The Art of Making it Look Easy
With all of this talk of the #Boonies Premiere, we thought now was the perfect time to introduce y’all to the newest member of Artemis Independent. Who is this mysterious character and what does she have to do with the Premiere? Say hello to Lindsey Cero, our Event Maestro for Boonies!
The daughter of a hardworking UPS man, Lindsey spent most of her childhood moving all over the country. Born in San Francisco, California, Lindsey and her family relocated to Illinois, Nebraska, Connecticut, and Georgia. Once settled down in Atlanta, her mother began attending Appalachian State University every summer for a music program course. One year Lindsey decided to tag along with her mom and fell in love with the college immediately. So she applied, was accepted, and attended the University as a Studio Art major with a minor in Anthropology. After two years, she decided she wanted to switch things up and took a course with the National Outdoor Leadership School program, taking her to the Southwest for a semester. After this adventure, she came back to her beloved Boone.
For our upcoming big day, Lindsey has been the driving force behind planning the event logistics, all things promotion, and every technical detail in between. We talked about the entire process and how organizing an event in Boone comes with so much love and support from the community. “When you’re trying to rally people for something you’re excited about, it’s easy here. Other people in Boone want to experience the same things you’re involved in because they too love this place.”
Lindsey strongly felt this support and sense of community when she started working at Espresso News. “Espresso News is the reason I stayed in Boone,” Lindsey boldly stated. “It’s the most fun job I ever had.” She credits the local coffee shop as her home and people. After working there for five years, she moved on to work with Carrington Pertalion, a midwife and owner of Mountain Laurel Women’s Healthcare. Between the two of these jobs, she said has been able to get to know everyone in town.
Lindsey’s secret super power is she’s an artist. She once owned an art business called Paper Snack that featured her collages and paper artwork masterpieces. Her art style is similar to that of Eric Carle, with a heavy focus on animals. Along with this business, she sold her art at craft and trade shows and worked at a couple of galleries around town. More currently she places her creative energy into fixing up her house, raising her son Eno, and vegetarian cooking.
“I love Boone top to bottom,” Lindsey said. “I got really emotional when I first watched the Boonies films because you can feel that these people love Boone in the way that I do.” We hope that you can make it out to the Premiere on February 28th, and that our episodes will evoke that sense of love and belonging for you, too.