Artist Salon
Milk Moon Artist Salon: Queer World Building
Featuring Daniel Hellmann a.k.a. Soya the Cow
Coproduced with Velocity Dance, this sharing and conversation features visiting artist Daniel Hellmann, also known as drag artist Soya the Cow, whose gallery exhibition Planet Moo opens May 12 at the Goethe Pop Up.
After the artists share some of their work, audiences are invited to grab a drink at the Cloud Room’s no host bar and join Velocity’s Interim Artistic Director, Fox Whitney in a talk with the artists about desire, drag, activism and queer world building. Guest artists include Daniel Hellmann’s collaborator photo and video artist Nora Smith (Switzerland/Buenos Aires); prose writer and literary organizer Corinne Manning (Seattle); and multi-dimensional art maker and Velocity 2022 Creative Resident Markeith Wiley (Seattle).
Registration
Please be prepared to show proof of vaccination at the door. The event takes place at the Cloud Room, just upstairs from the Pop Up.
About the Artists:
Markeith Wiley or Keyes (they/them) is a multi-dimensional art maker, who creates out of necessity. Their vast movement vocabulary spans a lifetime of influences from break dancing to musical theater & all in between. Markeith is also a curator, sound designer, DJ Dark Wiley & a community activist. Wiley has been an arts educator in Seattle since 2009 teaching at Rainier Dance Center as the director of hip hop/street styles dance, choreographing with Seattle Children’s Theatre & teaching at their alma mater Cornish College of the Arts. Markeith has performed, collaborated or created work with Kitten N Lou, Dani Tirrell, On the Boards, the CD Forum, Velocity Dance Center, Gibney Dance (NYC), Cal State San Luis Obispo & many others.
This artist salon is presented by Goethe Pop Up Seattle and Velocity Dance, and sponsored by The Cloud Room. Soya the Cow’s US tour “Planet Moo” is made possible with the support of Goethe Pop Up Seattle, Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council, Stadt Zürich Kultur & Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich.
Details
The Cloud Room
Chophouse Row
1424 11th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
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Price: Free
Part of series Soya the Cow U.S. Tour