
Curtiss Martin
Waynesville, North Carolina
March 15, 2009 – November 17, 2009 as a resident
Curtiss was the Urban Green Coordinator in 2009. He is in charge of Elsewhere’s Urban Green program, as well as Elsewhere’s Back Alley Garden. Aside from encouraging more efficient uses of natural and material resources at Elsewhere, Curtiss also coordinates collaborative relationships with community gardens, local farmers,...

Erika Villarreal
Lafayette, Indiana
May 28, 2009 – June 16, 2009 as a resident
blog | erika villarreal dot vox dot com
Erika works across media, including: sculpture, printmaking, painting, drawing, and installation. She’s currently working on her MFA at Purdue in Lafayette, Indiana.

Valerie Powell
May 15, 2009 – June 16, 2009 as a resident
website | valerie powell dot com
Valerie makes installations with shrinky-dinks, as well as paintings, crafts, and multiples.
Valerie Powell‘s Friends

Jeanne Stern
Austin, Texas
May 14, 2009 – June 16, 2009 as a resident
website | jeanne stern dot com
blog | jeanne stern dot vox dot com
Jeanne Stern creates surreal microcosms using animation, clockwork, puppet films and dioramas. Her work has shown
at festivals, television, and galleries including the Smithsonian, PBS, SXSW, the Orlando Museum of Art, Texas State
Art Gallery, Heather Henson’s Handmade Puppet...

Dakota Gearhart
Safety Harbor, Florida
May 7, 2009 – June 23, 2009 as a resident
website | dakotagearhart dot com
Dakota Gearhart is a photographer, installation artist, and tactile bookmaker who also works with sound and performance from Safety Harbor, Florida.

Kathleen Keys
Boise, Idaho
March 24, 2009 – April 9, 2009 as a resident
blog | kathleen keys dot vox dot com

Marc Israel
Northampton, Maine
April 2, 2009 – April 8, 2009 as a resident
video
video | vimeo dot com slash marc israel
Filmmaker Marc Israel from Northampton, Massachusetts writes- “ a brief statement regarding myself: Somewhere along the line somebody took off my head and stuck it on a ballerina. I feel incredibly disproportional as a result, and make films to balance out...

Steve Beatty
Portland, Oregon
April 2, 2009 – April 28, 2009 as a resident
installation, photography, public interventions,sculpture
blog | steven beatty dot vox dot com
Steven Beatty was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in 1966. He is an interdisciplinary artist and teacher living and working in Portland, Oregon. His work addresses environmental and social issues, and includes mixed media, sculpture, installation, public intervention, painting,...

Laurel Kurtz
Portland, Oregon
April 2, 2009 – April 28, 2009 as a resident
installation, public interventions, sculpture, social practice
blog | laurel kurtz dot vox dot com
Laurel Kurtz is in her second year at Portland State University’s (PSU) Art and Social Practice program. Kurtz earned a BA from PSU in Fine Art/Sculpture. Kurtz often works collaboratively and some of her past...

Adam Brody
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 2, 2009 – May 5, 2009 as a resident
performance, video, writing
myspace | the great swamp
Adam Chad Brody is a music & performance maker. He is the band leader of The Great Swamp, a theatrical rock group based in Philadelphia, PA. He is also a member Cha-cha’razzi, a South Philly art/studio space that hosts events and such. He...