“JENTEL PRESENTS” AUG. 1: From a press release: “Jentel Presents” gathers the current residents at the Jentel Artist Residency Program in Banner for a free event open to the public at Davis Gallery, 32 North Main, Sheridan, on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 5:30-7 p.m. It is a community outreach program that features slide presentations and readings by the visual artists and writers at the residency. Presenters include: Patricia Alexander, Baltimore, Md., installation and public artist, as well as a painter; Robyn Art, Brooklyn, N.Y., a poet who has worked as a waitress, barista, bartender, inventory clerk, daycare worker, personal trainer, new age dance studio receptionist, signature-canvasser and college English professor; Robin Barcus, Las Vegas, Nev., a native of Chicago who is on a mission to create a site-specific “dress” sculpture in every state; Karina Hean, Durango, Colo., a mixed-media artist and teacher; Ann McCutchan, Denton, Texas, a writer/musician and WAC fellowship recipient who was at the helm of the University of Wyoming Creative Writing Program as it was being launched; Karen Schiff, Hamden, Conn., who recently left her teaching job to return to studio art via an M.F.A. program.
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