2018 Residents

Simone Johnson

Simone Johnson is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher and cultural worker based in NYC. She mostly makes work about water. She is currently interested in wetlands, rivers and the ocean. She has been a resident with Works on Water and is a former Culture Push Climate Justice Fellow. Simone also has a background in urban agriculture, plant medicine, Teaching Artistry and performance art.

https://www.dancingnomadva.com/

mayfield brooks

mayfield brooks improvises while black, and is currently based in Brooklyn, New York on Lenapehoking, the homeland of the Lenape people. brooks is a movement-based performance artist, vocalist, urban farmer, writer, and wanderer. They are currently an Artist-in-Residence (AiR) at the Center for Performance Research (CPR), is faculty at Movement Research NYC, Editor in Chief of the Movement Research Performance Journal, and the 2021 recent recipient of the biennial  Merce Cunningham Award in dance granted by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. brooks teaches and performs practices that arise from their life/art/movement work, Improvising While Black (IWB).

http://www.adddance.tumblr.com/