Luca Bosani

Costume designer

Luca learned traditional shoemaking techniques to create Unidentified Performing Objects (UPOs), wearable artworks that invite fluid interpretations based on the wearer and context. At V&A, Luca delivered a career talk on their practice and collaborated with the Youth Collective to co-curate the program for Upstart, a festival exploring paths to creative careers.

Jacqui Ramrayka

Ceramicist

Jacqui Ramrayka is a British-Guyanese ceramicist specializing in porcelain. During her residency, Jacqui worked with students to convey the power of creativity and creative learning through the medium of clay. Her project “Clay and Conversations” explores ideas of home, belonging, and the Indo-Caribbean identity of women in the diaspora. She’s planning additional workshops at MoMA in New York and the Gardiner Museum in Toronto.

Rachel Sale

Illustrator

The founder of F.A.T. Studio, a not-for-profit creative organization in South London, Rachel used her residency to focus on her practice and follow her interest in enacting cultural democracy in cultural institutions. With “Blue Print,” she invited people from all over the world to help dream up museums of the future.

Image © 2024 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo: Jake Robbins.

DonChristian Jones

Multimedia artist

DonChristian Jones is an artist, musician, and producer. During their residency, they created “The Sumptuous Discovery of Gotham a Go-Go.” Inspired by their studio, a space for queer and trans people of color can skill-share, create, and cultivate joy, the exhibition offers a place to meet, perform, and conspire.