Eric Abaka, also known by his stage name Martin Peeves, is an artist & educator of Ghanaian heritage who lives and works between Accra, Ghana and Philadelphia, U.S.A. Eric has a BA in Arts Management and an MFA in Studio Arts ,respectively from Luther College and the University of the Arts.
Read MoreBritta Fluevog is a third-generation-matriarchal artist; her grandmother was a printmaker, her mother is a mixed media artist, as well as her father, who is a shoe designer. Born in Vancouver, Canada, Estonian-Canadian Artist Britta Fluevog is currently living in Jülich, Germany. Fluevog’s art practice primarily uses weaving and ceramics to create sculpture, and performance pieces. Fluevog completed her Master’s of Fine Art from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2015. Her thesis work looked at combining a material-based practice of textiles into the realm of social justice. In 2007, she received her Interdisciplinary Bachelor of Fine Art from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University. Upon graduating from her bachelors, Fluevog established a small ceramic co-op in a rural Ghanian village.
Read MoreHe Jin Jang is a multicity-based choreographer, researcher, dramaturg, curator and essayist, born and raised in Seoul, Korea. Jang has created, researched and written on the idea of & ‘choreography’; and & ‘living(surviving)’. Her choreographic works were presented at Seoul International Dance Festival (Korea), MODAFE International Dance Festival (Korea), Laboratorio Condensación (Mexico), National Museum of Contemporary Arts (Romania), WUK (Austria), American Dance Festival (US), New York Live Arts (US), The Kitchen (US), and Movement Research (US) among others. Jang’s projects were supported by Korea Arts Management Service Korea, The Saison Foundation Japan, Arts Council Korea Korea, and Seoul Foundation for the Arts and Culture. She was also invited as Knowing Dance More Artist (US, 17), Fresh Tracks Artist @ New York Live Arts (US, ‘14-15), Moving Dialogue Exchange Artist (Romania, ’11), DanceWeb Fellow (Austria, ‘11), and Artist-In-Residence @ Movement Research (US, ‘09-11).
Read MoreCarlos Llerena Aguirre represented Peru and USA with his woodcuts in the Norsk Internasjonal Grafikk Biennale, Norway. The Jubilam X Internationale Grafik Triennale, Norway and The Xylon Graphische International Triennale, Switzerland. The South Pacific Printmking Biennalel Hulu, Hawai. 5th Biennal of Printmaking, ICPNA. Lima, Peru and the International Bienal of Douro, Portugal. Biennal Arequipa, Peru, Boston Printmaking Biennal. USA
Read MoreGreg Lock grew up on a farm in the Fens of East Anglia. He studied visual art in Cambridge and Bretton Hall College, in West Yorkshire, before completing his MFA in Sculpture at Parsons School of Design, New York City, 1995. Greg continued making sculpture in both America and England before embarking on an innovative MA in Creative Technology at the University of Salford, 1999. He worked at the Centre for Virtual Environments in Manchester, UK before returning to the USA to work as an interdisciplinary professor of sculpture and new media at SUNY Purchase College for ten years. In 2011 Greg became the Director of the photography, film and related media program at The Hotchkiss School, in northwest CT, where he works today.
Read MoreNkechi Deanna Njaka (she/her) is a neuroscientist, choreography artist, leading mindfulness expert and meditation guide. She is the founder of The Compass, NDN lifestyle studio and co-founder of the sleep app DreamWell. She was a 2017 YBCA Truth Fellow and a 2021 Kennedy Center Artist in Residence. She is currently Esalen Faculty, an Advisor of Chorus Meditation, and a lululemon ambassador for her work in mindfulness.
Read MorePhei Phei Oon is a Canada-based Registered Psychotherapist with more than 15 years of clinical experience. She was trained as a Clinical Psychologist and Drama Therapist and has worked at vastly diverse settings including hospitals, academia, non-profit community centers, the corporate world, and recently a reception center for Ukrainian refugees. She specializes in Selective Mutism, grief, and trauma. Phei Phei is invigorated by play, beautiful images, dance, and drama in her own personal life and often seeks to integrate elements of these four disciplines in her clinical practice. Phei Phei draws from her studies and experience in group work, games facilitation, conscious dance, bodywork, creative arts therapies, and dramatic play in facilitating individual and group sessions.
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