Patrick Costello is an artist whose work comes alive through multi-species collaborative relationships, integrating practices of ecological horticulture, sculpture, printmaking, and performance. He has exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY; and Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY. He has performed in venues including Ars Nova, New York, NY; The Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Public Theater, New York, NY; and at intentional communities, squats, and underground venues around the world. Most recently, Costello received a MacDowell Fellowship. He holds an MFA from Hunter College and a BA from the University of Virginia.
Nicholas Weist is a career arts professional with over twenty years experience in the field. He has managed Shandaken Projects' educational initiatives since 2018, beginning with the free postgraduate fellowship Paint School, and including the organization's ongoing Summer Intensive, which offers teenagers from NYC public schools an hourly salary to learn printmaking techniques. Previous to Shandaken, he served as Director of Communications for the public art nonprofit Creative Time, and as Managing Editor of the art and culture publisher Powerhouse Books.