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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....
Artist in Residence – Hermen Grasman

Artist in Residence – Hermen Grasman

Hermen Grasman (1964) is a Dutch graphic designer and type designer educated at the Academy for Visual Arts in Groningen. Graduated in 1988. Since 1992 he has his own studio and works for various major clients. He made one of the Beste Verzorgde Boeken (Best Designed...
Artist in Residence – Philipp Valenta

Artist in Residence – Philipp Valenta

Philipp Valenta is a visual artist currently based in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. In his work he reflects upon definitions and the generation of values conceptually in different media, with emphasis on drawing, video, performance and installation. During his time at NES,...
Artist in Residence – Susannah Haight

Artist in Residence – Susannah Haight

Susannah Haight is a multidisciplinary based out of Montreal & Toronto whose research focuses on movement and performance. Interested in the concept of hybridity, Susannah’s work combines her performance art with different mediums such as digital art, film,...
Artist in Residence – Mark Rutkowski

Artist in Residence – Mark Rutkowski

I work in several locations, The French studio north of Paris, Ubud, Bali and Miami Beach. I’m known for several subjects: Oils of sea/cloudscapes of the subtropics, paintings of the Art Deco hotels of Miami Beach, oversized portraits and a body of Assemblages....