It's potluck time!
Dear friends,
Let's extend a warm welcome to the November
Peyton Evans Artist Residents (PEARs).
Please join us
*WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 from 6-8PM
529 Eaton Street (In the Courtyard at The PEAR House)
Please contribute an appetizer, salad, dessert,
or snack of your choice—we've got the drinks covered!
Josh Aronson is a photographer based in Miami. He received his B.A. in Philosophy from Northwestern University. His work reclaims and redefines Southern manliness, presenting tender portrayals of young men against the backdrop of Florida’s landscapes. His photography emphasizes vulnerability, introspection, and emotional complexity, challenging dominant narratives of masculinity. Aronson’s visual storytelling is rooted in his own experiences growing up in Florida, where the natural environment and cultural history serve as constant inspirations.
Kota Bowen is an interdisciplinary artist based in Milwaukee, Wi specializing in ceramic sculpture. With a printmaking degree from University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee they have a rich background in drawing, and other narrative forms. They have ten years experience working professionally in clay and freelancing as an illustrator. Much of their work is inspired by mythology and classical paintings with a contemporary graphic twist.
Sarah Dahnke is a choreographer, director and arts educator deeply committed to encouraging communities to use performance to reclaim narratives stripped away by colonialism. As a practitioner, Sarah specializes in devised performance for stage and screen. She has received commissions from Little Island, PEN America and A Studio in the Woods and has been in residence at Abrons Arts Center and Brooklyn Studios for Dance. Sarah is also the artistic director of Dances for Solidarity, a project that co-creates choreography with people affected by the criminal legal system and performs for public audiences as advocacy toward prison abolition.
Franck Hodelin is an artist and interior designer from New York City . Straddling the boundary of realism and abstraction, his figurative oil paintings feature profoundly intimate portraits of men in an array of settings. In 2023, Hodelin was a recipient of the Warner Bros. Discovery 150 Grant. He also received grants from the New York City Artists Corps and a Queens Council on the Arts “New Works Grant” in 2020 to create a series of work that was featured in a solo show at Local Projects Gallery in Long Island City, NY. Franck received a BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. He currently lives and works in Sunnyside, NY.
*Please note, PEAR Potlucks are now scheduled for the second Wednesday of every month.
Mark your calendars:
DEC 11, JAN 8, FEB 12, MAR 12, APR 9, MAY 14, JUN 11, JUL 9, AUG 13.