Wassaic Project
The Wassaic Project is a non-profit artist-run arts, community and art education space in Wassaic, New York founded in 2008 that hosts festivals, community events and year-round artist residencies. Currently it consists of a year-round competitive residency program and summer arts programming which culminate in a large, free summer festival (usually in August)- Wikipedia.
“We’re of and for Wassaic, not just in it. Our artists-in-residence live right in town. We work out of refurbished historic buildings. And our festivals and exhibitions are free and open to the public. Wassaic is our home, and that informs everything we do.” (Wassaic Project)
Eric Millikin
Eric Millikin is a conceptual activist new media artist based in Detroit, Michigan, and Richmond, Virginia. Millikin comes from a working-class family, growing up in a mobile home in rural Michigan, the son of a laid-off auto worker and a Denny’s waitress. The activist themes of his work often seek to change the types of prejudices and exploitation he has seen in the industrial Midwest. Millikin is a first-generation college student who attended Michigan State University with multiple academic scholarships, including a National Merit Scholarship, and he is a recent MFA graduate from Virginia Commonwealth University's prestigious Kinetic Imaging program. Coming out of an isolated rural area, Millikin's strategy is now to reach as wide an audience as possible in order to affect maximum social change. He has recently exhibited in 20 venues within a year’s time, and his work has been exhibited in museums and galleries from Detroit, Denver, and Dubai to San Francisco, Scotland, and South Korea. His artwork has been featured in WIRED, USA TODAY, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, and The New York Times Sunday Arts section.
Frances Denny
Frances F. Denny (b. 1984) is an artist and photographer whose work investigates female identities.
Justin Kimball
“Justin Kimball was born in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1961. He earned a B.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design, and an M.F.A in Photography from the Yale University School of Art. The recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, an Aaron Siskind Individual Photographers Fellowship, a Kittredge Educational Grant from Harvard University and the Project Development Grant from Center in Santa Fe NM, he is the author of the monographs Where We Find Ourselves, Center for American Places, Pieces of String and Elegy Radius Books.
Brenda Garand
I was introduced to Brenda and her sister Betsey Garand (see below) in the “Creative Arts Mini-Dorm” at the University of New Hampshire while we were students there. A friend told me that I had to meet these amazing artists. Their drawings were impressive and I asked them how they learned to draw so well. “We just started doodling and never stopped” was their reply.
Brett Henrickson
Brett Henrikson is an artist and professional who lives and works in New York, he received his MFA in 2019 from the School of Visual Arts, and holds a BFA in 2011 from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has served a number of positions in the arts, from teacher to non-profit president.
Rob MacInnis
Rob’s “Dog & Pony Show” and other projects are well worth checking out.
Amanda Bouknight
Raised in Washington,D.C. Amanda Bouknight has bounced around from D.C. to California, New York, Connecticut, Florida and now Charleston, SC where the rest of her family reside. She is a published Graphic Designer and Photographer (Spring Valley Life Magazine, & Charleston Magazine). Ever since she was a child she has had a passion for taking photos. Being able to travel has only enhanced that passion for her. Amanda is a natural light photographer and specializes in lifestyle, product and portrait photography. Some of her clients include TTR Sotheby's International, as well as Compass Real Estate.
Amanda is based on Johns Island, and offers lifestyle, product, and portrait photography sessions throughout the Charleston area.
Whitney Hubbs
Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA > feminism and punk rock life mostly taking place in Portland, OR > BFA from CCA > work in San Francisco > MFA from UCLA > work in L.A. > solo shows at M+B in LA > group shows in NYC > book with Hesse Press > group show at the Getty Museum > Assistant Professor at Alfred University in western NY > turned 40 > upcoming show at Situations Gallery in NYC > learning to play the guitar.
Pyasa Neko Siff
Pyasa is a certified 5-MeO-DMT facilitator by the 5-MeO-DMT Information and Vital Education Center in Mexico.
Retired from a full-time career as a mentor and somatic she has dedicated herself exclusively to her path as a 5-MeO-DMT facilitator. She is excited to share with you her passion for this magical molecule which completely changed her life when she first encountered it more than 30 years ago.
She was introduced to the world of healing and psychedelics in the early 90’s and attributes her mental well-being and joy for life to the therapeutic power of psychedelic medicines and the wise, loving guides who supported her on her path. Her journey of recovery from complex PTSD and depression, (a result of early childhood traumas), cultivated within her a profound compassion and empathy for others facing similar challenges; her experiences sparked her desire to support others in their healing process and motivated her pursuit of education in the field of trauma, and somatic healing.
Five Points Center for the Arts
Five Points grew out of the Torrington Arts and Culture Commission’s 2012 initiative, Art Space Torrington, a temporary 840 square foot summer storefront gallery located in the heart of Torrington’s historic downtown district. The success of the summer initiative led to the founding of Five Points Gallery, a permanent non-profit 501(c)(3) visual arts organization dedicated to the belief that contemporary art is a vital component of human understanding.