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Caitlin La Dolce is an interdisciplinary artist and educator originally from the Northeast Kingdom region of Vermont and currently based in Athens, Georgia. Through material interaction and transformation, their work explores the themes of ritual, decay, illness, relationality, and time. La Dolce has completed residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and Arts 77, and exhibited nationally. Their photographic research of pollution in the Tennessee River and its connecting water bodies was published in What Makes A Lake, the 2023 publication by Artist Field.
Finnegan Shannon is an artist experimenting with forms of access. Some of their recent work includes Alt Text as Poetry, a collaboration with Bojana Coklyat that explores the expressive potential of image description; Do You Want Us Here or Not, a series of benches and cushions designed for exhibition spaces; and Don’t mind if I do, a conveyor-belt-centered exhibition that prioritizes rest and play. Their work has been supported by a Wynn Newhouse Award, an Eyebeam fellowship, a Disability Futures Fellowship, and grants from Art Matters Foundation, Canada Council for the Arts, and the Disability Visibility Project. (Photo: Melissa Alper)