Jan 12, 2024 | Emerge Alumni, Emerge 2012 Cohort
Jesse Phillips-Fein, 2012 (and Former Board Member) Jesse Phillips-Fein grew up dancing at the Brooklyn Arts Exchange in the Young People’s Performance Workshop. Jesse earned a B.A. in Dance & Anthropology from Smith College, a Diploma in Dance Studies from the...
Nov 10, 2022 | Emerge Alumni, Emerge 2012 Cohort
Kyla Searle EmergeNYC (2012) Kyla Searle (she/her) is an artist, producer and activist. Kyla seeks out inquiry and intersection, inspired by the creativity of the community that raised her in Berkeley and Oakland, California. Her work and practice have been developed...
Nov 10, 2022 | Emerge Alumni, Emerge 2012 Cohort
Anoushka Ratnarajah EmergeNYC (2012) Anoushka Ratnarajah (she/her) is a queer bi-racial woman, and an artivist, writer and performer. She has an MA in Arts Politics at NYU and was a fellow in the Hemispheric Institute’s Emerging Artist Program. She is currently...
Nov 10, 2022 | Emerge Alumni, Emerge 2012 Cohort
Santiago Venegas Duque EmergeNYC (2012) Santiago Venegas Duque is a Colombian fashion designer and performance artist, currently working at Brooks Brothers as a knitwear designer. He ultimately wants everyone to be happy including the animals and environment. IG:...
Nov 10, 2022 | Emerge Alumni, Emerge 2012 Cohort
Rebecca Nagle EmergeNYC (2012) Rebecca Nagle is an award-winning advocate, writer, and citizen of Cherokee Nation. As the host of the chart-topping podcast “This Land”, Nagle told the story of one Supreme Court case about tribal land in Oklahoma, the small-town murder...
Nov 10, 2022 | Emerge Alumni, Emerge 2012 Cohort
Marcelitte Failla EmergeNYC (2012) Marcelitte Failla is a Black and biracial educator, researcher, and scholar of African heritage religions in the United States and throughout the African diaspora. Through a Black feminist lens, her work explores how religions such...
