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Ben Weber is an artist, improviser, and teaching artist living in Brooklyn, NY. He has presented the social sculpture project “SMASH TYPE: a living letter press” at the Children’s Museum of the Arts, the Staten Island Museum, on Governors Island, at CUNY, and at USC in Los Angeles. He is a featured performer in “Dancify That!,” a improvised comedy dance game show, and hosts the podcast “Cozy Zone with Ben Weber.” He also creates improvised vocal compositions with diverse groups.

Ben is a proud teaching artist with the New Victory Theater, Brooklyn Arts Exchange / BAX, Brooklyn Arts Council, and Writopia Lab.

Since 1998, the Bessie Award nominated company Darrah Carr Dance has created a sensational and unique blend of traditional Irish step and contemporary modern dance. The company draws from Irish music, step dance footwork, and spatial patterns to create high-energy, rhythmically based work that is accessible to a broad audience. Artistic Director Darrah Carr calls her style ModERIN: a playful combination of the words modern (dance) and ERIN (an Irish American reference to Ireland).

Fiona Kelly (Ireland, 1985) is a multidisciplinary visual artist who has widely exhibited in Ireland and internationally. She has been awarded numerous residencies at The Road Books Cabin Residency; Leitrim Sculpture Centre; The Burren College of Art; Art Students League of NY; BIAP Platform China; Ateliers BaZtille, The Netherlands and is a European Pépinières pour Jeunes Artistes Laurate being Awarded a six month residency at Ratamo, Finland where she produced her debut solo show There are Thousands of Taps Dripping (2013).

Recent notable accomplishments include the acquisition of her work by the National Gallery of Ireland and University College Cork and publication in ArtReview Issue 018. Kelly works as a freelance educator and is currently creating work for solo and group exhibitions throughout Ireland and the UK in 2020.

Kelly lives and works in Cork City, Ireland.