Alumni Artists-in-Residence

Donté K. Hayes (he/him) is a research-based artist residing and working in Cliffwood, NJ. Donté utilizes ceramics to inform and document the past and present to initiate healing and understanding for the future. He graduated summa cum laude from Kennesaw State University in Georgia with a BFA in Ceramics and Printmaking and an Art History minor. Donté received his MA and MFA with honors from the University of Iowa. He has work included in the permanent collections of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Minnesota Museum of American Art, and the Newark Museum of Art, among others.
www.DonteKHayes.com

Tim Lytvinenko (he/him) is an artist and photographer living in Raleigh, NC. A graduate from North Carolina State University, Tim has exhibited pieces in the Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh, 21c Museum, BRAHM Museum, as well as large-scale public art pieces. He experiments extensively with large-scale print processes, starting in digital photography. Using photographs from his life, the artist creates work depicting memory, transience, and grief. Instead of printing full or whole photos, Tim uses a photo transfer process inspired by Japanese Kintsugi, which honors brokenness and change. By breaking the image into 8x8” squares and creating a rebuilt ‘whole’ work on the final surface, the artist transforms photographs into something new with its own memory and imperfections articulating the parallel human experience.
www.NewTim.com

Thomas McIntyre (he/him) was born and raised in Virginia and now resides in Chicago, IL. In 2023, Thomas received a BFA with a concentration in architecture and sculpture from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His practice is rooted in design and informed by craft techniques. These methodologies lead him into visceral material explorations, often culminating in ironic personified furniture objects. Thomas works between ceramic, metal, wood, and prefabricated industrial materials. There is particular attention paid to craftsmanship and function, as well as an interest in exaggerating utility to a place of absurdity.
www.TMcIntyre22.myportfolio.com/work

Elyse-Krista Mische (she/her) is an artist, funeral professional, and Creative Thanatologist residing in Appleton, WI. Through multidisciplinary creative practices, Thanatological research, and interactions with people and place, Elyse-Krista gains insight into personal and collective existential issues. She holds a BA in Studio Art from Lawrence University, an MS in Thanatology from Marian University, a Dementia Specialist Designation from UW-Oshkosh, is a certified TimeSlips facilitator, and Chairperson of the Appleton Public Arts Committee. In partnership with the Trout Museum of Art, Elyse-Krista founded Fare-Well: Art and Death Café, a creative death education and resourcing program she facilitates on behalf of her community.
www.LifePropaganda.com

Emily McBride (she/her) is an artist, craftsperson, and designer residing in Minneapolis, MN. Her luminous glass forms use repetitive and meditative processes that navigate a simple complexity. Emily earned her MFA in Craft/Material Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2016 and her BFA in Glass from Tyler School of Art at Temple University in 2009. In 2022, Emily was named one of ten artists in the nation for the Emerging Artist Cohort with the American Craft Council. Also in 2022, she was a Visiting Artist at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA and a Craftsperson-in-Residence at Pilchuck Glass School.
www.EmilyMcBride.com

Sarah Stellman (she/her) lives and works in Austin, TX. She earned her BFA in Studio Art with a Minor in Art History from The University of Texas at Austin in the fall of 2020. Sarah’s paintings explore sentimentality, remembered images, and special things. The subjective distortion of recollected images influences the way she renders and collages objects and spaces together. She creates what she thinks of as mental landscapes where a narrative can unfold. Sarah’s work has been included in solo and group exhibitions around the country, including a recent solo exhibition titled “Things aren’t how they used to be and they never were” at R&D Gallery in Madison, WI.
www.SarahStellman.com

Morgan Thomas Shankweiler (she/her) is a painter and mixed-media artist based in Philadelphia, PA and Jefferson, ME. Morgan approaches her research through a trained sociological lens, utilizing both ethnographic and quantitative analysis, and straddles the line between realistically rendered metaphor and abstract data visualization in an attempt to unravel the Gordian knot that is society. Visually-striking and intricate, the work articulates how humans connect and relate at the intersections of social contact and time through drawing, painting, potential systems, and interactive sculptural games. Morgan has been awarded residencies at SVA, Penland School of Craft, Da Vinci Art Alliance, ChaShama(ChaNorth), and Ellis-Beauregard Foundation. Her award-winning work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across the country. Her time at the Peninsula School of Art is supported through a generous grant from the Joseph Robert Foundation. www.MorganThomasShankweiler.com

Nicole Shaver (she/her) grew up along Lake Michigan, where she skipped rocks and watched fishermen gut salmon as a child. Largely inspired by ideas of place and belonging, she researches geographical sites and employs them as metaphorical compasses to navigate the space between reality and fantasy, the banal and the sublime. Nicole received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her MFA from the University of Iowa. She has attended artist residencies in Colorado, Iceland, North Carolina, Ohio, Portugal, Vancouver, and Wisconsin, while exhibiting widely throughout the United States and Scandinavia. Her work has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered and published in New American Paintings and Studio Visit Magazine. Nicole is committed to growth of the artistic community in Wisconsin, working as Director at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB. She maintains a painting studio in Saukville, WI, shoots 35mm film, runs, swims, and throws rocks when permitted.
www.NicoleJShaver.com

Jonah Gebka (he/him) is a painter based in Munich, Germany. Drawing on everyday observations as well as found imagery, his paintings are concerned with the sense of isolation and performativity that permeates intimate spaces and routines of Western societies. Jonah has received several local and national grants in his home country of Germany, most recently a travel-grant to the US by the State of Bavaria. His works are part of the Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany and have been exhibited at various institutions and galleries in Germany and abroad, including Strobe, New York; Graphische Sammlung in der Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; and Boutwell Schabrowsky, Munich.
www.JonahGebka.com

Photo Credit: Lara Fanika Kinnman

Cristen Shea (she/they) is an artist, educator, curator, and surfer from Indiana who works in sculpture and computer simulation to create uncanny interludes between the real and the virtual. Cristen studied at the School of the Art Institute Chicago and Rhode Island School of Design before receiving an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University in 2022. Their thesis work emerged from the synthesis of a year’s worth of research conducted around Gary, Indiana while surfing on Lake Michigan during the 2020 shutdown. Cristen is based in New York and Rhode Island, and has recently launched the inaugural exhibition of Tiffany Street, a curatorial project out of their home in Providence. www.CristenShea.com

Ellie Anderson (she/they) is a mixed media artist based in Lansing, MI. Her art dwells at the intersections of observations of the natural world, re-imagining societal systems, sustainability, and eco-feminism. In the process of making, she reflects on stillness, gesture, and the act of mending. Ellie sees her work as a site where a patched collection of interconnected moments can coexist. Her work was most recently exhibited at the Muskegon Museum of Art (MI) and the Maryland Federation of Art. Ellie currently works at the Michigan State University Broad Art Museum as an Education Programs Fellow. www.EllieDaleArt.com

Working mainly with paint and various collage elements, Sara Willadsen’s (she/her) work explores concepts of abstract spaces and objects guided by her surroundings. Sara earned her BA in Studio Art and Graphic Arts from Lakeland University and MFA in Painting from Northern Illinois University. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings and she shows frequently in regional and national exhibitions. Sara currently works as a visual artist and graphic designer in Sheboygan, WI. www.SaraWilladsen.com

Maeve Jackson (she/her) is a Milwaukee based artist with a nomadic sensibility. As she travels her making-space shifts based on where she resides. Maeve is resistant to being limited to any single medium though she prefers working with the platforms of video, photography, and site-specific installations. Her work has been shown in numerous group exhibitions in Milwaukee, as well as Brooklyn, NY; Greensboro College, NC; Chicago, IL; Barcelona, Spain; and southern Austria. She has been featured in exhibitions at John Michael Kohler Art Center (Sheboygan, WI); and at (the once) Dean Jensen Gallery, VAR Gallery, and Saint Kate - The Arts Hotel; with solo exhibitions at The Alice Wilds and Lawrence University’s Wriston Art Galleries. Maeve has attended artist-in-residence programs at Hotel Pupik in southern Austria (2016 and 2019) and Cow House Studios Open Residency Program in Wexford, Ireland (2019). Her film, “the beautiful”, screened across the United States after its 2017 premiere. Maeve is currently working on her next film, a non-traditional documentary about her family’s farmland. www.MaeveJackson.com

Natalie Woodlock (she/her) is a printmaker and artist currently based in Philadelphia. She explores queer temporality and subculture in her work, creating heraldic and commemorative silkscreened portraits of queer friends on satin banners. Her work has been exhibited most recently at SPACE (Portland, ME) and The Front (New Orleans, LA). In 2021 Natalie was the Print Fellow at The Wassaic Project. She has been awarded residencies at The Ellis Beauregard Foundation (Rockland, ME, 2021), Women’s Studio Workshop (Rosendale, NY, 2022), and Stoveworks (Chattanooga, TN, 2023). Natalie has been involved in running many community printshops and collectives, in both the US and Australia. www.cargocollective.com/NatalieWoodlock

Zeja Z Copes (she/her) is a painter and fiction writer. Her work explores the intersection between horror and everyday boredom. She is interested in bookmaking, traditional illustration, and the many ways to tell a scary story. Zeja earned her BFA in Art and Creative Writing from Carnegie Mellon University. She recently exhibited her work at the Pittsburgh Zine Fair, and the Peninulsa School of Art is her first residency. Zeja lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA.

Diana Noh (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist currently living and working in Chicago, IL. Her practice celebrates reconstruction of distressed photographs of architectural spaces and nature, exploring themes of trauma embedded in her family relationships and cultural in-betweeness. Diana has exhibited work in Asia and North America, including Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, MI; VisArt in Rockville, MD; and Ara Art Center in Seoul, South Korea. Her work is included in the collections of Jennifer and Dan Gilbert, Kyungil University, and numerous private collections. Diana holds a BFA from Kyungil University in South Korea and MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. www.diananoh.com

As an interdisciplinary artist, Heather Nuber’s (she/her) work focuses on the dynamics of personal relationships and social interactions through the exploration of form and material. Heather earned her BFA in Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and MFA from Indiana University. In addition, she has studied at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School of Crafts, Peters Valley School of Craft, and Touchstone Center for Craft, and participated in several residencies. An avid instructor, Heather teaches workshops in multiple disciplines across the country. www.heathersnuber.com

Working mainly with paint and various collage elements, Sara Willadsen’s (she/her) work explores concepts of abstract spaces and objects guided by her surroundings. Sara earned her BA in Studio Art and Graphic Arts from Lakeland University and MFA in Painting from Northern Illinois University. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings and she shows frequently in regional and national exhibitions. Sara currently works as a visual artist and graphic designer in Sheboygan, WI. www.sarawilladsen.com