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Founder, The Mae Fellowship & Quitman Studios Courtney Young is a writer of fiction, screenplays, popular culture criticism and creative nonfiction. She is a recipient of residencies from Willapa Bay Air, Vermont Studio Center, Faber, Hambidge, Bainbridge and Chateau D’Orquevaux. She is also the founder of the Mae Fellowship, a virtual, annual program that provides financial and professional support to women and non binary writers seeking to publish her/their first book and a co-founder of This Season. Her current projects include completing both her first narrative feature entitled This Savage Life Makes Us Hard to Kill and her first collection of short stories entitled Scar Tissue of the Extraordinary. A graduate of Spelman College and New York University, she received her B.A. in English with a minor in Management and her M.A. from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, completing an interdisciplinary program that combined Entertainment Business, Performance, & Africana studies. She was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana. Social Media & Contact Info: |
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Courtney Ozaki-Durgin is the founder of the Japanese Arts Network, a national resource dedicated to uplifting and advancing the work of Japanese artists and culture in America while amplifying marginalized voices and narratives. She is also the creative producer for Off-Center, the immersive theater arm of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, and works as an independent creative producer. Ozaki-Durgin holds an MFA in performing arts management from Brooklyn College and has produced new and touring works with The Joyce Theater in New York City. She is a board member of the Western Arts Alliance, where she co-founded Hyphen+Asian, a collective and community space for the AAPINH artists and administrators in the field. Currently serving on the advisory board for the Creative Independent Producers Alliance, Ozaki-Durgin was also the recipient of the 2024 JEDI Denver Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Arts and Culture. She is passionate about integrating ideas and fostering interdependence across arts sectors. |
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Discipline: Multidisciplinary |
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Discipline: Multidisciplinary |
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Discipline: Multidisciplinary |
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Discipline: Multidisciplinary |
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Discipline: Multidisciplinary |
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Discipline: Multidisciplinary |
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Discipline: Multidisciplinary |