CREATIVE CONDUCTOR - FRANK ROSE
Frank Rose is a creative conductor, passionate about facilitating avenues of support for artists. He holds a degree in Digital Media and has exhibited in exhibitions in the US, China, and South Korea. He founded Gallery 1724, a community art space in Houston in 2005 and was the Publisher of ArtsHouston Magazine before moving to Santa Fe in 2008. He co-founded Santa Fe’s form & concept in 2016, & opened Hecho a Mano in 2019. Frank loves expanding consciousness, hiking, good coffee, and tacos.
CREATIVE CONDUIT - MARTHA TRAER
Martha Traer was born into the humid air of a Chicago summer evening. Little did she know at that moment all that was in store for her. Her eyes couldn’t handle the bright lights of the sterile white hospital room. Her feet were pressed into a black ink pad and then pressed firmly onto a sheet of paper. From that moment on she was part of the system. Did the government care about this little girl born to two individuals in their early 30s and Late 20s respectively? Was she, at this moment a participant in the American Dream, or simply the product of it? Her journey to discover self would begin as soon as she could recognize her own strength and individuate herself from her parents…
At that moment, she saw the ground rushing towards her face. Concussion…..She really loved dancing on stage….That is the moment she found a video camera. She would walk around with it strapped to her hip for the next 10 years….She graduated with a BA in Film Production…After three years of working in the club she broke out on her own and while working at Luna Rienne Gallery, she simultaneously supported artists and activists, using her talents to share people’s stories and work….7 years later she moved to Santa Fe New Mexico…
CREATIVE CONSPIRATOR - NIKA FELDMAN
Nika Feldman is a creative conspirator, stimulated by artistic vision and good conversation. Feldman maintains a 20+ year long career as an interdisciplinary textile artist. She holds an MFA in Studio Arts from the Institute of American Indian Arts, as well as, a BA in Indigenous Liberal Studies with a minor in Community Wellness from the same institution. Feldman also received a BFA from NSCAD University majoring with an Interdisciplinary Art practice and a minor in Art History. Additionally, as a recipient of the prestigious Monbukagakusho award, Nika spent two years as an independent research fellow within the textile department at Kyoto City University of Arts in Japan. Having moved to Santa Fe in 2017, Nika splits her time between New Mexico and her birth place of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
CREATIVE DELIGHT (USUALLY) - KARA DUVAL
Kara is enlivened by unexpected connections and collaboration. Kara's first community was a group of rowdy Russian Folk Musicians at a Renaissance Festival in Magnolia, TX, inspiring her love of dance. She graduated with a degree in Photography and Digital Media which became as passionate of a practice as dancing. She would spend countless hours in the darkroom feeling connected to alchemists of old and that connection delighted her.
After working as a Freelance Photographer, an advertising retoucher, and a Zoo Ranger, Kara moved with her husband to Santa Fe and became a massage therapist. In Santa Fe, she discovered a strong and quirky arts community which rekindled her love of performance and led her to co-found an improvisational dance group, Underland Dance.
Besides leaping, Kara loves dark chocolate, cats, her family, and living in Santa Fe, the best place on Earth.