NEWS & EVENTS:
“Junie Genius” included in “Short Circuit” an exhibition at ACRE Projects, Chicago, IL. April 2018.
http://chicago.carpediem.cd/events/6443837-short-circuit-at-acre/
http://chicago.carpediem.cd/events/6443837-short-circuit-at-acre/
“The Hiding In Plain Sight Song” included in “Corners of Thought” an exhibition by the Sweetwater Center for the Arts. March 2018.
http://www.exploresewickley.com/calendar/event/27631-corners-of-thought-artist-reception
http://www.exploresewickley.com/calendar/event/27631-corners-of-thought-artist-reception
“Junie Genius” featured on Discovery Canada’s “Daily Planet.” February 2018.
https://ca.nayi.tv/33007/meet-junie-genius-daily-planet/
https://ca.nayi.tv/33007/meet-junie-genius-daily-planet/
“Picture This” included in Early Bird Student Film Festival 2017 in Sofia Bulgaria.
http://www.earlybirdfest.org/official-selection-2017/page.html#experimental
http://www.earlybirdfest.org/official-selection-2017/page.html#experimental
Lauren Valley nominated for a 2017 BLOOOM Award by Warsteiner
“That Time I Got Detention and It Sucked” included in “Infinite Games 50/50,” in association with Rhona Hoffman Gallery, at Open House Contemporary in Chicago, IL.
http://ohc-bnb.com/events-calender/2017/9/14/infinite-games-5050-opening
http://ohc-bnb.com/events-calender/2017/9/14/infinite-games-5050-opening
Lauren Valley named an artist in residence at ACRE residency program. Summer 2017.
Junie Genius included in the Iyapo Repository’s video reference library. Part of The August Wilson Center Lab June 2017.
https://www.awclab.com/junie-genius/
https://www.awclab.com/junie-genius/
“Body Electric” named a Creative Industries Network “Top 10 Creative Arts Project of the Year”
https://createpgh.org/awardees
https://createpgh.org/awardees
“Body Electric” shown at the 2017 CREATE Festival in Pittsburgh PA.
https://createpgh.org/create-festival-highlights
Image by LUXE Creative.
https://createpgh.org/create-festival-highlights
Image by LUXE Creative.
Lauren Valley named the first recipient of The Birnbaum Award, named in honor of Dara Birnbaum, awarded to an artist whose work exemplifies art at the intersection of art and technology.
“Picture This” included in The 2017 Athens Digital Arts Festival.
http://2017.adaf.gr/events/picture-this/
http://2017.adaf.gr/events/picture-this/
"Picture This" shown in "More Delicate Things" at Bunker Projects in Pittsburgh PA.
http://www.bunkerprojects.org/moredelicatethings.html
http://www.bunkerprojects.org/moredelicatethings.html
"The Electric Witch" shown in "FOR, FORE, FOUR" at Future Tenant in Pittsburgh PA.
http://futuretenant.org/calendar-of-events/forforefour
http://futuretenant.org/calendar-of-events/forforefour
{"items":["b91f8672-0d9a-4f26-ae19-20fbbb018965","a396cfef-ced8-4995-97be-1e22813257e0","d4d85b05-8562-4d20-afe5-d5f798870693","6f857d71-8089-4b0d-b307-366906399102","d401008e-3efe-4559-a934-26000f8a499d","46c355be-7ab0-4456-9c72-f3ae99027645","1a05a5c9-79b0-4a11-9b96-ab20245a5a50","551a3d54-1684-4824-88d1-423872160402","66c7793e-9899-46a6-8671-c3fd85395563","48c36de2-90b4-4515-b38b-7ef6debe3f32","fe5e58c5-dabb-4f5a-9a7a-f98a338e4697","83e48506-b66c-4770-a461-f63f67866415","99e4096e-3c4e-4034-95ab-a2a015cd9099","692a085a-8a98-420b-a1e6-b14e620e290d"],"styles":{"galleryType":"Columns","groupSize":1,"showArrows":true,"cubeImages":true,"cubeType":"fill","cubeRatio":1,"isVertical":true,"gallerySize":618,"collageAmount":0,"collageDensity":0,"groupTypes":"1","oneRow":false,"imageMargin":25,"galleryMargin":0,"floatingImages":0,"chooseBestGroup":true,"smartCrop":false,"hasThumbnails":false,"enableScroll":true,"isGrid":true,"isSlider":false,"isColumns":false,"isSlideshow":false,"cropOnlyFill":false,"fixedColumns":3,"enableInfiniteScroll":true,"isRTL":false,"minItemSize":50,"rotatingGroupTypes":"","rotatingCubeRatio":"","gallerySliderImageRatio":1.7777777777777777,"numberOfImagesPerRow":3,"numberOfImagesPerCol":1,"groupsPerStrip":0,"borderRadius":0,"boxShadow":0,"gridStyle":1,"mobilePanorama":false,"placeGroupsLtr":false,"viewMode":"preview","thumbnailSpacings":0,"galleryThumbnailsAlignment":"bottom","isMasonry":false,"isAutoSlideshow":false,"slideshowLoop":false,"autoSlideshowInterval":4,"bottomInfoHeight":0,"titlePlacement":"SHOW_BELOW","galleryTextAlign":"center","scrollSnap":false,"itemClick":"expand","fullscreen":true,"videoPlay":"onClick","scrollAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","scrollDirection":0,"overlayAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","arrowsPosition":0,"arrowsSize":23,"watermarkOpacity":40,"watermarkSize":40,"useWatermark":true,"watermarkDock":{"top":"auto","left":"auto","right":0,"bottom":0,"transform":"translate3d(0,0,0)"},"loadMoreAmount":"all","defaultShowInfoExpand":1,"allowLinkExpand":true,"expandInfoPosition":0,"allowFullscreenExpand":true,"fullscreenLoop":false,"galleryAlignExpand":"left","addToCartBorderWidth":1,"addToCartButtonText":"","slideshowInfoSize":200,"playButtonForAutoSlideShow":false,"allowSlideshowCounter":false,"hoveringBehaviour":"APPEARS","thumbnailSize":120,"magicLayoutSeed":1,"imageHoverAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","calculateTextBoxWidthMode":"PERCENT","textBoxHeight":118,"textBoxWidth":200,"textBoxWidthPercent":50,"textImageSpace":10,"textBoxBorderRadius":0,"textBoxBorderWidth":0,"loadMoreButtonText":"Load more","loadMoreButtonBorderWidth":1,"loadMoreButtonBorderRadius":0,"imageInfoType":"NO_BACKGROUND","itemBorderWidth":0,"itemBorderRadius":0,"itemEnableShadow":false,"itemShadowBlur":20,"itemShadowDirection":135,"itemShadowSize":10,"imageLoadingMode":"BLUR","expandAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imageQuality":90,"usmToggle":false,"usm_a":0,"usm_r":0,"usm_t":0,"videoSound":false,"videoSpeed":1,"videoLoop":true,"gotStyleParams":true,"selectedLayout":"2|bottom|1|fill|true|0|true","allowSocial":false,"allowDownload":false,"allowTitle":false,"allowDescription":true,"loveButton":false,"loveCounter":false,"showVideoPlayButton":true,"galleryImageRatio":2,"sharpParams":{"quality":100,"usm":{},"allowUsm":false},"galleryHorizontalAlign":"center","galleryVerticalAlign":"center","imageLoadingWithColorMode":"PICKED_COLOR","imageRatioType":"FIXED","numberOfDisplayedItems":3,"itemBorderColor":{"themeName":"color_15","value":"rgba(232,232,232,1)"},"itemShadowOpacityAndColor":{"themeName":"color_15","value":"rgba(232,232,232,0.2)"},"textBoxBorderColor":"color-5","titleDescriptionSpace":6,"textsVerticalPadding":0,"textsHorizontalPadding":0,"textBoxFillColor":"color-2","alwaysShowHover":false,"isStoreGallery":false,"previewHover":false,"calculateTextBoxHeightMode":"MANUAL","galleryLayout":2,"useCustomButton":false,"customButtonText":"","galleryImageRatioFromWix":1,"itemOpacity":{"themeName":"color_15","value":"rgba(232,232,232,0.89)"},"itemFont":{"style":{"bold":false,"italic":true,"underline":false},"family":"futura-lt-w01-book","preset":"Custom","editorKey":"font_5","size":18,"fontStyleParam":true,"value":"font:italic normal normal 18px/22px futura-lt-w01-book,sans-serif;"},"itemFontSlideshow":{"family":"eb garamond","style":{"bold":false,"italic":true,"underline":false},"size":18,"preset":"Custom","editorKey":"font_5","fontStyleParam":true,"value":"font:italic normal normal 18px/22px \"eb garamond\",serif;"},"itemDescriptionFontSlideshow":{"family":"eb garamond","displayName":"Paragraph 2","style":{"bold":false,"italic":false,"underline":false},"size":15,"preset":"Body-M","editorKey":"font_8","fontStyleParam":true,"value":"font:normal normal normal 15px/1.4em \"eb garamond\",serif;"},"itemDescriptionFont":{"family":"futura-lt-w01-book","style":{"bold":false,"italic":false,"underline":false},"size":15,"preset":"Custom","editorKey":"font_8","fontStyleParam":true,"value":"font:normal normal normal 15px/18px futura-lt-w01-book,sans-serif;"},"itemFontColor":{"themeName":"color_11","value":"rgba(45,45,45,1)"},"itemFontColorSlideshow":{"themeName":"color_15","value":"rgba(232,232,232,1)"},"itemDescriptionFontColor":{"value":"rgba(0,0,0,1)"},"itemDescriptionFontColorSlideshow":{"themeName":"color_15","value":"rgba(232,232,232,1)"},"loadMoreButtonFont":{"family":"eb garamond","displayName":"Paragraph 2","style":{"bold":false,"italic":false,"underline":false},"size":15,"preset":"Body-M","editorKey":"font_8","fontStyleParam":true,"value":"font:normal normal normal 15px/1.4em \"eb garamond\",serif;"},"loadMoreButtonFontColor":{"themeName":"color_15","value":"rgba(232,232,232,1)"},"loadMoreButtonColor":{"themeName":"color_11","value":"rgba(45,45,45,1)"},"loadMoreButtonBorderColor":{"themeName":"color_15","value":"rgba(232,232,232,1)"},"arrowsColor":{"themeName":"color_11","value":"rgba(45,45,45,1)"},"oneColorAnimationColor":{"themeName":"color_11","value":"rgba(45,45,45,1)"},"responsive":false,"modifiedGallerySize":true,"isAccessible":false,"allowLeanGallery":false,"layoutsVersion":2,"selectedLayoutV2":2,"isSlideshowFont":true,"externalInfoHeight":118,"externalInfoWidth":0},"container":{"top":273,"bottom":"","left":0,"right":"","width":980,"height":3638,"position":"absolute","avoidGallerySelfMeasure":true,"galleryWidth":1030,"galleryHeight":3638,"scrollBase":0}}