Revolve CC

Welcome to REVOLVE CC: The creative collaboration conference in Marquette, Michigan

Our goal is to promote the creative class in the Midwest and support collaboration, cross-discipline works, and creative business.

Visual Arts

Artists, Designers, Filmmakers, Visual Thinkers

Music

Musicians, Sound Techs, Producers, Distributers

Literature

Authors, Critics, Screenwriters

Technology

Coders, Developers, VR/AR/AI 

Performance

Theatrical, Film, Comedy, Playwrights, Directors

Business

Creative Business, Project Management, Small Business Entrepreneurs

November 3-4, 2023

New Speakers, New Schedule

2023 Keynote Speakers

"Welcome to Night Vale" Co-host,
Actor, Voiceover Artist

Cecil Baldwin is the narrator of the hit podcast “Welcome To Night Vale” and co-host of “Random Number Generator Horror Podcast No. 9.” Film and TV credits include Braden in “The Outs” (Vimeo), the voice of Tad Strange in “Gravity Falls” (Disney XD), Narrator for documentary “Scream Queen: My Nightmare On Elm Street,” The Fool in “Lear” (Paul Sorvino), and indie film “Billie Joe Bob.”

Cecil has been featured on podcasts such as “Ask Me Another” (NPR), “Selected Shorts” (PRI), “Shipwreck,” “Big Data,” and “Our Fair City.”

He is an alumnus of the New York Neo-Futurists, performing in their late-night show “Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind,” as well as the Drama Desk-nominated “The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill Vol. 2.” Cecil has performed at The Shakespeare Theatre DC, Studio Theatre (including the world premier production of Neil Labute’s “Autobahn”), The Kennedy Center, The National Players, LaMaMa E.T.C., Emerging Artists Theatre, and at the Upright Citizens Brigade.

In 2017, Cecil was awarded a grant by the United States Embassy and Consulate in Portugal to raise awareness on HIV/LGBT issues and lead workshops on autobiographical storytelling in the digital age (including #ItGetsBetterPortugal, Casa Sol HIV+ children’s home and the FEST Film Festival). He recently directed the play As Sylvia for the NY Frigid/Queerly Festival.

https://www.welcometonightvale.com/

https://www.instagram.com/cecilbaldwiniii/

Visual Artist, Mixed Media

Florencia is a self-taught mixed media figurative artist whose mission is to empower and inspire through positive and meaningful artwork. Her artistic adventure began in late 2014, when she quit her full-time job in interior design to pursue her real passion: painting.

During the pandemic, Florencia started a series entitled “Guardians of Sacred Space” composed of her largest pieces yet, ranging between 6’x4’ and 10’x8’, painted on area rugs. These are powerful portraits that command attention and infuse a sense of protection and calm to their space. In 2022 Florencia began a new series entitled “In My Eyes”, painted on vintage Persian area rugs, exploring life as a keen observer of her surroundings while also looking inside.

At the heart of Florencia’s artwork is her desire to portray strong and confident soul-aligned men and women. She wants to celebrate who we are and everything that makes us unique, perfectly imperfect beings, by bringing out our strengths and our beauty as a reminder of who we really are and to say “I see you and honor you.” Florencia portrays a variety of ethnicities as it is important to her that everyone feels represented in her artwork as a mirror of society.

www.ArtbyFlorencia.com

Stone Sculptor

Jason Quigno is an Anishinaabek artist from the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe. He spent his early childhood growing up on the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community reservation, swimming in Lake Superior, picking blackberries, and playing in the woods. Jason is a tribal citizen of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and a lifelong resident of Michigan. The subject matter of his work comes from his Anishinaabek culture and teachings.

Inspired by his uncle, Jason began stone sculpting at a young age. After apprenticing under Dennie Cristy, he built himself a successful career, exhibiting across the United States and becoming a nationally renowned artist. 

This year, the Marquette Public Art Commission invited Jason to design and create a stone sculpture installation as part of Marquette’s new Cultural Trail.  He was awarded the Legacy Award by the Michigan Legacy Art Park in July.

https://www.instagram.com/jquigno/

Author, Visual Artist, Activist

Chris Stark is a Native (Anishinaabe & Cherokee) award-winning writer, researcher, visual artist, and national and international speaker. Her second novel, Carnival Lights, is a Minnesota Book Awards Finalist. Her first novel, Nickels: A Tale of Dissociation, was a Lambda Literary Finalist. Her essays, poems, academic writing, and creative non-fiction have appeared in numerous publications, including The Palgrave International Handbook on Trafficking, University of Pennsylvania Law Review; Dignity Journal; The WIP; Florida Review; The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prize-Winning Essays; When We Became Weavers: Queer Female Poets on the Midwest ExperienceHawk and Handsaw: The Journal of Creative Sustainability; and many others. Her poem, “Momma’s Song,” was recorded by Fred Ho and the Afro Asian Music Ensemble as a double manga CD. She is also a co-editor of Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography; and a co-author of the ground-breaking research “Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota.” Primary research she conducted with Native women survivors of prostitution and trafficking on the ships in Duluth, Minnesota is included in her article “Strategies to Restore Justice for Sex Trafficked Native Women.” She is also co-author and co-researcher of “Evidence of Survivor, Agency, and Researcher Collaboration: An Example of an Emerging Model of Survivor Wellbeing.” 

 For more information: www.christinestark.com

Partners

Innovate Marquette SmartZone was created to help coordinate, inspire, promote, and lead business, government, academic, and community leaders to transform Marquette County and the Upper Peninsula into a world-class entrepreneurial ecosystem. The SmartZone supports technology-based innovations, new businesses, new job creation, and existing business expansion by leveraging the unique set of resources, experiences, and advantages available in Marquette. 

The mission of Innovate Marquette is to position Marquette as a premier city for innovation and business development through their process of identifying, nurturing, and cultivating the growth and success of technology-based innovators, entrepreneurs, small businesses, and startups throughout our community. They aim to uplift Marquette’s unique business ecosystem by offering access to important resources, funding, workforce talent, and network collaboration. 

For more information, visit www.innovatemarquette.org.

Innovate Marquette

2023 Copper & Silver Sponsors

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Northern Michigan University
Travel Marquette