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Residency Blog

Warp’25 Weeks 6: The Work Continues

We were finally all seven residents in one place, with Holly gore (the scholar) joining us in nextfab. We had a group and one to one meetings to talk through our works-in-progress, the exhibition title, and everything in between. It was a good chance to take a step...

Warp’25 Weeks 4 & 5: Back to the Bench

I’m combining Weeks 4 and 5 into one post—these past two weeks have been full-on studio time, and I’ve been deep into developing my flipbook machine project Aside from one final outing to the Wharton Esherick Museum, we’ve mostly been back at the studio, fully...

Warp’25 Week 2: Scraps, Logs, and Studio Experiments

This week, the residency took a bit of a wild turn—literally. One of our main outings was a visit to the Fairmount Park Organic Recycling Center, where we went in search of interesting wood. While the center itself didn’t offer much, the real find came on the way...

Warp’25 – week 01

Hello World ! this is Week One of the 2025 Windgate Residency I’m excited to share what’s been happening during our first week at the Museum for Art in Wood as part of the 2025 Windgate Residency. This year’s residency brings together artists from five countries:....

Week 7 — WARP ’24

I asked residents what continues driving their creative momentum as this fully immersive, intense experience narrows in on its end.    

Weeks 5 and 6 — WARP ’24

Time continues to blur while hurdling residents closer and closer to the final gallery opening. So, I've combined Weeks 5 and 6 into one reflective video as residents begin to hone in on their exhibition projects.    

Week 4 — WARP ’24

Residents are back at NextFab creating after a DC trip to visit collectors' homes, tour the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery and to chat with Sarah Marriage of Workshop of Our Own in Baltimore. While these entries are more lyrical than descriptive, I do think they...

Week 3 — WARP ’24

This past week I asked the residents how they are measuring time while here so it's fitting this post comes days later than intended as I find myself lost in the discovery and depth that emerge within predictably rhythmic daily pattern. Residents continue to...

Week 2 — WARP ’24

Much of Week 2 was spent in NextFab as residents further explored the space, their materials, curiosities and ideas. I asked the residents this week to describe their creative processes as they settle into this new...