The Hive® Artist-In-Residence Program

STUDIO A: Amy Mickelson and Kurtis Ebeling are sharing a studio but working independently. Kurtis will be in residency through July and Amy through September.

• Kurtis says he is primarily a poet, but that he occasionally dabbles in fiction and essay writing. “My writing draws a lot of inspiration from both nature and the visual arts, photography and painting in particular.”
• Amy is investigating the temporary nature of anthotype, a nineteenth century contact printing technique that uses sun sensitive plant materials and sunlight. Using local plant material, Amy plans to recapture images of long forgotten relatives, experimenting with various techniques to preserve these images or embrace their impermanence.
  

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STUDIO B: Caroline Carpenter and Bethany Johnson are sharing a studio but working independently. They will be in residency through August 2026.

• Bethany Johnson is a painter who primarily uses acrylic paint. She says about her work, “Most of my more recent artwork has been made entirely out of pen. My art tends to vary in general style depending on the type of work I do. Much of my landscape painting style aligns with Impressionist principles, whereas my pen art imitates the jagged lines of Egon Schiele to an extent.”

• Caroline is a poet and mixed media collage artist. She is working on a collection called “Eating the Elephant. While at the Hive, she says, “I’m excited to have a dedicated space in the Spokane art community and to take up space while also learning and cheering on my creative peers.”

STUDIO C: Christa Mattocks and Linea Jantz will be at the Hive through July 2026.

• Empty heaChrista Mattocks and Linea Jantz are working together on an illustrated children’s book about science and local ecology. Christa does the illustrating and Linea does the writing. 

STUDIO D: Genie Maples and Isabelle Eastman are sharing a studio but working separately. They will both be in residence through September, 2026.

• Genie Maples works primarily in paint, stitchery, and pen and ink. Her current body of work is titled What Passes for Play. Her work was featured as part of the library’s recent marketing campaign and you can get a library card with her art on it!
• Isabelle Eastman is a fiction writer, currently focused on a draft of her novel. She notes that, “My personal craft experience often informs my characters’ hobbies, and vice versa; in my novel, there are characters who pursue quilting, woodturning, and square dance! I hope to take a multidisciplinary approach to my novel by making a quilt.”