Published September 13, 2024
Caroline Doherty (MFA 2016) presents "DIG" multimedia performance
Upcoming! Saturday, September 14, 2024 7pm FREE
A new performance with people and projection, outdoors at the one of kind Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve.
DIG features Avye Alexandres (UB MFA 2015), Kate Gaudy (UB MFA 2017), Fenna Mandolang, Jodi Lynn Maracle, Ailani Shaw-Graham, and Caroline Doherty (UB MFA 2016).
About "DIG"
DIG is a site specific live multimedia performance at Penn Dixie Fossil Park, a 54 acre park near the shore of Lake Erie. In the human time scale, it is on the site of a former concrete quarry. In the geological time scale, it is on an ancient, tropical seabed. Home to countless fossils from the mid-Devonian Period (419-359 million years ago), the park is frequented by fossil hunters, who dig and collect specimens; and stargazers, who come to the park for its dark night sky.
The performance features old friends and new ones, and the team at Penn Dixie have generously allowed us to engage directly with the landscape of this unique park. You'll see people and projection, be serenaded by crickets, and if we're lucky, a few deer may join the audience.
Big thanks to NYSCA for funding this work, to the Buffalo Int'l Film Festival for fiscally sponsoring and presenting it as part of their 2024 programming, and to Penn Dixie for trusting us with their mounds of rock.
DIG
a new multimedia performance by Caroline Doherty
featuring Avye Alexandres, Kate Gaudy, Fenna Mandolang, Jodi Lynn Maracle, Ailani Shaw-Graham, and Caroline Doherty
Saturday September 14, 2024
FREE, please RSVP here!
gate open 7:00 pm | performance 7:30-8:30pm
outside at Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve
4050 North Street, Blasdell, NY 14219
- Bring your own chair or blanket, and dress for the weather.
- Penn Dixie has portable toilets but no running water.
- The seating area is accessible via a long flat paved path. It is navigable by wheelchairs, but you may also encounter uneven ground. Please wear sensible shoes.
- No pets / No smoking
- Invite your friends!
***We will reschedule in the event of rain, mud, or strong winds. RSVP to ensure you'll receive updates!***
You can watch a short video trailer at this link (no spoilers)
DIG is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. It is fiscally sponsored by Buffalo Int'l Film Festival and presented in partnership with Penn Dixie Fossil Park + Nature Reserve. Penn Dixie is supported by the County of Erie and the Town of Hamburg.
About the Artist
Caroline Doherty is an artist and educator from Massachusetts, USA. Based in Buffalo, NY since 2014, she employs multiple mediums, including sculpture, performance, video, and public projects. She has exhibited, performed, taught, and participated in residencies in the US, Canada, México, Iceland, the Netherlands, Rwanda, and China.
Alongside her art practice, Caroline has been a educator for over 20 years, facilitating artmaking for youth, university students, and adults in formal and informal settings in the US, México, and Canada. She holds a BFA in Sculpture from Massachusetts College of Art, and an MFA from the Department of Art at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). At work, she is Education Director at Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Art Center in Buffalo.
caro.doherty@gmail.com