Twin sisters and artistic collaborators
Identical twins born on Halloween, Colleen Woolpert and Rani Young pool their combined resources to create innovative, thought-provoking original art.
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A stereoscopic portrait from 2010, part of Colleen's ongoing "Red Twin, Blue Twin" project. See more at colleenwoolpert.com.
Colleen & Rani
twin sisters and artistic corroborators
DOUBLE JINX: ECHOES AT THE OLD MILL
September 17 & 18, 2022
Hill's Building, Vicksburg, Michigan
In the children’s game “Jinx,” the word is exclaimed when two people say the same thing at the same time. From the moment twin sisters Colleen and Rani arrived at the Prairie Ronde Artist Residency in Vicksburg, Michigan, they experienced ongoing “twin moments,” as they call their simultaneous thoughts. Inspired by the former Lee Paper Company mill and its varied, cavernous spaces, along with the house they stayed in (full of musical instruments), the lush natural beauty of Vicksburg, and the warmth of its residents, they got lost in wonder and play. Days flowed together as ideas and stories developed, echoed and overlapped, resulting in a shared body of interconnected work. As each artist worked her own piece, she was influenced, nudged, and at times even corrected by, the other. One called their process a corroboration; the other agreed. The jinx doubled, and doubled again.
Learn more about the Prairie Ronde Artist Residency, and the exciting things happening at The Mill at Vicksburg.
September 17 & 18, 2022
Hill's Building, Vicksburg, Michigan
In the children’s game “Jinx,” the word is exclaimed when two people say the same thing at the same time. From the moment twin sisters Colleen and Rani arrived at the Prairie Ronde Artist Residency in Vicksburg, Michigan, they experienced ongoing “twin moments,” as they call their simultaneous thoughts. Inspired by the former Lee Paper Company mill and its varied, cavernous spaces, along with the house they stayed in (full of musical instruments), the lush natural beauty of Vicksburg, and the warmth of its residents, they got lost in wonder and play. Days flowed together as ideas and stories developed, echoed and overlapped, resulting in a shared body of interconnected work. As each artist worked her own piece, she was influenced, nudged, and at times even corrected by, the other. One called their process a corroboration; the other agreed. The jinx doubled, and doubled again.
Learn more about the Prairie Ronde Artist Residency, and the exciting things happening at The Mill at Vicksburg.
DOUBLE JINX: BEHIND THE SCENES
Exhibition and Artist Talk
Prairie Ronde Artist Gallery,
101 Prairie St., Vicksburg, Michigan
Artist Talk: Monday, Nov 21, 2022, 7pm
Exhibition Hours:
Monday, Nov 21, 6-9pm
Tuesday, Nov 22, 7am-6pm
Join twin sisters Colleen Woolpert and Rani Young as they share stories and artwork from their seven weeks together at the Prairie Ronde Artist Residency this past summer. On view in the gallery will be works created during their residency and newer pieces that grew out of it. In their artist talk, Colleen and Rani will discuss their individual and joint creative processes, what it was like living together again after more than thirty years, and how the former Lee Paper Company Mill and the community of Vicksburg inspired their new “corroborative” art practice.
Learn more about the Prairie Ronde Artist Residency, and the exciting things happening at The Mill at Vicksburg.
Exhibition and Artist Talk
Prairie Ronde Artist Gallery,
101 Prairie St., Vicksburg, Michigan
Artist Talk: Monday, Nov 21, 2022, 7pm
Exhibition Hours:
Monday, Nov 21, 6-9pm
Tuesday, Nov 22, 7am-6pm
Join twin sisters Colleen Woolpert and Rani Young as they share stories and artwork from their seven weeks together at the Prairie Ronde Artist Residency this past summer. On view in the gallery will be works created during their residency and newer pieces that grew out of it. In their artist talk, Colleen and Rani will discuss their individual and joint creative processes, what it was like living together again after more than thirty years, and how the former Lee Paper Company Mill and the community of Vicksburg inspired their new “corroborative” art practice.
Learn more about the Prairie Ronde Artist Residency, and the exciting things happening at The Mill at Vicksburg.
Thank you so much to everyone who made it out to "Double Jinx: Echoes at the Old Mill," the culminating exhibition of work we created at the Prairie Ronde Artist Residency in Vicksburg, Michigan, our first artistic "corroboration." Check back in the coming weeks for exhibition documentation and artwork..
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Poster for "Double Jinx: Echoes at the Old Mill." Design by Rani, photos by Colleen.