As a Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Dr. Jessica R. Metcalfe is connected to a rich design heritage.
A graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Arizona, Jessica wrote her doctoral dissertation on Native designers of high fashion (which she’s currently adapting into a book), is the main author of Beyond Buckskin, a web site focused on all topics related to Native American fashion, and is the owner of the Beyond Buckskin Boutique, which promotes and sells Native-made couture, streetwear, jewelry, and accessories.
A presenter and lecturer at numerous national conferences, museums and co-curated exhibitions, she’s taught courses in American Indian studies, studio art, art history, and literature at tribal colleges and state universities. Her current work focuses on Native American art, clothing, and design from all time periods, with an emphasis on contemporary artists.
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Charna Halpern single-handedly saved the world.
Teaching performers how to work together for more than 28 years, her world-famous I.O. theaters in Chicago and Los Angeles are meccas for the art of improvisation, and recruiting stops for television shows like Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and MADtv.
printer, pressman, Quality Print Shop, Hamilton, Museum, wood type, antique, press, letterpress, printing, 2013, Cusp 2013
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software, product design, video games, genetics research, Syyn Labs, technology, artists, robotics, physics, software engineering, design, 2011, Cusp 2011
poetry, speech, Green Mill, slam poet, 2011, Cusp 2011
Artist, comics creator, entrepreneur, graphic novels, murals, Kick-Starter, marketing, crowdfunding, 2011, Cusp 2011
change, Lego, creativity, fine art, culture, lawyer, sculpture, 2013, Cusp 2013
failure, connection, community, performance, effort, aspiration, Halloween, Hurricane Katrina, spontaneity, community, 2012, Cusp 2012
origins, history, science, evolution, inner story, outer story, context, connection, storytelling, experience, artist, 2012, Cusp 2012
information graphic, Scientific American, music, art, meaning, beauty, truth, The Vatican, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, anatomy, 3D modeling, National Geographic, Science Times, medical illustration, 2012, Cusp 2012