by Vicki | Jan 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Connor Ryan is a writer, director, and photographer from Pennsylvania. His films have screened in festivals globally, including the Lisbon Film Awards, Indie Shorts Awards Cannes, Lighthouse International Film Festival, and others. He is drawn to earnest and poetic...
by Vicki | Dec 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ellen Avitts is spending November and December 2021 at NES. A professor of Art History specializing in architecture, Ellen is researching the material culture of houses in rural Iceland. Her research begins with questions: What messages do we communicate through our...
by Vicki | Dec 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
During her time at NES, Kellie Zhao has been experimenting with new mediums, adding the use of colorful markers, pens, and inks to her range of skills. Before, she would only use vibrant colors in the forgiving mediums of oil paint and Adobe Illustrator. In her last...
by Vicki | Dec 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Sanae Yamada is a visual artist who lives and works in Tokyo, Japan. By focusing on the relationships that exist between environments and in turn their inhabitants, Yamada examines the way in which the body and mind are positioned within their very surroundings....
by Vicki | Oct 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Yun Ye (Leafy Yeh) is a Los Angeles-based photographer and visual artist from China. She has been engaged with photographic projects exploring an authentic vision of the world through narrative and documentary of life and growth. “During my residency time, I...
by Vicki | Oct 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
During my time at NES residency, I have been trying to flesh out a personal understanding of the intertextuality of aesthetics in adornment. I’m interested in the influence of decoration on the purpose and perception of ordinary things. Having come with a limited set...
