2023

Our 2023 session, Greenhouse, was created for Wayward alums as a way to expand our leadership within the organization

• Stasia Burrington | illustrator

• Christine Williamson | illustrator, installation artist, musician

• Brittany Jo Flores | animation writer

• Amal El-Mohtar | fiction writer, poet

• Emerald Barkley | painter

• Erika Schmidt | writer

• Tai Lee | dancer, visual artist, writer

• Martzi Campos | interactive designer

2022

• Carrie Hawks | filmmaker/animator

• Lauren "Lammy" Wong | visual artist

• Stasia Burrington | illustrator

• Christine Williamson | illustrator, installation artist, musician

• Brittany Jo Flores | animation writer

• Jae Steinbacher | fiction writer

• Martzi Campos | interactive designer

• Megan Wyreweden | illustrator

• Amal El-Mohtar | fiction writer, poet

2020

During the pandemic, we took our retreat online and created a unique at-home experience we called HOMEWARD.

• Martzi Campos

• Carrie Hawks

• Maya Priya Huq

• Marie Jamora

• Michelle Krusiec

• Alice Lee

• Emma SanCartier

• Erika Schmidt

• Jae Steinbacher

• Ren Strapp

2019

• Lucy Bellwood | cartoonist

• Dawn Xiana Moon | singer-songwriter & bellydancer

• Kat Lachenal | writer, installation artist, immersive experience designer

• Oliver Northwood | cartoonist

• Adrienne Rush | screenwriter

• Emerald Barkley | painter

• Katie Wheeler | cartoonist

• Rachel Mark | fabrication artist

• Yao Xiao | illustrator & cartoonist

2017

• Melissa Johnson | writer & documentarian

• Amanda Louise Spayd | sculptor & illustrator

• Camille Chew | illustrator

• Kelsey Liggett | illustrator & fiber artist

• Erika Schmidt | writer

• Tai Lee | dancer

• Stasia Burrington | illustrator

• Elizabeth Prestel | writer

2016

• Lyla Warren | animator & sculptor

• Nell Rutledge-Leverenz | writer

• Eva Funderburgh | sculptor & ceramicist

• Katy DiSavino | television writer & playwright

• Pam Wishbow | illustrator

• Sarra Scherb | writer & gallerist

• Lauren Ludwig | director & writer

• Leslie Levings | sculptor

• Shing Yin Khor | installation artist, comic artist & illustrator

• Lauren Miller | craniosacral & massage therapist

• Lauren Wong | illustrator & animator