Girls Our Age | Digital Collage

An annual zine that catalogues the collective creative consciousness of friends and strangers worldwide. Issue 9, 2024.

 

These collages were created digitally and were published in Girls Our Age Issue 9

By blending iconic symbols and images with contemporary elements, these pieces explore the depths of my own personal inner experience and emotional resonance, navigating themes of my subconscious and transformation. This work invites viewers to reflect on their own journey of self-discovery and growth within a modern mystical context.

 

Detroit Strange Podcast

Guest Speaking on Production Experience of It Follows // The Film Lab Hamtramck

November 2019

 

Welcome to our second LIVE RECORDING! Listen in as Jess and Alex have a blast talking about Urban Legends, Friday the 13th AND the movie It Follows. They sip on some Corpse Reviver #2's made by the talented bartenders at Hamtramck's Film Lab and welcome special guests who worked on the movie; Kimberly Leitz, Costume Designer; Jess Gillette, Key Hair Stylist; & Nellie Smydra, PA.

 

Final Girls

Detroit Women Identifying Filmmaking Collective // Hour Detroit Magazine Article

State of the Arts August 2018

From left: Tonya Core, Eden Villarba-Sabolboro, Oksana Mirzoyan, Andrea Claire Morningstar, Nellie Smydra, Jasmine Rivera, Tinisha Brugnone, and Lara Sfire.

From left: Tonya Core, Eden Villarba-Sabolboro, Oksana Mirzoyan, Andrea Claire Morningstar, Nellie Smydra, Jasmine Rivera, Tinisha Brugnone, and Lara Sfire.

GrownUps Read ThingsThey Wrote As Kids

Podcast // Windsor, Canada

February 5, 2017

When I was 15, I had crushes on a bunch of boys who didn't actually exist. Then I read them out loud on stage to a warm audience and was featured on the Canadian Podcast Grown Ups Read Things They Wrote as Kids.

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Nellie TV

Social Promo Videos // 2016

Born on Halloween Nellie TV started as a clever costume with a built-in excuse to break the ice with guests at a Halloween Charity event. This led to the creation of a collection of promotional social pieces for Merry Market, a Detroit retail holiday event. Nellie TV aspired to celebrate and interview four Detroit artisans as if I were a correspondent for a Dinah Shore TV special dressed like Mary Tyler Moore. 

Made with a lot of love by a small crew, Nellie TV invited me to perform for the first time and was a passion project that I continue to be proud of.

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Eastworks Detroit

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