Molly Goldberg
San Francisco, CA
July 24, 2008 - August 19, 2008
Molly Goldberg and collaborator Mary Rothlisberger met elsewhere. Somewhere between the this and the that, the here and the there, the dear and the from, they built a landscape of friendship– a series of sites for shared belonging. Through the construction of temporary, moveable dwellings and gathering spaces, through storytelling amd music making, they explore questions of community, interdependence, migration, home and inbetweenness. Their collaborations merge in the passions of a dedicated community organizer and an inspiring teacher and friend-maker: making homes and crossing lines, dotting eyes, singing for supper, and setting a place at the table for every good idea. Together they made a project called Elsewhere Book Project, which is undocumented.
Laurencio Carlos Ruiz
State College, PA
July 10, 2008 – August 12, 2008
June 14, 2011 - July 3, 2011
The fifth of six children, he grew up in a traditional working-class Catholic family, and his education was in public schools. As a visual and performance artist, as a puppeteer, designer, and photographer, he is coming back into the international eye with his new Action Figure Drama.Ruiz received his B.A. in Graphic Design from the Metropolitan Autonomous University (Mexico City, 1992) and a M.F.A. in Scenic Design from Penn State University (2001). A free-lance artists and designer, and professor of Theatre and Integrative Arts at Penn State University Altoona, he resides with the love of his life Roselyn in State College PA, since 1996.
Travis Janssen
Tempe, Arizona
June 5, 2008 - July 8, 2008
website | travis janssen dot com
Travis Janssen received an MFA in Printmaking from Arizona State University in 2007 and a BFA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2000. His creative practice focuses on printmaking while extending into the mediums of video and installation. Janssen is also engaged with collaborative processes and cross-disciplinary investigation, having collaborated with a variety of individuals on a diverse range of projects including prints and documentary videos. The exploration of perception and reflection within conscious and unconscious viewing experiences is a common thread throughout his work, often distilling events within the human condition. To this end, it is his implicit goal that viewers develop recognition of intriguing phenomena and further understanding about the visual world. Over the last five years he has shown work in over seventy exhibitions across the United States and venues in New Zealand, Russia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Claire van der Plas
Claire van der Plas (Sylva, NC)
“I currently live in Alamosa CO where I am the chair of the Art Department at Adams State University. I have taught in New Zealand, Singapore and North Carolina before moving to Colorado. While primarily a painter I also work in other media including installation, performance and collaborative art when the opportunity arises. I have exhibited in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and the United States.”
Residency: April 1, 2008 - June 16, 2008
During her residency, Clair created the Totally Nice Travel Agency and helped organize Elsewhere’s participation in Greensboro’s annual Fun Fourth Parade and Festival in 2009. That year, Clair organized a project of mail art of Elsewhere alumni (ETC’s) in New Zealand called “Elsewhen Meanwise Otherwhere” and its exhibition in Greensboro in 2009 called “Messages.”
