Past Retreaters

2024/September

• Jardley Jean-Louis | artist, animator

• Inanna Malick | multimedia artist

• Alice Lee | illustrator, muralist, ceramicist

• Koda Ramos | sculptor, potter

• Katherine Chou | writer, filmmaker, director

• Jess Garrett | composer, artist

• Sara Eileen Hames | artist

• Christine Williamson | multimedia artist

• Molly Jackson | illustrator, art director

• Alyshondra Meacham | fiber artist

2024/June

• April Maple | musician, artist, somatic therapist

• Sarah Gailey | writer

• Laura Doyle Péan | poet, artist

• Nadia Shammas | writer, narrative designer

• Arielle Jovellanos | illustrator

• Manahil Bandukwala | poet, artist

• Aysha U. Farah | writer, narrative designer

• Victoria Alejandro | writer, poet, musician

• Monica Miklas | experience designer, theater artist

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 Wong | illustrator & animator