deepest appreciation to
the library and Joy Schwab of Main Adult Services for supporting Ohio female
artists. The Dayton Metro Library is a county-wide system of 20 branch
libraries, Outreach Services and the Main Library in downtown Dayton. They are
one of the oldest and largest public library systems in Ohio, and are proud to
say they rank among the best in the nation!
The library offers the newest books, movies, and music, adding more than
250,000 items a year. Along with the latest and most popular titles, the
library stocks classics and research materials.
To learn
more, please go to:www.daytonmetrolibrary.org
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| Artwork by Heather Lea Reid |
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
SWAN Day Dayton is a Success!
Thank-you to the artists and audience
members who came out to celebrate creative women at Ohio's first SWAN Day. Our afternoon of inspiring art played to a full house !
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| Michael Bonilla, Greta Wolking, Cassidy C. Short, and Chris Hammond in Zoot Theatre Company's Lucy Dreaming |
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
SWAN Day Dayton: FREE Event Saturday March 31st at 3 pm at the Dayton Metro Library
On
March 31st at 3:00 pm, artists and community members will gather at
the Auditorium in the Dayton Metro Library Main Branch at 215 E. Third St. to
celebrate female artists in Dayton’s first SWAN
(Support Women Artists Now) Day. This showcase of local talent is free and
includes short films, poetry, plays, readings from novels, visual artists and
more. Featured artists include author Nicole Amsler,
memoirist
Sara Berelsman, cancer survivor and author Tami Boehmer, 10-year-old children’s
book writer Kristina Cardoza, filmmaker Coco Gagnet, novelist Mary Curran
Hackett, actor/director Andy Falter, Kilbourne Middle School Drama Department, playwright Stacey Lane, the League of Women Voters, erotic poetess Kristie LeVangie,
sketch comedy filmmaker Alex Mangen, painter Dawn McCoy, water media artist Trish McKinney, documentarian
Maggie Price, painter Heather
Lea Reid, poet
Joy
Schwab, Sundance award-winning filmmaker Nichol Simmons, Thomas
Worthington High School Drama Club, filmmaker Tessa Trozzolillo, stop-animation filmmaker Djuna
Wahlrab, and Zoot Theatre Company featuring Cassidy C. Short, Greta Wolking, Chris Hammond, and Michael Bonilla.
Daniel Cermak (Stalemate)
Mary is an adjunct English professor at the University of Cincinnati, as well as a freelance writer and full-time book editor. She grew up in Danbury, Connecticut and now lives in Cincinnati with her husband, Greg, and two children, Brigid and Colm .www.mchackett.com
Kristina Kopf (Soothing Nature Day Spa)
Kristina is an animal lover from Columbus, Ohio who is always open to a new beauty regimen. Kristina can be seen on the occasional Tuesday performing on the Funny Bone Comedy Club stage in Columbus, Ohio as part of the club’s Improv Wars, and also loves performing in scripted works, both dramatic and comedic, for stage and screen.
Stacey’s scripts have been seen at over two hundred fifty theatres from coast to coast in the U.S., as well as in Canada, England, and Australia and are published with Playscripts, Inc., Smith and Kraus, Manhattan Theatre Source, San Luis Obispo Little Theatre, Freshwater, and Scene4 Magazine. She is the recipient of the Montgomery County Arts & Cultural District’s Literary Artist Fellowship and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency Grant. www.StaceyLaneInk.com
Joy is a feminist, poet and activist who believes poems are words spoken from one's heart to touch another and share an experience, insight or vision. She has a Masters in English from Wright State University and work as a Librarian at the Dayton Metro Library where she offers a monthly poets program. Her poems have been published in Ohio Poetry Days 2011 and elsewhere, and she’s happy to read her poems to anyone who'll listen.
ARTISTS BIOS
Nicole
Amsler (Baggage Claim)
Nicole writes about Midwestern Dysfunction. A
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) participant, she has completed five
novels, as well as many short stories. She has won the DDN Short Story contest,
the WOW-Women on Writing contest and several others. During the day, she is a
copywriter and owner of Keylocke Services. By night, she's revising a novel
about a widow caught in an affair with a small town pastor, titled Dismantling Spider Webs. www.nicoleamsler.com
Tatum Beck (Gossip Squirrels)
Tatum is an eighth grader at Kilbourne Middle
School. She is an accomplished pianist
and vocalist. In 2007, Tatum won her age
group in “Voice of the City.” Her
notable stage roles include Willy Wonka in “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory” and Jodi Sius in “54 People ‘LIKE’ This – A One-Act Odyssey.” She has also participated in “The Odyssey,”
“Snow White,” “The Music Man,” “Seussical – The Musical,” “Cinderella” and
“Mary Poppins". Tatum has attended
multiple summer drama camps over the last decade.
Sarah Bellish (Pulse)
Sarah is a ninth grader at Thomas
Worthington High School. She has been acting for six years, and has been
in many school productions. Along with acting she also enjoys singing, playing
guitar, cheerleading, and sewing. Sarah was diagnosed with Spinal
Muscular Atrophy when she was eighteen months old, although she never lets this
stop her from reaching her dreams. Sarah has performed and sang at
many venues including Nashville TN, where she recorded her first single
"Let Me Go Back". She would like to thank her Director Andy
Falter, writer Stacey Lane, and her Mother for making her performance possible.
Sara
Berelsman (The Last Rock Bottom)
Sara is a small-town mother of two young daughters
and wife of a firefighter. She currently
writes for the newspaper in her town and is working on a memoir about
alcoholism. She has an MA in Literature
from Eastern Michigan University.
Patricia Berg (Sweet Sorrow)
Ohio-based jazz vocalist Patricia Berg has spent more
than a decade performing in some of Dayton's most popular upscale restaurants
and jazz venues. Her CD "Sweet Sorrow" was
described by jazz writer Duante Beddingfield in the Dayton City Paper as
"a warm, mellow, deeply intimate collection of reflective tunes, with
almost an aching softness...like being wrapped in a cashmere blanket on a cool
summer evening." It is available on www.cdbaby.com, iTunes, and
Amazon. Her next upcoming performance will be on May
12, from 7-9pm, at the Cedarville Opera House, Cedarville, OH.
Tami
Boehmer (From Incurable to Incredible:
Cancer Survivors Who Beat the Odds)
Tami was named one of the Top 10 Most Influential
Breast Cancer Bloggers on Twitter by Cision Navigator, a site dedicated to
providing public relations, communications, and marketing resources. From Incurable to Incredible was named
the winner of the Health-Medical category of the 2011 Readers Favorite Awards
and award-winning finalist in the “Health: Cancer” category of the 2011
International Book Awards. Tami lives with her husband Mike, daughter Chrissy
and furry feline AJ in Cincinnati. www.miraclesurvivors.com
Michael Bonilla (Lucy Dreaming)
Michael was born in
Detroit. He has worked in various Detroit and Dayton area commercial
advertising art studios. Michael is an award winning advertising illustrator
and fine artist. After 40 years, his work continues to be added to private and
corporate art collections nationally and internationally. Michael
also teaches painting and drawing at the School of Advertising Art, recognized
as a leading, designer friendly college in the country by Graphic Design USA
magazine.
Kristina Cardoza (Pinky
Bunny’s First Day of Kindergarten)
Kristina is a 10-year-old children’s book
author. She is in the 5th grade but taking all her courses in middle
school. In addition to being an author, she’s a junior Girl Scout, a soccer
player, a brown belt in mixed martial arts, and a book reviewer. Kristina began
reading when she was 18 months old and she wrote her first story at the age of
five – it’s called Pinky Bunny’s First
Day of Kindergarten! Kristina's books can be purchased through her Facebook Page at a discounted price
(autographs included). Books can also be purchased at Amazon Author House, Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million,
Powell's Books, and other bookstores.www.KristinaCardoza.com
Daniel Cermak (Stalemate)
Daniel is sixteen years
old and currently is a junior at Thomas Worthington High School. He has participated in theatre for five years, and has enjoyed every minute
of it. He has acted in seven shows including middle school and high
school shows. Daniel is also an active member of the Thomas Worthington
marching band, indoor drumline and tennis team.
Dara Cosby (Co-Producer)
Dara is a
graduate of Wright State University’s Motion Picture program. She has
written reviews for film and television. Some recent work has been as a casting
assistant on the feature film, True Nature. Dara has also obtained a
master’s degree in Community Counseling from University of Dayton, in hopes to
use film and media to help others.
Tristan Cupp (Lucy Dreaming)
Tristan Cupp (Lucy Dreaming)
Tristan's artistic
talent includes painting, sculpting, puppet and mask construction, and building
scenery. He currently works as master carpenter for the Human Race Theatre Company.
He has designed and built sets and created masks and puppets for Dreamkeeper Theatre
Company, First Frontier, Inc., Town Hall Theatre, Rhythm N Shoes, the Human
Race, Sinclair Community College, and the
Theatre Guild. He is
proud to be a founding member of the Zoot Theatre Company. Tristan is
a DayTony award recipient.
Mary
Curran Hackett
(Proof of Heaven)
Mary is an adjunct English professor at the University of Cincinnati, as well as a freelance writer and full-time book editor. She grew up in Danbury, Connecticut and now lives in Cincinnati with her husband, Greg, and two children, Brigid and Colm .www.mchackett.com
Jocelyn Decker (Gossip Squirrels)
Jocelyn is an eighth grader at Kilbourne Middle
School. She assisted in writing “54
People ‘LIKE’ This,” and has performed in “Tales from Arabian Nights,”
“Imperfect Proposal,” and “The Odyssey.”
She was recently seen in Broadway2LA’s S 2012 Spring Showcase. Jocelyn started The Power of the Pen Team at
KMS and received the Patriot’s Pen Award for writing skills. She is currently writing her first novel.
Sophie Decker (Gossip Squirrels, Stalemate)
Sophie is a sixth grader at Colonial Hills
Elementary School and is an all-around awesome addition to this group of old
Middle School age performers. She will
soon be a part of her school’s sixth grade production at the end of the school
year.
Jacob DeRodes (Gossip Squirrels)
Jacob DeRodes, (EARL),
is an eighth grader at Kilbourne Middle School.
He was introduced to the world of Technical Theatre last year during a
production of Stacey Lane’s “Non-Stop Aesop.”
He followed that experience, joining the casts of “The Odyssey” and “54
People ‘LIKE’ This,” where he also served as Student Director.
Nicole DiPasquale (Gossip Squirrels)
Nicole is an eighth
grader at Kilbourne Middle School. She
has been in Stacey Lane’s “Non-Stop Aesop,” “The Odyssey,” “54 People ‘LIKE’
This,” and “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” Nicole participated in the 2011 Broadway2LA’s
Cold Reading Class. She is first chair
as a flutist in the school band and is a member of the lacrosse team.
Andy Falter (Pulse, Gossip Squirrels, Stalemate)
Andy is a longtime actor and director based in
Columbus, Ohio. He has been seen on stages and screens throughout the
United States, including features on The Today Show, Fox, and PBS. He can be
seen multiple on TV commercials for SafeAuto, Mindleaders and the U.S. Coast
Guard. Andy is Senior Acting Coach and Camp Director at Broadway2LA Acting
Studio. This year marks his twelfth year teaching theatre in Worthington
City Schools. Andy is excited to feature current and alumni members from
Kilbourne Middle School and Broadway2LA in Dayton's celebration of SWAN.
Coco Gagnet (Cover Girl)
Coco is a sophomore at Stivers School for the Arts. She excels in visuals arts and is part of the Stivers film & video department. Her work in film and photography have received recognition and various awards including a national scholastics award for photography.
Coco is a sophomore at Stivers School for the Arts. She excels in visuals arts and is part of the Stivers film & video department. Her work in film and photography have received recognition and various awards including a national scholastics award for photography.
Chris
Hammond (Lucy
Dreaming)
Chris is honored to be
a part of SWAN Day and would like to thank Stacey Lane for including her in
this project. Chris is celebrating her 33rd Season as a Performer/Muse
for The Arts. She is an Actress, Singer, Director, Designer, Mask Artist and
Teacher. Chris has been a part of The Zoot Theatre Company since 2008, as
an Artist, Instructor and Development Associate. Chris is currently
seeking her ASL Certification at Sinclair to become an Interpreter. Chris
will also be in their upcoming production of "The Laramie Project".
Chris would like to thank her family for all of their love and support.
Love and Light.
Adi Kinzer (Gossip Squirrels)
Adi is a eighth
grader at Kilbourne Middle School. She
has been involved in theatre for only two years, including roles in Stacey
Lane’s “Non-Stop Aesop,” “The Odyssey” and “54 People ‘LIKE’ This,” which she
also helped write. She has also participated
in Broadway2LA Acting Studio’s 2011 Improv Camp and Cold Reading Class. For six years, she has participated in
Taekwondo receiving second degree black belt.
Annie Knotts (Gossip Squirrels)
Annie is a eighth
grader at Kilbourne Middle School. Annie
performed in Stacey Lane’s “Non-Stop Aesop,” “The Odyssey,” “54 People ‘LIKE’
This,” and “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” She recently performed in Broadway2LA Acting
Studio’s Spring Showcase and attended their 2011 Improv Summer Camp. She plays the flute, piano, sings and loves
puppies.
Kristina Kopf (Soothing Nature Day Spa)
Kristina is an animal lover from Columbus, Ohio who is always open to a new beauty regimen. Kristina can be seen on the occasional Tuesday performing on the Funny Bone Comedy Club stage in Columbus, Ohio as part of the club’s Improv Wars, and also loves performing in scripted works, both dramatic and comedic, for stage and screen.
Stacey Lane (Producer, Playwright)
Stacey’s scripts have been seen at over two hundred fifty theatres from coast to coast in the U.S., as well as in Canada, England, and Australia and are published with Playscripts, Inc., Smith and Kraus, Manhattan Theatre Source, San Luis Obispo Little Theatre, Freshwater, and Scene4 Magazine. She is the recipient of the Montgomery County Arts & Cultural District’s Literary Artist Fellowship and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency Grant. www.StaceyLaneInk.com
League of Women
Voters
The League of
Women Voters of the Greater Dayton Area opened its doors shortly after the 19thwww.lwvdayton.org
amendment was signed in 1920, making ours one of the first Leagues in the
nation. Our founders believed the League was never to become a woman’s
organization or a club, but an organization of women responsible for educating
the community on important issues. That belief remains the same, to provide
voter education, protection and advocacy for every citizen.
Kristie LeVangie (Shades of K)
Kristie is the creative mind behind www.Libidacoria.com,
She's a poetess, writer, podcast and talk show host, voiceover narrator,
plus-size pinup model and performer.
Starting in March, you can hear her podcast on Playboy Radio's MoFo
Podcast Show.
Alex Mangen (Co-Producer, Soothing
Nature Day Spa)
Since earning a Motion Picture Productions degree from
Wright State, Alex has worked on several feature films, music videos,
television, and commercials. He has written and directed sketches for LeftofCenterComedy.com
whose sketches have been licensed by MTV, CW, and played at numerous film
festivals. He was awarded a grant from Culture Works for the
Arts. Alex is currently a Director of Film Studies at Stivers and is in
pre-production for his next sketch comedy show.
Dawn McCoy
(Paintings)
Dawn loves dinosaurs, sharks, vampires and other
aggressive carnivores like herself. She is an avid gamer, toy collector, and
comic book reader. While she has experimented with many media and formats, she
usually prefers to use ink on velum. Dawn lives in Dayton and has degrees in
fine arts and sociology from Sinclair Community College.
Trish
McKinney (Water media art)
An internationally and nationally recognized
artist, Trish, has always put color first. Sensual shapes, emotional color, and the
relationships of the human spirit, are what intrigues this artist. She has received awards from the National
Watercolor Society, the International Society of Experimental Artists, the Western
Ohio Watercolor Society, and many others. Her published books include Paintings
& Process and Defining The Art Of Trish McKinney and the children’s
books Do Trees Nap? (author and
illustrator) and Benny The Baffled
Behemoth (illustrator). www.trishmckinney.com
Maggie Price (A Pretty Piece of Flesh)
Maggie was born and raised in Centerville, Ohio. She is
currently a junior in the Wright State University Motion Pictures program,
majoring in production. After graduation she plans to pursue a career in
screenwriting.
Heather Lea Reid
(Paintings)
Heather
graduated with her BFA from Wright State University in 2004. She exhibits
often in the Dayton area. She also participates in organizing art and
craft exhibitions and events. This includes being the lead organizer for
The Sideshow Two and the art director for two Ladyfest Dayton events.
Heather also does custom portraits and is a mother to a one year old girl. www.facebook.com/artworkbyheatherleareid
Joy
Schwab
(Pearl and other Poems)
Joy is a feminist, poet and activist who believes poems are words spoken from one's heart to touch another and share an experience, insight or vision. She has a Masters in English from Wright State University and work as a Librarian at the Dayton Metro Library where she offers a monthly poets program. Her poems have been published in Ohio Poetry Days 2011 and elsewhere, and she’s happy to read her poems to anyone who'll listen.
Alyssa Senek (Gossip Squirrels)
Alyssa is an eighth grader at Kilbourne Middle
School. Alyssa’s stage roles include
parts in Stacey Lane’s “Non-Stop Aesop,” “The Odyssey” and “54 People ‘LIKE’
This.” She attended Broadway2LA Acting
Studio’s 2011 Improv Summer Camp and is a member of the KMS Show Choir.
Cassidy
C. Short (Lucy
Dreaming)
Cassidy has never
neglected her creative personality. Her skills include designing/sewing her own
clothing, dancing, writing and painting. Acting is her passion, and
pursuing a career in it was a natural choice. She worked closely with
George Clooney on his recent film, The
Ides of March. Her experience with the big screen was "a fantastic
adventure", she says. Cassidy lives in Englewood, Ohio and hopes to move
to California soon. She is proud to be a part of SWAN this year, and gives
thanks to all who attend!
Nichol
Simmons (Sunday Spin)
Nichol earned her degree in Motion Picture
Production from Wright State. Her thesis film, Dry Mount, is a Sundance award winner. Feature films include Fathers and Sons, Lost in Yonkers, and John Sayles’s City of Hope. Nichol worked
as a joke writer for Politically
Incorrect. As Director of National Workshops at the American Film
Institute, she ran the Directing Workshop for Women and oversaw production on
over 200 short films. Nichol also
created Film Camp for Girls. http://sundayspin.com
Tessa Trozzolillo (Free
as the Wind)
Tessa is currently a
visual arts senior at Stivers School for the Arts. She’s been taking
film for three years, but has been in visual arts for six. Next year, Tessa
plans to attend NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she will mayor in film and
television production. She hopes to one day pursue a career as a
cinematographer, and writer/director.
Djuna Wahlrab
(Falling Up)
Djuna, a filmmaker originally from
Dayton, Ohio, works in New York City in post production. She began to focus on
animation while teaching film at Stivers School for the Arts. Starting with
flip books and eventually playing with visual effects and motion graphics , she
developed this into a career in New York. Working mostly in advertising,
she became acquainted with Charged Studios who offered to produce her first
short film, Falling Up. http://fallingupmovie.com/
Meghan Weinle (Gossip Squirrels)
Meghan is a seventh grader at Kilbourne Middle
School. She has played Helen of Troy in “The Odyssey” and Annie in “Annie.” Other plays she participated include
“Rumplestiltskin” and “54 People ‘LIKE’ This.”
She is assisting with the sixth grade production at her old elementary
school. Meghan plays the flute and
enjoys singing.
Greta Wolking (Lucy Dreaming)
Greta is thrilled to be in
this production! Having performed with several other area theatres, she is
excited to make her debut with the Zoot Theatre Company. She is currently in
two other shows, Bye Bye Birdie and Legally Blonde. Her hobbies include
reading, unicycling, bellydancing, and editing videos. She hopes to continue
doing theatre and also pursue more film work. Enjoy the show!
Zoot Theatre Company (Lucy Dreaming)
Zoot aims to stimulate the creative spirit
through the collaboration of all forms of artistic expression including
professional acting, masks, and puppetry by bringing theatrical arts to a
variety of peoples and regional venues. Zoot is a Resident Company for the
Victoria
Theatre Association and enjoys
partnerships with Muse Machine, Town Hall Theatre, CityFolk, Central State University, the University of Dayton, Playhouse South, and
a number of local high schools. www.zoottheatrecompany.org
FINALISTS
Our selection committee was overwhelmed with the talent of Ohio's women. One afternoon of SWAN Day just isn't enough to showcase this much creativity. We wish to give special recognition to our finalists.
Leslie Gilliat Dancing By Myself
Sandra J. Kachurek The Mermaid
Marianne Kesler the say something
series
Katalina Remusat Illegal Alien
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