WHERE: Junkyard Social Club, 2525 Frontier Ave Suite A, Boulder, CO 80301
TIME:
6:30 PM - Doors Open, Peruse Interactive Art Stations
7:00 PM - Multi-Genre Performance
Snacks, wine, cocktails, and non-alcoholic beverages will be available at the cafe.
MEET THE ARTISTS
Cristina A. Bejan
Lisa Wagner Erickson
Corrina Espinosa
Grace Gee
Judith Sara Gelt
Cara Leoni
Katie Mason
Sara Rockinger
Veronica Straight-Lingo
artist bios
Cristina A. Bejan
CRISTINA A. BEJAN is an award-winning Romanian- American historian, theatre artist, and poet. A Rhodes and Fulbright scholar, she currently teaches history and theatre at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Bejan received her Masters and DPhil (PhD) in Modern History from the University of Oxford and her BA in Philosophy (Honors) from Northwestern, where she also studied in the renowned Theatre program. A playwright, she has written 19 plays and her dramatic work has been produced in the US, UK, Romania, and Vanuatu. She has published a poetry book (Green Horses on the Walls, now available in Romanian with Editura Tracus Arte), a history book (Intellectuals and Fascism in Interwar Romania, published in Romanian by Editura Litera), the play J'y suis j'y reste [Here I am, here I stay] (in the anthology Voices on the Move, eds. Domnica Radulescu and Roxana Cazan), 64 articles (and coauthored the African continent introduction) for The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945: Vol. 3 and countless essays, poems, and poetry translations. Most recently her play BUCHENWALD appeared with Next Stage Press. A spoken word poet, Bejan performs under her stage-name Lady Godiva. She writes creatively in five languages and has been published internationally in every genre she writes in. Bejan is the only Rhodes Scholar who is a Romanian citizen: she is a proud dual citizen of the USA and Romania (EU). Inspired by the fearless spirit of artists in Bucharest, Bejan co-founded the arts platform Bucharest Inside the Beltway in 2014 and has served as BiB's Executive Director ever since. Please visit cristinaabejan.com for more info!
Lisa Wagner Erickson
Lisa Wagner Erickson (she/her) is a playwright, theatre artist -and occasional signer and performance artist. Her varied experience includes singing at Red Rocks, performing sketch comedy at Boulder Theater, and plays that have been developed and produced across the United States. She is the founder of Cypherbird Projects and the former owner and creative director of Theater 29. www.lisawericksonplaywright.com
Corrina Espinosa
Corrina Espinosa is a Denver based new media artist & curator interested in all things art & tech. She teaches digital art at CU, Boulder & has exhibited her art locally at the Denver Art Museum, Meow Wolf & BMoCA as well as internationally at venues in Barcelona & Bosnia. Along with a list of friends and collaborators she spent the last decade throwing Denver art shows with a zeal for community and inclusivity. She is a co-founder of Denver Digital Land Grab with her creative partner David Hanan. Together, they are on a mission to help create space, opportunity & equity for all Colorado artists.
Grace Gee
Grace Gee’s healing art expresses the outermost edges of the innermost condition of being human. She creates art that challenges the mind and nourishes the spirit while providing avenues to engage in a changing consciousness. Her art holds space for vulnerability to exist.
She works in a variety of media including sculpture, fiber, artist books and installation work. Her art practice includes working within a community framework, producing healing art events for all ages. Her unique approach to life, art, and healing is strongly informed by her BA in Psychology and an MA in Conscious Evolution. She has exhibited across the US, in both group and solo exhibitions. Her award-winning work has brought her invitations to exhibitions, artist residencies, interviews and publishing.
Grace is a Chinese Canadian who now resides in Louisville, Colorado. She has lived and worked in Canada, the US and Hong Kong and has traveled widely in Europe and Asia. Her work is influenced by her bi-cultural upbringing and is strongly rooted in spiritual growth, healing, and transformation.
Judith Sara Gelt
Judith Sara Gelt is the author of RECKLESS STEPS TOWARD SANITY, A MEMOIR and creative nonfiction including experimental and hybrid forms.
Her essays can be found in Iron Horse Literary Review, Portland Review, Broad Street Magazine, Best of Referential Magazine, and Superstition Review. She's a member of Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver. www.judithsaragelt.com
Cara Leoni
Cara Leoni (she/her) is an up-and-coming comedian and an OG queer. A self described rascal, you can find her performing at local bars, comedy clubs and teacher lounges. When Cara is not turning up the laughter you can find her knee deep in a project she’ll never finish or getting roasted by her students.
Katie Mason
Katie Mason was the 2023 Poet Laureate for the 40W Arts District in Denver. She is also a stand up comic, Licensed Psychotherapist and performs regularly for the International Association for the Study of Dreams.
Sara Rockinger
Sara Rockinger's work has been featured at the Textile Museum in Washington DC., in Fiber Arts Magazine, Surface Design Journal, Freestyle Machine Embroidery by Carol Shinn, and Dimensional Cloth: Sculpture by Contemporary Textile Artists by Andra Stanton, as well as TextileCurator.com, VisualArtSource.com, Colorado Public Radio, and on Fox News in Phoenix, AZ. www.sararockinger.com
Veronica Straight-Lingo
Veronica Straight-Lingo (she/her) is an Actor, Director, Designer, and Actor-Improvisor in the Denver/ Boulder community. Most recently, she was the Blue Conductor on The Polar Express at The Colorado Railroad Museum, and she played Olivia in The Three Leaches' production of Twelfth Night. She is a writer and performer for the new sketch comedy group Character Coven (opening March 24 at Rise Comedy). And she will play the title role in the The Three Leaches’ production of Sister Mary Ignatious Explains It All For You on April 3-6. Veronica is also the Executive Producer of Metro Arts on KGNU Community Radio.
