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CAST AND CREW
Matt Kaczkowski
Matt Kaczkowski
Matt Kaczkowski
Matt Kaczkowski's love of movies can be traced back to his early childhood, where he spent countless hours immersed in classic films. This passion for cinema only grew and he began making his own home movies and television shows. Matt graduated from Winona State University with a BA in Mass Communications Broadcasting. Matt’s passion for
Matt Kaczkowski's love of movies can be traced back to his early childhood, where he spent countless hours immersed in classic films. This passion for cinema only grew and he began making his own home movies and television shows. Matt graduated from Winona State University with a BA in Mass Communications Broadcasting. Matt’s passion for film and video became the driving force behind SilverWater Productions. As the co-owners and creative force behind SilverWater Productions Matt and his business, JJ Burkart opened SilverWater Productions in 2004 in a small supply room where they shared one computer and one camera. Throughout the last 20 years SilverWater Productions has gained recognition for their high-quality promotiuonal videos that tell authentic, compelling stories showcasing their clients’ natural strengths using their unique skills. In his spare time Matt participates in film festivals with local filmmakers.
Erin Kaczkowski
Matt Kaczkowski
Matt Kaczkowski
Erin Kaczkowski is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the adaptation of the body and soul to life’s changing conditions. Drawing from her background in printmaking, she employs simple motifs to create a visual language that translates across prints, sculptures, textiles, and multimedia installations. Invisible Visible, her mos
Erin Kaczkowski is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the adaptation of the body and soul to life’s changing conditions. Drawing from her background in printmaking, she employs simple motifs to create a visual language that translates across prints, sculptures, textiles, and multimedia installations. Invisible Visible, her most recent ongoing project, chronicles her lived experience with disability and the emotional complexities that come with it. Erin also frequently explores themes like women’s rights, grief, emotional duality, and personal transformation.
Accessibility is a key part of Erin’s art and workshops. As an instructor, she creates a welcoming environment for artists of all skill levels to joyfully create art, even if it’s “bad.” She teaches around Sheboygan and Milwaukee, and has been a vendor at events like JMKAC Midsummer Festival of the Arts and Hovercraft Milwaukee. She holds a BFA in printmaking from UW-Milwaukee and a degree in photography from MCTC in Minneapolis.
Zack Kruse
Matt Kaczkowski
Zack Kruse
Somewhere in time, along the misty mystic shores of Lake Michigan, Dr. Zack Kruse shambles and lurks, sifting through the sands of American subcultures. A scholar-maker at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay, Kruse is curious about how the politics and philosophies of the strange and unusual infiltrate our mundane lives. His book, Myste
Somewhere in time, along the misty mystic shores of Lake Michigan, Dr. Zack Kruse shambles and lurks, sifting through the sands of American subcultures. A scholar-maker at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay, Kruse is curious about how the politics and philosophies of the strange and unusual infiltrate our mundane lives. His book, Mysterious Travelers, changed the conversation about Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko and the impact of comics on 20th-century American thought and politics. The Eisner Award-nominated book was recognized as one of the best books on comics in 2021 by The Comics Journal. As a creative, Kruse is a comics writer and a visual artist, as well as a film director, writer, producer, and performer with national and regionally focused publications and productions. Always celebrating public access to overlapping creative and intellectual pursuits, Kruse founded a well-regarded comic book convention, organized several academic conferences, and is on the executive board for the Sheboygan Film Festival. Additionally, he serves as a movie host for Rebel Reels Film Society in Sheboygan, Wisconsin as well as several other community organizations. He also is a frequent podcast guest, and hosts a weekly music program, The Mutant Graveyard. If it’s weird, cast aside, forgotten, or has a lot of heart, Kruse is dragging it out of the fog.
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Somewhere in time, along the misty mystic shores of Lake Michigan, Dr. Zack Kruse shambles and lurks, sifting through the sands of American subcultures. A scholar-maker at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay, Kruse is curious about how the politics and philosophies of the strange and unusual infiltrate our mundane lives. His book, Mysterious Travelers, changed the conversation about Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko and the impact of comics on 20th-century American thought and politics. The Eisner Award-nominated book was recognized as one of the best books on comics in 2021 by The Comics Journal. If it’s weird, cast aside, forgotten, or has a lot of heart, Kruse is dragging it out of the fog.
Links:
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/zackkruse
YouTube: @ZackKruse
YouTube: @TheMutantGraveyard
Substack: https://zackkruse.substack.com
BlueSky: @zackkruse.bsky.social
TikTok: @zack_kruse