Visiting Artists

Each residency features a new group of distinguished visiting faculty and artists–learn more about them here.

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Hub New Music

Visiting Ensemble - Summer 2019

Hub New Music

Visiting Ensemble - Summer 2022

Brian Rigney Hubbard

Visiting Filmmaker, MFA in Film

Samantha Hunt

Visting Fiction Writer, MFA in Writing

Invoke

Visiting Ensemble - Summer 2023

Dionne Irving

Visiting Writer, MFA in Writing

Mike Jackman

Visiting Filmmaker

Major Jackson

Distinguished Visiting Poet, Winter 2016

Raven Jackson

Visiting Filmmaker, MFA in Film

Melanie Jacobson

Alumnx Darrow Lecturer, WCYA

Zainab Jah

Visiting Filmmaker

Laurie Jean

Visiting Alumnx Creative Nonfiction Writer, Winter 2021

Tamara Jenkins

Visiting Filmmaker

Tyehimba Jess

Visiting Poet, Winter 2018

Tayari Jones

Postgraduate Writers' Conference Faculty

A. Van Jordan

Visiting Poet and Distinguished VCFA Alumnx in Film

Prashanth Kamalakanthan

Visiting Filmmaker

Andrew Karre

Guest Editor, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

J. Kates

Visiting Translator, Winter 2017

Douglas Kearney

Visiting Writer

Malick Kebe

Guest Designer

Donika Kelly

Visiting Writer

Diana Kerew

Visiting Filmmaker

Alia Quart Khan

Visiting Filmmaker

Vandana Khanna

Visiting Poet, MFA in Writing

Gelare Khoshgozaran

Visiting Artist, MFA Visual Art

So Yong Kim

Visiting Faculty

Yunim Kim

Guest Designer

Ely Kim

Guest Designer

Shaka King

Visiting Filmmaker

Tim Kirkman

Visiting Filmmaker, MFA in Film

Penny Kittle

Visiting Writer

Oliver Klimpel

Guest Designer

Bethany Koby-Hirschmann

Visiting Designer, MFA in Graphic Design

Travis Kochel

Visiting Designer, MFA in Graphic Design

Yusef Komunyakaa

Visiting Poet, Winter 2022

Manuel Krebs

Guest Designer

Kylwyria

Visiting Ensemble - Summer 2019

Yi Shun Lai

Visiting Writer

Nicolas Lampert

Artist-in-Residence

Rajani LaRocca

Guest Author, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Kirby Larson

Visiting Writer

Jennifer Laughran

Visiting Agent, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Victor LaValle

Visiting Fiction Writer, Summer 2017

Elizabeth Law

Guest Editor, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Tricia Lawrence

Guest Agent, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Kiese Laymon

Visiting Creative Nonfiction Writer, Summer 2020

Việt Lê

Visiting Scholar, MFA Visual Art

Sydney Lea

Visiting Writer, Winter 2020

Savannah Leaf

Visiting Filmmaker, MFA in Film

Olivier Lebrun

Guest Designer

Una Lee

Guest Designer

Zun Lee

Visiting Artist

Noheul Lee

Visiting Designer, MFA in Graphic Design

Yoon Soo Lee

Visiting Faculty, MFA in Graphic Design

Lisa Leeman

Visiting Faculty

Jürg Lehni

Visiting Designer, MFA in Graphic Design

Mike Leigh

Visiting Filmmaker

Jeffrey Thomas Leong

Visiting Alumni Poet & Translator, Summer 2018

Steven Levingston

Visiting Writer/Editor

Heidi Levitt

Visiting Filmmaker

Manuel Lima

Guest Designer

Ada Limón

Visiting Poet, Summer 2017

Lana Lin

Visiting Scholar

Jacqui Lipton

Visiting Agent, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Paul Lisicky

Postgraduate Writers' Conference Faculty

Bing Liu

Visiting Filmmaker

Kevin Yuen Kit Lo

Guest Designer

Kevin Yuen Kit Lo

Visiting Designer

James Longley

Visiting Filmmaker

Geno Luketic

Alumnx Co-Artist-in-Residence, MFA Visual Art

Vuk Lungulov-Klotz

Visiting Filmmaker, MFA in Film

Ellen Lupton

Guest Designer

Shana Lutker

Visiting Artist

Kelly Starling Lyons

Visiting Writer, MFA in WCYA

Carmen Maria Machado

Visiting Fiction Writer, Winter 2019

Amanda Maciel

Guest Agent, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Alison Maclean

Visiting Filmmaker

Alejandro Magallanes

Visiting Designer

Tasslyn Magnusson

Visiting Writer, WCYA

Jake Mahaffy

Visiting Faculty

Terese Marie Mailhot

Visiting Creative Nonfiction Writer, Winter 2019

Sabine Malcolm

Visiting Artist, MFA Visual Art

Jeff Malmberg

Visiting Filmmaker

Denis Maloney

Visiting Filmmaker

Sahra Mani

Visiting Filmmaker

Larissa Mantel

Visiting Designer

Leonard S. Marcus

Visiting Writer

Lauren Markham

Visiting Alumnx CNF Writer, Winter 2018

Janae Marks

Visiting Writer, MFA in WCYA

Nadia Martínez

Artist-in-Residence, MFA in Visual Art

Fernanda Martins

Visiting Designer

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

Visiting Writer

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

Visiting Creative Nonfiction Writer, Winter 2021

Khaled Mattawa

Visiting Poet & Translator, Summer 2021

Jamaal May

Visiting Poet, Summer 2016

Yael Melamede

Visiting Filmmaker

Yamile Saied Méndez

Visiting Writer

Pepe Menéndez

Visiting Designer

Scarlett Xin Meng

Visiting Designer, MFA in Graphic Design

Nina Menkes

Visiting Filmmaker

Amanda Micheli

Visiting Filmmaker, MFA in Film

Richard Michelson

Visiting Alumni Poet, Winter 2017

Lisa Milinazzo

Visiting Filmmaker

DJ Spooky, aka Paul D. Miller

Visiting Filmmaker

Dr. Cheryl D. Miller

Visiting Designer, MFA in Graphic Design

Lyn Miller-Lachmann

Darrow Lecturer, MFA in WCYA

Allyson Mitchell

Artist-in-Residence

Mobius Percussion

Visiting Ensemble - Winter 2020

Darius Clark Monroe

Visiting Filmmaker

Dinty W. Moore

Postgraduate Writers' Conference Faculty

Oge Mora

Visiting Writer/Illustrator, MFA in WCYA

Morcos Key

Visiting Designers

Maya Moumne

Visiting Designer

Ziddi Msangi

Visiting Faculty, MFA in Graphic Design

Lisa Muskat

Visiting Filmmaker

Randy Nakamura

Guest Designer

Alexander Nanau

Visiting Filmmaker

Farah Nayeri

Visiting Scholar, MFA Visual Art

Emma Needell

Visiting Filmmaker, MFA in Film

Maggie Nelson

Visiting Writer, Winter 2017

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Visiting Poet, Winter 2021

MyLinh Trieu Nguyen

Guest Designer

Andrew Nicholls

Visiting Writer

Jennifer Nielsen

Visiting Writer

Daniel Godínez Nivón

Visiting Designer

Sara Nodjoumi

Visiting Filmmaker

Sakura Nomiyama

Guest Designer

Naomi Novik

Visiting Writer, WCYA

Jamal Nxedlana

Guest Designer

Katherine Odom-Tomchin

Visiting Agent

Jenny Offill

Visiting Fiction Writer, Summer 2020

Caroline Oh

Guest Designer

Ellen Oh

Visiting Writer

Matthew Olzmann

Visiting Writer

Mario Ontiveros

Visiting Artist, MFA in Visual Art

Eddie Opara

Guest Designer

Tommy Orange

Visiting Fiction Writer, Winter 2021

Wendy C. Ortiz

Visiting CNF Writer, Summer 2019

Other Means

Visiting Designers, MFA in Graphic Design

Ammi-Joan Paquette

Guest Agent, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Diane Paragas

Visiting Filmmaker

Kyung Park 박경식

Visiting Designer, MFA in Graphic Design

Siobhán Parkinson

Visiting Writer

Jericho Parms

Alumnx Creative Nonfiction Writer, Winter 2017

Parsons + Charlesworth

Visiting Designers, MFA in Graphic Design

Julie Paschkis

Visiting Writer

Joseph Patel

Visiting Filmmaker

Katherine Paterson

Visiting Writer

Chanelle Aponte Pearson

Visiting Faculty

Joshua Pearson

Visiting Filmmaker

Daria Peoples-Riley

Visiting Writer

Lou Pepe

Visiting Filmmaker

Celia C. Pérez

Guest Author, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Mitali Perkins

Visiting Writer

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Visiting Fiction Writer, Summer 2022

Britta Phillips

Visiting Composer, MFA in Film

Piano Trio

Visiting Ensemble - Winter 2018

Piano Trio

Visiting Ensemble - Winter 2016

Corey Pickett

Alumnx Co-Artist-in-Residence, MFA Visual Art

Peet Pienaar

Visiting Designer

Matías Piñeiro

Visiting Filmmaker

The Playground Ensemble

Visiting Ensemble, MFA in Music Composition - Summer 2024

Sam Pollard

Visiting Filmmaker

Jess Pope

Visiting Artist, MFA Visual Art

Ben Potter

Visiting Artist, MFA Visual Art

Natanya Anna Pulley

Visiting Writer, MFA in Writing

Philip Pullman

Visiting Writer

Daisy Quezada

Visiting Artist, MFA Visual Art

Emily Raboteau

Visiting Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Writer, Summer 2017

Michael Rakowitz

Artist-in-Residence

Claudia Rankine

Visiting Scholar

Julia Reichert

Visiting Filmmaker

Gina Resnick

Visiting Filmmaker, MFA in Film

kate-hers RHEE

Artist-in-Residence

Randy Ribay

Visiting Writer

Mike Riley

Visiting Motion Graphics Director, MFA in Film

Michael Riley

Visiting Designer, MFA in Graphic Design

Chris Ro

Guest Designer

RaMell Ross

Visiting Filmmaker

Mary Ruefle

Visiting Poet, Summer 2018

Lynne Sachs

Visiting Filmmaker

Yoshie Sakai

Visiting Artist

Graham Salisbury

Visiting Writer

Jayce Salloum

Guest Scholar, MFA in Visual Art

Angelica Sanchez

Visiting Musician, MFA in Music Composition

Saxophone Quartet

Visiting Ensemble - Winter 2018

April Pulley Sayre

Visiting Writer

Till Schauder

Founding Faculty

Elana Schlenker

Visiting Designer, MFA in Graphic Design

Nancy Schreiber

Visiting Filmmaker

Emily Schweber, CSA

Visiting Casting Director, MFA in Film

Marcus Sedgwick

Visiting Writer

Sarah Seltzer

Visiting Writer, MFA in Writing

Mindy Seu

Visiting Designer

Dennis Shafer

Visiting Composer

Prageeta Sharma

Visiting Writer

Bahia Shehab

Visiting Designer

Elaine McMillion Sheldon

Visiting Filmmaker

Chris Shellen

Visiting Filmmaker