Exhibition dates: September 5, 2026 — October 31, 2026
First Floor, Main Street Galleries

Artists Talk: September 5, 3-4pm
Second Floor, River Gallery

Opening Reception: September 5, 4-5pm
First Floor, Main Street Galleries

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For the third year, Catskill Art Space and En Garde Arts will collaborate on a performing arts residency in the Catskill Mountains, offering playwright and performing artist Chisa Hutchinson time and space to develop Objects of Decadence, a site-specific commission. The new work examines the fraught history of museum curation and its ties to colonization and extraction, asking urgent questions about ownership, history, and preservation — and is slated for an immersive production at a New York City museum.

About En Garde Arts

Founded by Anne Hamburger in 1985, En Garde Arts pioneered site-specific performance in New York City. For nearly four decades, En Garde has redefined where theater happens, transforming parks, piers, rooftops, office buildings, and unexpected spaces into stages that connect art and audience in deeply visceral ways. Through bold, original productions by visionary artists like Anne Bogart, Tina Landau, Reza Abdoh, and Mac Wellman, En Garde has built a legacy of theatrical innovation that places location at the heart of storytelling.

En Garde Arts produces new work that is site-specific, socially resonant, and driven by a sense of place, creating experiences that immerse audiences in the city around them. Through our developmental programs, Uncommon Voices, The Joan D. Firestone Award and Playdate, we nurture new work with both early career and mid-career artists who are investigating new forms of storytelling. Today, we are developing 5 to 7 new projects every year with change-makers including Samora la Perdida, Irina Kruzhilina, Jared Mezzocchi and others.

About Chisa Hutchinson

Chisa was born in Queens, New York, raised in Newark, New Jersey, and at fourteen received a scholarship that brought her ten miles and a whole world away to Short Hills, where she lived with a host family before going on to earn a B.A. in Dramatic Arts from Vassar College and an M.F.A. in Playwriting from NYU. Her work has been produced by a wide range of companies including Atlantic Theater Company, Second Stage, Primary Stages, South Coast Rep, National Black Theater, the Alley Theater, New Dramatists, Rattlestick Theater, the Contemporary American Theater Festival, Salt Lake Acting Company, Delaware REP, and many others across the U.S. and UK. She has also worked in television and film as a Staff Writer for Blue Man Group, a writer-performer with the New York NeoFuturists, and a staff writer for cable and streaming series. Her debut feature, The Subject — an indie drama examining the moral fallout when a white documentarian exploits the death of a Black teenager — won over 30 festival prizes and is now available on VOD. She currently teaches creative writing at the University of Delaware and is in development on a Chaka Khan biopic, a pan-African heist film, and a new Starz series, Three Women.

Housing for this production is generously donated by:

Join cellists Nicky Swett and Geirthrudur Gudmundsdottir for the chance to try and learn about the cello and to hear fabulous, animal-inspired music in this short, interactive program for kids of all ages.

Program to feature music by Camille Saint-Saëns, Jean-Baptiste Barrière, and Irving Berlin

About the Artists

Cellist and writer Nicky Swett has been heard in recital across the US and UK, and has served as a section member in the Dorset Opera Orchestra, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and many other symphony orchestras. For many years, he has been bring his informative, interactive recital and lecture programs to the Catskills region.

Icelandic-American Cellist Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir has appeared as a soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, among others. She performs chamber music across the United States and Europe and her debut album, When the Ice-Heart Beats, will come out on the Orchid Classics label in 2027.

Catskill Art Space and Shandelee Music Festival jointly present Daniel Garcia, Solo Guitar.

About the Artists

Dan Garcia is a distinguished classical guitarist based in New York, bringing the rich musical traditions of his native Madrid, Spain to audiences across North America. With a Master's degree in Music from the prestigious College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, Dan has established himself as a versatile performer and dedicated educator specializing in the music of Spain and Latin America. As a performer, Dan has graced stages throughout the United States, Spain, and Canada, captivating audiences with his technical mastery and passionate interpretations. He maintains an active concert schedule across the United States while leading Lotus "Spirit of Santana," a celebrated Santana tribute band. Since the 1990s, Dan has been an integral part of New York City's vibrant world music scene, contributing to its diverse cultural tapestry.

An innovator in music education, Dan serves on the faculty at Manhattan University, where he teaches both music production and guitar. He operates a classical guitar studio in the Hudson Valley, New York, offering private instruction to students of all levels. His commitment to accessible music education led him to create the Learn Flamenco Guitar App and Learn Guitar App, along with authoring several comprehensive guitar methods that have helped countless students develop their skills. Dan's creative vision extends beyond traditional classical performance. He is the co-creator of CaneliBeat, an innovative flamenco/electronic project that seamlessly fuses the authentic sounds of Spain with the contemporary energy of New York City, exemplifying his ability to honor tradition while embracing musical evolution. Through performance, education, and innovation, Dan Garcia continues to share his passion for Spanish and Latin American guitar music with new generations of listeners and musicians.

 About Shandelee Music Festival

The Shandelee Music Festival encourages and promotes the careers of young, exceptional classical musicians through an annual series of summer concerts in New York’s Catskill Mountains.  Concert locations include SMF’s own Sunset Concert Pavilion, Bethel Center for the Performing Arts Event Gallery, and public enrichment appearances in local schools and special care facilities.  Founded in 1993, SMF operates as a private, not-for- profit corporation.

The Gathering is a coming together of upstate neighbors, downstate friends, and interested passerbys for an afternoon of good conversation and brief performance. Hosted by Lois Weaver and Peggy Shaw. The afternoon will take the form of a Care Café, a conversational format created by Lois Weaver. The main focus is to gather around cafe tables and chat with those we know or might come to know in an atmosphere of care  All we have to do is turn up as we are, with no specific agenda, expectation, or discussion topic, and ask the question: How can we maintain an attitude of care in an uncaring world?

Talk is the main thing on the menu but there will be some simple hands-on activities on the table and some performance interventions throughout the afternoon to keep the conversation flowing. Possible performers include: Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw, David Barnes, Judith Katz, Mermer Blakesley, Stormy Brandenberger, Terry Dame, Vivian Stoll, and Lori E. Seid and maybe more...

Looking within, calling out, standing up. Music that calls it as it sees it and always celebrates the human.

J.S. Bach, Sinfonia, Der Herr denket an Uns

Heinz Ignaz Franz von Biber, Mystery Sonatas, for violin and continuo

Marin Marais, Sonnerie de Ste Geneviève

Bach, Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV 1039

7:30 pm, (Pre-Concert Chat at 7:00)

$35, register via http://wcmconcerts.org/

WCM’s 33rd season asks, Am I my brother’s keeper? The oldest question posed by one human concerning his responsibility to another, one then posed and re-posed by artists ever since. What do owe each other; our families; our communities; our friends; and our enemies, real and imagined? We’ll ponder it all through music born out of compassion and the struggle for justice. We’re not looking for political statements; while all music has a political dimension, it’s the big, all-embracing humanity of this season’s program that inspires us. With music of Hans Werner Henze; Frederick Rzewski; Waggoner (ours truly); Composer in Residence Trevor Weston; and Felix Mendelssohn, and featuring an all-baroque week on period instruments, with works of deep mystery and intensity of expression by Bach; Biber; and Marin Marais. Music to share, as a family, then take with us into our lives as we care for each other, care for the world.

Rehearsal and discussion on works of Bach, Biber and Marais

Free and open to the public.

WCM’s 33rd season asks, Am I my brother’s keeper? The oldest question posed by one human concerning his responsibility to another, one then posed and re-posed by artists ever since. What do owe each other; our families; our communities; our friends; and our enemies, real and imagined? We’ll ponder it all through music born out of compassion and the struggle for justice. We’re not looking for political statements; while all music has a political dimension, it’s the big, all-embracing humanity of this season’s program that inspires us. With music of Hans Werner Henze; Frederick Rzewski; Waggoner (ours truly); Composer in Residence Trevor Weston; and Felix Mendelssohn, and featuring an all-baroque week on period instruments, with works of deep mystery and intensity of expression by Bach; Biber; and Marin Marais. Music to share, as a family, then take with us into our lives as we care for each other, care for the world.

Looking within, calling out, standing up. Music that calls it as it sees it and always celebrates the human.

Trevor Weston, Fudo Mayoo, for string quartet

Hans Werner Henze, Adagio, Adagio, for piano trio

Frederick Rzewski, Down by the Riverside, for piano solo

Andrew Waggoner, One Kindness

Weston, The People Could Fly, for narrator and string quartet

Felix Mendelssohn, String Quartet in a minor, Op. 13

7:30 pm, (Pre-Concert Chat at 7:00)

$35, register via http://wcmconcerts.org/

WCM’s 33rd season asks, Am I my brother’s keeper? The oldest question posed by one human concerning his responsibility to another, one then posed and re-posed by artists ever since. What do owe each other; our families; our communities; our friends; and our enemies, real and imagined? We’ll ponder it all through music born out of compassion and the struggle for justice. We’re not looking for political statements; while all music has a political dimension, it’s the big, all-embracing humanity of this season’s program that inspires us. With music of Hans Werner Henze; Frederick Rzewski; Waggoner (ours truly); Composer in Residence Trevor Weston; and Felix Mendelssohn, and featuring an all-baroque week on period instruments, with works of deep mystery and intensity of expression by Bach; Biber; and Marin Marais. Music to share, as a family, then take with us into our lives as we care for each other, care for the world.

Rehearsal and discussion on works of Henze, Rzewski, Weston, Waggoner, and Mendelssohn.

Free and open to the public.

WCM’s 33rd season asks, Am I my brother’s keeper? The oldest question posed by one human concerning his responsibility to another, one then posed and re-posed by artists ever since. What do owe each other; our families; our communities; our friends; and our enemies, real and imagined? We’ll ponder it all through music born out of compassion and the struggle for justice. We’re not looking for political statements; while all music has a political dimension, it’s the big, all-embracing humanity of this season’s program that inspires us. With music of Hans Werner Henze; Frederick Rzewski; Waggoner (ours truly); Composer in Residence Trevor Weston; and Felix Mendelssohn, and featuring an all-baroque week on period instruments, with works of deep mystery and intensity of expression by Bach; Biber; and Marin Marais. Music to share, as a family, then take with us into our lives as we care for each other, care for the world.

Music and conversation with Composer in Residence Trevor Weston, on music as a parallel existence, and why The People Could Fly!

$25, register via http://wcmconcerts.org/

Weekend of Chamber Music’s 33rd season asks, Am I my brother’s keeper? The oldest question posed by one human concerning his responsibility to another, one then posed and re-posed by artists ever since. What do owe each other; our families; our communities; our friends; and our enemies, real and imagined? We’ll ponder it all through music born out of compassion and the struggle for justice. We’re not looking for political statements; while all music has a political dimension, it’s the big, all-embracing humanity of this season’s program that inspires us. With music of Hans Werner Henze; Frederick Rzewski; Waggoner (ours truly); Composer in Residence Trevor Weston; and Felix Mendelssohn, and featuring an all-baroque week on period instruments, with works of deep mystery and intensity of expression by Bach; Biber; and Marin Marais. Music to share, as a family, then take with us into our lives as we care for each other, care for the world.

For its annual gala, supporters, friends and artists join together in celebration and support of Catskill Art Space. This is the organization’s largest fundraising event of the year, raising crucial funds that sustain CAS for the year to come. For its third year, the gala will take place on Main Street with cocktails at CAS, followed by a seated dinner and program in a tent at Renaissance Park.

Join us for the world premier of FRONTLINE's The Crown Prince & The President, examining the alliance between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Donald Trump. The film explores their shared ambitions for a new Middle East — and how Trump shrugged off Saudi abuses while, alongside Jared Kushner, opening doors to arms deals, investments, and personal profit.

A talkback with filmmakers and Lew Beach residents Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria will follow the screening. Free and open to all.

Run time: 82 minutes

Exhibition dates: June 27, 2026 — August 29, 2026
First Floor, Main Street Galleries

Artists Talk: June 27, 3-4pm
Second Floor, River Gallery

Opening Reception: June 27, 4-5pm
First Floor, Main Street Galleries

Elizabeth Streb and the STREB Extreme Action Company form a motley troupe of flyers and crashers. Propelled by Streb’s edict that “anything too safe is not action,” these daredevils challenge the assumptions of art, aging, injury, gender, and human possibility. Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity traces the evolution of Elizabeth Streb’s movement philosophy as she pushes herself and her performers from the ground to the sky. Revealing the passions behind the dancers’ bruises and broken noses, Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity offers a breathtaking tale about the necessity of art, inspiring audiences hungry for a more tactile and fierce existence.

Run Time: 83 Minutes

Credits:
Director: Catherine Gund
Producers: Catherine Gund, Tanya Selvaratnam
Editor: Alex Meillier
Composers: Adam Crystal
Cinematographers: Kirsten Johnson, Albert Maysles, Ian McAplin

Featuring: Elizabeth Streb and the STREB EXTREME ACTION COMPANY

Celebrated jazz percussionist Thurman Barker will perform original music and jazz standards. The program will pay tribute to the great Prince of Darkness, Miles Davis. This special performance is an engaging and vibrant presentation from a living jazz legend.

Michael Cruse on Trumpet
Joseph Tranchina on Keyboards
Jim Lownes on Bass
Thurman Barker on Drums and Percussion

About the Artist

Thurman Barker is a celebrated percussionist who built his career on innovation. As a professional musician, composer, and college professor, he brings endless passion and decades of experience together to entertain, educate, and expand the horizons of his art. Since creating Uptee Records in the early 80s, Barker has previously released six recordings as a leader. In 2016, Barker began writing for Chamber Orchestra. Barker’s wealth of knowledge was built through his association with countless incredible collaborators. Most notable musical experiences have been with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). As a charter member of the group, Barker first appeared in AACM productions with Joseph Jarman’s pioneering ensembles. He then went on to record and play with many members, including Dr. Muhal Richard Abrams, Amina Claudine Meyers, Anthony Braxton, Leroy Jenkins, Roscoe Mitchell, and Henry Threadgill. After moving to New York in the late 70s, Barker worked and recorded with Sam Rivers and Cecil Taylor. Thurman Barker became a Professor Emeritus of Bard College in Music/Jazz Studies in June 2021. He is a recipient of a 2022 NYSCA award for composition as well as numerous Meet the Composer grants.

We are thrilled to welcome Marie Myung-Ok Lee, winner of the inaugural Conjunctions Residency, for a public reading at Catskill Art Space this May during her residency. Conceived as a program that supports not only literary excellence but also generosity within the field, the residency is awarded to a writer whose work is matched by a sustained commitment to uplifting other writers and strengthening the broader literary community. Selected by judge Rick Moody for her “model life in the literary arts,” Lee exemplifies this ethos through both her acclaimed writing, including The Evening Hero, and her longstanding advocacy within the Asian American writing community. Foster Supply Hospitality is generously supporting the residency by providing room and board at Hemlock Neversink Hotel for the two-week stay, and CAS is proud to offer a $1,500 honorarium in recognition of her achievement and contributions.

Exhibition dates: May 2, 2026 — June 20, 2026
First Floor, Main Street Galleries

Artists Talk: May 2, 3-4pm
Second Floor, River Gallery

Opening Reception: May 2, 4-5pm
First Floor, Main Street Galleries

Catskill Art Space will host an Art and Ecology Symposium, 3-5pm in the second-floor, River Galleries. Artists Daniel Giordano, Davana Robedee and Kathy Ruttenberg will join together for an Earth Day-inspired discussion moderated by artist and writer Hovey Brock, where they will be addressing how their practices engage with the climate crisis.

Exhibition dates: March 7, 2026 — April 25, 2026
First Floor, Main Street Galleries

Artists Talk: March 7, 3-4pm
Second Floor, River Gallery

Opening Reception: March 7, 4-5pm
First Floor, Main Street Galleries

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Exhibition dates: January 17, 2026 — February 28, 2026
First Floor, Main Street Galleries

Artists Talk: February 14, 3-4pm
Second Floor, River Gallery

Opening Reception: February 14, 4-5pm
First Floor, Main Street Galleries

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Violinist Jenn Ahn Misner delivers an electrifying solo recital of J.S. Bach’s Partitas No. 1 in B minor and No. 2 in D minor—two of the most profound works in the violin repertoire. From the kaleidoscopic dance movements and dazzling Doubles of Partita No. 1 to the emotional depth and monumental Ciaccona of Partita No. 2, Ahn Misner guides listeners through a journey of virtuosity, introspection, and expressive fire. This is Bach at his most intricate and transcendent—performed with precision, daring, and heart.

Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1003
I. Allemanda - Double
II. Corrente - Double
III. Sarabanda - Double
IV. Boureé - Double

Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004
I. Allemanda
II. Corrente
III. Sarabanda
IV. Giga
V. Ciaccona

This concert is free and open to the public, thanks to generous underwriting support from Country House Realty.

Catskill Art Space invites our cherished friends and supporters to a festive cocktail party in celebration of your support of CAS ahead of the holiday season! Join us to give thanks, give back, and make CAS a philanthropic priority this season

• Enjoy passed hors d’oeuvres and appetizers from Foster Supply Hospitality

• Sip cocktails and wine courtesy of Upstream Wine and Spirits

• Honor this year’s CAS programs and exhibitions

• Learn more about the Online Art Auction, featuring works by Artists Council members and exhibiting artists

Exhibition dates: November 1, 2025 — December 28, 2025
First Floor, Main Street Galleries

Artists Talk: November 1, 3-4pm
Second Floor, River Gallery

Opening Reception: November 1, 4-5pm
First Floor, Main Street Galleries

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Join photographers Isaac Jeffreys and Marisa Scheinfeld for a powerful visual journey into Livingston Manor’s Borscht Belt past. Through rarely seen photographs, artifacts, and archival footage, this illustrated lecture explores the people, places, and pivotal moments that shaped Catskills culture and its enduring influence. The duo will also offer a sneak peek at upcoming works from their forthcoming publications.

From the 1920s to the 1970s, the Catskill Mountains were a beloved vacation destination for millions of American Jewry. Known as the Borscht Belt, the resorts and bungalow colonies of Sullivan and Ulster Counties became a haven during a time when antisemitism excluded Jews from many facets of American life, including business, employment, social clubs, and travel. Out of that exclusion emerged something extraordinary: a vibrant, welcoming world of tradition, culture, leisure, and connection. The Borscht Belt wasn't just a vacation destination, it was a cultural Renaissance. It paired recreation with a deep sense of community, and it became the birthplace of modern stand-up comedy in the region’s theaters and showrooms.

At its peak after World War II, the Borscht Belt boasted over 535 hotels and resorts and more than 50,000 bungalows. Its legacy has rippled into American life ever since; socially, artistically, and culturally. But as time passed, much of its physical landscape has faded, with many buildings decaying or replaced. Scheinfeld and Jeffreys co-founded the Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project in 2022, along with a small group of artists and historians dedicated to preserving and honoring the memory of this iconic era.

About the Artists

Marisa Scheinfeld is a Jewish-American photographer and author who was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1980 and raised in the Catskills. She received her B.A. from the State University at Albany in 2002, and her MFA from San Diego State University in 2011. Her work is motivated an interest in regional landscape and its myriad histories, both apparent and hidden, and a drive to use the medium of photography as an act of preservation. Marisa’s work is among the collections of the Library of Congress, The New York Public Library, The Center for Jewish History, The National Yiddish Book Center, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley and the Museum of Photographic Arts. Her work has appeared in publications such as National Geographic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Forbes, Paper Magazine, Village Voice, the American Historical Association and American Photography. In the fall of 2016, Cornell University Press released her first book The Borscht Belt: Revisiting the Remains of America’s Jewish Vacationland. Marisa is currently an Adjunct Professor of Photography at SUNY Purchase and working on her second book which explores hidden, alternative and fringe histories of the Catskills and Hudson Valley. 

Isaac Jeffreys is a Hudson Valley native and Parsons School of Design (The New School) graduate (BFA Photography, 2022) whose work sits at the intersection of history, memory, and transformation. Focused on 20th-century spaces, especially the Mid-century modern ‘Borscht Belt’ resorts of the Catskills, Isaac uses film photography, long exposures, and carefully staged scenes to illuminate long-abandoned buildings at night, reanimating spaces left without power or presence. His images invite viewers into dreamlike ruins where nostalgia lingers and the past remains vivid. Since 2022, Isaac has served as Visual Coordinator of The Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project, where he leads research, archival curation, and manages the project’s Instagram—sharing rare collections and stories that introduce the Borscht Belt’s vintage Americana and aesthetics to a new generation. Beyond the Marker Project, Isaac has spoken at The Center for Photography at Woodstock and Modernism Week, and has shot for The Washington Post. His latest photographic series merges New York City nightlife figures with historic landmarks, deepening his exploration of the past. Currently, he is developing a photo book celebrating the vibrance and legacy of the Borscht Belt through his lens.

Riveting tenor saxophonist, Ricky Ford will lead his quartet in a performance of his own compositions and jazz standards. Ford will be accompanied by local-legend and drummer, Thurman Barker.

About the Artist

Legendary saxophonist Ricky Ford was trained at the New England Conservatory of Music. Soon after graduating, he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Then he went on to work with Charles Mingus (1976-1977), Dannie Richmond (1978-1981), Lionel Hampton (1980-1982), Abdullah Ibrahim (1983-1990), Mal Waldron (1989-1994). He’s recorded with Yusef Lateef, Sonny Stitt, McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, Amina Claudine Myers, Sathima Bea Benjamin, and Steve Lacy, to just name a few. As a comprehensive musician, Ford has always strived to master different musical genres, from swing to hard bop to free, and recently focusing on the work of Turkish poet and musician Neyzen Tevfik.

As a leader, Ricky Ford has recorded 21 albums and authored a vast repertoire of originals. The musician has proved to have sharp knowledge and is continually looking for new forms of expression. Ford is also a unique arranger and conductor. From 1985 to 1996 he led Brandeis University's big band, arranging the works of composers whose music had never been played by big bands. When he settled in Paris in the 1990s, he created another big band before moving to Turkey to teach at the Istanbul Bilgi University (2000-2006). Ricky Ford has been working with Ze Big Band, conducted by Fred Burgazzi, with who he has recorded two beautiful albums, 7095 (2009) and Sacred Concert (2013). Ford and Ze Big Band created Sketches of Brittany at the Jazz Festival of Vitré, in Brittany. In 2022 Ford, now 68, burst out with a strong new album, The Wailing Sounds of Ricky Ford: Paul's Scene (Whaling City Sound), his first recording in almost a decade. For those who need to be reminded of Ford's playing strength and musical imagination, a listen to this music will jog the memory. Ford never ceases to create music of the highest caliber.

Please join us for a dynamic presentation and conversation from Rose Chiarello, the Catskill Art Space and Gael Roots Community Farm jointly hosted Fiber Arts Resident. The presentation marks the culmination of the residency, using the time and space to explore cultivated and wild dye plants, the fiber flax to linen process, and wool from the Icelandic and Shetland sheep raised on the Livingston Manor-based farm. Chiarello will be joined in conversation with Iris Fen Gillingham, founder and director of Gael Roots Community Farm, for a wide-sweeping discussion on the residency and interactive presentation with resources from the farm. 

About the Artist

With over eight years of experience in textiles, fashion, and fine art, Rose Chiarello is a textile designer and artist based between New York and London. She has worked for Kate Spade New York as a Womenswear Designer and, more recently, worked on the Woven Fabric Design Team at Alexander McQueen. Her expertise covers a wide range of practical and creative applications, including weaving, dyeing, painting, sewing, embroidering, embellishing, and other textile-focused techniques. She holds the experimentation and research stages of creation in high regard and blends craftsmanship with creative exploration in her work. Rose has a Master’s in Textiles (Weave) from the Royal College of Art, along with a Bachelor's in Textile/Surface Design, an Associate’s in Fashion Design, and a minor in Art History from the Fashion Institute of Technology. While her career has focused on fashion textiles in recent years, she is expanding further into the fine art world, using her skills to push the boundaries of material innovation. Inspired by light, color, and the natural world, she strives to create works that reimagine beauty through material, color, concept, and technique.