FREE | Every Friday: May 9 - September 19 | 5 PM - 6 PM
Join us throughout the residency season for our free public series of short and informal artist talks, readings, and presentations. We’ll learn about works-in-progress from our artists and scholars-in-residence with informative and inspiring presentations in all disciplines. This is a wonderful way to kick off your weekend! Bring a friend, all are welcome.
Location: Main Campus. Look for Craigardan Event sign at the end of Main Campus driveway (two “doors” west of the farm store, towards Keene). Google Maps Link
Theresa-Xuan Bui
Theresa-Xuan Bui is a Craigardan 2025 Teaching Fellow. Theresa is a queer interdisciplinary poet exploring the intersections of the personal and political as a means to critically imagine the future. They are a child of the Bui household, a legacy of Vietnamese refugees and vanguard Asian-Americans. Born and raised in the Bronx, NY, Theresa moved to Houston, TX before pursuing a BFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MIC/A). Their work has been exhibited at the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Tang Teaching Museum, Arlington Arts Center, Yale School of Architecture, Seattle Asian American Film Festival, and Washington Project for the Arts.
Jodi Ferrier
Jodi Ferrier is a Washington, DC-based artist whose work merges abstraction and representation through bold, expressive brushwork. After earning her BFA and a career in graphic design, she returned to painting in 2015, developing a dynamic practice that captures fleeting moments with energy and spontaneity. Her work has been exhibited widely in the DC area and is held in private, corporate, and public collections. Ferrier has been awarded multiple artist residencies and fellowships, including support from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Margaret Wiss
Margaret Wiss (she/her) holds a Doctor of Physical Therapy from Columbia University, Master of Fine Arts in Dance with a concentration in choreography from NYU Tisch School for the Arts and a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Kinesiology from Mount Holyoke College. Her choreographic and screendance work has been presented across the United States and she has been commissioned by PDX Contemporary Ballet, North Atlantic Dance Theatre, The Harvard Ballet Company, and the Five College Dance Department. She has taught for Mount Holyoke College and Tisch School for the Arts Dance Department Future Dance Makers and Dancers Program. Wiss has performed professionally in Boston and has worked with Pilobolus Dance Theater, Sidra Bell, Jennifer Hart, and Kinsun Chan. She values the vitality of collaboration and is currently researching and writing a book on the subject.