Christopher Carroll is the Program Manager at Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture where he has been responsible for the logistical and technical support of the School’s application and programming efforts for the past 10 years. He also serves as the manager of the School’s Media Lab and Lecture Series during its nine-week summer program in Maine. A visual artist, Christopher first joined the Skowhegan community when he was a participant of the program in 2008. He earned a Master of Fine Art from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and a Bachelor of Fine Art from Virginia Commonwealth University. His work was recently exhibited at the Suburban in Milwaukee; Practice Gallery in Philadelphia; Coppey Gallery in Missouri; and The Hathaway Gallery in Atlanta. His most recent exhibition includes “Blessed Be: Mysticism, Spirituality, and the Occult in Contemporary Art” at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson.
Philip Himberg is the Executive Director of the MacDowell Colony and oversees the creative mission as well as the financial well-being of the nation’s first multidisciplinary residency program. Himberg arrived at MacDowell in May of 2019 from The Sundance Institute where he spent 23 years guiding all aspects of the Sundance Theatre Program, including its Theatre Labs and many satellite residency programs nationally, as well as globally – in several locations in East Africa, the Middle East and North Africa. Himberg is also a playwright, and his most recent play, Paper Dolls, had its world premiere at the Tricycle Theatre (now Kiln Theatre) in London in 2013 and U.S. premiere at Mosaic Theater in DC. He is a former member of the Tony Award Nomination Committee, served as past president of the Board of Theatre Communications Group and was a trustee of the Kiln. He is currently a member of the boar of Action for Hope, an NGO in Beirut that supports arts training for youngsters in refugee camps across the region. He has taught at NYU/ Tisch and the Yale Drama School. In addition to a B.A. from Oberlin College, Himberg holds a degree as a Doctor of Chinese Medicine, and previously was a practicing acupuncturist and herbalist.
Sharon Louden is an artist, educator, advocate for artists, editor of the Living and Sustaining a Creative Life series of books, and the Artistic Director of the Chautauqua Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution.