KICK & PUSH RESIDENCY: Other(Worldly)

A person with brown hair in a bun wearing an haute couture outfit with blue fabric that cascades in front and behind like water, standing in front of graffiti.
Date(s)
July 26 - August 3
Location
Activity Room
Presenter
The Kick & Push Festival, Sponsored by the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning

(Other)Worldly is an artistic residency that will take art off the wall by transitioning a traditional visual art experience into a theatrical one and making it public. Conceived and executed by hearing impaired artist Leisa Rich, (Other)Worldly will feature her original hyper-real wearable art sculptures which range from the celestial to that of local flora and fauna, from earthling chic to disco spacey, from lovely to oddball. (Other)Worldly will populate the Tett as well as the downtown with live performers wearing her inspired and radical sculptural creations in a harmonious dance between artistic design and human expression. Spectators will find themselves immersed in a living gallery, where each step reveals a new dimension of visual creativity, discovery and delight. You haven’t seen anything quite like this.

Part of the 2024 Kick & Push Festival, Kingston's annual celebration of innovative live performance, sponsored by the Tett Centre.

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About the Artist

Leisa Rich has Master of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and Bachelor of Education in Art degrees, and has been teaching for 48 years in schools, arts centers, universities, and in her studio, across the U.S. & Canada. Her work is published in numerous books, magazines, on line, and televised interviews. She has also written national and international magazine reviews and articles. She has art works in the permanent collections of Delta Airlines Inc., Hilton Hotels Inc., Emory Healthcare and Women’s Health, The Kamm Foundation, The Dallas Museum of Art and more, and in private collections across the U.S., Canada, and the EU.

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