SILVER CITY, Nev. — The Resident Artist Program in Silver City announced that their summer visiting artist is Kerry Rossow, an Illinois-based author, performer, and co-founder of the She Said Project.
Rossow will create photo essays of Silver City’s historic Comstock community and high desert landscape during her residency. Her writing has been published in three anthologies — two have made the New York Times best-sellers list.
Her photographs and nonfiction gained national attention before she co-founded the She Said Project. The Project includes “That’s What She Said” shows, which serve as a platform for everyday women to share their extraordinary stories on stage.
The She Said Project also includes a podcast, co-hosted by Rossow and Project Director, Jenette Jurczyk, as well as That’s What Teens Say, an empowerment program with teen girls.
Rossow has also taken her own life stories to the stage as part of the cast in the national series of live readings called "Listen to Your Mother", as well as in sold out performances of "That's What She Said" at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and at the Virginia Theater in Champaign, Illinois.
About the Resident Artist Program:
People creating in the performing, visual, or literary arts apply to reside at McCormick House in Silver City for periods of up to 3 months in exchange for offering performances, exhibitions, workshops, artwork, etc. to benefit Silver City and the Northern Nevada region.
One of the goals of the program is to introduce new voices to the community and programs that engage people in becoming lifelong arts and culture participants or creators. Previous visiting artists include Pulitzer Prize nominated poet David Lee, internationally known photographer Frances Melhop, award winning poet Gary Short of Guatemala, and many artists such as Sophie Scott of New Zealand and Stewart Easton of London. For more information, contact Program director Quest Lakes at (775) 847-0742.
