Stacia Yeapanis (b. 1977 Newport News, VA) is a Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist and media fan, currently working in embroidery and video. Her work can be seen in "MP3: Volume II," co-published by Aperture and the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP). An accompanying exhibition opens at MoCP in July. Her work has been exhibited as part of the Boston Cyberarts Festival (Boston), the Parnu International Film and Video Festival (Estonia), Ladylike (Chicago), and undercurrent (Claremont, CA).
Yeapanis recently received her second CAAP grant from the City of Chicago. She holds a MFA from the Fiber and Material Studies department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in German from Oberlin College.
Yeapanis recently received her second CAAP grant from the City of Chicago. She holds a MFA from the Fiber and Material Studies department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in German from Oberlin College.
Amber Hawk Swanson (b. 1980 Davenport, Iowa) lives and works in Brooklyn. Recent exhibitions include Locust Projects (Miami), Non Grata Art Container (Estonia), and The Redhouse (Syracuse). Recent residencies include Fountainhead (Miami) and Vermont Studio Center. Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago) and has been reviewed in Map Magazine, Sex TV, The Associated Press, Time Out Chicago, and Flavorpill. Hawk Swanson holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and two BFAs from Iowa State University. Notable projects include "The Feminism? Project" (2005-2006) and “Amber Doll” (2006-2008).
Molly Schafer is a cross-disciplinary artist living and working in Chicago. Schafer spent last spring camping among feral horses on Assateague Island. She is currently working on video and drawings of her time on the island.
Schafer’s work has been exhibited at Exit Art, artpoint Miami, Branch Gallery, Lump Gallery, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Space 1026, The Andy Warhol Museum and at Lollapalooza 2007. She is a 2009 recipient of a CAAP grant from the City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs. She received a MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from The Corcoran College of Art and Design.
Schafer’s work has been exhibited at Exit Art, artpoint Miami, Branch Gallery, Lump Gallery, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Space 1026, The Andy Warhol Museum and at Lollapalooza 2007. She is a 2009 recipient of a CAAP grant from the City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs. She received a MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from The Corcoran College of Art and Design.
Meg Leary is a sound and performance artist who lives and works in Chicago.
She began singing professionally at thirteen years old and performed at music venues throughout New England including with the Portland Symphony Orchestra. More recently, she has performed at the La Mama Experimental Theater Company in New York, The Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics and PAC/edge Festival. She has a Master of Arts in Performance Studies from New York University and a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Meg works at the Irving Harris Foundation supporting their strategic grantmaking in the areas of Early Childhood Development, Arts and Social Justice. She also volunteers for Lambda Legal and the Fire This Time Fund who make small grants to creative projects at the intersection of arts and social justice.
She began singing professionally at thirteen years old and performed at music venues throughout New England including with the Portland Symphony Orchestra. More recently, she has performed at the La Mama Experimental Theater Company in New York, The Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics and PAC/edge Festival. She has a Master of Arts in Performance Studies from New York University and a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Meg works at the Irving Harris Foundation supporting their strategic grantmaking in the areas of Early Childhood Development, Arts and Social Justice. She also volunteers for Lambda Legal and the Fire This Time Fund who make small grants to creative projects at the intersection of arts and social justice.
Jenny Kendler was born in 1980 in New York City. She graduated summa cum laude with a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2002, and received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2006. She currently lives and works in Chicago.
Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at Exit Art in NYC, Claremorris Gallery in Ireland, The Yeosu Art Festival in Korea, The Contemporary Artists Center in Massachusetts, Ellen Curlee Gallery in St. Louis, and in Chicago at estudiotres and Kasia Kay Art Projects. In late Summer 2009, she will be participating in the Beijing Biennale.
Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at Exit Art in NYC, Claremorris Gallery in Ireland, The Yeosu Art Festival in Korea, The Contemporary Artists Center in Massachusetts, Ellen Curlee Gallery in St. Louis, and in Chicago at estudiotres and Kasia Kay Art Projects. In late Summer 2009, she will be participating in the Beijing Biennale.
