Jackie’s writing tries to calm the beast long enough to place the pain and dig out the thorn. She writes essays, live lit, creative nonfiction, and fictional short stories. // Her visual art includes embroidery and photography. She hand-embroiders new stories onto found and historical photographs. This work considers the human prerogative to impose our own narratives on another’s truth, as well as the layered and complicated process of rewriting history. How do we speak for people who can’t speak for themselves (either because they can’t or because they’re long gone) and what variables result in this tendency? When does this tendency have a positive or negative effect? // Her photography looks for the compelling aspects of the mundane, often invisible, objects and situations we encounter everyday.
2020
- Creative Nonfiction Finalist, Great Midwest Writing Contest, Midwest Review
- Literary Artist, LOCUS III, The Martin, Chicago, March
2019
- Artist, Show Your Work series wall installation, Slate Arts Gallery, Chicago, December 2019–January 2020
- Podcast co-creator and host, Zero Proof Book Club, spring 2019–present
- Essayist, included in the book Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook, published by Belt Publishing
- Storyteller, You’re Being Ridiculous, Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theater, Chicago, June
- Artist, CONNECT, group exhibition of work, Slate Arts Gallery, Chicago, April
- Contributing writer, 186 magazine, Award of Excellence: Print long form, CSCA Creative Best Awards Show
- Selected photography, Barren Magazine, literary and arts magazine, Issue 6: “Distance in Lines”
- Selected photography, Honey & Lime, literary and arts magazine, Issue 2: “Dancing into Oblivion”
2018
- Artist + producer, Gone, Country, solo exhibition of embroidery artwork/ writing/ storytelling, Slate Arts + Performance Gallery, Chicago, September
- Author, Gone, Country, companion book for monographic exhibition of artwork at Slate Gallery, Chicago, published by lo-class
- Embroidery art, The Write City Review, published by the Chicago Writers Association
- Storyteller, Fallen Angels: Holiday Edition, D-Men Tap, Chicago
- Silver Addy Award winner, American Advertising Federation, Columbus, Project lead writer
2017
- Storyteller, Filet of Solo Festival, Chicago
- Judge’s Choice award winner, Addy Awards, American Advertising Federation, Columbus, Project lead writer
2016
- Podcast co-creator and host, A Feminist & A Comedian Walk Into A Bar, 2016–2019
- Author, travel book 100 Things to Do in Columbus Before You Die, published by Reedy Press
2014
- Best Freelance Writer in Ohio, Press Club of Cleveland’s Excellence in Journalism Awards
- First Place Arts Reporting, small print publications, Society of Professional Journalists, Ohio
- Choreographer, Nina West’s Excellent Adventure