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Writer in Residence – Kelley McKenna

Writer in Residence – Kelley McKenna

I had a clear intention for my time at NES—and was surprised by the opposite direction my work took this summer. New synapsis in my brain seemed to happen. New forms of expression. I am a PhD researcher and writer @Aberystwyth University in Wales, and former Fulbright...
Artist in Residence – Maria Verde-Muniesa

Artist in Residence – Maria Verde-Muniesa

I have spent several years drawing realistic portraits and nature landscapes. A˛n initial stage of watercolors of buildings and historic cities, was followed by depictions of dancers. As always fascinated by the sea and the underwater animals, I painted the waves, the...
Writer in Residence – Donald Niedekker

Writer in Residence – Donald Niedekker

I’m a dutch novelist and poet. The novel I published in 2014, As a tiger, as a snake, is told by a poem. In Skagaströnd I worked on a novel about a dutch sailor who’s buried in the Arctic in the 16th century and who’s now, while the permafrost is melting, waking up. ...
Artist in Residence – Yiannos Economou

Artist in Residence – Yiannos Economou

Iceland for me is one of the least contaminated, by humans, locations in Europe, maybe the world. Facing the North Pole, with its melting glaciers and volcanic landscapes, its wildlife and extreme weather, and its sublime rather than beautiful aurora, it serves as a...
Musician in Residence – Galina Dimova-Georgieva

Musician in Residence – Galina Dimova-Georgieva

“All my life, I have been fascinated with the connection between sight, sound, visual arts, and music. I regularly collaborate with video artist Yiannos Economou and other visual artists as a performer, composer, and improviser. The focus in my work is on the...