"In addition to precious time and beautiful surroundings that nurture creativity, the most significant experience of my stay at Djerassi has perhaps been the exchange with other artists and the ability to learn of their practice and creation processes. Sharing hikes, communal dinners and long conversations below the stars, and most importantly supporting each other's craft, has been at the core of this wonderful residency. As artists we are not singular, we are constantly engaging in dialogues with other art, maybe it be of the past, or of our peers and mentors. Thanks to Djerassi, lasting friendships have formed throughout this month, and I am absolutely certain that the art of these new friends will in some way or another inform my own practice in the future." Monika Zobel (2018)
Session One
March 11 – April 8
Brenna K. Murphy, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Fiber Artist
Albert Braun, Nykarleby, Finland. Visual Artist
Sabeen Omar, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Visual Artist
April Sellers, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Choreographer
Rodney Sharman, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Composer
Bradley Roy Erickson, San Francisco, CA, USA. Writer
Asale Angel-Ajani, New York, NY, USA. Writer
Gregory Ramos, Burlington, VT, USA. Playwright – Playwrights Initiative Fellowship
Carlos Jose Murillo, Chicago, IL, USA. Playwright – Playwrights Initiative Fellowship
Erin Bregman, San Francisco, CA, USA. Playwright
Mary Ann Shaneen, High Falls, NY, USA. Writer
Session Two
April 15 to May 13
Lisa Truttmann, Vienna, Austria. Filmmaker
Alex Nichols, San Francisco, CA, USA. Media Arts
Amber Bay Bemak, Dallas, TX, USA. Filmmaker
Robin Prichard, Munroe Falls, OH, USA. Choreographer
David Coll, Oakland, CA, USA. Composer
Danny Thanh Nguyen, San Francisco, CA, USA. Writer
Kanika Agrawal, Denver, CO, USA. Writer
James Wooseong Cowan, San Francisco, CA, USA. Media Arts
Jingjing Tian, Brooklyn, NY, USA. Playwright
Helen Georgas, Brooklyn, NY, USA. Writer
Ladee Hubbard, New Orleans, LA, USA. Writer
Session Three
June 17 to July 15
Carol Prusa, Boca Raton, FL, USA. Visual Artist
Brian House, Brooklyn, NY, USA. Media Artist
Ian Winters, Berkeley, CA, USA. Media Artist
Krista L DeNio, Berkeley, CA, USA. Choreographer
Chloe Crotzer, San Francisco, CA, USA. Biologist + Choreographer
Julie Zhu, Stanford, CA, USA. Composer
Lisa A Rosenberg, Menlo Park, CA, USA. Writer
Haein Kang, Seattle, WA, USA. Cognitive Scientist + Media Artist
Wayne Vitale, El Sobrante, CA, USA. Composer
John Eriksson, Turku, Finland. Biologist + Visual Artist
Kendra Krueger, New York, NY, USA. Engineer + Performance Artist
Jenifer Wightman, Bronx, NY, USA. Agricultural Scientist + Writer
Session Four
July 22 to August 26
Rodrigo Tales Santana Bueno, São Paulo, Brasil. Visual Artist
Natani Notah, Mountain View, CA, USA. Visual Artist
Victor Yañez-Lazcano, San Francisco, CA, USA. Visual Artist
Daiane Lopes da Silva, San Francisco, CA, USA. Choreographer – The Creative Work Fund Fellowship
Yosvany Terry Cabrera, Harlem, NY, USA. Composer – Cuban Artist Fellowship
Susan Kim, London, GA, U.K. Writer
Mark Mayer, Paris, NA, France. Writer
Heran Tsedeke Abate, Brooklyn, NY, USA. Writer
Cori Thomas, Brooklyn, NY, USA. Playwright – Playwrights Initiative Fellowship
James Slater Simmons, III, Athens, Georgia, USA. Playwright – Playwrights Initiative Fellowship
Yuxi Lin, New York, NY, USA. Writer
Session Five
September 9 to October 7
William Cravis, Bend, OR, USA. Visual Artist – The Ford Family Foundation Fellowship
Robert Clayton Booker, Phoenix, AZ, USA. Visual Artist
Alisa Yang, Saratoga, CA, USA. Filmmaker
Sara Shelton Mann, San Francisco, CA, USA. Choreographer
Julie Herndon, Stanford, CA, USA. Composer
Kimberly Dark, Pahoa, HI, USA. Writer
Candrice Jones, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Playwright
Cathy Linh Che, New York, NY, USA. Writer
Vu Tran, Chicago, IL, USA. Writer
Martin Fernando Velazco Cardenas, Glendale, CA, USA. Writer
Christopher Oscar Peña, New York, NY, USA. Playwright – Playwrights Initiative Fellowship
Session Six
October 21 to November 18
Yetunde Olagbaju, Oakland, CA, USA. Visual Artist
Ryan Pierce, Portland, OR, USA. Visual Artist – The Ford Family Foundation Fellowship
Cristóbal Salvador Hernandez Sarro, Puebla, México. Visual Artist
Kochar Iris Karagian, Athens, Greece. Choreographer
Paul G Heller, San Francisco, CA, USA. Writer
SFFILM Fellow, TBA
Amy Lynn Mueller, Oakland, CA, USA. Playwright
Preeti Kaur Rajpal, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Writer
Suzanne Utianbeshie Ushie, Lagos, Nigeria. Writer
Kristen Radtke, Brooklyn, NY, USA. Writer