Kathleen Gutierrez

Interdisciplinary Residency, Five-Week, Session II

Kathleen Gutierrez is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions (SEACoast), Science & Justice Research Center of UC Santa Cruz. 

Her research interests are centered broadly on the politics of plant life and floral world-making in modern histories of the Philippines and Southeast Asia. She is currently developing a book manuscript, Sovereign Vernaculars in the Philippines at the Dawn of New Imperial Botany, that expands the "vernacular" in the history of colonial botany and examines ongoing epistemological tensions during the science's internationalist acceleration.

Faculty Profile. 

Jessica Aquino

Interdisciplinary resident, Two-Week, 2022

Jessica Elena Aquino (she/they) is a fiber interdisciplinary artist, educator, and poet based in Brooklyn, NY. From her website, “Jessica earned her B.A in Painting from Colgate University in 2014 and an MFA at the PA Academy of the Fine Arts in 2019. Her work has been exhibited at Da Vinci Art Alliance, PA Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD; Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI and Anna Zorina Gallery, NY.” 

View her work here or on Instagram.

Elaine Searle, 2022

Dark Hellebore by Elaine Searle.

Botanical Artist in Residence, 2022

Elaine Searle is botanical artist based in Norfolk, UK. She is internationally recognized for her watercolor paintings of plants, fruit and vegetables. To view her work, visit her website.

Irina Neacsu, 2022

She Made Her Choice by Irina Neacsu.

Botanical Artist in Residence, 2022

Irina Neacșu is a designer and a botanical artist, member of the American Society of Botanical Artists and founder of the Romanian Society of Botaical Artists. Her projects cover a wide range of creative fields, from painting and graphics to art teaching, applied arts and interior design. 

Ixchel González Ramírez, 2022

Fellowship for Plant Science Research, 2022

Ixchel González Ramírez is a PhD candidate in the departement of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley in the Bryolab.  She is a biologist who focuses on the diversity and evolution of fruit-free plants, especially (but not exclusively) liverworts and conifers. Visit her website to learn more about her research.

Phoebe Springstubb, 2022

Stacy B. Lloyd III Fellowship for Bibliographic Studies, 2022

Phoebe Springstubb is a PhD candidate in Art and Architectural History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her current doctoral research is a comparative study of the visual cultures of the North American and Russian Arctics in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 

Jessamine Finch, 2022

Fellowship for Plant Conservation Biology, 2022

Jessamine is a Research Botanist at Native Plant Trust in Framingham, MA. She explores research through applied investigations of the environmental tolerance ranges for plants and the intersection of seed ecology, ecological restoration, and climate change. You can learn more about her on our blog.

Fátima Zagonel, 2022

‘Pleiochiton ebracteatum’ by Fátima Zagonel

Botanical Artist in Residence, 2022

Fátima Zagonel is a Brazilian artist who worked as a graphic designer for about 20 years before becoming a botanical illustrator. Her current work primarily consists of scientific illustrations of native Brazilian plants, but without forgetting commercial artwork. In 1999, she won the Margaret Mee Foundation Fellowship and was instructed by Christabel King at the Royal Botanic Gardens for six months. She is the Founder Associate of the Botanical Illustration Center of Paraná – CIBP and is a botanical illustration teacher for beginners.  Learn more about her at www.fatimazagonel.com.br.