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: Where We Came From
Two Brain Cells Pondering Life by Jomhel Tomas and Leensa Gheneti
East to West by Ashley Lian and Jin / 김단아
chinatown by Zac Regner and Shannon Lu
Connected through Childhood by Alex Espinoza and Thaís Cantu
Tranquility Between the Leaves by Zach Zubulake and Laura Palomino
Kindling by Lauren Rojo-Sanchez & Adhiti Chundur
Art of Falling Apart by Emily Suu Myatnoe and Lauren Jacobson
Cheap Dopamine by Jenine Dalusong and Zhourel Soesanto
Once an Echo, Now Surreal by Dani Oblitas and Anthony Tapia
fishbowl cafe by Mia Du and Addie Bruscato
queer humanity by Tessa Young and Ja'Nya Henderson
travels for two by Zack Ambrosio and AY
Museum of Natural Conscience by Peggy Luk and Rayna Hugo
Kumplín: A Short Film by Ashley Esteban and Makayla Fernando
Facings our Demons by Annie Choi and Jean Hernandez
Raíces by Evelyn Barrios
The Hwæl, the Hara, and the Flittermouse by Smera Dhal and Joey Quian
Echoes Between Us by Maya Freed-Barlow and Adanna Eleje
between [you] and [me] by Isabel Li and Sidnee Lim
Girlhood by Dominique Hembrador and Kai Toney
Documenting Life and Fashion After 65 by Judy Lam
Work-Ur-Topia by Ina Concepcion and Anito Cimarron
Two Brain Cells Pondering Life
By Jomhel Tomas and Leensa Gheneti
Two Brain Cells Pondering Life is our playful yet introspective collaboration that started with us sending each other voice recordings of our deepest thoughts, emotional musings and over-exaggerated complaints about life while also documenting our days in stills and clips. These became our assets in which we mixed the recordings in time with our photos, videos and little animations so that you could take a dive into our minds and our lives as we lived them in these moments.
Jomhel Tomas
I'm just a little Sagittarius doing graphic design in New York. My spirit is fueled by matcha lattes and cat hugs and I am on a quest to create for the love of it, without fear of failure. Catch me journaling in a cafe or running from imposter syndrome.
Leensa Gheneti
I’m a multifaceted artist and human, based in amsterdam. Currently learning how to swim, how to drive and how to use autotune.
East to West
By Ashley Lian and Jin / 김단아
From our eastern heritage, China and Korea, our immigrant parent background and upbringing while navigating the tumultuous landscape of "America." We created a quilt depicting aspects from our life, from early years to present day. Learning how to blend our lives, living as diaspora, expressing our culture proudly with no hesitation. Our identity is important but individualism is harmful, emphasis on community is more important now more than ever.
Ashley Lian
Ashley Lian is an artist and designer from New Milford, Connecticut. She received her BFA in Humanistic Studies and Fiber with a concentration in Experimental Fashion from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2017. She primarily works in textile design, apparel design, and illustration. She currently lives in Philadelphia and works as a textile designer for Anthropologie.
Jin / 김단아
Jin / 김단아 is a multi-disciplinary artist with a focus on fiber arts, beading technques, and personal aesthetics they've admired throughout their life. Often working with themes of her Korean heritage and fluidity of identity, they like to bring together inter connecting aspects of all themes while also blending modern and traditional.
chinatown
By Zac Regner and Shannon Lu
Our zine “chinatown” showcases our work as photographers, and is a testament to our shared goals of trying new things and taking opportunities to shoot while balancing our individual careers. The photos in this zine are an editorial-like depiction of our respective nearby Chinatowns. To us, Chinatown is less-so defined by its physical location and more-so by its presence of community and historical roots, with shared familiarity despite appearing in different cities. Regardless of cultural background, we hope you can resonate with that sense of familiar attachment.
Zac Regner
Zac is a second-generation Filipino-American based in the Bay Area. He likes concert and editorial-styled photography, and generally is interested in music and fashion. When he’s not shooting, he likes sipping drinks at cafés, visiting pop-up markets, and watching shows.
Shannon Lu
Shannon is a Chinese-American creative based in New York City. She enjoys street and film photography, and is currently exploring other formats and styles of photography. In her free time, she likes to listen to music, stroll around different parks, and catch a sunset behind the city skyline.
Connected through Childhood
By Alex Espinoza and Thaís Cantu
Connected through Childhood is a mixed media piece representing the connection between two strangers seen through the shared interests of their younger selves. This work comprises a mixture of digital collage and audio-visual media. Each collage represents our own personal childhoods mirroring each other, demonstrating the unnoticed similarities between two strangers’ early 2000s upbringings.
Alex Espinoza
Hey! I'm a film producer and event curator based out of South FL! I love collaborating with others and creating new exciting experiences for everyone! Hope you enjoy our project inspired by our childhoods!
Thaís Cantu
I am an artist based in Mission Texas that mostly creates with Acrylic paint and digital collage , but is opened to any mediums! I hope everyone enjoys and is reminded of their childhood when they see our project!
Tranquility Between the Leaves
By Zach Zubulake and Laura Palomino
Tranquility Between the Leaves is Laura and Zach’s visual love letter about the beauty of the natural world, if only we are open to seek it. Their project encapsulates the ever-changing nature and the relationships humans have with it, with a focus on mindfulness and grounded connection. The film became a very personal and important form of expression for Zach as their dog Riley, the highest-paid actor, passed away during the production of the project. It is both a tribute to the life of Riley and the many beauties of the world he loved.
Zach Zubulake
Zach (They/them) is a filmmaker and videographer based out of New Jersey. Their love for visual storytelling started with taking pretty photos of flowers and animals which hasn’t changed much up to today.
Laura Palomino
Laura (She/Hers) is an aspiring writer, currently based in Chicago, IL. She is passionate about storytelling, particularly focused on creative expression through writing, art, magazine-creating, and music. Through her writing, Laura aspires to use her personal experiences, interests, and made-up worlds to build community and provide inspiration for others.
Kindling
By Lauren Rojo-Sanchez & Adhiti Chundur
“Kindling” is a short animated comic about how our relationship with creativity has changed while navigating life transitions. From graduating school to starting full-time work, and learning how to build a community, how do each of us figure out how to recapture that creative spark?
Adhiti Chundur
Adhiti (she/her) is a Seattle based designer and artist who loves painting in neon colors and designing cool things. In her free time she loves to read, collect fonts, and take long walks.
Lauren Rojo-Sanchez
Lauren(she/her) is a NYC based video editor and motion designer. When she’s not animating you’ll find her sewing, thrifting, and making jewelry.
Art of Falling Apart
By Emily Suu Myatnoe and Lauren Jacobson
The Art of Falling Apart narrates the multi-layered process of coping with difficult emotional states, and how our headspace dictates our journey through existence. Using a mixed-media approach, we paired created photographs, graphics, and collages to portray the vulnerability, complications, and juxtapositions tied to each emotional state. By blending these mediums, we hope to share a piece that feels deeply personal but also relatable, showing how uncomfortable emotions can be used to propel self-discovery and deeper connections.
Lauren Jacobson
Lauren is a Denver based photographer who seeks to elevate narratives by pushing the boundaries. Lauren highlights the raw nature of human existence through an ethereal and nostalgic style, encapsulating all of the complicated emotions along the way.
Emily Suu Myatnoe
Emily is a New York City tattoo artist, who uses a bold approach to tell intricate stories across mediums. Her expressive style captures the richness of life’s contradictions, sparking connection and creating spaces where people can see fragments of their own journeys in her art.
Cheap Dopamine
By Jenine Dalusong and Zhourel Soesanto
Cheap Dopamine reflects the addictive nature and isolating realities of social media, using imagery of substance use and gambling to parallel the negative impacts of doom scrolling and the temporary fix of dopamine that follows.
Zhourel Soesanto
Originally from Indonesia and now based in OC, Zhourel is a finance student with a creative focus on candid and concert photography, as well as short-form videography.
Jenine Dalusong
Jenine Dalusong is a creative director and videographer with a focus in music videos and narrative films. Through writing and visual art, Jenine explores themes of social critique, contemporary experiences, and more with an introspective and dream-like style.
Once an Echo, Now Surreal
By Dani Oblitas and Anthony Tapia
Dani Oblitas
Dani Oblitas (she/they) is a dance artist and educator currently based in Chicago, IL. With an emphasis in choreography, Dani graduated from St. Olaf College with a BA in Dance and Environmental Studies. Dani has collaborated on a dance film for the UW Madison P.O.W.E.R. Collective CYPHER for Restorative Justice that was featured in the 2023 Short Stack Film Festival and is a choreographer for the One Hour Project in 2024. They have additionally danced with Liz Sexe Dance, KLJ Movement, We Are Collective, 773 Dance Project, Helen Lee, Sildance/Acrodanza, and Albany Park Theater Project’s Port of Entry. Dani is a Links Hall Co-Mission Resident for 2024 and is currently completing the Spiral Body Techniques® teacher certification with Molly Shanahan.
A video short combining animation with dance film made to capture the feeling of being in a dreamstate– whimsically trapped in a memory. Once an Echo, Now Surreal asks the question of where does reality end and the dream begin?
Anthony Tapia
Animation, Painting, and Illustration is my obsession. I want my audience to dive into an experience where they can lose themselves in the finding a nostalgic feeling in things that are new.It's all about creating a space where observation turns into immersion, inviting everyone to get lost in the moment.
fishbowl cafe
By Mia Du and Addie Bruscato
Mia Du
I'm an LA based artist and currently a second year Pre-Social Work major at CSULB!!! - My reason for joining fellows was wanting to meet other creatives & really help keep that passion and love for creating art despite having a different career path. (This was my first time drawing foods..) I hope you enjoy our cafe! (つˆ⌣ˆ)つ
welcome to fishbowl café - a popup aquarium themed collab cafe featuring the two infamous artists: addie bruscato & mia du!! with the childhood motif served by fishbowl's most popular dishes, you get a taste of the cozy feeling deeprooted in your childhood, now mixed with an aquatic twist with mia and addie's recognizable mascots!
Addie Bruscato
I'm currently a high school sophomore and practicing artist!! I'm based in lousiana + love everything painting and digital. Joining fellows for me was looking to find a way to express myself in a dedicated project I've never had the opportunity to work with before. plsplspls enjoy our stuff we worked so hard ><
queer humanity
By Tessa Young and Ja'Nya Henderson
Queer Humanity is a mixed-media newspaper that begs the question: “What is Queer Injustice?” Through essays, interviews, visual studies, and poetry, we hope to guide our peers to ask how queer injustice affects not only those within the LGBTQ+ community, but is bred beneath the lives of both queer and heteronormative communities. A newspaper that is personal and intentional, we hope you can find answers, solace, or community through our research about the foundation of queer injustice.
Tessa Young
A multimedia artist who focuses on photography, Tessa Young has recently found herself wielding many of her artistic endeavors for communal organizing and care. At her core, she believes herself to be a “Jack-of-All-Trades-Master-of-None”, but that soon is changing.
Ja'Nya Henderson
Ja’Nya Henderson lives in North Carolina and reads Audre Lorde at 5am in their dorm everyday. They write poetry, short stories and essays and are currently working on their first book, although they can often be found watching anime or hanging out with their girlfriend.
travels for two
By Zack Ambrosio and AY
This video project depicts two strangers at pivotal moments in their lives. They cross paths at the start of the film, uncertain about the future. While the two feel lost in the moment, their trips abroad offer them experiences that change their perspective. By spending time with friends and family, living in the present, and practicing gratitude, the fog clears, allowing them to gain clarity and curiosity.
Zack Ambrosio
I am a filmmaker born and raised in Southern California. Just like many others in my generation I was inspired by Youtube Creators growing up. Recently creators like Life of Riza and Tatsuki on Youtube really resonate with me.
AY
Beijing & LA, my two homes that are oceans apart. No matter where I am, I always deeply yearn for the other. But I’ve come to realize — it’s the people around us who truly make a place feel like home.
Museum of Natural Conscience
By Peggy Luk and Rayna Hugo
The Museum of Natural Conscience is a digital gallery that exhibits curated objects as philosophical artifacts of humankind. This first installation, premiering November 2024, hosts lost and found objects, the spaces around them, and the sentimental value they hold. MoNC seeks to find substance in ambiguity through the examination of antiquities and relics.
Peggy Luk
Peggy Luk is a graphic designer from Los Angeles, California, and has worked for a multitude of clients including Amazon and Samsung. Her design philosophy is to synergize contrasting ideas to create functional and thought-provoking work. She went to ArtCenter College of Design, graduating with a BFA in Graphic Design. In her free time, she enjoys creating ceramics and yapping about astrology to anyone who would listen.
Rayna Hugo
Rayna Hugo is a multimedia artist and producer specializing in video, animation, and interactive media. With over eight years of experience in ad agencies, production studios, and museums—including her current role as Multimedia Manager at WNDR Museum in Boston—Rayna crafts immersive visual experiences blending digital and physical elements. She holds a BFA in Kinetic Imaging from VCUarts with a double minor in media studies and sound design. In terms of personal work, Rayna’s art lends itself to poetry, abstraction, and whimsy.
Kumplín: A Short Film
By Ashley Esteban and Makayla Fernando
The story follows two individuals from opposite sides of the world who have never met. Both feel isolated by their circumstances and the monotony of their lives, leading to feelings of loneliness. As the narrative unfolds, a lens zooms out to reveal that they are not truly alone. This coming-of-age story highlights their journey to rediscover the contentment and joy of life, emphasizing how connected we all are to one another. We are embarking on a project that explores coming of age and personal growth through filmmaking. Through this film, we hope to inspire others to keep moving forward and find comfort in the shared human experience.
Ashley Esteban
Second year Guatemalan film student and business photographer who inspires to showcase her work to others.
Makayla Fernando
A fashion design student from the Philippines that is a creative and loves her orange cat
Facings our Demons
By Annie Choi and Jean Hernandez
In this collaboration, Korean American fashion designer Annie and Mexican American screen-printing artist Jean present a garment that transcends cultural borders to confront mental health stigma. Drawing from the Mexican phrase “the devil made you do it” and the Korean mythological figure Dokkaebi (도깨비), this piece reflects the complexities of internalized and externalized mental struggles. Through screen printing and fabric manipulation in garment design, they craft a wearable narrative of resilience and vulnerability, inviting viewers to confront the unseen. This layered piece speaks to the silent battles waged within, transforming cultural symbols into a visual conversation on strength and the universal journey of facing our inner demons.
Annie Choi
Annie is a Korean American designer whose work explores the intersections of heritage, identity, and mental health through couture and custom garment construction. Drawing from both her Korean roots and her background in data science, she creates pieces that blend cultural narrative with contemporary form, inviting reflection on resilience and self-expression.
Raíces
By Evelyn Barrios
Raíces is a collection of photographs, poems, and journal entries that chronicle my experiences as an immigrant in the U.S., navigating a polarized political and social landscape. Against a backdrop of rising hate crimes, anger, and violence toward minorities, I created this work as an act of resistance—to honor the richness and diversity that shape the U.S. and to share pieces of my culture with the world. This project reflects not only where I come from but also who I am becoming.
Evelyn Barrios
Evelyn Barrios is a Mexican immigrant and multidisciplinary artist based in Chicago. Her art reflects her experiences of growing up as an immigrant in a predominantly white neighborhood, then moving to Chicago, home to the second-largest Mexican population in the U.S
The Hwæl, the Hara, and the Flittermouse
By Smera Dhal and Joey Quian
The Hwæl, the Hara, and the Flittermouse is a visual project that travels through the mythical realms of land, sea, and sky. Experience Medieval artwork from a new perspective, with our collection of manuscripts playing the role of protagonists, enemies, and everything in between. We wanted to celebrate the unique, almost uncanny characteristics of paintings from Europe in the middle ages, and reimagine them through a 2D game concept. We hope you enjoy!
Smera Dhal
Smera is an art director studying in Richmond, Virginia. She loves multimedia work, sandwich shops, and green nail polish.
Joey Quian
Joey Quian (she/her) is a video editor based in Los Angeles. Obsessed with tomatoes, clowns, and cats, she views art like cooking - a diverse family of ingredients that come together to make one cohesive unit. Her dream is to use her creative skills to support and educate others, encouraging them to pursue the arts fearlessly.
Echoes Between Us
By Maya Freed-Barlow and Adanna Eleje
This is an introspective and intimate project that delves into the complexities of identity and connection. Through the medium of written letters accompanied by a mixed media photo series, this project seeks to explore the relationships we hold dear yet may not fully understand. Hopefully we will create a piece that resonates with our audience and encourages them to explore relationships that they may not have considered before should they feel that desire.
Maya Freed-Barlow
Maya Freed-Barlow is a Cambodian-American Boston based creative. She enjoys sharing her passion for filmmaking and strives to be the queer Southeast Asian representation she craves in media.
between [you] and [me]
By Isabel Li and Sidnee Lim
An aspiring poet moves to the imperial metropolis and builds a new body for himself. His childhood friend stays home, isled by the smallness of their low-cost labour technohub in the Asia-Pacific. Their reconnection reveals that dreams of the past are not so distant after all. “between [you] and [me]” is a multimedia narrative in electronic love(?) letters. As genderqueer Pacific youths, Deyu and Sayang’s paths intertwine in a dying world of uneven technological advancement and environmental destruction, where queerness and access to community feel like high-fidelity western commodities—impossible. This was also an excuse(!) to write a cheesy cyborg romance.
Isabel Li
Isabel Li is a Chinese-Kiwi painter, writer, and researcher based in San Francisco. They love telling stories about distance, queerness, technological futures, intimacy, and care. Recently they have been following frumpy cats through bookstore aisles, heaving against Chinatown's paved inclines, and eating fruit on the floor.
Sidnee Lim
Sidnee Lim is a Singaporean-Malaysian filmmaker based in Brooklyn. They are currently doing their masters in Film and Media Studies at Columbia University, and spends their time across creative projects responding to the distinct experience of unbelonging minorities silently endure, and the community and love that can be found after.
Girlhood
By Dominique Hembrador and Kai Toney
showcasing the beauty and light of being a women.
Kai Toney
Hey ya’ll! My name is Kai and I’m 24 years old from San Francisco, CA. I enjoy thought provoking conversations, reading, visual art, dance, music, and multi-cultural spaces. I’m a model and a Black maternal & infant health worker, and I think my “work” reflects my duality. A mix of left & right brain
Documenting Life and Fashion After 65
By Judy Lam
This project showcases the personal style and personality of seniors. Because senior lives tend to be stigmatized with isolation and illness, the goal is to highlight sides of individuals aged 65 and older we don't typically see through photography.
Judy Lam
Judy Lam is a photographer based on the east coast. She is passionate about highlighting the beauty of day-to-day people and moments showing that no matter what age you are, no one's story is ordinary.
Work-Ur-Topia
By Ina Concepcion and Anito Cimarron
A Slice-of-life webcomic that peeks into the lives of loosely interconnected queer folks, depicting joy and activism in the city through vignettes.
Ina Concepcion
Afro-Indigenous ceremonial artist & abstract painter. Ina creates emotional landscapes and energetic portals as an invitation to explore the nuanced depths of the human experience. Drawing on the deep relationships to the elemental, mayan and caribbean cosmology and a lineage of curanderismo, Ina incorporates ceremonial cacao as a connection between the ethereal and the earthly.
Anito Cimarron
A queer, working-class writer of the Filipino diaspora. Based in so--called Chicago, Anito explores the intersections of reace, labor, class, environment, and gender as well as other social constructs that impact our society and affect how we connect.