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The Lantern Sisters
Folk art is not static; it shifts with the times, uncovering new meanings in old words, new ways of talking about the communal pathways that led us to where we are today. For artists Katherine Fahey and Dan Van Allen, Crankies are a way to interpret our uncertain times, to draw artistic inspiration and power from the sources of meaning in their lives. History, community, folk tales, ballads, live performance, and environmental instability all manifest in the sounds, feelings, and sensations that permeate their Crankies. Their work transports audiences to another time and place, with their authentic and personal interpretations of folk tales and songs of America and Canada.
Web: bakerartist.org/portfolios/katherine-fahey
Patreon: patreon.com/katherinefahey
Facebook: Katherine Fahey
IG: @katherine_fahey
Maisie O'Brien
Maisie has studied puppetry in academic and immersive contexts with Bread & Puppet Theater, The University of Connecticut, The O’Neill National Puppetry Conference, and the Chicago International Puppetry Festival Workshops. As a second generation arts educator they also work to encourage local young voices via puppetry and narrative arts workshops, summer camps, and festivals. This year they look forward to developing their own puppetry workshops in shadow play, and coordinating partnerships with local groups rooted in liberation.
website: www.maisieobrien.com
Instagram: @maisie_oh
Georgia Beatty
Georgia Beatty is a musician and folk artist focused on cycle, lineage and healing through cultural transmission. Their work has two taproots growing at equally feverish rates in the paradoxically woven worlds of songwriting and traditional music. They play fiddle, cello and sing. Georgia’s study as a fiddler is in Norwegian music.
Georgia lives & works in their hometown of Baltimore, Maryland.
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Bandcamp: https://georgiabeatty.bandcamp.com/album/apprentice-to-transformation
Website: https://www.georgiabeatty.com/
Instagram: @georgia.beatty
Erik Ruin
Erik Ruin is a Michigan-raised, Philadelphia-based printmaker, shadow puppeteer, paper-cut artist, etc., who has been lauded by the New York Times for his "spell-binding cut-paper animations." His work oscillates between the poles of apocalyptic anxieties and utopian yearnings, with an emphasis on empathy, transcendence and obsessive detail. He frequently works collaboratively with musicians, theater performers, other artists and activist campaigns. He is a founding member of the international Justseeds Artists' Cooperative, and co-author of the book Paths Toward Utopia: Graphic Explorations of Everyday Anarchism (w/ Cindy Milstein, PM Press, 2012). Current projects include the Ominous Cloud Ensemble, an ever-evolving, collectively-improvising large ensemble for projections and music.
Instagram:@erikruin
Website: www.erikruin.info
Bronwyn Bird & Justin Nawn
Bronwyn Bird & Justin Nawn both graduated Berklee College ofMusic (Boston), majoring in Music Therapy. They are the founders of The Birdhouse Center for the Arts, a creative hub that is located in the heart of Lambertville, NJ. Their business offers intergenerational programming for all ages and abilities, featuring musical and artistic outreach services.
As performers, Bronwyn specializes in playing a unique Swedish musical instrument called the nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle). She also works as a professional storyteller for a non-profit enrichment company called, Storytelling Arts. Justin is a musical instrumentalist with a focus on guitar. He has a decade of experience leading early education classes, kids’ storytime events and facilitating music therapy with a variety of populations, including mental health, brain injuries, and neuro-divergencies. Bronwyn & Justin’s collective background in music therapy approaches, traditional folk music, and storytelling, makes them a charismatic and dynamic duo.
Website: www.birdhousecenter.org - Music Therapy, Performance & Education
Instagram: @birdhousecenter (https://www.instagram.com/birdhousecenter/)
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVI99lAdYzu6JMJGOFVxzFQ
Elizabeth LaPrelle
Elizabeth LaPrelle is a scholar and singer of Appalachian Ballads from Rural Retreat, Virginia. She built her style and repertoire from research into archival recordings, and family and friends. She started making recordings with her family as a teen, and received her undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary with a major in Southern Appalachian Traditional Performance.
In the experimental folk duo Anna & Elizabeth, she toured internationally and helped re-popularize the “crankie performance art form. She’s also a banjo-player, and a visual and interdisciplinary artist. She lives with her husband Brian Dolphin and their young son.