Unburdenings
Kim Chayeb is the Two-Spirit founder/CEO of Wild Tongues (a culturally conscious language learning organization), as well as an educator, holistic healer, local community activist, and multi-disciplinary artist originally from San Diego, California via Indian Trail, North Carolina. Essentially, they are a Passionate Pisces, Political Pantheist, and Poetic Performer who graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a BFA in 2015. Chayeb’s spoken word poetry and conceptual performance art experiences focus primarily on Environmental Justice and Indigenous Rights. They have been a featured humble guest on 91.1 Vocalo Radio, WZRD Radio, Steppenwolf Theatre, Pilsen Fest, Citlalín Gallery, Steep Theatre’s The Boxcar, DePaul University, Xavier University, at Thawalls (fundraiser hosted by Links Hall and Three Walls Gallery), Gallery 400, the MCA Chicago, OPEN Center for the Arts, the Hairpin Arts Center, and most recently at the University of San Francisco in Ecuador, South America where Chayeb was a visiting artist and speaker.
IG: @kimchayeb
FB:@kimchayebartist
Zachary Nicol works frequently as a collaborative and performing artist in dance, theatre, and film. Recent contributions include projects with Mlondi Zondi, Aram Atamian, Kim Brandt, Alexandra Pirici, Jonas Becker, Ginger Krebs, Elise Cowin, Catherine Sullivan, and Anna Martine Whitehead, among others. Their independent work in performance, writing, video, and print has been presented in Chicago, Portland, Toronto, and online. Nicol is based in Chicago. zacharynicol.info
Kai Shariq
(they/them)
Actor, performer and poet dedicated to work that uplifts trans/ queer/ voices When they aren’t performing they are talking to their growing collection of plants or adding to their vinyl collection.