Creative People

Pauline Jennings is a contemporary dance choreographer based in Jericho, Vermont. Like all creatives in the performing arts, she faced profound challenges during the pandemic, being unable to perform publicly and separated from collaborators. In addition, she lost a critical component of her creative process during the shutdown: connection to others. She shifted by creating the Quarantine Dance Project, a collaborative set of 40 improv pieces/ 400 images exploring her relationship to space within her own home.

Here is her story.

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Hex is a Cleveland-based photographer. Her superpower is capturing a moment in time. Something subtle – a glance, a shrug – but in that moment, everything.

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As many of you know, Alan and I live on a farm. While it’s no longer the operation it once was, it has given me a special affection for those who grow and raise food for a living – especially those who do so in a sustainable way. While I tend to feature artists on this site, I can’t think of a more essential creative profession than those who literally sustain their communities.

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When I first saw Deborah Lowe’s work, my mind was blown. I have at least a cursory understanding of most art forms. I may not be able to do all of them, but I generally have a rough sense of how they’re done. But her pieces? I could not even begin to unravel them.

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Alethea Bodine is a performing artist, educator, and facilitator of all things authentic. You can tell when you look at her: the energy she exudes as she moves through space, the awareness of her demeanor, the extra depth she adds to a conversation. I met her just before the pandemic, and watched with a twinge of sadness as the past year added layers of plexiglass and distance between us.

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