K Chiucarello is a writer, student, and teacher living in the Hudson Valley. Their work has appeared in Longleaf Review, Hobart Pulp, them., Lit Hub, Epiphany, amongst others. They tutor within the carceral system, on behalf of Bard Prison Initiative. In summer 2021, they were named a Tin House scholar. Updates on their work can be found at kchiucarello.com.
Zhiqian Wang is a conceptual artist. Her current practice is to expand our understanding of the “material world” in light of physics and philosophy, in conjunction with both traditional and interdisciplinary mediums.
The conceptual basis of her work consists of three elements: structure, relationship, and abstraction. She believes the meaning embedded in the close relationships of artists and their work is more important than what is being expressed directly. It has to be understood in a network of relationships bounded by language. Together, they accomplish a value that has not yet been realized: It is a value beyond the framework of language, a value inherent in our cognition but was excluded from our system of knowledge, a value that is highly abstract, a value that has infinite possibilities.
Penny Fujiko Willgerodt is the executive director of The Prospect Hill Foundation (PHF), the primary philanthropic vehicle of the Beinecke family. Established in 1959 and based in New York City, PHF supports a wide range of organizations working in social justice, environment and arts and culture. Strategic grant-making areas are currently the Nuclear Disarmament Program and the Youth Program.
Penny also serves two nonprofits. She is board chair of Clean and Healthy New York, an environmental health & justice advocacy organization based in Albany, NY. Part of the leadership of the Circle for Justice Innovations Fund, she is a member of member of CJI’s Steering Committee, Leadership Circle and Strategic Opportunities Support (SOS) Rapid Response Fund. Penny previously worked at the Ms. Foundation for Women, Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, Rockefeller Family office and was part of the start-up team to create Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, where she served as vice president until September 2008.
