Resident Spotlight 2011: Theresa Marchetta

Theresa hails from Princeton, New Jersey. She can be found working in the Finance Department at the New York Foundation for the Arts.

We have already told you about the resident's professional lives here, so we decided to get a little more personal. To learn a little more about them in and outside of the studio we have asked our residents to respond to questions on topics from art to late night snacking. Here are Theresa's answers...

Preferred mode of transportation: taxi, bike, subway, foot?

I like to bike and walk

If you couldn’t work in the arts/be an artist, what kind of work would you do?

I like science although I'm not sure I could hack it

If a celebrity were to play you in a movie who would it be?

Katie Holmes

Are you a morning or evening person?

I am a late morning person

If you could commission a personalized art work by any artist living or dead, who would you want?

Janet Cardiff

What are your creative inspirations?

History and Tourist attractions

What are you working on now?

Electronic art

If you could collaborate with anyone, who would it be?

My spouse

Most Memorable moment during the residency

It might be the earthquake that I didn't notice, or maybe my first full day was just awesome

What’s your favorite late night food?

Popcorn

If you could have lived as an artist in any time period, when would that be?

The late 80's

You can find more of Theresa's work at theresamarchetta.com