Allison de Fren – hausofmarsian

DCA 2016 COLA Fellowship (support)

Posted on June 29, 2015August 19, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (In)/Animate Objects, Adrian Rose Leonard, Allison de Fren, Art, Artist Talk, Chris Sheets, Christine Papalexis, Design, Dolls, Fabrication, Figurines, Gallery, Installation, Janie Geiser, Jess McKay, Kate Katz, LA, LAMAG (Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery), Liz Hara, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), Marsian De Lellis, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Sharon Challenger

On June 29th. 2015, I was awarded the 2015-2016 City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowship from The Department of Cultural Affairs.

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OBJECT OF HER AFFECTION Runs this Weekend at Automata, BroAdway world (7/15/2014)

Posted on July 15, 2014February 3, 2022 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Allison de Fren, Animism, Automata, Design, Drama, Fabrication, Jim Henson Foundation, LA, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, REDCAT, Table Top Puppetry, The Jim Henson Foundation, Theater, Written

Object of Her Affection, REDCAT NOW Festival, 2014, Photo: Steve Gunther

On July 14, 2014, Tyler Peterson covered Object of Her Affection in Broadway World. Object of Her Affection is a solo object and puppet-based performance art piece centered on a woman, who in her search for true love develops intimate relationships with inanimate objects.

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Object/Fetish, Baltimore (artist talk)

Posted on April 30, 2011January 3, 2020 by hausofmarsian in Allison de Fren, Artist Talk, Baltimore, Curatorial, H&H Building, Marsian De Lellis, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object/Fetish, Puppetry, Puppets

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On April 30, 2011, I presented my multimedia artist talk, Object/Fetish: Staging the Suspension of Disbelief at a salon/art party in the H&H Arts Building in Baltimore as part of the Transmodern Festival. The artist talk was co-sponsored by the Maryland Institue College of Art’s Fiber, Sculpture and Humanistic Studies Departments.

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Object/Fetish, Storrs (Talk)

Posted on April 1, 2011January 3, 2020 by hausofmarsian in Allison de Fren, Animism, Artist Talk, Curatorial, Dolls, Figurines, Film, Janie Geiser, John Bell, Marsian De Lellis, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object/Fetish, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppetry and Post Dramatic Performance Conference, Puppets, Storrs, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Uconn, UNIMA-USA, Video

Marsian De Lellis, 2011, Photo: Uconn Puppetry Department

In Friday, April 1st, 2011, I presented my artist-talk, Object/Fetish: Staging the Suspension of Disbelief in Every Day Life at the University of Connecticut in Storrs for the Puppetry and Postdramatic Performance Conference.

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Object/Fetish, Calgary (Talk)

Posted on March 13, 2011July 28, 2017 by hausofmarsian in Allison de Fren, Art, Artist Talk, Calgary, Club Sapien, Curatorial, Figurines, Fudgie's Death, Growing Up Linda, LGBT, Object/Fetish, Plaza Theatre, Puppetry, Puppets, Xstine Cook

On March 13th, 2011 at 9:00PM, I presented my multi-media artist-talk, Object/Fetish: Staging the Suspension of Disbelief in Every Day Life at Club Sapien, a short-lived inclusive queer nightclub known for its community outrech in Calgary. My presentation of Object/Fetish was made in conjunction with the Calgary Animated Object Society (CAOS) and their International Festival of Animated Objects.

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Object/Fetish, Valencia (guest teacher)

Posted on November 18, 2010November 22, 2017 by hausofmarsian in Allison de Fren, Animism, Artist Talk, CalArts, Curatorial, Dolls, Figurines, Film, Janie Geiser, John Bell, LA, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object/Fetish, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppetry and Post Dramatic Performance Conference, Puppets, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Uconn, UNIMA-USA, Video

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On November 18th, 2010, I was a guest teacher for Susan Simpson’s History of American Puppet Theater course at CalArts through the Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts. For this class which included a mixture of graduate and undergraduate students, I presented my multi-media artist-talk, Object/Fetish: Staging the Suspension of Disbelief in Every Day Life.

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