Sara Zalek

Experience

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  Saratonin

  Jan 1999 - now

  Artist Bio: Sara Zalek is a dedicated drifter, born in Minneapolis, MN, lived and worked in Boston, Seattle, Czech Republic, Portland, and now Chicago. After earning a BA in Marketing from Syracuse University in 1991, they travelled, self taught design software and '98 started saratonin as a design business. They continue to be an advocate, artist, designer, and online business developer especially for artists. In 2006 they earned a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Since then, Zalek has collaborated in hundreds of unique performance works. They create solo performance and installations using Butoh training as a primary tool for connecting artists. Their has been featured at venues nationally, including Chicago Cultural Center, Millennium Park, OuterSpace Studios, Hamlin Park, Links Hall, Defibrillator Gallery, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Dance Theatre Workshop (NY), Merce Cunningham Studio (NY), Headwaters Theater (PDX), and she has received numerous awards and grants for thier projects. They have produced and organized Butoh Chicago's Post-Butoh Festivals, in April 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019. They have hosted Yumiko Yoshioka for online workshops in 2020-22, and her again in person in May 2023. They currently engage dance, movement performance, poetry, and music, with a passion for ecological and somatic practice, deep listening, and community gathering.They have served on the Board of Directors for Antibody Corporation, The Space Movement Project, and currently at the Runaways Theater Company. For over 10 years they co-managed OuterSpace studios with various members of the dance community. Currently they co-host voice move classes regularly. Show less

  • Artist

    Jan 1998 - now

  • Freelance Designer

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2023
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  Saratonin.com

  Jan 1999 - now

  Artistic Director, saratonin

  SARATONIN is an arts organization, seeking opportunities to foster diversification in the field of art through dedication to artistic practices, public art, community integration.I also offer my marketing and administration experience to artists, and am available for marketing strategy sessions, creative brainstorming, and business planning.

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  CAEL

  Nov 2007 - Mar 2014

  • Associate Director of Marketing and Communications

    Jul 2012 - Mar 2014

  • Marketing and Brand Manager

    Aug 2010 - Jun 2012

  • Design Manager

    Jun 2008 - Aug 2010

  • Graphic Designer

    Nov 2007 - Jun 2009
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  Pentacle/Danceworks Inc.

  Aug 2014 - Aug 2015

  Help Desk®/Back Office Program Coordinator
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  Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education

  Sept 2023 - now

  Teaching Artist

  CAPE sustains the development of its long-term teacher and teaching artists collaborations through the Artist/Researcher Partners Program. Up to forty collaborating teams are selected each year to further their work in arts-integrated practice, inquiry-based learning, and action research. These teams not only expand artistic investigations in the classroom but also infuse exhibition practice in the classroom to work with students on displaying their learning in a public forum. Artist/Researchers work collaboratively at the end of the year in exhibiting their work in CAPE’s annual Convergence exhibition, advancing the development of collective curation. Show less