Laurence Arcadias' PhD research centers on enhancing astronomy outreach through animation. They investigate how animation can bring a different point of view to scientific problems and engage underrepresented Baltimore teenagers, broadening their access to astrophysics.
Read MoreStefanie Denz, MFA, BEd, RCT, is an artist, educator and art therapist living on an Island on the west coast of Canada. Her practice includes drawing, painting, installations and collaborative movement. Stefanie is interested in space, bringing three dimensionality to her surfaces, and the sensibilities of the exchange between the different areas.
Read MoreRachel Dagnall is a visual artist based in Norway working predominantly with sculpture, sonic scenography, performance and film. She holds a BA from Glasgow School of Art and Masters in Fine Art from Oslo Art Academy and a Masters in scenography from Norwegian Theatre Academy.
Read MoreDane Eissler is a Philadelphia-based artist, educator, and 2024 Independence Foundation Arts Fellow whose interdisciplinary practice, spanning performance, painting, and puppetry, uses childlike play, impulse, and imagination to explore identity through a queer theoretical lens. Dane teaches theatre courses at Rowan University and Temple Universities as an Adjunct Professor.
Read MoreBrittanie Jackson is a New York-based academic and creative who is intrigued by the developing self and the factors that contribute to the resulting outcomes. Her primary interest, rooted at the intersection of psychology and art, is the artist and the artist’s experience.
Read MoreMilos Zahradka Maiorana is an artist-philosopher who began his career as a sound and performance artist. Currently he works with screen printing and bookmaking investigating the threshold between art and writing.
Read MoreJisun Myung is a food performance artist and musician who leads community based projects with 2 cups of love and a sprinkle of humor. Her most recent work is the Miyeokguk (미역국, seaweed soup) Project - A performance of identities of Korean women diaspora and their reproduction stories (AZ commission on the arts R&D grant recipient 2022).
Read MoreSabiana Paoli is a researcher-artist whose work explores the intersection of art history and sensory experience. Her research investigates how sensory engagement can enrich traditional art historical methodologies, fostering a more holistic and embodied understanding of art.
Read MoreFerdinand / Holly Regan is a multidisciplinary writer and artist who explores the ways that we connect, transcend, and heal through altered states. As a queer and trans person, they focus on the experience of underrepresented communities through work for the page, stage, table, and screen.
Read MoreAmy Wilton is a Maine, USA based photographer and mixed media artist. She tells stories through her artwork.
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