NEWS RELEASE
REVOLVE CREATIVE COLLABORATION
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MARQUETTE – Organizers of Marquette’s annual Revolve Creative Collaboration Conference (Revolve CC) have announced the conference will return to Marquette Nov. 8-9, 2024.
Conference registration includes access to three keynote speakers and two unique pathways: Ignite and Forge.
Ignite is about setting ablaze your creativity with talks and seminar-focused conversations about creative work, while Forge focuses on making and workshop-style sessions.
The conference will take place at the Northern Center at Northern Michigan University, 1401 Presque Isle Ave. Friday’s conference sessions will be at the NMU Art and Design Building. To view the full 2024 conference schedule click here.
Revolve CC encourages a vibrant, supportive, and collaborative community of creatives in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Its mission is to energize the sustainable growth of our creative community by centering the exploration of broad creative topics, the vitality of collaboration, and opportunities for quality connections that include underrepresented groups.
Tickets are available now for purchase at revolvecc.net/registration. All ticket sales are available at the door on Nov. 8 and 9.
“Marquette, a small community with an immense creative spirit, is a place where the importance of networking, collaboration, and nurturing creativity for success becomes evident,” said Shana Baril, Revolve CC director of programming.
“Revolve CC takes immense pride in uniting these essential elements across all creative disciplines. The fusion of technology, fine arts, and digital arts, mutually inspiring one another, is a thrilling sight to behold. Our aspiration is to ignite innovative creativity, locally, remotely, and beyond.”
“In 2023 I attended Revolve CC as a speaker, but this year I’m returning as a board member to help organize the event. Marquette has a beating, thriving pulse to it, and it’s felt through our creative community. It’s the people, as it’s always been, who bring the color to this event,” said Travis Norman, Revolve CC director of marketing. “The move to the Northern Center is the next step in the story of the conference, as we continue to grow our creative culture north of the Mackinac Bridge.”
This year's keynote speakers bring a variety of creative industry expertise to the conference, from poetry and law practice to video game production.
Nandi Comer, Poet, Educator, Organizer
Nandi Comer is the current Poet Laureate of Michigan. She is the author of American Family: A Syndrome (Finishing Line Press) and Tapping Out (Northwestern University Press), which was awarded the 2020 Society of Midland Authors Award and the 2020 Julie Suk Award. Her poems and essays have appeared in Green Mountains Review, The Offing, Callaloo, Crab Orchard Review, The Journal of Pan African Studies, and others. Nandi has served as a writer-in-residence in Detroit Public Schools and collaborated with organizations, including YArts and InsideOut Literary Arts Projects. She serves as a poetry editor for Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora and is the co-director of Detroit Lit.
Seth Polansky, Creatives Attorney and Documentarian
Seth Polansky is an audio engineer, producer, attorney, and unabashed gamer. He launched his own firm in 2001, and his career is split between his law practice and his independent film work. Seth has over 20 years of experience in intellectual property, corporate, and contract law, with significant experience in the arts and entertainment fields – advising illustrators, filmmakers, production companies, authors, and artists of all types.
He counsels small businesses and artists in securing copyrights, trademarks, and intellectual property rights and securing contractual rights.
Mary Hermes, PhD, Executive Director, Founder Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia
Dr. Mary Hermes, Waabishkiimiigwan, is a mixed heritage queer woman (Chinese, Ft. Peck Dakota descendent and LCO Ojibwe community member). Known for her work in Ojibwe and Indigenous language revitalization, she has worked globally with indigenous peoples. Her local focus is in the Ojibwe communities throughout the Great Lakes. She and 15 Indigenous artists, writers and programmers collaborated to create Reclaim! The first point-n-click adventure game in the Ojibwe language (release date Jan 2026.). In her spare time, she is a full professor at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities in Multilingual Education and Culture and Teaching.
To read more about this year’s Revolve CC keynote speakers, visit https://revolvecc.net/.
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