Sequinette
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{{Infobox person
| name = Sequinette Jaynesfield
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| instrument = Vocals
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| education = San Francisco Art Institute (MFA)
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| occupation = {{hlist|Drag performer|filmmaker}}
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| awards = {{hlist|Miss Lez 2008|Miss Drag Coney Island 2012}}
| website = https://www.sequinette.com/
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Sequinette Jaynesfield, often referred to simply as Sequinette,{{Cite web|url=https://burlesquebeat.com/2012/08/30/world-famous-bobs-coney-island-drag-race-brooklyn/|title=World Famous *BOB*'s Coney Island Drag Race—Brooklyn - Burlesque Beat}} is an American female-to-female drag performer and avant-garde filmmaker in Brooklyn, New York. She also works as a make-up artist and stylist for herself and other performers. She is the founder of the Coney Island Sweetheart Pet Pageant, an alternative beauty pageant for pets that raises funds for various animal welfare charities.
Career
In 2009, Sequinette starred in Michelle Handelman's 2011 video installation, Dorian, a cinematic perfume, alongside Armen Ra, playing the titular character.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/arts/design/22gall.html |title=Art in Review |date=May 21, 2009 |work=The New York Times |access-date=June 26, 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.arthousetexas.org/article/michelle-handelman/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127224649/http://www.arthousetexas.org/article/michelle-handelman/|archive-date=27 January 2011|title=Michelle Handelman|date=6 Sep 2011|work=Arthouse at the Jones Center|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
In 2011, Sequinette starred in Unleashed by Garo, a reality television series with Garo Sparo on Sundance Channel, in which she portrayed herself{{cite web|url=http://www.sundancechannel.com/unleashed-by-garo/profiles/sequinette|title=Series|author=|date=|work=sundancechannel.com}}
Sequinette later expanded into analog filmmaking working with 16mm and super 8 film, processing film herself in many cases, and hand-painting directly onto the negative. She has created several short films, including Queen Down (co-directed with NYC artist Heather Acs), Rack Focus, Cello Screen Test, Lifestyles of the Bitchin' Famous, Good Queen, and Broken: Battle of the Goddesses. Her films have screened in New York, San Francisco, and Austin.
In 2020, Squinette earned a Master of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute.{{cite web |url=https://www.sfai.edu/exhibitions-public-events/mfa-exhibition-2020 |title=MFA EXHIBITION 2020 |access-date=June 26, 2021 |publisher=San Francisco Art Institute}} Later that year, her film Good Queen was selected to feature in a video art projection in Times Square as part of San Francisco Art Institute's 150th anniversary celebration.{{Cite web|url=https://sfai.edu/press-releases/san-francisco-art-institute-marks-150th-anniversary-with-video-art-projection-in-times-square|title = San Francisco Art Institute Marks 150th Anniversary with Video Art Projection in Times Square | SFAI}}
Awards and nominations
In 2008, Sequinette competed in and won the eighth annual Miss Lez Pageant at the Zipper Factory in Manhattan.{{cite web|url=https://www.theatermania.com/shows/new-york-city-theater/murray-hills-8th-annual-miss-lez-pageant_145378|title=Theater Mania – Murray Hills 8th Annual Miss Lez Pageant |publisher=Theater Mania|date=n.d.|accessdate=February 24, 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gomag.com/article/miss_lez_pageant_08/|title=Miss Lez Pageant '08|access-date=June 26, 2021|date=July 15, 2008|last=Love|first=Becca|work=Go Magazine}} In 2012, she was crowned Miss Drag Coney Island.{{Cite web|url=https://sfai.edu/events-calendar/detail/then-now-a-legacy-of-filmmaking-at-sfai-panel-discussion|title=POSTPONED: Then & Now: A Legacy of Filmmaking at SFAI (Panel Discussion) | SFAI}}
References
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External links
- [http://vimeo.com/8383981 Selected scenes from "Dorian, a cinematic perfume"]
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Category:Musicians from Brooklyn
Category:American female models