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5/1/2015
Catalyst Magazine’s “The Offbeat Wedding Issue” features McGrews’ custom attire for steampunk wedding couples. pp 18-25.

4/11/2015
Supervillainnetwork.com’s article “Stitching Common Threads: The Artistry of Jen McGrew”.

3/8/2015
SLC Punk II – Punk’s Dead gives McGrews a nice shout out for the costumes, props and producing work we did for the film, shot here in 2014. The industry premiere of Punk’s Dead is this May 2015 in Cannes.

3/6/2015
“SLC Steampunk” by Daisy Blake on Gephardt Daily. Tony Toscano interviews designers Amanda Carrington and Jennifer McGrew about steampunk fashion and trends.

2/27/2015
Salt Lake City’s Pierpont Artisans Fear New Owners May Boot Them Out. Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/home/2230343-155/salt-lake-citys-pierpont-artisans-fear 

2/26/2015
Jason Oquist, International Person of Leather winner, 2015, shown here with the custom sash and patch we made at our shop.

11/2014
Catalyst Magazine. “
Corsets: An Archetypal Container”  by Katherine Pioli. Interviews with Amanda Meyers of Blue Boutique and Jennifer McGrew of McGrew Studios. Print version p. 27.

10/15/2014
“An exclusive look at the Salt Lake Comic Con Cosplay Contest.”  Rae Gun Ramblings’ interview with Cosplay Director, Jennifer McGrew. Salt Lake Comic Con Blog.

8/21/2014
“Here are 9 expert cosplay tips to dress up Salt Lake Comic Con,” by Leah Hogsten – 
The Salt Lake Tribune. Interviews with Brooke Wilkins and Jennifer McGrew.

7/9/2014
ABC4 Appearance on Mid Day Utah CW30 ABC4. “Cosplay at Salt Lake Comic Con.” Guests Jennifer McGrew, Randall Lloyd, Aspen Field, Julie Field.

4/15/2014
McGrews on ABC4 ‘Good Things Utah.’ Jen McGrew and Dan Farr of Salt Lake Comic Con discuss the woldwide costume and cosplay phenomenon, encouraging everyone to join the fun. With cosplayers Aspen Field and Pia Graetz.

4/1/2014
Catalyst Magazine article “Pilgrims and Partiers” by Jennifer McGrew. Perspectives on ComicCon, cosplay, communitas & festivals, etc.  Catalyst Magazine print edition April 2014, Volume 33, Number 4, pp 12-13.

3/29/2014
Our film, Flight from Shadow wins four “Filmed in Utah” Awards.
“Best Set Photography” Abbie Warnock, “Best Score for a Short Film or Series” Nathaniel Drew, “Best Production Design” Hraefn Wulfson, “Best Art Direction” David Powell.

2/3/2014
Tor.com’s Learn About the Making of Wheel of Time Fan Film: “Flight From Shadow.”  

2/23/2014
Our behind the scenes documentary about our film, 
Flight From Shadow is up.  http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTU94-SDTAc&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZTU94-SDTAc

2/1/2014
Flight from Shadow
 nominated for eight “Filmed in Utah” awards today.
“Best Screenplay for a Short Film or Series” Blake Casselman
“Best Visual Effects” Robert Hirschi
“Best Photography” Abbie Warnock
“Best Score for a Short Film or Series” Nathaniel Drew
“Best Production Design” Hraefn Wulfson
“Best Art Direction” David Powell
“Best Costume Design” Jennifer McGrew
“Best Cinematography for a Short Film or Series” R. Jason Ball

1/28/2014
Salt Lake Magazine – “Local Business Spotlight: McGrew Studios”  by Linsy Hunsaker.

The world’s largest Wheel of Time enthusiasts’ site, Dragonmount.com, interviews the producers at Wheel of 9 about our making of Flight From Shadow.

Gnashing wins Best Short Film at the Salt Lake City Film Festival 2013. Hraefn Wulfson: Producer, Production Designer. Jennifer McGrew: Costume Design, Wardrobe.

9/25/2013
Utah Book Scene Interview posted 9/25/2013.
  Interviewer Susan Phelan asks Hraefn Wulfson and Jennifer McGrew about 
The Wheel of Time text and its adaptation into the fan film Flight from Shadow. Recorded at Life, the Universe and Everything literary symposium Feb 2013.

9/23/2 2013
Ktalk Radio, KTKK’s Cate Allen talks to principles from the Flight from Shadow team
: Jason Ball, Hraefn Wulfson, Nathaniel Drew, Dave Skousen, Blake Casselman and Jennifer McGrew, 

9/10/2013
Our
Wheel of Time-inspired fan film, Flight From Shadow wins Best Original Score (by composer Nathan Drew) at the 2013 Salt Lake Comic Con Film Festival.

9/6/2013
Salt Lake Magazine’s coverage of the Salt Lake Comic Con panel: Cosplay 101, Sep 6, 2013 (Jennifer McGrew, LeeAnna Vamp, Nicole Marie Jean and Tanglwyst de Holloway).

9/6/2013
Filmed in Utah interview with members of our 
Flight from Shadow team at Salt Lake Comic Con.

9/10/2013
AgentJ3000 interviews Space Ghost built by McGrews at the 2013 Salt Lake Comic Con.

8/29/2013
Salt Lake Tribune, “For Cosplayers, Dress-Up is Serious Business” by Matthew Piper who interviewed Jen for this article.

Krypton Radio’s interview with Hraefn Wulfson on The Event Horizon. Podcast download, Episode 4, April 2013.

Salt Lake Tribune, Flight from Shadow Exhibit Presented by Salt Lake City Public Library at Salt Lake City Public Library – Main 210 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City.

1/8/2013
“
Wheel of Time/Flight from Shadow – A peek behind the scenes” (with photos) by Brenda Robinson. The Examiner.

12/3/2012
KTALK Radio’s
 Cate Allen Interviews Jen McGrew and Hraefn Wulfson about Worlds of Fantasy and the state of filmmaking in Utah. 2012 12-03 Flight From Shadow McGrew Studios Jen McGrew & Hraefn Wulfson Fantasy Event Dec 15 SLC Library.mp3

10/4/2012
Appearance on Park City TV’s 
Mountain Views with host Terry Burden. We discussed the Salt Lake City Mini Maker Fair, the subject of ‘making’ in America plus showed off the metal crafsmanship of Nile Fahmy, famous tinker. With Darrah Rogers of the SLC Public Library and Jenn Blum, Mini Maker Fair founder. October 4, 2012.

2011
Paint the Town Red Competition, 3rd Place winnner:  We were awarded a gigantic check and trophies on the field during halftime at the U of U vs. UCLA game!

10/2/2011
ABC4 TV appearance with personnel from the US Marine Corps, Toys for Tots and our famous canine client, Gunny Monster. We talked abut the upcoming birthday of the US Marine Corps, the designs for the new Ft.Douglas museum memorial garden to honor women in the military, the Toys for Tots donation season getting underway, plus tailoring custom uniforms for Gunny Monster, spokesdog for Toys for Tots and our furriest client thus far.

7/14/11
KUTV2 CBS morning broadcast McGrews’ crew appears as “mad scientists” from various eras and genres to promote “July-o-Ween”.

5/19/2011
“Urban Legends: Local Artists Will Rock the First Annual Urban Arts Festival” by Daisy Blake. Interviews with Pierpont residents including Jen McGrew, Hraefn Wulfson,Tamara Fox, Derek Dyer and Brandan Coleman. In Utah This Week, print edition pp 19-20.

5/12/2011
City Weekly – Art Scene: “A New Fashioned Pierpont” by Austen Diamond. Interviews with Jen McGrew, Hraefn Wulfson, Sean Patrick McPeak and other Pierpont residents about the coming renaissance.   p. 23.

2/11/2011
KUTV2 CBS morning broadcast McGrews presents “Underwear Throughout the Ages” February 11, 1011 to celebrate Valentine’s Day and an unusual, educational gallery stroll.

2/10/2011
“Under Where?” : McGrews’ History of Underwear Exhibit/Event for Feb 18th Gallery Stroll, by Daisy Blake, In This Week, p. 15, Feb 10, 2011.2/10/2011

6/18/2011
Salt Lake Magazine
, “Faces: The Mayor of Pierpont.” Interview with Hraefn Wulfson by Jaime Winston.

10/14/2010
“
Scene in SLC: Jen McGrew.” Interview. In Utah This Week, Salt Lake City, Utah. Posted 10-13-2010 by Daisy Blake. Printed version p. 9, 14 October 2010.

9/23/2010
“
Gavin’s Underground talks to McGrew Studio.” Interview with Jen. Salt Lake City Weekly, Sept. 23, 2010. <http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/blog-4276-mcgrew-studio.html>

4/2/2009
Salt Lake 
City Weekly’s 20th Anniversary Issue and 2009 VIP event. McGrews wins “Best Custom Corsets” . City Weekly print edition p.130, April 2, 2009.

Nov/Dec 2007
“
Combat Tutus & the Art of the Corsetiere.” Article by Jen in Belle Armoire Magazine, Nov/Dec 2007, pp 56 – 59.

5/2003
“
Birth of a Mascot.” The Salt Lake Tribune.  Multimedia feature by Robert Hirschi about Randy Robotech, the new mascot that Jen McGrew built for Ogden-Weber Area Technical College, 2003.

7/2002
“
Kiss Me Zorro: The Decline and Fall of Utah Musical Theater.” Essay Jen originally composed for The Ogden Standard Examiner, then revised for The O’Neill National Critics Institute, now an institutional history/geneaology project combining oral histories and interviews, multimedia, narrative reflection on productions, archives, and discourse analysis of media sources and critical reviews.

“Phat Theater: We Get What We Need – Hand-Picked Food Chain,” Jen’s Commentary on Nicky Silver’s The Food Chain.” Northern Utah Junction. October 2002, pp. 11-12.

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