Leisha Nicole Stanek

Recent Publications:

Pitchick (multimedia chapbook/zine), Obsolete Press, 2024
West (limited edition chapbook), Obsolete Press, 2023
Glitter Clit (multimedia chapbook/zine), Obsolete Press, 2023
“Polar Vortex,” presspausepress.com, 2020
“Kitchen Sink,” presspausepress.com, 2020
“fed,” Peach Fuzz Magazine Vol 7 Issue 2, 2020
“Tinder Date #3,” Peach Fuzz Magazine Vol 8 Issue 1, 2020
“Winter Intimacy,” Jam & Sand Journal, 2020
“4:26 am,” presspausepress.com, 2020
“Witness Tree,” Jam & Sand Journal, 2020
“Santa Barbara Patron,” Rye the Whiskey Review, 2020

Recent Readings and Performances:

Very Swell Variety Show, Young Ethel’s, Brooklyn, NY, 2023
Inspired Word Underground Poets Open Mic, Urban Vegan Kitchen, NYC, 2023
SAEX, One-woman show, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA 2023
Emma Goldman Women’s Clinic Spring Fundraiser Featured Artist, Iowa City, IA 2021
Drop the Mic Spoken Word Competition, 1st Place Iowa City, IA 2019
Group Poetry Reading SOMOS, Taos, NM 2018
Va Va Voom! Burlesque Choreographer / Solo & Group Performer / Instructor, Cedar Rapids, IA 2013-2017
Model, Artwear by Judy Bales, Inciting Rapture Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA 2016

Recent Related Work History:

Workshop Instructor: 2023 – Present

Leading instruction on zine-making, printing, and DIY publishing at community arts centers, including The Center for Book Arts, NYC, MCBA, Minneapolis, MN, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA.

Model Coordinator: May 2023 – Present, University of Iowa School of Art and Art History, Iowa City, Iowa

Interviewing, hiring, and training life models for classroom instruction. Conducting instructor training sessions for models-in-classroom. Responsible for the activity and placement of models. Acts as a medium between the models and instructors.

Art/Life Model: Nov 2009 – Present

Providing a full range of self-directed life drawing poses, from gestures to sustained poses for 2–4-hour classes at the University of Iowa, Stanley Museum of Art, Coe College, Cornell College, and others.

Simulated Patient: Aug 2023 – Present, University of Iowa School of Medicine, Iowa City, IA

Portraying all characteristics of a real patient, simulating signs and symptoms in a repetitive and consistent manner. Supplying constructive feedback to learners in communication sessions. Live body for physical examinations. Strong improv skills.

Education:

Death doula training, The Dying Year, 2021
BFA, Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2006

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