CURRICULUM VITAE
Julia Vering
Overland Park, KS 66202
@Unicorns_inthesnow
https://unicornsinthesnow.com/
BIOGRAPHY
Julia Vering is a performance artist, musician, animator, and hospice expressive arts therapist. Vering’s work often includes collaborations with older adults, people with dementia and residents of nursing facilities.
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Center for Creative Arts Therapy Downer’s Grove, IL Registered Expressive Arts Therapy program, 2021
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS Masters in Social Work with emphasis in Aging, 2008
University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Electronic Music Composition Course & Gerontology Certificate Classes
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
B.A. Liberal arts with an emphasis in electronic music, experimental animation and social work, 2003
AWARDS & GRANTS
- Received a 2020 stipend from Charlotte Street Foundation “Art Where You’re At” to perform Re-Enactments for socially distant audiences at nursing facilities and in a parking lot for collaborators and their families.
- Received a 2019 stipend from Charlotte Street Foundation to present Mirror Me, Mirrored You, a duo of two solo performances by myself and Anna Azizzy. I created and performed The Understudy III, a 2 channel video performance at Capsule.
- Received a 2011 Charlotte Street Foundation Rocket Grant to produce “You Live Here Too”
- Nominated for MARGO award for excellence in field education at the University of Kansas
- Nominated student leader of Partnership for Productive Aging in Education Program at the University of Kansas
- Awarded stipend for participation in the Partnership for Productive Aging in Education Program
- Awarded Mildred Web Sigler Memorial Scholarship at the University of Kansas
- Awarded Monte Murphy Fellowship at the University of Kansas
- Awarded Foundation scholarship at the Evergreen State College
PERFORMANCES
2020, Re-Enactments, supported by Charlotte Street Foundation “Art Where You’re At” Our Home Senior Care Shawnee, Kansas
2020, Re-Enactments & Jeanne’s Place Video Screening, supported by Charlotte Street Foundation “Art Where You’re At” Village Presbyterian Parking Lot Mission, KS for participants and their families.
2020, Re-Enactments, supported by Charlotte Street Foundation “Art Where You’re At,” Life Care Center of Kansas City, Kansas
2020, Mr Self Destruct, Mother Russia Late Night Talk Show, virtual show
2020, Re-Enactments: version 2, Mother Russia Late Night Talk Show, virtual show
2020, Re-Enactments: version 1, Widowroomtv.org
2020, Happy Birthday, Union Library, Kansas City, MO
2019, Essentially You, Stray Cat, Kansas City, MO
2019, Motherhood, Outer Reaches Festival, Kansas City, MO
2019, Essentially You, Minibar, Kansas City, MO
2019, Motherhood, Ari Fish’s Latch, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, MO
2019, The Understudy Part III, Pittsburgh Performance Art Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2019, Essentially You, Cannonball Roarers, Secret Series, Kansas City, MO
2019, Mirror Me-Mirrored You, Capsule, Kansas City, MO
2019, The Understudy Part II, Lindquist Press, Kansas City, mO
2019, The Understudy Part II, Little Dumbo, Richmond, VA
2019, The Understudy Part II, 7 Belvidere, Brooklyn, NY
2019, The Understudy Part II, Rhizome D.C., Washington D.C.
2019, The Understudy Part II, Little Dumbo, Richmond, VA
2019, The Understudy Part II, Shipping Crate, Brooklyn, NY
2019, The Understudy Part II, Rhizome D.C., Washington D.C.
2019, The Understudy Part II, Mercury Theater, Baltimore, MA
2019, The Understudy Part II, Viking Mill, Philadelphia, PA
2019, The Understudy Part II, Collision, Pittsburgh, PA
2019, The Understudy Part II, Space Planet, Tacoma, WA
2019, The Understudy Part II, Farewell Transmission, Kansas City, MO
2018, The Understudy Part I, Farewell Transmission, Kansas City, MO
2018, Motherhood, Lindquist Press, Kansas City, MO
2018, Motherhood, The Lodge, Dayton, Kentucky
2018, Motherhood, The Bridge, Charlottesville, Virginia
2018, Motherhood, Rhizome D.C., Washington, D.C.
2018, Motherhood, The Lodge, Dayton Ke2018, Motherhood, The Lodge, Dayton Kentucky
2018, Motherhood, Sidebar, Baltimore, MD
2018, Motherhood, The Vat, Philadelphia, PA
2018, Motherhood, Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, New York
2018, Motherhood, Mr. Roboto, Pittsburgh, PA
2018, Motherhood, The Brick, Kansas City, MO
2018, Motherhood, The Riot Room, Kansas City, Missouri
2018, Motherhood, Altar, Kansas City, Missouri
2017, Catalogue, Night Blooms, Kansas City, Missouri
2012, You Live Here Too, Presbyterian Manor, Kansas City, KS
2012, You Live Here Too, Don Boscoe Senior Center, Kansas City, KS
2012, You Live Here Too, The Brick, Kansas City, MO
2011, You Live Here Too, Lemp, St Louis, MO
2011, You Live Here Too, Ball Hall, Chicago, IL
2011, You Live Here Too, Boo Box, Cleveland, OH
2011, You Live Here Too, Meddlesome Lab, Rochester, NY
2011, You Live Here Too, Feeding Tube Records, Northampton, MA
2011, You Live Here Too, We Are Guest Talk, Free:10$ festival YMCA Theater, Cambridge, MA
2011, You Live Here Too, Red Room, Baltimore, MD
2011, You Live Here Too, Death by Audio, New York, New York
2011, You Live Here Too, Mockbee Theatre Therapy & AV, Cincinnati, OH
2011, Beautyquest Phase One, C.A.T.A, Fahrenheit Ballroom, Kansas City, MO
2010, Essentially You, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
2008, The Bert and Gertie Max Show, Fahrenheit Ballroom, Kansas City, MO
2008, The Aviator, Gallery 1512, Seattle, WA; La Esquina, Kansas City, MO
2007, Unicorns in the Snow, Midnight Sun, Olympia, WA
2006, Toxic Mold, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL
2006, Slice: An Opera, YWCA, Kansas City, KS
2005, CB’s and Me, The Hassle Castle Kansas City, MO
2004, Enid, Hassle Castle, Kansas City, MO
2003, The Geriatric Pony Express The Next Space, Kansas City, MO
2003, The Wink, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
2003, Everyone had a Skeleton Key, The Voyeur, Olympia, WA
2002, Unicorns in the Snow, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
ALBUMS
2020, Re-Enactments, single & remixes by MX.MRS, SCU, KILLUS, AKAMFDM, digital only, self released benefit for MORE2
2020, Villains for Justice, digital release benefit complication for 1 Struggle KC
2019, The Understudy, cassette, self-released, mastered by Garrett Burke
2018, Motherhood, cassette, self-released, mastered by Garrett Burke
2018, Catalogue, digital only, self-released
2017, The Wallpaper is Not Right, digital only, self-released
2012, Madeline’s Myth, digital only, self-released
2009, The Aviator, Aphonia Records
2007, The Geriatric Pony Express, Aphonia Records
RADIO INTERVIEWS
2018, ArtSpeak Radio KKFI 90.1
2018, The Global Voice, globalvoice.info
2012, KCUR, “How Performance Provokes, Engages.”
ARTIST TALKS
2021, MentorD Guest Lecture at KU Alzheimer’s Disease Center, “Integrating Creative Arts into Therapeutic work with Individuals and Groups.”
2020, Guest Lecture at UMKC College of Art and Art History, Barry Anderson
2020, Guest Lecture at University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, Janet Lowrey “Working with Older Adults in Therapeutic Recreation, Long Term Care and Hospice.”
WORK EXPERIENCE
2018-present, Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care, Kansas City, MO licensed social worker
2011-2012, 2018-2020, Jeannie’s Place, Prairie Village, KS, video based drama therapist
2013-2018, Compassus Hospice, Lansing, KS, licensed social worker and grief counselor
2012-2013, Vitas Hospice, Kansas City, MO, licensed social worker
2008-2012, Presbyterian Manor, Kansas City, KS, licensed social worker, activities coordinator
2007-2008, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Kansas City, MO, MSW intern
2006-2007, The Alzheimer’s Association, Prairie Village, KS, MSW intern
2006-2007, Jewish Family Services, Leawood, KS, MSW intern
2006-2007, Wyandotte/Leavenworth Area Agency on Aging, Kansas City, KS, MSW intern
2004-2006, Villa Saint Joseph Nursing Facility, Leawood, KS, Activity Assistant
2002-2003, South Puget Sound Senior Center Olympia, WA, coffee bar intern
PRESS
- Cox, Emily: “Creativity hasn’t shut down for these 17 visual artists,” The Pitch Weekly. June 19th, 2020
- Cox, Emily: “Senior Citizens and Multimedia Surrealism Collide in Julia Vering’s Unicorns in the Snow,” The Pitch Weekly. October 3rd, 2019
- Gannon, Victoria: “Julia Vering and the Unfettered Place,” Art Practical. Issue 310, February 27, 2012
- Szlauderbush, Kent: “You Live Here Too, Friday at The Brick,” The Pitch Weekly. November 7, 2011
PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE & MEMBERSHIPS
- Member Metropolitan Organization for Racial & Economic Equality KS criminal justice task force 2020-present.
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Kansas and Missouri 2019-present
- Licensed Masters Social Worker 2008-2019 Kansas