Some of the things Jen does is what she considers Art. Some of the things Jen does is what she considers Entertainment. Almost all of it falls somewhere in between.
Currently, Jen is a part of Vilification Tennis , which is performing at the Bryant Lake Bowl, and has also appeared at The Monday Night comedy Show, Fringe, and The MN Renaissance Festival. She also performs at the MN Renaissance Festival doing environmental theater seasonally. There are several other performance projects that Jen is working on, including an improv troupe, an improv-based combat show, a comedic belly dance show, and a few independent films, some of her own production.
Jen has studied improv at the Brave New Institute , stage combat with SAFD certified teacher Don Preston and Luis Rosa at [they fight], various instruments from various instructors, and fire manipulation from a bunch of carnies. The fire spinning she learned primarily on her own. Jen has also taught fire spinning to a bunch of carnies, and environmental theater at The Academy for The MN Renaissance Festival.
Non-performance based artistic pursuits include modeling, photography, costuming, mask-making, feather work, leather work, bead work, sculpture, painting, sketching, calligraphy, and writing, but her most prominent non-performance based artistic skills are in design.
Jen has done some design work for The Monday Night Comedy Show , of which she is a huge supporter. Go check it out. Right now. We'll wait.
She has also done some design work for The Coffee-Soaked Mind, a blog about world news and how humorous it all is.
Her proudest design work she has saved for herself. Recently, Jen opened up a new online T-Shirt shop for intellectual humor. It's called BrainPlay, and has been described as "The Emperor's New Clothes for smart people." Check out the shop, and buy a shirt or two if you're smart enough.
