Essays & Archives
Over the years YLDE has been commissioning writers and visual artists/photographers to critically respond to and engage with the research of the artists-in-residence through creative essays. Below is the collection of the creative essays to date.
April 2024
Artists-In-Residence:
Essayist:
November 2021
Artists-In-Residence:
Essayist:
March 2021
Artists-In-Residence:
Essayists
March 2020
Artists-In-Residence:
- Neilla Hawley, Mark Dela Cruz & Emily Solstice – A Written Workshop: Improv Score for the COVID-19 Age
- Meryem Alaoui w/ Sasha Amaya – Postponed to a later date due to Covid-19 Travel Restrictions
March 2019
Artists-In-Residence:
- Tanja Woloshen w/ Lise McMillan, & Victoria Hill
- Deanna Peters & Less San Miguel
Essayists
- Visual Essay By Reza Rezaï: a study in truth (or an act through two movements)
- Written Essay By Callie Lugosi: Questions: a response to Tanja Woloshen and Deanna Peters’ Research
January 2018
Artists-In-Residence:
- Brittany Thiessen w/ Alexandra Elliott. & Davis Plett
- Jazmin Papadopoulos
- Hannah Everest w/ Collaborators
Essayists
- Written Essay By Beth Schellenberg: Written Essay
- Visual Essay By Graham Wiebe: A Study in Migratory Bodies
- A Written Workshop – by Jaz Papadopoulos
November 2017
Artists-In-Residence:
- Alexandra Winters w/ Warren McLelland
- Kayla Jeanson w/ Brianna Ferguson, & Alexandra Winters
- Davis Plett w/ Rachelle Bourget
Essayists
- Written Essay By hannah_g: Seeing and knowing
- Visual Essay by Michelle Panting: Visual Essay
January 2017
Artists-In-Residence:
- Jaime Black w/ Lise McMillan
- Brenda McLean w/ Ali Robson
- Kristy Janvier w/ Emily Barker, Lise McMillan, Rayanna Seymour
Essayists
- Written Essay By Jillian Groening
- Visual Essay by Leif Norman
October 2016
Artists-In-Residence:
- Glamdrew Andrew Henderson, Eroca Nicols, Carly Boyce & Mars Gradiva
- Delf Gravert
- Carol-Ann Bohrn
- Zorya Arrow
Essayists
- Written Essay By Praba Pilar It’s a Big Mess: Non|Sense Making on a Damaged Planet
- Visual Essay by Michel Saint Hilaire: In Flux
January 2016
Artists-In-Residence:
- Treasure Waddell w/ Freya Olafson & Lise McMillan
- Rachelle Bourget
- Brenda McLean w/ Brittany Thiessen
- Elise & Jasmine Allard
- Sasha Amaya w/ Rachelle Bourget & Ian Mozdzen
- Janelle Hacault w/ Alexandra Winters & Brett Owen
Essayists
- Written Essay By a. charlie peters: dance, discipline, and the anarchic body; or, how do i get my body to let me take a dance class?