Help Amber get to Chicago!

Hi! I'm Amber Cadaverous and I'm a final year BA Fine Art student at Birmingham City University and recently have been granted the Louisa Anne Ryland Award.  This is a massive opportunity and accomplishment, having been selected over a number of undergraduate and masters students across arts, design and media courses! However my application has resulted in me being awarded half the funds for my proposal. So the university suggested that I set up online sponsorship to fund raise the remaining amount needed to make my proposed itinerary viable, so here I am! This award is granting me the opportunity to do drag and make art in the wonderful Chicago! 
Chicago is home to one of the most creative diverse drag scenes in the world and is a strong champion of club art and performance art. This experience will strongly impact my craft and my contextual knowledge of queer art and history. Imbedding myself in Chicago’s queer culture will have a big impact on the quality of artwork I can produce. The primary research carried out working on this scene will contextualise, inform and inspire my practice.

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Artist Bio
Amber Cadaverous is a visual artist, specialising in drag performance, photography and video/film work. Utilizing drag as a central locus to focus her interest in fine art visuals, performance art, queer activism and gender politics. Particularly influenced by representation of women in the horror genre narrowing in on that otherness and femme power and how it can be harnessed. She manifests these subjects through her drag persona, Amber Cadaverous, in order to navigate her identity as a queer femme.

Amber was recently featured on BBC’s Stories , where she created discourse on what it means to be female drag queen and misogyny. Also in an interview in New York at Rupaul’s Drag Con regarding women in drag.  She regularly performs in drag internationally and has most recently in the Rhode Island in the USA as well as cities all over the UK such as Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Brighton, London, Cardiff and Glasgow. Having just came from Supporting Adore Delano on the Whatever tour as part of Dragpunk .

Links!
https://ambercadaverous.wixsite.com/ambercadaverou... 
https://www.instagram.com/ambercadaverous/ 
https://twitter.com/AmberCadaverous 
https://www.facebook.com/AmberCadaverous 
www.facebook.com/dragpunkcollective/

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REWARDS!
I'm collaborating with BA graduate photographer Jasmine Hitchens at AberationObscura to put out cool art perks for everyone who's able to help me out with raising the remaining funds to make my trip viable! 

£5
Pledge £5 and i'll write and post you a personal thank you note for helping me out! 


£10
Pledge £10 or more to receive everything from the previous tiers plus mini prints from my collaboration with AberrationObscura! You'll get 2 x 6x4 prints from my degree show portfoilio!


£20
Pledge £20 or more to receive everything from the previous tiers plus a choice of A4 signed print from my degree show final pieces! In collaboration with AberrationObscura!


£50
Pledge £50 or more to recieve everything from the previous tiers plus a one of a kind polaroid set of 3, makeup wipe print of my mug and Dragpunk stickers! 


£250
Pledge £250 or more to receieve everything from the previous tiers plus a Drag Makeover andProfessional photoshoot with Amber Cadaverous and AberrationObscura! We will provide makeup, styling, wardrobe.  Fully edited images will be provided from your set (Total: 5 images) in high resolution and web resolution un-watermarked JPEG, via a reputable file sharing website.
Printed copies available upon request.