Nikki Darling- July 2025
Nikki Darling holds a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from USC. Her debut novel, Fade Into You, was published by Feminist Press in 2018. Nikki Darling’s music criticism and essays appear regularly in the Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, KCET Artbound, and others.
Nikki Darling holds a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from USC. Her debut novel, Fade Into You, was published by Feminist Press in 2018. Nikki Darling’s music criticism and essays appear regularly in the Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, KCET Artbound, and others.
See Nikki’s work here.
Michel Droge- July 2025
Michel Droge is a multi-media artist whose work engages with the environment and ideas of multi-species, non-binary, and entangled life systems.
Michel Droge. Photograph by Andy Estey.
Michel Droge is a multi-media artist whose work engages with the environment and ideas of multi-species, non-binary, and entangled life systems. Inspired by oceans and land, mapping, and environmental research, their immersive collaborations, paintings, drawings, and prints visually explore vulnerable and under-represented environmental areas to promote awareness and conservation.
An element of Michel’s practice is collaborative engagement with scientific researchers, conservation groups, and communities, including the Schmidt Ocean Institute, Bigelow Laboratories, Maine Gun Safety Coalition, Good Food Council Lewiston, Eastport Health Care, and Maine Audubon,
Michel is the recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation award, a co-recipient of a Kindling Fund grant, and three Maine Arts Commission grants. They have been awarded fellowships and residencies at Surfpoint, Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, Hewnoaks Residency, The Tides Institute, The Joseph Fiore Foundation, The Stephen Pace House, and the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. Their work has been included in exhibitions, amongst which are The Cue Art Foundation, Bates College Art Museum, University of Maine, Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA, Maine Jewish Museum, Boston University, and Brandeis University.
Visit Michel’s website here.
Louis Bury - April-May 2025
Louis Bury is an art writer, author of The Way Things Go and Exercises in Criticism, and Professor of English at Hostos Community College, CUNY.
Louis Bury. Photo by Kerry Constantino.
Louis Bury is an art writer, author of The Way Things Go and Exercises in Criticism, and Professor of English at Hostos Community College, CUNY.
Visit Louis’ website here.
Stacy Pratt - April-May 2025
Stacy Pratt is an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. A poet, art writer, and musician, she primarily writes for First American Art Magazine.
Stacy Pratt in the Surf Point archive room. Photo by Kerry Constantino.
Stacy Pratt is an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. A poet, art writer, and musician, she primarily writes for First American Art Magazine.