RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT 2013: ELLEN UZANE SCHNEIDERMAN

Ellen Uzane Schneiderman is a participant in EFA's 2013 Residency for Arts Workers as Artists. In addition to her art practice, Ellen oversees special events and individual giving at Henry Street Settlement, a social service and arts organization on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

We have already told you about the residents' 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. Here are Ellen's answers...

PS: What are you working on now?

ES: I am experimenting with some new processes and approaches, including learning to make my own paper for the first time. I have been adding paint directly into the paper pulp and layering many colored pulps on top of each other to create a kind of archived painting directly in the paper. After the paper dries,I am excavating parts of the surface in order to reveal and explore these under layers. It is a kind of subverted archeological process where I both create the dig site and engage in the digging. There is much to discover here.  

PS: What is your experience so far?

ES: It has been an exciting past two weeks. I feel energized in the new space and my fellow residents and I am inspired to think about my work differently.

PS: Tips on staying focused?

ES: Love what you do.

PS: Preferred mode of transportation?

ES: Walking.

PS: What is your favorite NYC spot?

ES: The Meeting Room at PS1 followed by tacos in Corona Queens. 

PS: If you could have personally witnessed any event in history, what would you want to have seen?

ES: The building of Stonehenge.  

Check out Ellen's website for more about her and her work