Anders will share an array of tactics and writing exercises to help “get the juices flowing” and teach a recurring creative writing workshop utilizing the news as a source of inspiration.

Linda Rey is an early stage writer. She will be sharing an excerpted reading of the memoir she will be completing
while in Residence at Bethany Arts community.

Takahashi and Marting are developing “The Story Box”, which uses a traditional Japanese storytelling to compare the lives a Japanese American today to girl living in a 1943 internment camp.

Anne will be working on an essay for “Perhaps in Lhasa” which  explores the influence of disability on the life and work of the great Italian political theorist Antonio Gramsci.

Drawing from local landscape, architecture and personal stories Vu will collaborate with the public in creating a miniature city made out of paper and light sculpture where viewers walk through.

Julia will be using her own compact, self-built darkroom to print photographs on quality fiber-based paper, glass plates, wood slices, and cyanotype paper.

Faye Chiao is working on a chamber musical called “Fountain of You”. It’s an irreverent and fantastical satire of the societal values of youth and beauty.

Tasha will present selections from the musical “Fountain of You”  followed by discussions about the gender dynamics and power differentials in society that their musical explores.

Viktoria invites 3-6 year olds & grown-ups to drama workshop and explore the processing of emotions, creative movements, funny sounds, silly games, helping generate a secret language.

This internationally touring Indie-Americana singer/ songwriter from Fayetteville, AK, joins the featured line-up for an evening of music in Bethany’s chapel performance space.

Janine Joseph will be working on her new poetry collection Vulnerability Roadshow. The evening will include a readings from her work and an audience Q&A.

ith the support of DanceForce, Kyle Marshall and 5 of his collaborators will be in residence working on a new piece that will be premiering later this Winter at BAM.

Ho plans to draw rich artistic inspiration from Bethany’s grounds as he explores how detachment from familiar dwelling affect his floral-spiral paintings.

Alyssa shares a behind-the-scenes look at the relationship between life and fiction? This is an eternally perplexing question for fiction writers.

Sari shares behind-the-scenes look at making fiction from life. Her talk is an intimate look at one writer’s relationship with the material life gives you.

Bruna’s installation project entitled Maneater will reinterpretate European paintings showing women staging victorious scenes in the face of male violence.

Christopher is developing choreography for a featured pas de deux in his work “Narcissus” that re-imagine’s Fokine’s historic ballet through a contemporary queer lens. 

Emily will immerse herself in her newest project “Shared Sentences” via storytelling, spoken word, movement and dialogue relative to individuals with an incarcerated loved one.