NEAR & FAR
Collaborative Art Project
WINTER SOLSTICE GATHERING 2018- COLLABORATORS
Tamora Israel
South Dennis, MA
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Actor + Poet
Tamora is a poet and actor. She has performed her slam poetry at several open Mics, on and off Cape Cod. She studied acting at Cape Cod Community College. She’s acted in several productions, The last few being The Vagina Monologues at the Tilden Arts Center, Macbeth at the Guyer Barn and The Laramie Project at the Provincetown Theater. She is a Long Island, New York native but has been a proud wash-ashore for 12 years. Tamora is honored to be the mother of 3 amazing young adults and is happily married to her best friend Liz Israel. She will be performing 2 poems she wrote entitled “I Used To Be A Poet” and “Optimist.”
For more info on Tamora follow her on Facebook: Tamora Israel or follow her event page Lyrically Lost or Twitter @isreal_t
Augusta Rose
Sandwich, MA
Visual Artist, Photographer, Videographer
Augusta Rose is a self-taught photographer with additional training at Fitchburg State University. She majored in photo for 3 years before graduating with a self-designed degree in psychology, philosophy, communication studies, and art. She specializes in candid portraiture, using exclusively natural lighting. She runs her photography business entitled "Augusta Rose Photography" with the intention to produce intentionally honest imagery that will leave an emotional impact. She creates work around the world that to inspire, educate, and empower.
More info: augustarosephoto.com
Jamieson Horton
Dennis Port, MA
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Actor/Writer
Jamieson has written and acted in several local productions, including Phantasmagoria (writer/actor, CCCC), Nineteen Eighty-Four (actor, CCCC), The Bard's Tale Radio Drama (writer/voice actor, WKKL), Feathers and Teeth (actor, New Classics Company), and Macbeth (actor, New Classics Company), and welcomes this opportunity to recite his favorite season-appropriate classic poems. He is currently teaching television production at the Cape Cod Community Media Center.
Ralph Bousquet
Barnstable, MA
Poet + Musician
Ralph Bousquet, a native of Marstons Mills, currently living in West Barnstable, MA. As a musician, he has performed on stages across New England. His poetry and essays have been published by Cape Cod Community College and in the Ponder Review, The Reader, and Narrative Magazine. He was also named a "30 under 30" new and emerging writer by Narrative Magazine in 2017. He has studied poetry at New York University and received his BFA in Poetry from Hampshire College.
Meghan Carmichael
Barnstable, MA
Dance Artist, Choreographer, Educator
Meghan Carmichael is a dance artist based on Cape Cod. She began her dance studies on the Cape and throughout New England, and received her BFA in Contemporary Dance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 2012. Her career has brought her to New York City, California, Europe, and around New England. She is currently a company member with Ali Kenner Brodsky & co, and is founder and artistic director of Near & Far: Collaborative Art Project. ​As a teacher, she has been on faculty at Festival Ballet Providence, Providence Ballet Theater, Cape Cod Dance Center, and an adjunct at Brown University, Dean College, and the Moses Brown School. As a dance artist, educator, and administrator, Meghan is passionate about developing projects centered around inclusive dance practices and community support through the arts. Meghancarmichaeldance.com
Special Thanks to:
Thatcher Drake
Irie Mullin
Julia Krasnow
Patrick Hemberger
Eveline Carle / Cape Cod Dance Center
The Culity Family
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The Nye Family Association
The East Sandwich Grange Hall
Sandwich Public Library