Sylvia Arthur
Sylvia Arthur is a British-Ghanaian narrative nonfiction writer whose work explores identity, diaspora, politics, and place. She lives in Accra where she has turned her vast collection of books into Ghana’s only lending library, Libreria Ghana. Her writing has been published in The Guardian, the BBC, and The British Journalism Review and her essay, “Britain’s […]
Jennifer Drinkwater
A Mississippi native, Jennifer Drinkwater is an assistant professor with a joint appointment between the department of art and visual culture and Iowa State University extension and outreach. She has a B.A. in both studio art and anthropology from Tulane University and earned an M.F.A in painting from East Carolina University. Her paintings have been […]
Xavier de Luca
Xavier de Luca (Barcelona, 1980) has focused his education in the field of contemporary art, photography and cultural management. Currently, he is the Chief Curator at Fundació Suñol and Founder and Coordinator at Jiser Reflexions Mediterrànies. His interest in artistic creation in the Mediterranean region began after a stay in Tunisia in 2004, where he […]
Pau Catà Marlès
To explore the ambiguous relationships between knowledge and love is the process in which Pau Catà blends his artistic, curatorial and research practices. Scaling them down into everydayness, he intertwines an interest in epistemology with an inclination towards amateurship. Due to a tendency to hypermobility and to play devil’s advocate, he often falls in dislocation, […]
Stacy Switzer
Stacy Switzer is curator and executive director of Fathomers. From 2004 to 2015, Switzer was artistic director of Grand Arts, where she curated and produced more than two dozen projects by artists including Glenn Kaino, Sissel Tolaas, Stanya Kahn, Pablo Helguera, Mariah Robertson and Sanford Biggers. She has been a visiting lecturer, critic and consultant […]
Jason Ackman
Jason Ackman is a sculptor, residency director and art instructor residing in rural Frederick, IL with his wife and two daughters Central to his studio practice is his interest in the potential symbolic meaning found in ordinary, outdated and utilitarian objects. Using reclaimed lumber and reclaimed clay as sculptural media he explores alternative or re-imagined […]
Martin Jago
Martin Jago is the Artistic Director of Raze the Space, an international theatre ensemble based in Los Angeles. The ensemble produces global theatre for global audiences with stories that explore the human condition through the use language, music, dance and mask. An authority on Shakespeare and classical text, he is the author of several books […]
Martin Jago
Martin Jago is the Artistic Director of Raze the Space, an international theatre ensemble based in Los Angeles. The ensemble produces global theatre for global audiences with stories that explore the human condition through the use language, music, dance and mask. An authority on Shakespeare and classical text, he is the author of several books […]
Shontina Vernon
Shontina Vernon is a theatre artist/filmmaker/ musician/creative facilitator/ and educator. Her work champions the necessity of arts and culture to catalyze social change. As such, it has been recognized nationally and internationally for both its artistic merit and risk taking. Drawing from her belief that “If you can’t tell your own story honestly, then you […]
Shontina Vernon
Shontina Vernon is a theatre artist/filmmaker/ musician/creative facilitator/ and educator. Her work champions the necessity of arts and culture to catalyze social change. As such, it has been recognized nationally and internationally for both its artistic merit and risk taking. Drawing from her belief that “If you can’t tell your own story honestly, then you […]