2005 Residents

Winter/Spring

Vanessa Renwick, Portland-based filmmaker, has been called a "cinematic rabble-rouser." Her iconoclastic work reflects an interest in place, relationships between bodies and landscapes, and all sorts of borders. More about Vanessa's work can be seen at www.odoka.org.

Boston playwright Sean David Bennett's residency was delayed by nearly two months because of the premiere production of his play, "A House Divided," in New York City. While at the Refuge, Sean completed his latest play, "Trick," the story of a long-term spousal abuse seen through the eyes of a child. In 2004, he received the Edward Albee Fellowship as a playwright.

Rebecca Roush (Seattle, WA) is a bead artist who is inspired by Columbia Basin petroglyphs and pictographs, to female figures, to a current series of crows specific to Seattle. Her large bas-relief beaded images can be found in numerous private collections around the country. Rebecca chronicled her stay with a wonderful online photo diary here: http://www.februaryseventh.com/mar.htm.

June
Monica Regan, Poet from San Francisco – Worked on a project about lineage exploring her Irish Catholic ancestors who settled in ranching and mining communities of Montana and Idaho in the 1800’s.

Jeff Stautz, Writer from Portland – Worked on a collection of short stories, tentatively titled “Boy’s Life,” based on his years in the slums of suburban public high school.

Darlene H. Johnson PSA, Pastel artist from New Orleans – Has always been interested in color and light. She painted Montana landscapes wearing glasses tinted different colors. She is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America.

July
Mark So, Music Composer from Los Angeles – A full time graduate student, Marc worked on a series of pieces that
culminated every Saturday with a reading and performance, including a final performance at the end of his residency July 30.

August
Diane Hoffman, Painter from Providence RI – Soaked drawing and
painting media off old drawings and reattached the remains to panels. “The recycled pulp serves as super-scaled, hyper-tactile paint.” She incorporated inherent elements of Montana landscape into her pieces.

Sara Tabbert, Print Artist and returning MAR resident (1998, 1999, 2000) from Fairbanks, AK – Welcomed a month at the Refuge to return to her own work – relief carved wood panels and mosaics, bringing some of the elements from Montana landscape into this newer way of thinking.

Carol Dysinger, Writer-filmmaker and former MAR resident (1999) from Brooklyn, NY – Worked on her screenplay “Survival Evasion Escape.”

September
Priscilla (Pat) Hanson, Painter from Portland – Worked on a series of paintings based on the western landscape and the Plains Indian
artifacts, specifically the parfleche. She was featured in a show at Gallery Blue in Missoula from Oct 5 – Nov 1, 05. www.galleryblue.com

Mei-Tsung Lee, Painter from San Francisco and recipient of the MFA Scholarship Program through the San Francisco Art Institute – Worked on a series of drawings and paintings that depicted the dualism of life.

Rae Ellen Lee,Writer, Pastel painter and Sketch artist, originally from Idaho – Worked on numerous edits and new sketches for the new edition of her travel sketchbook, Just West of Yellowstone, published in 1987.

• Heywood Big Day Sr., Crow historian and story teller, bead and feather artist
• Mary Lou Big Day, traditional Crow doll maker
• Derek Big Day, hides and beads, saddle bags and parflecheli
• William Big Day, painter
• Debra Magpie Earling, Salish poet and fiction writer

2004 Refugees

Laura Taylor - painter
Gina Greene - painting and drawing
Bently Spang & Bert Benally - filmmakers/performance artists
Genya Turvosky - poet & translator
Joel Lang - writer
Jan Beatty - poet
Helen Solmes - black and white landscape photographer
Chanda Feldman - poet
Eric Moe - composer
Barbara Weissberger - visual artist
Joyce Koskenmaki - painter
Don Shewey - writer
Fei Lui - playwright
Sung Hong Min - visual artist
Ron Surak - musician/composer
Simon Peter Hemingway - screenwriter/filmmaker
Rory Golden - illustrator/painter

2003 Refugees

Fall 2003

Spring/Summer 2003
Shaun Cassidy - sculptor
Jaime Snyder - painter
Lois Williams - writer

Winter/Spring 2002
Benny Alba - painter
Monica Bauer - painter
Leslie Carper - writer
Rachel Davis - visual artist
Kristi Hager - painter, dancer, performance artist
Elaine Pawlowicz - painter/quilter
Harold & Cathy Hoy - painter & sculptor

Summer 2002
Cynthia Hilts - pianist, composer, and vocalist (also 2000, 1999, 1998)
Eric Moe - pianist/composer (also summer 2001)
Harvey Stein - playwright, screenwriter, film and stage director, performance artist and teacher (also Fall 2000).
Ben and Anna Stroud - painter and flamenco dancer/painter
Barbara Weissberger - visual artist (also summer 2001)

2001 Refugees

Winter/Spring 2001
Gabrielle Daniels - novelist
Timothy Hassenstein - sculptor
Liu Xinping - fashion designer
Dan Robbins - alabaster stone sculptor

Summer 2001
Jennifer Cady - photographer
Sarah Dunn - novelist
Martha Hayden - landscape painter
Janette K. Hopper - landscape and figure painter

Fall 2001
Pamela Alexander - poet
Kim Bendheim - writer/poet
Annie Heminway - writer
Roland Iselin - photographer
Carol Mauriello - writer

2000 Refugees

Judith Arcana - writer/poet
Rebecca Bailey - writer/poet
Miroslaw Rydzak - wood sculptor
Nikki Schrager - sculptor

1999 Refugees

Bongi Bengu - painter/sculptor
Michael Haykin - visual artist, painter and photographer
Niki Kriese, painter
Stephen Page, writer

Pre-1999 Refugees

Lori Batcheller - writer, fall 1998
Jacqueline Nolte - art historian, art critic and sculptor - 1997
Antoinette Zanda - anti-racism activist, women's rights advocate, and writer - 1997
Nathan Perry, Painter, Winter 1996-1997.
Karen Land, wax sculptor
Nancy Owens: Background on one of the Refuge's co-founders at two sites: Bryn Mawr College profile entitled "Committed to Community."
Anne Appleby: Refuge Board vice-president. Anne's work can be seen at San Francisco's Crown Point Press.