2024 Halls Island Artists
Meet the talented artists selected to be part of the Halls Island Artist Residency in 2024.
Brian Wride
Brian Wride is a musician based in Uxbridge, Ontario. As a busy working musician, Brian wears a lot of different musical hats: performer, educator, techie, and open mic host.
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Kathy Bergquist
Kathy was born in Massachusetts in 1959, Bergquist is a dual citizen of Canada and the U.S., and lives in Ottawa. She worked in several fields before coming to visual art. She has a university degree in geography and has taken sculpture courses and workshops to develop her technical skills and artistic sensibilities.
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Treasa Levasseur
Treasa Levasseur (she/her) wears many hats: performer, writer, culture worker and community educator among others. She has released 4 albums, one of which was nominated for a JUNO award …
Amanda Maciuba
Born and raised in the Buffalo, NY area, Amanda Maciuba graduated from the University at Buffalo with a degree in Visual Studies. She has a MFA in printmaking and a Certificate of Book Arts from the University of Iowa. Amanda Maciuba’s work is concerned with landscapes, communities, and environmental practices throughout North America.
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Helen Adilia Arceyut Frixione
As a Nicaraguan ceramic artist based in Montreal, Canada, my work is anchored in my journey of identity and transience. Through my artistic practice, I delve into the nuanced cultural identities that displaced individuals often embody.
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Emily Wilson Gillespie
Emilie Wilson Gillespie (her/she) is a visual artist working and living in Bloomington, Indiana. She received her BA in Studio Art from DePauw University and her MA in Arts Administration from Indiana University.
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Chas Gillespie
Chas Gillespie is a comedy writer whose work is published in The New Yorker, The Onion, and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, where he contributes regularly. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana, and is at work on a novel. You can find his work on his website.
Erin Fleck
Erin is a playwright, puppeteer, performer, and an all-around arts administrator and event manager based in Toronto.
She is the Co-Artistic Director of Caterwaul Theatre, and former General Manager of Toronto’s League of Lady Wrestlers.
Kayt Lackie
Writer, artist, and musician Kayt (Lackie) Burgess was born in Manitouwadge, Ontario and grew up in Elliot Lake. They studied classical music at the University of Western Ontario, publishing at Humber College, and creative writing at the University of Auckland and Bath Spa University.
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Sandra Gregson
Sandra Gregson is an Ottawa-based artist; her art practice includes painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, and video. Recent work is informed by walking, reading, investigating ongoing change and processes of the natural world, and observing the interplay between natural and built environments.