Talk About Art: Cherry Vanilla and a Joyously Madcap Life
Talk About Art: Cherry Vanilla and a Joyously Madcap Life
Wednesday, September 16
6–7 PM
Virtual | Free
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Join CAM for a lively, unfiltered conversation with punk performer and Warhol Superstar Cherry Vanilla as she shares stories from the wild, glamorous, and often scandalous world of 1960s and ’70s New York.
Cherry’s extraordinary life has taken her from rock ’n’ roll groupie to underground actress, musician, author, and creative force. She starred in Andy Warhol’s Pork at The Roundhouse Theatre in London, giving her a firsthand glimpse into Warhol’s world and the legendary personalities who surrounded it.
Get a backstage pass to an era defined by art, music, rebellion, and excess as Cherry recounts the glamorous encounters, outrageous adventures, and unexpected turns that shaped her famously unconventional life.
About Cherry Vanilla
Born in Queens, New York, Cherry Vanilla began her career in the 1960s producing radio and television commercials while also DJing at clubs in Manhattan and on the French Riviera.
By the 1970s, after gaining notoriety as a rock ’n’ roll groupie, Cherry had become an underground actress, playing the title role in Andy Warhol’s Pork at The Roundhouse Theatre in London.
In addition to her self-published book Pop Tart Compositions, Cherry has worked throughout the music and entertainment industries with iconic artists including David Bowie and Stewart Copeland. In 1995, she moved to Hollywood, where she worked for director Tim Burton before establishing Europa Entertainment, Inc., the U.S. office for composer Vangelis, which she operated until 2014.
In 2010, Chicago Review Press published her memoir, Lick Me: How I Became Cherry Vanilla.
Cherry now lives in Palm Springs, California, where she continues to develop music and film projects.