Artists-in-Residence
Below, you'll find our current artist-in-residence. You can find our alumni artists-in-residence here.
Jack Schofield
Artist-in-Residence Spring 2026
Jack Schofield (b. London, U.K.) is an artist based in Los Angeles, CA. Primarily working with oil paint, Jack creates work around themes of intimacy and queer domesticity, representing both platonic and sexual intimacies simultaneously, as an ode to the “chosen family” structure of queer lives. Interested in creating work that feel like snapshots of an interior world with off guard subjects, Jack opens up paintings for the viewer to feel both a part of and estranged from, suggesting an intimacy the viewer isn’t directly a part of. He has completed residencies in California, and co-produces a yearly art and magazine release with other artists in L.A.
Markus Denil
Artist-in-Residence Spring 2026
Markus Denil (b. 1990, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) is a queer trans Jewish artist from the shores of the Atlantic Ocean in rural Nova Scotia, Canada where he grew up with few rules or limitations as the unruly middle child of two Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) University educated artists. He is a transdisciplinary maker and instigator, causing mischief wherever he goes. His intrusive thoughts of existential dread and persistent restlessness fuel his sense of urgency and productive output. Markus received a BFA in studio art with a minor in interdisciplinary studies in sexuality from Concordia University in Montreal, QC, and an MFA in studio art from Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY. Markus works for the Mudhouse Artist Residency in Agios Ioannis, Greece.
Carlos Sánchez-Tatá
Artist-in-Residence Spring 2026
Carlos Sánchez-Tatá (b. 2001) is a painter from Caracas, Venezuela, currently based in Brooklyn, New York. In 2020, he began attending Columbia University, where he earned a B.A. in Visual Art and Art History. His work has been exhibited in New York City and Miami, and in 2024, he received the Louis Sudler Prize in the Visual Arts.
His vibrant, surrealist portraits explore themes of queerness, passion, and Catholicism. Drawing inspiration from Florida’s natural landscapes and intricate decorative elements, he infuses his work with rich symbolism and striking visual impact. Through bold colors and dynamic compositions, he captures the transformative experiences of his subjects, immersing them in dreamlike, emotionally charged worlds.
Ranger Liu
Artist-in-Residence Spring 2026
Ranger Liu (they/them) is an artist and astrophysicist interested in using abstract theoretical structures as a tool for communicating subjective lived experience. They aim to bridge the gap between "subjective" and "objective" knowledge by cross-applying their truth-making methodologies. Their work uses scientific frameworks, including (but not limited to) math, astronomy, physics, and linguistics, to develop physical processes for sonic, visual, and sculptural composition and performance.
Ranger's work has been shown at CURRENTS New Media Festival, the Joint Mathematics Meeting Art Exhibition, Parsons School of Design, Wonderville NYC, and AbSciCon. Their work has been published by New Interfaces for Musical Expression, ACM Symposium for Computational Fabrication, and Bridges Math Art. They have been invited to speak at CURRENTS New Media Festival, Berklee College of Music, Rhode Island School of Design, and the University of Washington. They will be an artist-in-residence at I-Park Foundation in 2025 and at Peter Bullough Foundation in 2026.
Ranger was born in Manhattan and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. They hold an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design and BA degrees in Astrophysics and Computer Science from Columbia University. They are currently an Astronomy PhD student at the University of Washington studying technosignatures as part of SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
Theresa-Xuan Bui
Artist-in-Residence Spring 2026
Theresa-Xuan Bui (b. 1998) is an interdisciplinary poet questioning the complexities of identity, ownership, inclusion, and exclusion within the politics of America as a means to critically imagine the future. At the center of their practice is queerness– a belief that singular narratives are insufficient when every individual holds multitudes. Their work is an act of resistance, a celebration of complexity, and a testament to the power of speaking one’s truth, especially when the narrative is challenging and uncertain. They’re a child of the Bui household, a legacy of Vietnamese refugees and vanguard Asian-Americans. Born and raised in Bronx, NY, Theresa moved to Houston, TX, before pursuing a BFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MIC/A).
Dare Williams
Artist-in-Residence Spring 2026
Dare Williams is a Queer HIV-positive poet, facilitator and literary worker rooted in Southern California. He has received support/fellowships for his work from Brooklyn Poets, Breadloaf, Tin House, and Vermont Studio Center. He has been awarded a California Arts Council Performance Grant, and a Peter Taylor Teaching Fellowship from The Kenyon Writers Workshop. His work has been featured in Kenyon Review, Foglifter, Poetry Northwest, and elsewhere. He is an associate poetry editor at Hooligan Magazine and received his MFA from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.
Emery Tillman
Artist-in-Residence Spring 2026
Emery Kate Tillman is a multimedia object maker and writer whose work explores the intimate terrain between identity, care, and community. A native of New Orleans, Tillman’s practice is deeply influenced by the city’s lush chaos, queer nightlife, and the fantastical excess of carnival culture. Their work embraces the aesthetics of celebration as a strategy for survival and resistance. They have a Bachelor degree from College of Charleston as well as a Masters in Fine Arts from Louisiana State University. They have shown at the contemporary Arts Center, and Ogden Museum in New Orleans as well as throughout the country. They have participated in numerous residencies at places such as Stove Works, and Penland School of Craft. As a trans, queer, and disabled artist, Tillman’s work centers the nuanced intersections of care and labor—especially who is expected to provide care, who receives it, and what systemic forces shape access to it.
Teresa Nicolella
Artist-in-Residence Spring 2026
Teresa Nicolella is a painter and experimental animator from Seattle, Washington, now based in Baltimore, Maryland. Her work explores surreal world-building that investigates ideas of queer domesticity and cartoon performance. In 2022 she graduated summa cum laude from the Maryland Institute College of Art with her BFA in Painting and minor in Animation. She currently teaches at the Maryland Institute College of Art through the Open Studies Department. She has received awards such as the Winston Art scholarship and was an AXA Art Prize finalist. She has shown her work at the New York Academy of Art and the Parkway Theater in Baltimore, Maryland.
Edson Jean
Artist-in-Residence Spring 2026
Edson Jean is a Haitian-American filmmaker whose work explores immigration, displacement, and the layered complexities of the first-generation experience. His debut feature, Ludi, premiered at SXSW in 2021 and established his voice as a director committed to underrepresented stories. His second feature, Know Me, a psychological drama inspired by the 2012 “Miami Zombie” case, premiered at Slamdance in 2025 and was supported by the Gotham Labs and the Film Independent Producers Lab.
Jean received Streamy and MIPCOM nominations for directing Grown (Complex Networks), contributed to Issa Rae’s Rap Sh!t on HBO Max, and created The Adventures of Edson Jean for HBO. A 2024 Third Horizon Forward Fellow, he has also been recognized by residencies including Anderson Ranch, and Oolite Arts.
Tamara J. Madison
Artist-in-Residence Spring 2026
Tamara J. Madison is a poet, performer, writer, and editor. Her work is published in various literary journals including World Literature Today, Poetry International, Callaloo, Killens Review, Amistad, and Obsidian. Her poetry collection, Threed, This Road Not Damascus, is published by Trio House Press and was short-listed for the 2015 Willow Books Literature Award. Threed… has been reviewed in Poetry International, Cider Press Review, Empty Mirror Review, and Cordella Magazine. Her poetry has been nominated for Pushcart Prizes (2012, 2022) and Best of the Net (2019).
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Tamara is the creator and host of BREAKDOWN: The Poet & The Poems, a conversation series on YouTube to spread awareness of poets and their poetry as inspiration and motivation for everyday life. She has also shared her poetry on the TEDx platform.
Tamara has performed for stage, television, and studio and facilitates creative writing workshops. She is a MFA graduate of New England College and a Hedgebrook, Anaphora Arts, Kimmel Harding Nelson, and Ucross Fellow. She teaches as a professor of English and Creative Writing and has received awards from United Arts of Central Florida and South Arts. She is currently completing a new full-length poetry collection based on her ancestry.
Paula Mans
Artist-in-Residence Spring 2026
Paula Mans is a mixed media artist and art educator based in Washington, DC. Mans spent her formative years living in Tanzania, Mozambique, Eswatini, and Brazil. Her experiences throughout Africa and its diaspora shaped her identity and informed the development of her artistic voice. Mans is a recipient of the Sustainable Arts Foundation grant, the Fulbright Research Fellowship, the Arts and Humanities Fellowship for the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and the Vermont Studio Center Visual Art Fellowship. Her work has recently been acquired by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank collection.