Summer Session #6

Sept 30 – Oct 11

Catwalk Institute proudly welcomes Jane Wegscheider, maker, collaborator, and co-director of The Art Garden, whose socially engaged practice explores memory, connection, grief, and the transformative potential of community-centered creative work.

Jane Wegscheider

Jane Wegscheider

Jane Wegscheider is a maker, community member, collaborator, and co-director of The Art Garden, a community-supported art-making space she founded in 2009 following her second Catwalk residency. Conceived as a social sculpture, The Art Garden has become a sustaining creative force within its rural community. Her artistic practice explores relationships, stories, and memories that shape what it means to be human — holding grief and joy simultaneously while responding to “sounds from the heart.” Through objects, environments, and experiences, her work investigates connection, care, and the transformative potential of shared creative engagement.

Website: https://www.theartgarden.org/

Affiliation: SAIC

Summer Session #6

Sept 30 – Oct 11

Catwalk Institute proudly welcomes Julia Spicher Kasdorf and Steven Rubin, whose collaborative project explores the agricultural landscapes and communities surrounding their Pennsylvania homes through an intimate local lens.

Steven Rubin & Julia Spicher Kasdorf

Steven Rubin & Julia Spicher Kasdorf

Since 2019, poet Julia Spicher Kasdorf and photographer Steven Rubin have documented the agricultural landscapes and communities within 30 miles of their Pennsylvania homes. Their radically local project explores larger issues including climate change, migrant labor, development, and food insecurity. During the residency, they hope to finalize their art book manuscript.


Website: https://www.juliakasdorf.com/

https://www.stevenrubin.com/

Affiliation: Penn State

Summer Session #6

Sept 30 – Oct 11

Catwalk Institute proudly welcomes Andy Li a whose award-winning musical theater work blends history, humor, poetry, and social reflection through emotionally resonant storytelling.

Andy Li

Andy Li

Andy Li is a composer based in New York City whose work spans musical theater, opera, and audio drama, with productions presented by organizations including Classic Stage Company, The American Opera Projects, and the Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow.

Affiliation: NYU

Summer Session #6

Sept 30 – Oct 11

Catwalk Institute proudly welcomes director, filmmaker, and educator Kea Trevett as she collaborates with playwright Mary Elizabeth Hamilton on a new draft of 16 Winters.

Kea Trevett & Mary Hamilton

Kea Trevett

Mary Hamilton, Collaborator

Kea Trevett is a theater artist, filmmaker, and founding member of Apocalyptic Artists Ensemble whose work spans stage, film, and Shakespeare-based adaptations. Playwright Mary Hamilton is a resident playwright with New Dramatists whose work has been developed by The Lark, Ars Nova, and Ensemble Studio Theatre. During their residency, the two will continue developing Mary’s award-winning play 16 Winters, inspired by The Winter’s Tale and originally commissioned by the American Shakespeare Center. Following a recent workshop produced by Apocalyptic Artists Ensemble, Kea and Mary will spend their time at Catwalk synthesizing notes in preparation for a planned 2027 production.

Website: https://keatrevett.com/

Affiliation: Columbia