Saturday, September 5th

12:00 pm - Gallery Opens!

2:00 pm - Welcome & Keynote Presentation

8:00 pm - Live Stream Performance by Dominica Greene

Sunday, September 6th

11:00 am - Panel Discussion and Artist Q&A #1: RISK

1:00 pm - Zine Workshop

3:00 pm - Panel Discussion and Artist Q&A #2: REPRESENTATION

7:30 pm - Closing Statements

Ya-Ya Fairley

Ya-Ya is a mover, dance-maker, critical thinker and facilitator. Ya-Ya recently completed Headlong Performance Institute, a premier training residency for experimental performance makers, in Philadelphia. During the culmination of that residency Ya-Ya premiered, “Womyn.Haus”- an immersive physical theatre piece about femininity & domesticity onsite in Headlong Apartments.

Recently, they received a Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Utah’s School of Dance with an emphasis in Choreography, Critical Theory & Creative Process. In 2012, Fairley graduated with a double major in Cultural Anthropology & Dance from Bates College (Lewiston Maine).

11 am - 12 pm • ONLINE • “RISK”

Panel originally aired live via Zoom at 11 am MDT, September 6, 2020.

3 pm - 4 pm •ONLINE • “REPRESENTATION”

Panel originally aired live via Zoom at 3 pm MDT, September 6, 2020.

Amanda Brungardt

My work explores gender constructs and femininity through a queer and intersectional perspective while challenging aesthetic homogeneity. I am interested in talking about and exploring indulgence, solidarity, and queer life, while providing a tongue-in-cheek commentary on our cultural ideas of queerness and community.

Billy Clouse

Raised in the heat of the Las Vegas Valley, Billy Clouse (he/they) fell in love with graphic design and began exploring personal identity amongst the red rocks of Utah. Billy is working toward a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design at Southern Utah University, where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of two news programs, designed for three academic conferences and journals, and represented the College of Performing and Visual Arts in student government. Areas of interest include social justice causes, such as LGBTQ equality, feminism, and Intactivism.

Dominica Greene

Dominica Greene (she/her/hers) is a dance artist originally from the Los Angeles area. Her research questions what it means to be authentically present and how that relates to pedestrian life, performance, and the performative experience. She lived and worked in New York for several years prior to joining the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company in Salt Lake City, where she is a current company member. She is black, and is forever sinking into what that feels, tastes, talks, moves, reads like.

Dominik Puck

After bearing the heavy burden of shame that came as a result of a former religious affiliation’s opinion of my sexuality, I have now gained and embraced a new sense of self that was never really there before. Leaving the crippling guilt in the past where it belongs, I studied and graduated from the Art Institute of Salt Lake City in 2013. It became clear to me that there was now opportunity for me to create the Art that I want to make! Art that doesn’t seek public approval or graded unfairly by any professor. I began a journey into the world in which my Art now resides. A world where the sole male fairy figurine on the store shelf doesn’t have to hide behind his mighty sword and shield as proof of his masculinity.

Em Papineau & Sophia Engelman

Em Papineau and Sofia Engelman are dance artists based in New England. Sofia is a dance educator, maker, performer, and administrator who, at age 14, made a solo that involved eating an entire heirloom tomato like an apple. Em is a dance artist, musician, athlete, and nonpracticing barista who grew up dancing to music videos by blonde pop stars and memorizing and inventing television ad jingles. Sofia and Em’s first collaborative work, Where the air is light and clear, was presented at the National College Dance Festival at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Since then, they have held artistic residencies at The Living Room, Ponderosa, the Dance Complex, and School for Contemporary Dance and Thought. The pair have performed iterations and installments of their INSTANT SAVIORS series at Judson Church, FRESH Festival, EstroGenius Festival, School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, the Dance Complex, Dancing Queerly Boston, and AS220.

Emmett Wilson

Emmett Wilson is a body-based artist from Houston. They moved to Salt Lake City where they earned a BFA from the University of Utah in Modern dance with minors in Environmental Studies as well as Portuguese & Brazilian Studies. Their current practice hinges on compassionate communication and organization as an artist as well as the Community Garden Coordinator of the Salt Lake City Public Library (SLCPL). Emmett is a board member, choreographer, and performer for DEXO (Deseret Experimental Opera). They have designed and taught embodiment workshops for the Out Loud youth group at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Alphabet Soup at SLCPL, Queer Spectra and STEMCAP. Emmett has performed both solo and with groups in Houston, SLC, Moab, Atlanta, Brooklyn, NYC, Richmond, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Berlin.

Ironstone

Ironstone is a dance artist who uses film, photography, original music, and live theater to deconstruct sociopolitical dynamics and envision fantasies of queer knowledge with the body.

Jordan Simmons

An old soul thriving its way to freedom.

Julia Larsen

Julia ~ she/her ~ bisexual
Julia is a high school English teacher with a passion for social justice and art. She strives to portray the divinity of womanhood in her art, and is inspired by religious iconography, the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood, and myths of womanhood like Eve and Persephone. Her favorite colors to work with are hot pink and, of course, glitter.

Kyle Ahlstrom

My life as a photographer started over 10 years ago after picking up my first film camera. Ever since, I've been obsessed with chasing after the perfect light, angle, perspective and color. I've worked hard to learn and develop my creative craft. Which I'm proud to continue to explore everyday. I seek a diverse but unique perspective.

Nate Francis

I am a gay male photographer and artist currently studying at the University of Utah in the Department of Art & Art History. I grew up in Provo Utah and have lived here my whole life. My work is focused around my experiences of growing up gay in Utah and what the effects have been.

Nico Sin

Nico Sin is a self-published poet from the Salt Lake City Area. Their writing focuses on self-love, empowerment, queer issues, social justice, religion, and heartbreak. Through their words they hope they can increase awareness around issues as well as connect with others and heal together.

Patrick Croskrey

Patrick lives in Salt Lake City. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Photography, he has continued to photograph many subjects - the most important being his nieces and nephews. In photography and life, he believes: "love is love". Fala português. Se habla español.

Rachel Luebbert, Angela Lee & Taylor Mott

Rachel Luebbert is a movement artist and arts administrator based in Salt Lake where she works in dance advocacy for Dance/USA, academic advising, and dance education. Rachel has lived and worked as a dance teacher and freelance artist in Washington, DC. During this time, she performed a solo "Listen. Please?" at the Hirshorn Museum, performed Brendan Fernandes's "Free Fall 49" at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in remembrance of Pulse, and produced a show entitled "Rosie" surrounding the complexity of the color pink.

Angela Lee is a dance artist and outdoor enthusiast living in Salt Lake City. She is involved in movement practices at Tanner Dance and in collaboration with Rachel Luebbert. She has performed in works by Doug Varone, Stephen Petronio, Daniel Charon, Eric Handman, and Katie Scherman.

Taylor Mott is a Utah native filmmaker. She is currently a film editor at the local production company TWIG Media Lab, and works in the production team with other projects - most notable being Funny or Die and A&E. Lover of cats, art, and coffee. Hater of mustard.

Reina Kapiolani Pahulu

Reina Kapiolani Pahulu is a first generation Tongan-American Leiti, aka Transgender Woman as per western standards. Her pronouns are she, her, & hers. Reina is a local poet & community organizer in the wonderful Beehive State (Utah) and is very passionate about creating discourse, change, & space for Pasifika people to thrive.

Sam Skrimpz

I am a queer, non-binary, neo-folk artist from New Orleans with a focus on symbolic compositions. My work mostly reflects nature from my Louisiana upbringing, as I wish to open up dialog around land and animal conservation. You can find elements of queer intimacy in my art as well, which is a result of processing a very conservative childhood. Through these aforementioned lenses, I convey a sense of spirituality in my pieces, to enhance the natural connection humans have with each other, the land and its inhabitants.

Steven Salabsky

Steven was born in and adopted from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by 2 loving mothers. He grew up in Salt Lake City Utah where he Studied at the University of Utah, receiving a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Drawing and a minor degree in Modern dance in 2015. Throughout his studies, he has participated in classes that have lead him to discover his unique style. Steven is now a designer at a picture frame shop and is going back to school to get a degree in digital media design. all the while working on his body of work and building his technique.

Teresa Fellion

Teresa Fellion founded BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance in 2011, after choreographing independently since 2004. She has performed for Lucinda Childs, Sarah Skaggs, Kimberly Young, M’Bewe Escobar, Skip Costa, and Martha Bowers, and performed works by Twyla Tharp, Deganit Shemy, Liz Lerman, and Megan Boyd. Teresa completed a Dance MFA from Sarah Lawrence under Scholarship, a Certificate from the Ailey School on scholarship, and a BA in French & English Literature with a dance minor from NYU as a Merit Scholar. She received Choreographic Fellowships from SummerStages Dance Festival, ICA Boston, and an American Dance Guild Fellowship for Jacob’s Pillow’s Choreographers’ Lab.

Theo

Hi! I'm Theo a young queer artist from Utah. My pronouns are he/they. I've been drawing for as long as I can remember. I love art, reading, earl grey tea, dnd, magic, musical theater, and all things British. I love talking to people so stop by anytime.
Cheers!

Tony Griego

Salt Laker, born and raised, art student at The U, avid reader, petter of dogs, will travel at the drop of a hat, logically impulsive, working on being more vulnerable and integrated, usually chilly, Capricorn, down to laugh.

Tori Meyer & Nora Lang

Tori Meyer is a rising senior in the University of Utah modern dance program. While there, she has worked with choreographers including Christine McMillan, Daniel Clifton, Luc Vanier, and Brooklyn Draper. Currently, she is exploring how to refine aesthetic physicality, one commonly known as the floppy dance.

Nora in the Pacific Northwest, Nora Lang grew up training in a dance studio, with a dash of Scandinavian Folk Dance and Musical Theatre. Their time spent playing folk music and attending Seattle’s FolkLife Festival is where their gained an appreciation for contemporary and traditional folk arts. After relocating to Salt Lake City, Nora has been awarded their BFA in Modern Dance at the University of Utah.

Nora is a believer in collaborative arts and identifies as a cross disciplinary artist. Outside the studio, you can find them rollerblading or playing a fiddle.

Ya-Ya

Ya-Ya is a mover, dance-maker, critical thinker and facilitator. Ya-Ya recently completed Headlong Performance Institute, a premier training residency for experimental performance makers, in Philadelphia. During the culmination of that residency Ya-Ya premiered, “Womyn.Haus”- an immersive physical theatre piece about femininity & domesticity onsite in Headlong Apartments.

Recently, they received a Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Utah’s School of Dance with an emphasis in Choreography, Critical Theory & Creative Process. In 2012, Fairley graduated with a double major in Cultural Anthropology & Dance from Bates College (Lewiston Maine).

Financial Sponsors

Jane Appleby

B. Rodney White

Laura Gray

Bill Barnewitz