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EXHIBITIONS -COALESCE PAPERMAKING RESIDENCY GROUP EXHIBITION: THE CULMINATION OF THE PAST 3 YEARS OF OUR TWO TECHNICAL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS FEATURING THE WORK OF 12 ARTISTS BEGAN IN NOVEMBER OF 2022. THIS GROUP EXHIBITION CELEBRATES ALTERNATIVE MODELS AND SPACES FOR MATERIAL EXPLORATION IN ART MAKING FROM OUR PAPER AND PRINT RESIDENTS. PB PLANTER RESIDENCY EXHIBITION: "DE AQUICITO NOMS" IS AN INNOVATIVE RESIDENCY PROGRAM LED BY PERUVIAN ARTIST LUCIA MONGE, REDEFINING PLANTER BOXES AS LIVING SCULPTURES THAT EXPLORE THE MIGRATION OF ORNAMENTAL" PLANTS ACROSS THE AMERICAS. LUCIA'S WORK CHALLENGES CONVENTIONAL IDEAS OF PLANT MOVEMENT AND HIGHLIGHTS THE AGENCY OF THESE BOTANICAL MIGRANTS. THROUGHOUT THE RESIDENCY, THE PROJECT TRANSFORMED EIGHT PLANTERS, SHOWCASING SPECIES FROM SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND NORTH AMERICA, OFFERING A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON INVASIVENESS, AND CELEBRATING THE PLANTS' INNATE SENSE OF BELONGING AND MOVEMENT WITHIN OUR WORLD.

TECHNICAL RESIDENCY -EIGHT ARTISTS WERE AWARDED 2 DIFFERENT WEEK-LONG LIVE/WORK RESIDENCIES TO TAKE PLACE AT CAMP COLTON, STELO'S SISTER ORGANIZATION IN RURAL SE OREGON. RESIDENTS WILL STAY IN A TINY HOUSE ACCOMMODATION ADJACENT TO THE PULP + DECKLE MOBILE PAPERMAKING STUDIO. PROVIDED WITH INSTRUCTION AND GUIDANCE VIA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM A PROFESSIONAL PAPERMAKER/ARTIST AT PULP & DECKLE'S MOBILE STUDIO AND EXCLUSIVE 24/7 ACCESS TO THE STUDIO, RESIDENTS CREATE AND EXHIBIT NEW WORK.PARTNERS: PULP & DECKLEARTISTS: CONNER DARLING, KRISTI CHAN, SATPREET KAHLON, VIVIAN SMING, V MALDONADO, ANI TOOLE, SAD POWELL, JEANENE NAGY

PROJECT RESIDENCIES -PILOT APARTMENT RESIDENCY: STELO'S PILOT APARTMENT RESIDENCY BROUGHT TOGETHER ARTISTS JOY FEASLEY AND PAUL SWENBECK IN A COLLABORATIVE CREATIVE JOURNEY. THIS PROGRAM AIMED TO TRANSFORM LIVING SPACES INTO VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS, REIMAGINING THE POTENTIAL OF RESTROOM SPACES. THE ARTISTS, UTILIZING DISCARDED MATERIALS FROM PREVIOUS PROJECTS, REPURPOSED CERAMICS AND INTEGRATED LOCAL OFFCAST MATERIALS TO CREATE ADA ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS THAT INSPIRE MAGIC, INCLUSIVITY, AND A DEEP CONNECTION TO THE NATURAL WORLD. THEIR RESIDENCY NOT ONLY ENRICHED OUR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES, REDUCING WASTE AND FOSTERING INNOVATIVE DESIGN.

COMMUNITY BUILDING - CONVERGE 45 + STELO WRITING RESIDENCY: THIS PROGRAM BEGAN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ARTS WRITING ONLINE PUBLICATION, VARIABLE WEST. TOGETHER WE DEVELOPED AN OPEN CALL AND INVITED 2 LOCAL ARTS WRITERS TO JURY APPLICATIONS AND SELECT EIGHT AWARDEES. PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED WITH VARIABLE WEST FOUNDER, AMELIA RINA, IN READING, DISCUSSIONS, WRITING AND EDITING. THIS RESIDENCY WAS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT ARTS WRITING AND JOURNALISM FOCUSING ON EXHIBITION REVIEWS, ARTIST INTERVIEWS, LONG FORM ESSAYS AND RESEARCH, CULMINATING IN A PUBLISHED PIECE WITH VARIABLE WEST.COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL: THE COUNCIL CONSISTS OF 7 PAID, PART-TIME ADVISORS WHO DESIGN PROGRAMS, REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY, REPRESENT THE ORGANIZATION, AND ADVISE LEADERSHIP ON EXISTING PROGRAMS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AS WELL AS WITH NEW HIRES.