Final Holiday Trunk Show at DVAC starts this week
The third and final Holiday Trunk Show at DVAC will begin this week.
“Wanderings: Exotic Landscapes in Fiber” by Anna Talei Fisher will be on view from Dec. 15-16, with an opening party from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 14. She is showing 12 woven tapestries and six decorative clay pieces.
“I have always held images in my head, and when I feel comfortable with my idea create the plate with clay,” said Fisher, who was born in Fiji and now lives outside of Wapakoneta. Then I carve the drawing into the wet clay. I use acrylic paints after the bisque fire and sealant.”
DVAC’s Holiday Gift Gallery continues at 118 N. Jefferson St., Dayton, through Dec. 23. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. For more info: 937-224-3822 | daytonvisualarts.org the usual signposts: kids, husband, mortgage and a medical marijuana prescription. It’s David Sedaris meets Amy Schumer. In Target. With a yeast infection.”
“I love this writer’s voice. It’s relatable, and her humanity is beautifully expressed,” wrote finalist judge Newman, a writer/performer, who’s written for LA Times Magazine, MsSweeney’s, Esquire and other publications.
While Schoech is a professional writer who’s written for magazines and edited two anthologies of humor essays, she quips she has “neither a book nor the adoration of my literary peers. Clearly the universe is against me. This residency would go a long way toward remedying that fact.”
Chee, who has written for The New Yorker, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Splitsider and HuffPost Comedy, is also working on a book of humorous personal essays. Her proposed book, “I Probably Have Salmonella,” “illuminates the quiet hilarity and joy found in everyday life. From stories about getting kicked off a farm to tripping in front of my favorite Senator, this book will read like a conversation with a new, awkward best friend who’s maybe a little bit too honest.”
Chee, who interned for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” was recently named one of “New York City Comedians to Look Out for in 2018” by Mogul, a global platform for women. She dreams of writing comedy for a living and says she was inspired to write the book after reading Tina Fey’s “Bossypants” and David Sedaris’ “Naked.”
“Since then, I’ve been in love with the honesty and hilarity of nonfictional storytelling. To my chagrin but not my surprise, I learned that there are not many essay collections by people of color — even fewer by women of color. I really hope that my stories will be relatable to people for whom this delightful genre may feel inaccessible,” says Chee, who grew up in the San Francisco area.
Both winners reflect the aim of the residency to give a creative boost to writers, particularly emerging humor writers. Chee wants to “carry on the mantle as a woman in comedy writing,” while Schoech, a lifelong Erma Bombeck fan, wants to coax her book along after “perhaps a hot bath and room service.”
“I bought ‘If Life is a Bowl of Cherries’ with my own money when I was 10,” Schoech remembers. “I didn’t even really get it, I just knew there was something awfully clever going on and I wanted to be part of it.” traditional holiday favorites as well as other music for brass instruments, presented in a lighthearted, audiencefriendly format. Members of the Carillon Brass are Charles Pagnard, DPO Principal Trumpet; Alan Siebert, DPO Second Trumpet; Aaron Brant, DPO Principal French Horn; Chad Arnow, DPO Bass Trombone; and Tim Northcut, DPO Principal Tuba.
All are invited to come early to assure a good seat as the venue quickly becomes standing room only for each performance. Complimentary coffee from Boston Stoker will be available beginning at 9 a.m. when the doors open. Additionally, supporting the DPO and the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance as he has for many years, Dave Boston will once again have his traditional turkey and cheddar croissant “Bach’s lunches” available for purchase.