fellows for two
Fellows For Two is a 10-week collaborative program that partners creatives across the world to develop art projects of all mediums and meet new people in a new and creative way.
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Fellows For Two: Melded Memories
Here’s To All We’ve Been Through by Andrea Hoang and Nthatile Mavuso
to us, from a time by Dellin Zhang and Michelle Sy
CAPSULE by Rainee Pei and Zoe Paris
FOR THE LOVE OF MOTHERS by Hayley Johnson-Cange and Helen Võ
falling asleep in another language by Esther Lee and Kathy Li
A Sunny Day in San Francisco by Felix Dong & Hannah Ahn
Threads & Traditions by McKenna Grigsby and Akanksha Banerjee
The Silence Between Us by Zach Zubulake and Sunny Abulon
homemade by Mulan Zhu and Matt Solomon
RUN by Josie Cruz and Briana Hernandez
The Path by Yulia Malyshkina and Daniela Herrera
空間 - space in between by Abbie Yan Sawyer and Jasmine Lingjun Lu
san2san by Anthony Ferrara and Alissa Tu
Rooted in Each Other by Wyatt Fields
Disco Diabolique by Alisha Hurst and Tyler Herrera
Food Connections by Morgan Kuin and Ally Chen
Changes by Aj Malabunga and Zach Chin
sent with love by Jennifer Duan and Amanda Rondez
the journey of growing up by Audrey Sioeng and Hazel Crasta
Here’s To All We’ve Been Through
By Andrea Hoang and Nthatile Mavuso
This project is a love letter, admiration and gratitude - filled homage to the places, people, and experiences that moulded us. An original, sometimes messy but delicately made montage of all the art that inspires and often breaks our hearts. A mixed media project about identity through heritage, self-exploration, struggles with perfectionism, and our relationship with art.
Andrea Hoang
Andrea Hoang (any pronouns) is a Vietnamese-American multidisciplinary creative—with a focus in filmmaking and creative writing—based in Houston. Their work tends to center around themes of growth of identity, human connection, and/or heritage. They’re trying to create as much as they can in this lifetime!
Nthatile Mavuso
Nthatile Mavuso (she/her) is a South African born multidisciplinary writer and traditional media lover. From being a screenwriter to shooting fashion documentaries, she dreams of doing it all.
to us, from a time
By Dellin Zhang and Michelle Sy
Prompted by prominent life transitions and subsequent nostalgia, two friends reconnect from across the world. In an attempt to articulate a hopeful present, they send each other (video) postcards from their separate but intersectional lives. They reminisce on past realities, reflect on all that’s changed, relish what remains untarnished by time, and raise questions about their uncertain paths.
Dellin Zhang
Dellin Zhang is a Chinese-American writer and filmmaker. She currently enjoys scribbling poetry, wandering bookstores, and a warm bowl of soup.
Michelle Sy
Michelle is a Chinese American photographer from New Jersey, currently based in San Francisco. You’ll usually find her catching the sunset, grabbing a coffee somewhere, or attending a concert in the bay.
CAPSULE
By Rainee Pei and Zoe Paris
CAPSULE is a project born from curiosity and the obsession with collecting stuff. Meaningful stuff. It is meant to capture the nostalgia and awe we feel when reflecting on our past and reminiscing about experiences, memories, and versions of ourselves we may have left behind but still exist. On the surface, CAPSULE is simply a compilation of multiple, different time capsules; but upon completion, we realized it’s a glimpse into someone’s world. We wanted to digitize the traditional time capsule and allow people to create ones that transcend physicality and make emotions, memories, and experiences tangible.
Rainee Pei
Rainee is a product designer based in Chicago, IL. She enjoys both film and digital photography, and is trying to spread her wings in editorial photography and mixed media. Besides photography, she likes to rock climb, read, sew, and explore third spaces!
Zoe Paris
Zoe is a multidisciplinary artist and architectural designer based in NJ/NYC. She enjoys storytelling through various mediums, including bullet journaling, watercoloring, and video editing. Zoe strives to live with intention, appreciate the beauty in everyday moments, and connect with diverse stories from people around the world.
FOR THE LOVE OF MOTHERS
By Hayley Johnson-Cange and Helen Võ
Our project explores the questions we never had the chance—or the courage—to ask our moms. Through interview-style videography, a new medium for us, we aim to spotlight our mothers' identities beyond motherhood, and to deepen our understanding of multi-generational relationships between mothers and children. What began as a conversation with our own moms, we hope to expand into a space where other mothers can share their stories too. We hope this project resonates as something healing—a catalyst for connection, reflection, and comfort, especially for those who may no longer have the chance to ask those questions themselves.
Hayley Johnson-Cange
Hayley is a pediatric ICU nurse by trade in Denver, CO – but at heart, is a writer. She enjoys writing about the human experience, showcasing the beauty of both the momentous moments and little things in life. When not working night shifts at the hospital, you can find Hayley at her community choir practice, playing basketball at the park, or knitting while listening to jazz on vinyl.
Helen Võ
Helen is currently a barista and freelance writer based in Atlanta, GA. Her creativity is fueled by her culture, music, compassion, and community building. She hopes to do more live concert photography and creative writing. You can find her café hopping, rewatching Jane the Virgin, or shuffling through new music!
falling asleep in another language
By Esther Lee and Kathy Li
A little collection of memories from fall 2023 and summer 2024 in asia, re-animated with drawings of the present. This project is best enjoyed with cheap headphones and a fizzy drink.
Esther Lee
Esther Lee is a Chinese American writer and artist who currently works as a product designer in the San Francisco bay area. They are also a print designer for sine theta (a literary magazine for the chinese diaspora) and a big advocate for watching movies in theaters. in their free time, they enjoy baking maximalist cakes and listening to pure heroine by lorde over and over again :D
Kathy Li
Kathy Li is a software engineer by day and everything else by night. Originally from Northern Virginia, she studied cs/art at Princeton and is now in la! In her free time she loves painting, printmaking, editing, and watching youtube videos <3
A Sunny Day in San Francisco
By Felix Dong & Hannah Ahn
Two artists from different sides of the world came together for one day in SF. What do they do?
Come on a little adventure through the city and experience a sunny day in the city.
Felix Dong
Felix is a Bay Area-based photographer and filmmaker who loves daydreaming and contemplating life. In his free time, you’ll find him checking out the local thrift stores, hiking through forests and mountains, or lying on a picnic blanket and staring at the sky.
Hannah Ahn
Hannah is a designer and entrepreneur who has recently moved from Sydney to San Francisco to work in startups. She’s a fan of typography, sketching, batch brew and contemplating with the future will look like.
Threads & Traditions
By McKenna Grigsby and Akanksha Banerjee
This zine celebrates secondhand fashion and cultural wear through a nostalgic lens, inspired by early 90s/2000s magazine themes. Each spread highlights individuals’ personal style and the deeper stories behind what they wear—whether thrifted, passed down, or rooted in culture. Our goal was to spotlight how fashion is more than just clothing; it’s identity, creativity, and self-expression. We wanted to show the beauty in how people mix heritage with individuality, proving that style is deeply personal and powerful.
Akanksha Banerjee
Hi! I am akanksha and I have been a photographer for a few years now! I just graduated from Cal Poly :) I mainly shoot portraits
McKenna Grigsby
Hi◡̈ I’m Kenna, a Denver based photographer! I love being outside & taking pics of friends doing cool stuff! I’m constantly trying to grow in my creativity
The Silence Between Us
By Zach Zubulake and Sunny Abulon
Two friends are hanging out when suddenly, one of them is delivered horrible news. The friends share a moment of silent intimacy, comforting them through this dark moment. A live-action scene that transitions from a realistic background to an illustrated one to accentuate a moment of intimacy.
Sunny Abulon
Visual development artist based in LA who bites off more than they can chew and then swallows anyways. I enjoy collaborative storytelling whether its working in animation or DMing DnD campaigns for my friends. I thrive the most when I'm with other people who are just as passionate, ambitious, and greedy as I am.
homemade
By Mulan Zhu and Matt Solomon
"homemade" is a multimedia collection that explores how different people our age find home through physical objects and memorabilia. because lots of 20-year-olds are moving around and discovering themselves, we wanted to know what "home" means to everyone. we asked our friends: what is one unique object with positive emotional significance that makes home feel like home to you? what item beyond what just makes you feel “physically” home gives you comfort in your space? through this project, we got to visit their homes, learn about what's sentimental to them, and take photos of it all. we hope you enjoy this little look into some of our friends' lives!
Mulan Zhu
hey, i'm mulan :) i'm a 23 y/o ux designer + photographer in seattle, washington. i love being able to capture my friends in their most candid, carefree moments. i'm really grateful to have worked with my partner matt and met so many talented folks through the fellows community!
Matt Solomon
I’m Matt, a 23 year old freelance photographer and videographer from New Jersey. I’m really into fashion photography and shoot mainly editorials but have also ventured into music content, shooting raves and friends’ DJ sets. It was really cool to work with Mulan and explore the unique connections people have with their belongings. Glad to have been able to complete my first Fellows For 2 project!
RUN
By Josie Cruz and Briana Hernandez
Contradiction, fear, uncertainty, and trust—in spite of everything else—is at the heart of our project. With music & lyrics by Briana Hernandez and filmed & edited by Josie Cruz, this music video is an exploration of persevering through the questions and obstacles life always seems to throw at us.
Josie Cruz
Josie Cruz recently graduated from the University of Florida with a BA in Digital Arts & Sciences. Aspiring to become a Director of Photography, she works towards her goal to break into the film industry by collaborating with other filmmakers, virtually and locally. She has been a part of a few short films so far, most notably "We Dream of Eden" and "Floating Daisies."
Briana Hernandez
Briana Hernandez is an artist and songwriter based in NYC with a heart split between her hometowns of Atlanta, GA and El Paso, TX. Art brings Briana comfort in many forms: music, movement, museums, and many a fantasy novel.
KEEP CREATING. xx
The Path
By Yulia Malyshkina and Daniela Herrera
空間 - space in between
By Abbie Yan Sawyer and Jasmine Lingjun Lu
hung1gaan1 空間 - space in between kōngjiān How are our stories intertwined despite being from worlds apart? What does it mean to carry the stories and experiences of those who come before us in our bodies and minds? A collaborative effort as part of the Fellows for Two Collective, New York, filmmakers Abbie and Jasmine explore their joint Chinese identities through their individual lenses. This film serves as a medium to reflect on how two people from different backgrounds experience their upbringing. Where do their stories diverge? How are they the same? Through a combination of found footage, voice messages, letters, and photographs, Abbie and Jasmine explore their relationships with family, themselves, and their heritage.
Abbie Yan Sawyer
Abbie is a photographer based in Brooklyn, NY. As a queer Chinese American, she is constantly observing and capturing raw and intimate moments with her unique perspective. With an intentional and honest approach, she aims to explore the spaces of culture, sex, gender, race, and identity. Photography is her form of creative outlet to connect with the people, environment, and the experiences around her.
Jasmine Lingjun Lu
Jasmine is a photographer and filmmaker based in Toronto. Her art seeks to explore concepts related to her identity as a Chinese Canadian woman, as well as how photography and film can capture, transform, portray, and preserve stories. She uses her practice as not only self expression, but as a space for other collaborators to connect and reflect on their own identities. Jasmine’s work has been featured in Sinetheta Magazine, FashionArt Toronto, and Hart House.
san2san
By Anthony Ferrara and Alissa Tu
san2san is an ambient album against the backdrops of San Diego and San Francisco. A journal of our ordinary lives, the sounds from each of our cities are turned into a unique listening experience. Every track captures the sounds of our everyday, highlighting the details of our cities through audio recordings, beat layering, and manipulation. We hope with the “music behind music” is a letter waiting for a reply.
Anthony Ferrara
Anthony Ferrara is a mixed media artist whose work takes shape through film photography, graphic design, and physical art. His creative vision blends digital processes with everyday life to craft compelling visual narratives that explore identity, memory, and culture through aesthetic storytelling.
Alissa Tu
Alissa Tu (she/her) is a Vietnamese American writer, dancer, and passenger princess. Born and raised in Olympia, Washington, she currently resides in San Diego, Washington. Her work elevates the everyday with experimental processes and simplifies the complex into bite sized puzzle pieces, exploring intersectionality, femininity, and violence with tenderness.
Rooted in Each Other
By Wyatt Fields
Borne out of a desire to imagine a life beyond capitalism, "Rooted in Each Other" is a mixed-media video collage examining identity, connection, and isolation under the systems we endure. A spoken word poem intertwines phrases pulled from friends and fellow artists' thoughts on our capitalist conditions, and my own hopes and daydreams of a world with common themes between us all: community, liberation, empathy, nature, creativity. Looking to human nature and patterns in the natural world, this piece explores my longing for a liberated world.
Wyatt Fields
Wyatt is an artist from Memphis with expertise in analogue film and experimental storytelling, the campier the better. He's involved in the Bay Area's independent media scene, with a narrative photoshoot and poem recently published in indie magazines Lucky Star and Club Rambutan. He's passionate about stories of queer identity, social justice, and humans' connection to nature.
Disco Diabolique
By Alisha Hurst and Tyler Herrera
Disco Diabolique is a comic short story that follows a coven of witches running a glamorous 1970s disco nightclub as a front to lure unsuspecting victims for ritual sacrifices. We’ve paired the comic with a tarot card that double as a character card for a key player in the story. This project blends the artists’ love for horror and the seventies with the seductive energy of disco and the dark mystique of occult fiction.
Alisha Hurst
Alisha Hurst is a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist whose work spans digital art, creative direction, and visual storytelling. Inspired by ethereal erotica, she channels women’s perspectives as her muse, crafting dreamy, sensual worlds where softness, power, and fantasy collide.
Tyler Herrera
Tyler Herrera is a multidisciplinary artist based in Detroit dedicated to bringing QTBIPOC joy and magic into this world at every opportunity. Whether through paintings, digital illustration, installation exhibits, or textile arts Tyler’s work creates a portal to a world where the parts of us that are most rejected by this world can be loved and honored.
Food Connections
By Morgan Kuin and Ally Chen
A recipe exchange project exploring how food can be a medium for understanding one another's lives and backgrounds. Each week, we shared recipes, cooked each other's dish, and came together to reflect on the experience. The project reveals how food can be reflective of our personal histories, acting as emotional vessels, allowing us to understand each other on a deeper level.
Morgan Kuin
Morgan Kuin is a third-generation Chinese American designer and writer based in New York City. She’s a fan of zines, accessible design, and dinner parties.
Ally Chen
Ally is an LA-based creative who explores all things art and design. As a first-generation Chinese-American, she is particularly interested in identity, family, and connecting with your inner whimsy.
Changes
By Aj Malabunga and Zach Chin
‘Changes’ is a photo series exploring the emotional arc of growing up through parallels between the innocence of childhood and the complexities of adult life. The narrative moves from familiar, comforting spaces into unfamiliar, evolving environments, the series evokes a sense of nostalgia for simpler times. It highlights moments of transition; capturing not just physical change, but the subtle emotional shifts that accompany growing up. While reflecting on the past, the project emphasizes personal growth and resilience, reminding viewers that within every stage of life, there is beauty in the challenges we face that ultimately leads to our personal growth.
Aj Malabunga
hi! my name is aj! i’m a photographer and junior in undergrad studying for my degree in visual arts! my work is very inspired by humanity and culture and what connects us all together. i’m so excited for you all to see our project and hope you guys enjoy!
Zach Chin
I’m Zach, and I’m a photographer from the San Francisco Bay Area. Most of my work is automotive and street but recently have been doing portraits too. I aim to create visually stunning content with the goal of storytelling that leaves an impression on viewers.
sent with love
By Jennifer Duan and Amanda Rondez
Lily and Sen, two characters with opposing yet complementary personalities, meet in college through a publication group. They become close friends through shared hobbies and writing letters, yet find their lives growing apart post-grad. The narrative explores how these friends come together, navigate conflict, find each other again, and learn to make compromises. We hope their journey lets you explore the joyous, intricate, and even (sometimes) painful facets of your own friendships.
Jennifer Duan
Jennifer Duan (they/she) is a Chinese American multidisciplinary artist and designer based in Cambridge, MA. Her work explores topics surrounding intersectional identities, coming of age experiences, mental health, and the simple joys of life. They can be found making zines, exploring public art, or simply peeling a tangerine.
Amanda Rondez
Amanda (she/her) is a writer based in the bay area who enjoys observational photography. She is a media lover and enjoys storytelling in all forms. She hopes to create and absorb many throughout her lifetime.
the journey of growing up
By Audrey Sioeng and Hazel Crasta
Welcome to coming-of-age — in a grocery store. Growing up kind of sucks. Adulting REALLY sucks. But there has to be something that makes this “being independent” thing worth doing… right? *Check out* our short film scrapbook journey of growing up… in all of its ups and downs.
Audrey Sioeng
Audrey is a cognitive and computer science student currently studying abroad in Utrecht, NL, though most nights she’s still fishing around her heart by lamplight in an attempt to articulate… things. Huge fan of ballpoint pens, daisies, and sunshine. :)
Hazel Crasta
Hazel is a junior currently living in India. Ever since she was a kid, her favorite thing in the world has been listening to stories—whether through movies, books, songs, or the people around her. It’s a love that has stayed with her and one she knows will never fade.