jessie boettcher

Bio

Jessie grew up in the farmlands of Ohio--she's the oldest of four sisters, her first artistic collaborators. At Calvin she was a part of the Calvin Theatre Company, where she discovered the scope of creative components that go into making theatre. She met her super-cool husband at Calvin and together they spent four years in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while she got her master's degree in theatre and served as artistic director for the University of Minnesota's Xperimental Theatre. Since moving to Columbus in the summer of 2006 Jessie has done interviews and participant-observation research for her doctoral degree, worked at a great paper store in the Short North, and knitted lots and lots of socks.

Artistic Interests

Jessie loves theatre and doesn't mind acting but she'd rather be directing or helping actors develop new works. She's currently putting the finishing touches on her doctoral dissertation, which theorizes handcraft practices through the lens of performance. She is an avid knitter and she's happier working on something that will take a long time than something she'll finish quickly. She is a Gocco enthusiast--Gocco is a small-scale screenprinting machine--and also works in collage and bookmaking.

Job Description

Jessie is the Catalyst for Wild Goose Creative--she's the go-to person for new project development and in general gets things started. She's thinking about where Wild Goose Creative ought to be months down the line and helps select projects that will move the organization in the right direction. She wants to have a conversation with you about what you're passionate about and help get a project on its feet to help generate first steps toward realization.

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