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Megan Mosholder
Installation artist
Atlanta, GA
Honor Petrie
Visual Artist
Inverness, Scotland
Austen Osworth
Novelist
New York, NY
Megan Mosholder
Installation artist
Atlanta, GA
Megan Mosholderis a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design with an MFA in painting. She has received numerous awards from institutions such as the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Haven Foundation and the Paul J. Smith Award of Excellence. Her diverse exhibition history spans multiple countries including an installation in Sydney, Australia (2017), a body of site-specific work that speaks of the lasting impression a fully immersive, multi-sensory artwork can leave on a viewer.
Megan is also a burn survivor. In September 2018, Megan flipped her car and the gas tank ignited with the artist trapped inside. She was burned over 60 percent of her body and although her accident does not define who Megan is as an artist, she cannot deny that it has influenced her work in a number of ways, one of which is her mobility. Regardless, Megan continues to reach for the sky through her large-scale installations and works with a crew of assistants to bring these works to life. Megan currently resides in Atlanta, GA where she is a Professor at Kennesaw State University and an Artist in Residence at the Skylark.
Austen Osworth
Novelist
New York, NY
A.E. Osworth’s debut novel, We Are Watching Eliza Bright, about a game developer dealing with harassment (and narrated collectively by a fictional subreddit) is forthcoming from Grand Central Publishing (April 2021). They spent seven years working for Autostraddle in varying roles, including as Contributor, Staff Writer, and Geekery Editor, where they mainly focused on the intersection of queerness and technology. In addition, you can find their work on Guernica, Quartz, Electric Literature, Paper Darts, Mashable, drDoctor and Argot Magazine. You can take classes with them at Catapult (where they’re leading fiction- and literature-focused courses) and at Fledgling (where they lead the creative-non-fiction-focused generative workshops) and at The New School (where they teach digital storytelling).
photo by Lou F. Bank
Honor Petrie
Visual Artist
Inverness, Scotland
Water captivates Honor Petrie creatively, her mind is bewitched to its visually powerful appearance. She uses water as a metaphor and medium to explore the fragile relationship between human perception and nature. Employing the effects of chromostereopsis with water, her installations present a celestial environment where light, colour and space melt together — a coming together of minds and nature’s elements.
“Water swirls, twists, distorts. The smooth black liquid moves quick. Immersing all in its path. It swells and disintegrates with immense weight, crashing and tearing down all in its power. Watching, the mind begins to feel the water’s movements, following its ever changeable patterns. The mind tries to connect as one yet is refused. Each rise and fall reveals the mind’s powerlessness and vulnerability. The surrounding space begins to encircle the body, submerging it. Isolated and disconnected, the mind transforms the water into a torrent, dominating its environment, overwhelming any sense of space, leaving behind a strange and anonymous landscape.”
Hugh's View Rooftop
With one of the tallest buildings – and most spectacular views – in town, the Hugh’s View rooftop terrace serves as The Studios’ creative space in the sky. The terrace sits four stories above street level and offers panoramic views of the island. The Kitwald Stage glows in the golden twilight of our sunset performances.
Hugh’s View offers:
—Smaller audience sizes
—Outdoor environment
—Intimate experiences
—A rooftop bar that opens one hour prior to show time
Helmerich Theater
With original seating from its days as a Masonic temple, the Helmerich Theater has been updated to also include floor seating. As a black box theater, the set up is intimate but professional, and sets the stage for concerts and performances that leave guests feeling like they really got to know the performer.
Helmerich Theater offers:
—More space and comfortable chairs
—Indoor comforts
—Intimate experiences
—A walk-up counter bar that opens one hour prior to show time
Residency Interest
The period for applying to 2021/22 residencies is now closed. We will begin accepting residencies for the 2022/23 season, which runs from September 2022-August 2023, in January 2022. If you would like to be notified by email when the application period opens again, please fill out this form.
With one of the tallest buildings – and most spectacular views – in town, the Hugh’s View rooftop terrace serves as The Studios’ creative space in the sky. The terrace sits four stories above street level and offers panoramic views of the island. The Kitwald Stage glows in the golden twilight of our sunset performances.
With original seating from its days as a Masonic temple, the Helmerich Theater has been updated to also include floor seating. As a black box theater, the set up is intimate but professional, and sets the stage for concerts and performances that leave guests feeling like they really got to know the performer.