Artifice

Jared Quan is published in genres from Spy-Thriller to Horror/Supernatural, to Fantasy-Comedy. His works include Changing Wax, Prepped and Last Outpost on Zombie Highway.

He served the community in key roles with the League of Utah Writers, Storymakers, Cultural Arts Society of West Jordan, EMAA, BigWorldNetwork, TEDx SaltLakeCity, UVU Book Academy, Utah Poet Laureate Selection Committee, AITP, and for countless events and organizations.

Jared has received Gold Volunteer Service Awards from the President of the United States, awards from Utah State Governor and Lt. Governor for his more than 2,000 hours of service to the writing community from 2015 to 2019.

Madazon Can-Can is a working clown, burlesquer, puppeteer, drag thing and regular weirdo based out of Salt Lake City, UT. This last year solidified their position as someone who constantly finds their voice in their art and now, well they just can't shut up. Running into issues with the state, being censored publicly and from other local theatre and dance companies, Madazon is no stranger to fighting for her right to ART! Good thing they've been through the school of hard knocks from the beginning, otherwise they would have given up the good fight and become a paper pusher instead of a pastie pusher. Politics, pasties, heart and art all make up the rainbow cacophony that is this simultaneously loud and queerly silent clown and let's not forget...if anyone can...Madazon Can-Can.

www.madazoncancan.com

Jay Whittaker is a comedian from Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and Boston! Jay was recently one of the featured comedians on the Dry Bar Comedy Live tour, which was in over 60 comedy clubs nationwide. He has been seen on the Disney Channel, Food Network, and Lifetime Channel. He's also received the "Best of Fest" award at the Big Pine Comedy Festival. Jay is also a loving father, and 16-year Air Force veteran. @itsjaywhittaker

Julie Barnson has always been a storyteller. She just didn’t know it! She would tell stories to her friends on long car rides or on campouts. It wasn’t until she attended a storytelling class in college, that she learned that you could actually BE a storyteller! Since then she has worked telling stories at schools, libraries, festivals, and other events. . Her career has led her to being a chapter president, a tour guide for ghost tours, and a board member for the Story Crossroads storytelling festival. She loves sharing stories with others!

Shannon Camacho is the front-woman and main songwriter for Hello Shannon, an Indie Electronic duo from Dallas, TX that brings together electronic elements with organic live instrumentation and a focus on vocal layering and production. Influences include Imogen Heap, Kimbra and James Blake.

Hello Shannon was started in 2014 by Shannon along with her husband/producer, Jonathan Camacho. After the release of their first EP, “The Tide,” Hello Shannon began performing at festivals, venues such as House of Blues (Dallas, New Orleans), Hotel Cafe (Los Angeles), intimate concerts such as the SoFar Sounds series, and internationally, with a tour going through northern Europe in 2015-2016. In 2015, Hello Shannon was featured on the long running BMI Acoustic Lounge Series in L.A. Hello Shannon stopped touring from 2015-2018 and spent those 3 years working in the studio on their full length album, “Wander,” which was released in October 2018, along with an official music video for the title track. The release garnered local attention with continued local radio play as well as receiving a 2018 Ghosty Award for “Best Electronic Act”. In 2019, Hello Shannon had the opportunity to open for Billboard charting artist LANY. Hello Shannon is currently touring their new live show in support of their album.

www.helloshannonmusic.com

Jonathan Ingram worked in the graphic design industry for more than 20 years before becoming a studio artist. He creates abstract paintings and sculpture that interplay between the two art forms with exquisite texture, color, and form.

Graduating with a BA in Illustration from East Texas State University, Jonathan honed his design skills to capture a job with GibbsBaronet before starting his own company, i.design in 1998. From exhibition design to branding and identity for such clients as Dallas Musuem of Art, National Academy of Sciences, The Sixth Floor Museum, Halliburton, and American Airlines, Jonathan’s work has been featured in Communication Arts, Graphis, and Print Design Annuals.

He grew up in a home that encouraged creativity. Cultivating different art forms was the norm. One of his earliest memories is making pottery with his mother in their garage as a young boy with a throwing wheel, a kiln and countless ceramic molds. Add in a piano, a Ti-4a99 computer, growing up gay in a conservative home, a love for architecture and gardening, with supportive mentors along the way and it’s no surprise that his art communicates the way it does: Technologically expressive portraits of abstraction building a language of its own.

Born in Granada, Spain in 1983, Pamies has published four albums under his name; Entre Amigos (PSM, 2008), Borrachito (Bebyne Records, 2011), What Brought You Here? (Bebyne Records, 2017), and Summer Night at La Corrala: Solo Piano (expected December 2019). Critics have acknowledged his talent for composition, the lyrical qualities of his playing, and his natural and spontaneous ability to fuse the traditional jazz language and flamenco music of his childhood.

Pamies has performed at festivals in Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Colombia, Perú, China, Spain, and the United States. He has collaborated with outstanding artists, such as Dave Liebman, Christian Scott, Rubem Dantas, Antonio Serrano, Diego Amador, Pepe Luis Carmona “Habichuela,” Quamon Fowler, Ashleigh Smith, Samuel Torres, Tatiana Mayfield, Michael Miskiewicz, and Joan Albert Amargós. Besides leading his own projects, he has produced other artists such as Verso Suelto (Verso Suelto, Youkali Music 2016), Korean singer Roja (My Shining Hour, Mirrorball Music, 2013), and The Zebras (Flamenco Jazz Project, North Texas Jazz, 2011).

Pamies received his bachelor’s degree in Jazz Piano (Liceo Conservatory in Barcelona, 2007), and then moved to the United States to study with Stefan Karlsson and complete a master’s degree in Jazz Piano at the University of North Texas (UNT), where he was awarded “Outstanding Student” in 2011. Pamies finished his doctoral studies (DMA in Jazz Piano) in 2016. He was the pianist of the 7-time Grammy nominated One O’Clock Lab Band at UNT, having the opportunity to perform with guest artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Arturo Sandoval, Marvin Stamm, Wycliffe Gordon, Doc Severinsen, and Chuck Findley. As a member of the One O’Clock rhythm section, he has accompanied artists such as Christian McBride, Peter Bernstein, Lewis Nash, Tim Hagans, and Greg Osby, among others. Pamies is the featured soloist on Rich DeRosa’s composition “Neil,” which received a Grammy nomination in 2016 for “Best Instrumental Composition.”

In 2015, Pamies was selected for the “Latin Jazz Traditions” concert organized by Carnegie Hall, performing there with Paquito D’Rivera, having his composition “Dudú” selected for the program. In 2014, Pamies was awarded with the “Best Representation of Granada in a Foreign Country” youth cultural award by the Youth Institute of Andalucía, Spain. He has received 7 DownBeat student awards; Best Instrumental Soloist (2013), Best Large Ensemble (2014), and Best Latin Group (2012) among them.

Pamies is currently teaching jazz piano, jazz arranging, composition, and leading the small group program at University of Texas in Arlington.

Michael Wysong Crigger studied Fashion Design at the University of North Texas, earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts in May, 2011. He began pursuing his Master of Fine Arts in Fashion Design at UNT. During his undergraduate career, Michael studied Haute Couture sewing techniques in Paris, France. He has been recognized in several design competitions, and finds his passion in tailoring and construction.

"For us, Petit Atelier is about bringing back some of the charm of the original ateliers of Paris, before all the big couture houses came into play. That, teaching people about fashion, and passing on what we've learned thus far."

At the helm of our kitchen is Chef José Meza Arróyave, one of Mexico’s finest. Meza has spent his career at culinary meccas including Rene Redzepi’s NOMA in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Enrique Olvera’s Pujol, in Mexico City. Hailing from Mexico City himself, Meza most recently led the kitchen at the famed Restaurant Carolina, at the St. Regis Punta Mita Resort, as well as the Nizuc Resort & Spa, named “Best New Restaurant in Mexico” by Travel + Leisure in 2014. Meza now brings his contemporary approach to Mexican cuisine to Jalisco, elevating traditional dishes with a modern twist, while maintaining the integrity of his country’s cuisine.

Praised for the “breathtaking singing quality of his sound” by jazz icon John McNeil and as a “musician of the highest order” by renowned orchestral trumpeter Charles Daval, Ryan Nielsen’s lyricism and versatility are rare. His artistry grows out of a love of groove, spirit, and beautiful melody. He began performing professionally at 17, and has since been a guest artist at concerts and festivals throughout the United States.

Nielsen’s debut album, Gift of Breath (a joint project with his mentor, Ra Kalam Bob Moses) was selected by the New York City Jazz Record as a 2017 Recommended New Release. Ra Kalam, whose previous work was selected by the Smithsonian as a landmark in jazz history, called Gift of Breath, “One of the deepest, most soulful and creative recordings I've ever done.”

In 2016, Nielsen was named trumpeter in the Kobie Watkins Grouptet. Perhaps best known for his extensive work with jazz legend, Sonny Rollins, Watkins formed his Grouptet from across the country. Their first album, Movement, was released on Origin Records to international critical acclaim. The Chicago Tribune named it one of the ten best albums of 2018, alongside artists like Joe Lovano, Stefon Harris, Don Byron, and Dave Douglas.

As a graduate student at Arizona State University, Nielsen studied with David Hickman and Mike Kocour, and received of the Doc Severinsen award for outstanding classical and jazz trumpet. He went on to pursue doctoral studies at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he studied with John McNeil, Ra Kalam Bob Moses, and Tom Rolfs. Nielsen loves teaching students of all ages, and has a reputation as a passionate and inspiring teacher. He is currently Associate Professor of Trumpet at Utah Valley University.