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Artist in Residence – Margaret Carsello

Artist in Residence – Margaret Carsello

“During my residency at NES in Iceland, I created a multi-disciplinary body of work inspired by the Icelandic landscape of Skagaströnd. Through video, drawing, and ceramics, I explored the temporal nature of the environment and the relationship between natural...
Musician in Residence – Gary DeMichele

Musician in Residence – Gary DeMichele

Gary DeMichele is a composer and arranger, songwriter and musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing piano, drums, vibraphone and guitar. He is also a vocalist and has performed on many of his film scores. He is composer and arranger of the best-selling...
Writer in Residence – August Smith

Writer in Residence – August Smith

August Smith is a poet, editor, musician, and amateur game designer from Austin, Texas. He has an MFA from University of Massachusetts Boston and 9 published chapbooks to his name, and his poems have most recently appeared in Iterant, Bullshit Lit, and Peach Mag....
Writer in Residence – Ada Cheng

Writer in Residence – Ada Cheng

An educator-turned artist, producer, speaker, and community builder, Ada Cheng has utilized storytelling to illustrate structural inequities, raise critical awareness, and build intimate communities. Ada Cheng has been a speaker for Illinois Humanities Road Scholars...
Writer in Residence – Haley Swanson

Writer in Residence – Haley Swanson

Haley Swanson is a writer and co-editor of Sex and the Single Woman: 24 Writers Reimagine Helen Gurley Brown’s Cult Classic (Harper Perennial, 2022). Her work has appeared in The Rumpus, Glamour, Electric Literature, Bustle, Creative Nonfiction, and elsewhere....