Meet the PEARs
Since 2007, hundreds of artists and writers have spent a month at the Peyton Evans Artist Residency. Every year, hundreds apply to The Studios PEAR Program. From this competitive field, forty outstanding creatives are selected for a month-long stay on our island.
PEAR Archive
Symin Adive
Mixed Media/Interactive Artist, Comedian
Queens, NY
Jami Attenberg
Writer
New Orleans, LA
Kelley Bell
Projectionist, Designer, Multimedia
Baltimore, MD
Monica Berra
Filmmaker, Producer
Miami, FL
Jan Blythe
Sculptor/Installation Artist
Benicia, CA/Glasgow, Scotland
Daniel Callahan
Multidisciplinary Artist
Boston, MA
Angelica Clyman
Multidisciplinary Artist
Hollywood, FL
Lydi Conklin
Fiction Writer
Nashville, TN
Gordon Dahlquist
Playwright, Novelist
Brooklyn, NY
Eric Dyer
Animation Artist, Visual Turntablist
Baltimore, MD
Linda Rui Feng
Writer, Cultural Historian
Toronto, Canada
Peter Fortunato
Author, Artist, Educator
Ithaca, NY
CJ Hauser
Writer
Hamilton, NY
Natali Hopkins
Textile Artist, Filmmaker
Los Angeles, CA
Shohei Katayama
Artist, Professor
Louisville, KY
Charles Mary Kubricht
Visual Artist, Scenic Stage Designer
New York/Texas
Maxim Loskutoff
Writer
Missoula, MT
Sydney Maubert
Artist, Architect, Professor
Homestead, FL
Katherine Miller
Textile Artist
Dallas, TX
Carolyn Monastra
Artist, Activist, Educator
Brooklyn, NY
Donna Oblongata
Performer, Writer
Philadelphia, PA
May Phang
Pianist, Musician, Educator
Greencastle, IN
Jennifer Richter
Poet, Professor
Corvallis, OR
M.L. Rio
Writer, Performance Scholar
Philadelphia, PA
Gemma Ruiz Palà
Fiction Writer, Journalist
Barcelona, Spain
Roxana Saberi
Journalist, Writer, Composer
New York/Virginia
Brian Schaefer
Writer
New York, NY
Jiayin Shen
Pianist
Great Neck, NY
Christopher Shinn
Playwright, Screenwriter
Brooklyn, NY
Wendell Smith
Painter
Atlanta, GA
Charles Spitzack
Visual Artist, Woodcut Printmaker
Seattle, WA
Chris Stedman
Writer, Podcaster, Professor
Minneapolis, MN
Cephra Stuart
Writer, Director, Film/TV Producer
Los Angeles, CA
Ester Sziksz
Visual Artist, Print Media
Sarasota, FL
Spencer Tinkham
Visual Artist
Norfolk, VA
Sofia Valiente
Artist, Visual Anthropologist
Miami, FL
Sophie Ward
Writer, Actor
Naples, FL
Candace Wiley
Poet, Writer
Greenville, SC
Pioneer Winter
Choreographer, Writer, Dancer, Educator
Miami, FL
Faith Adiele
Writer, Speaker
Oakland, CA
Nancy Andrews
Filmmaker, Writer, Musician
Bar Harbor, ME
Josh Aronson
Photographer
Miami, FL
Barbara Boissevain
Visual Artist, Photographer, Professor
Palm Springs, CA
Dakotasky Bowen
Ceramicist, Illustrator
Milwaukee, WI
Sonia Mae Brown
Teacher, Writer, Scholar
Little Rock, AR
Andrée B. Carter
Artist, Educator
Palm Desert, CA
Christopher Castellani
Writer
Boston, MA
Joy Castro
Author, Professor
Lincoln, NE
Rachel de Cuba
Interdisciplinary, Digital Media/Textile
St. Petersburg, FL
Ernest Gold
Writer, Director for Film and TV
Vienna, Austria
John Graham
Visual Artist, Filmmaker, Professor
Saskatchewan, Canada
Morgan Hill
Sculptor, Jewelry Designer
Penland, NC
Franck Hodelin
Artist, Interior Designer
New York, NY
Lee Jensen
Textile Artist
Queens, NY
Royel Johnson
Writer, Scholar, Professor
Los Angeles, CA
William Kwamena-Poh
Painter
Savannah, GA
Karin Lin-Greenberg
Writer
Halfmoon, NY
Monica Lopez De Victoria
Interdimensional Visual Artist, Artistic Swimmer
Gainesville, FL
Dylan Mabika
Mixed Media Artist
Harare, Zimbabwe, Africa
Lisa Morehouse
Audio Reporter, Producer, Editor
San Francisco, CA
Allyson Morgan
Screenwriter, Filmmaker
New York, NY
Eric Pankey
Poet
Fairfax, VA
Nya Patrinos
Surface Designer, Set/Production Designer
Los Angeles, CA
MaryLouise Patterson
Non-Fiction Writer
New York, NY
Brittany Reeber
Filmmaker, Writer
Brooklyn, NY
Bushra Rehman
Writer
New York, NY
Andrew Russell
Writer, Director
New York, NY
Kat Ryals
Mixed Media Artist, Curator, Photographer
Brooklyn, NY
Andrew Shaffer
Writer, Artist
Louisville, KY
Mirena Suarez
Multimedia Artist
Miami, FL
Vern Thiessen
Playwright
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
R. Eric Thomas
Author, Playwright, Screenwriter
Philadelphia, PA
Glenn Weiss
Public Art Critic, Artist
Delray Beach, FL
J Wortham
Writer, Podcaster, Artist, Historian
Brooklyn, NY
Deborah Zlotsky
Artist, Painter
Delmar, NY
Dana Al Rashid
Architect, Visual Artist
Kuwait
Rachael Allen
YA/Children’s Book Author
Atlanta, GA
David Aloi
Writer
Los Angeles, CA
Kristen Arnett
Writer
Orlando, FL
Lavett Ballard
Mixed Media, Collage Artist
Willingboro, NJ
Jennifer Basile
Printmaker, Installation Artist, Professor
Miami, FL
Denise Burge
Painter, Fiber Artist
Cincinnati, OH
JB Burke
Visual Artist, Professor
Charlotte, NC
Jeffrey Colvin
Writer
New York, NY
Brody Condon
Interdisciplinary Artist
Berlin, Germany
Garrard Conley
Writer
Atlanta, GA
Rebecca Dale
Composer
London, UK
Ariel Delgado Dixon
Writer, Farmer
Philadelphia, PA
Ana Dopico
Scholar, Hemispheric Institute NYU Director
New York, NY
Electric Blue Yonder (Beth and Johnny Veres)
Multimedia Artists, Songwriters
Montgomery, AL
Tina Fakhrid-Deen
Theater Artist, Writer
Chicago, IL
Timothy Goldkin
Printmaker
Portland, ME
Stephen Grossman
Sculptor, Painter, Architect
Hamden, CT
Dianne Hebbert
Painter, Printmaker, Installation Artist
New York, NY
Debra Hill
Figurative Painter
Manhattan, NY
Allegra Hyde
Author
Oberlin, OH
Dionne Irving
Writer, Professor
South Bend, IN
Patrick L. Jaimes
Visual Artist, Photographer, Architect
Puebla, Mexico
Derek Lassiter
Vocalist, Composer, Producer
Oakland, CA
Ajuan Mance
Visual Artist, Author, Professor
Oakland, CA
Paloma Vianey Martinez
Painter, Interdisciplinary Artist
Juárez, Mexico
Bex McCharen
Textile Artist, Fashion Designer
Miami, FL
Megan Mosholder
Visual Artist
Atlanta, GA
Ram Murali
Writer
London, England
Tipper Newton
Filmmaker, Actor
Los Angeles, CA
Nataliia Nosyk
Plein Air Painter
Stamford, CT
Nonney Oddlokken
Artist, Author, Storyteller
St. Rose, LA
Scott Ponemone
Figurative Watercolor Artist
Baltimore, MD
John Mark Powell
Novelist
Sugar Grove, NC
Ransome
Image Artist
Rhinebeck, NY
Michael Shi
Photographer
Shanghai, China
Diana Shpungin
Interdisciplinary Artist
Brooklyn, NY
Jee Sim
Multidisciplinary Artist
Berlin, Germany
Thomas Strayhorn
Singer/songwriter
Portland, ME
Suzy Sureck
Multimedia Artist
New York, NY
Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
Novelist, Memoirist
New York, NY / Chicago, IL
Marianne Vogel
Fiber Artist
Englewood, FL
Brad Abrahams
Filmmaker
Austin, TX
Mant Bares
Writer
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Eric Chasalow
Composer, Performer, Sound Artist
Newtonville, MA
Aaron Cobbett
Multi-Media Artist
Brooklyn, NY
Christie A. Cruise
Writer, Poet
Swansea, IL
Viet Dinh
Fiction Writer
Newark, DE
Justine Feron
Writer
New York, NY
Bree Gant
Multidisciplinary Artist
Detroit, MI
Julie Garcés
Writer
Los Angeles, CA
Mary Gauthier
Songwriter, Author
Nashville, TN
Katrin Huber
Visual Artist
Salzburg, Austria
Cameron Meade
Social Practice, Artist
Brooklyn, NY
Irina Patkanian
Filmmaker
Brooklyn, NY
Erika Higgins Ross
Writer
Deerfield, MA
Ernest Shaw
Image Maker
Baltimore, MD
Alec Silberblatt
Playwright, Actor
Bronx, NY
Ilana Simons
Psychologist, Filmmaker
Santa Fe, NM
Kate Snow
Painter, Printmaker
Cleveland Heights, OH
Michele Van Maurik
Painter
Ontario, Canada
Lisa D. Watson
Assemblage Artist, Ecological Gardener
Savannah, GA
Catherine Weingarten
Playwright, Humor Writer
New York, NY
Amanda Chestnut
Bookmaker, Photographer
Rochester, NY
Leland Cheuk
Writer
Brooklyn, NY
Alexis Day
Mixed Media Artist
Newberg, OR
Caro Dranow
Painter, Illustrator, Writer
Danbury, CT
Robert Fieseler
Author, Journalist
New Orleans, LA
Amy Fleming
Printmaking, Collage
Tallahassee, FL
Jamie Ford
Writer, Speaker
Bozeman, MT
Orlando Garcia
Composer
Miami Beach, FL
Lisa Gutkin
Composer, Songwriter
New York, NY
Sandra Jackson-Opoku
Writer (Fiction, Nonfiction, Drama)
Chicago, IL
Tommy Kha
Art Photographer
Brooklyn, NY
Drew Larimore
Playwright
New York, NY
Matthew Leifheit
Photographer
Brooklyn, NY
Michelle Lewis
Poet
West Bath, ME
Lawson Little
Fine Arts Photography
Pensacola, FL
J.B. McLendon
Playwright, Writer
Annapolis, MD
Lisa Morehouse
Radio/Audio Producer, Reporter, Editor
San Francisco, CA
Austen Osworth
Novelist
New York, NY
Francesca Padilla
Fiction Writer
Rochester, NY
Honor Petrie
Visual Artist
Inverness, Scotland
Devin Jackson Randall
Writer, Playwright, Performer
Philadelphia, PA
Brittany Reeber
Filmmaker
Austin, TX
Aube Rey Lescure
Writer
Boston, MA
Duke Riley
Multimedia Artist
Brooklyn, NY
Marcus Rogers
Mixed Media Painter, Collage Artist
St. Petersburg, FL
Aaron Sagers
Journalist, Writer, Paranormal and Folkloric Researcher, TV Host
Brooklyn, NY
Esterio Segura
Painter, Sculptor, Installation Artist
Santiago, Cuba
Prince Shakur
Freelance Journalist, Author
Columbus, OH
Michael Patrick F. Smith
Folksinger, Author
Lexington, KY
Lance Smith
Illustrator, Teacher
Las Vegas, NV
Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel
Writer
Homestead, FL
Jeremy Zoma
Actor, Singer
New York, NY
Melanie Almeder
Writer
Rangeley, ME
Carolina Aranibar-Fernández
Multi-media Artist
Phoenix, AZ
Elisabeth Arzt
Sculptor
Bay Area, CA
Harry Aspinwall
Screenwriter, Actor
Brooklyn, NY
Elizabeth Bernstein
Writer
Miami, FL
Nicholas Boggs
Writer
Brooklyn, NY
Joseph Cassara
Writer
Fresno, CA
Leland Cheuk
Writer
Brooklyn, NY
Amy Fleming
Printmaking, Collage
Tallahassee, FL
Jamie Ford
Writer, Speaker
Great Falls, MT
Naomi Gordon-Loebl
Writer
Brooklyn, NY
Leah Greismann
Fiction Writer
Asheville, NC
Alice Hargrave
Photo-based Artist
Chicago, IL
Daesha Devón Harris
Photographer, Mixed Media Artist
Saratoga Springs, NY
Jessica Frances Grégoire Lancaster
Painter, Mirror Maker
New York, NY
Jonathan Monaghan
Animator, Video Artist
Washington, D.C.
Vickie Pierre
Multi-disciplinary Artist
Miami, FL
Devin Jackson Randall
Writer, Playwright, Performer
Philadelphia, PA
Lauren Amalia Redding
Draftswoman, Silverpoint Artist
Naples, FL
Lucha Rodriguez
Artist
Atlanta, GA
Carmen Sanders
Woodcarver
Tucker, GA
Lizzy Taber
Mixed Media Artist
Pompano Beach, FL
Sandra Williams
Artist, Scholar
Lincoln, NE
Sarah Williams
Oil Painter
Springfield, MO
Courtney Young
Writer
Lafayette, LA
Cynthia Back
Printmaker, Collage Artist, Painter
Lansdowne, PA
Lynn Benson
Visual Artist
Leawood, KS
Jennifer Brody
Author, Screenwriter
Los Angeles, CA
Lisa Bulawsky
Artist
St. Louis, MO
Marco Calvani
Playwright, Director, Filmmaker, Actor
Brooklyn, NY
Beatriz Chachamovits
Artist, Marine Researcher
São Paulo, Brazil
Sonya Chung
Writer
New York, NY
Laurel Oswald Clark
Two-Dimensional Artist
Randolph, NJ
Carole d'Inverno
Artist, Painter
Brooklyn, NY
Chris Daley
Writer
Los Angeles, CA
Nicoletta Favari
Musician
Verona, Italy
Suzanna Fields
Painter
Richmond, VA
Zachary Fine
Actor, Director, Teacher
New York, NY
Matthew Flynn
Writer, Director/Producer, Videographer
Berkeley Heights, NJ
Sara Fruner
Poet Writing in Italian & English
New York, NY
Seth Glier
Singer/Songwriter
Easthampton, MA
Leah Griesmann
Fiction Writer
Seoul, South Korea
Kate Harpootlian
Choreographer
New York, NY
Michael Haverty
Theater Artist
Atlanta, GA
Isabelle Hayeur
Lens Based Artist
Quebec, Canada
Mario Kaiser
Writer
New York, NY
Zehra Khan
Painter, Performance/Installation Artist
Provincetown, MA
Meredith Leich
Videomaker, Painter, Writer
Chicago, IL
Francisco Loza
Artist, Educator
Baltimore, MD
Jerry Monteith
Sculptor
Carbondale, IL
Fiona Morehouse
Painter, Ceramic Artist
Putney, VT
Megan Mosholder
Filmmaker
San Francisco, CA
Tara O'Grady
Singer/Songwriter, Band Leader
New York, NY
Sarah Perry
Writer
Brooklyn, NY
Anayansi Prado
Documentary Filmmaker, Writer
Los Angeles, CA
Christopher Salvito
Musician
Verona, Italy
Jaye Schlesinger
Painter
Ann Arbor, MI
Andrew Simonet
Writer, Choreographer
Philadelphia, PA
Laurencia Strauss
Landscape Architect, Artist
Miami, FL
Ben Wahlund
Musician, Composer, Performer
Aurora, IL
Brenda Zlamany
Painter
Brooklyn, NY
Robin Antalek
Writer
Saratoga Springs, NY
Hannah Antalek
Painter
Brooklyn, NY
Jessalyn Haggenjos Barr
Painter/Sculptor
Portland, OR
Caylin Capra-Thomas
Poet
Gainesville, FL
Stephanie Carpenter
Fiction Writer
Hancock, MI
George Ciscle
Curator, Educator
Baltimore, MD
Richard Cleaver
Artist
Baltimore, MD
Jaynie Crimmins
Sculptor/Paper Artist
New York, NY
Jean Fineberg
Musician
Pinole, CA
Pam Folsom
Painter
Cincinnati, OH
Leigh Gallagher
Fiction Writer
Detroit, MI
Shea Hembrey
Visual Artist
Hickory Grove, AR
Jodie Hollander
Poet
Avon, Colorado
Annie Howe
Papercutter
Baltimore, MD
Greg Hrbek
Fiction Writer
Saratoga Springs, NY
Bill Jacklin
Royal Academy Artist
London, England
Colette Keen
Playwright, Academic
Bathurst, Australia
Deanna Krueger
Mixed Media Artist
Chicago, IL
Fay Ku
Visual Artist
Brooklyn, NY
Drew Larimore
Playwright
New York, NY
Zoë Lewis
Musician
Provincetown, MA
Justin Lubke
Filmmaker, Writer
Bozeman, MT
Sabrina Marques
Painter
New Haven, CT
Lucy McKeon
Writer, Editor
New York, NY
Christine Neill
Mixed Media Artist
Baltimore, MD
Jean Pederson
Artist
Alberta, Canada
Erin Rehberg
Curator, Choreographer
Elgin, IL
Lucas Schaefer
Fiction Writer
Austin, TX
Parini Shroff
Writer
Palo Alto, CA
Dimitra Skandali
Installation Artist
Paros, Greece
Jac Smith
Fiction Writer
South Bend, IN
Allison Svoboda
Artist
Chicago, IL
Xuan Juliana Wang
Writer
New York City, NY
Bonnie Boiter-Jolley
Ballet Dancer, Choreographer
Columbia, SC
Lily Brooks-Dalton
Fiction Writer, Memoirist
Portland, OR
Esy Casey
Filmmaker
San Francisco, CA
Angie Chuang
Non-fiction Writer, Memoirist
Washington, DC
Hasan Elahi
Photographer, Media Artist
Baltimore, MD
Baxter Engle
Scenographer
Columbia, SC
Elisabeth Gray Heard Engle
Actor, Director, Teacher
Columbia, SC
Maja Godlewska
Visual Artist
Charlotte, NC
Lisa Goesling
Mixed Media Artist
Palatine, IL
Rachel Grobstein
Painter, Sculptor
Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Gwirtzman
Choreographer, Filmmaker, Dancer
New York, NY
Saad Haddad
Composer
Los Angeles, CA
Sharon Hart
Photographer, Mixed Media Artist
Boynton Beach, FL
Chad Henderson
Theater Director, Actor
Columbia, SC
Birgit Huttemann-Holtz
Painter, Printmaker
Detroit, MI
Lori Larusso
Painter
Louisville, KY
Rich Orloff
Playwright
New York, NY
Eric Pankey
Poet, Professor
Fairfax, VA
Nadine Pinede
Poet
Belgium
Katie Pumphrey
Painter
Washington, DC
Suzanne Rivecca
Writer
San Francisco, CA
Laurie Sansom
Theater Director
Scotland, UK
Josie Sigler
Writer
Rome, ME
Joseph Sweeney
Photographer, Painter, Instructor
Ardmore, PA
Gabrielle Teschner
Sculptor
San Francisco, CA
Lindsey Tull
Painter
Indianapolis, IN
Michele Van Maurik
Painter
Ontario, Canada
Rebecca Wallwork
Fiction Writer
Miami Beach, FL
Lisa Weiss
Painter
Murray, KY
Lindsay Wong
Writer, Editor
Vancouver, BC
Kevin Bell
Visual Artist
Missoula, MT
Katrina Brees
Performance Artist
New Orleans, LA
Mark Bruckner
Composer, Sound Designer, Pianist
Brooklyn, NY
Ayse Papatya Bucak
Fiction Writer
Delray Beach, FL
Rachel Campbell
Painter
Durham, NC
Susan D'Amato
Drawer, Mixed Media Artist
Syracuse, NY
Dakota Gearhart
Video, Installation Artist
Seattle, WA & Brooklyn, NY
Robert Goodman
Painter
Philadelphia, PA
Sena Huh
Visual Artist, Designer, Creator
New York, NY
Colter Jackson
Writer, Illustrator
New York, NY
Rebecca Johns
Writer
Chicago, IL
Hillary Jordan
Writer
Brooklyn, NY
Shelley Jordan
Painter, Moving Image Artist
Portland, OR
Kevin Kallaugher
Editorial Cartoonist
Baltimore, MD
Adam Maclay
Hair/Make-Up Artist, Fashion Consultant
New York, NY
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Writer
Cambridge, MA
Erin Mckeown
Musician, Writer, Producer
Western Massachusetts
Christiane Mohallem
Visual Artist
São Paulo, Brazil
Joe Norman
Installation Artist, Mixed Media
Athens, GA
Dan Paz
Photography, Video Artist
Chicago, IL
Leah Peeks
Visual Artist
Lynchburg, VA
Mabel Poblet
Mixed Media Artist
Havana, Cuba
Dean Poyner
Playwright
Brooklyn, NY
Sandra Ramos Lorenzo
Visual Artist
Miami, FL
Samnang Riebe
Visual Artist
Boston, MA
Ashley Tamber
Artist, Designer, Jeweler
Richmond, VA
Nancy Tankersley
Painter
Easton, MD
Rene Trevino
Interdisciplinary Artist, Painter
Baltimore, MD
Ryan Van Winkle
Poet, Podcaster, Critic
Edinburgh, Scotland
Clifford Ward
Visual Artist
Philadelphia, PA
Woodrow White
Visual Artist
Oakland, CA