Lily Gee (she/her) is a hapa arts administrator, movement artist, and Bay Area native. She holds a B.A. from Vassar College in Science, Technology, and Society as well as minors in both Dance Performance and Mathematics. In March 2024, her latest work, Choose Left, was premiered through the ODC Pilot 74 Program. She recently finished choreographing on the Shawl Anderson Youth Ensemble, of which she was a member in high school. While at Vassar, Gee produced over ten dances, including two longform works. Her piece Mine,...
Laurie Macfee (she/her) is a poet, artist, art administrator, and educator. She joined the Arts Research Center in 2018 and was named Associate Director in 2021; she manages all programs and day-to-day operations of the center. She was a cohort leader and facilator of ARC's Poetry & Senses program (2020-2024), including designing the Flash Reading Series and visiting writer program. Macfee has over 15 years of arts administration experience––she managed the Writing Program as well as grants at Vermont Studio Center; served as Curator of Education and Museum...
ARC Director, 2020 ARC Fellow – Poetry and the Senses
Beth Piatote is a creative writer, playwright, and scholar. She is the author of two books, including the mixed-genre collection, The Beadworkers: Stories (Counterpoint 2019), which was long-listed for the Aspen Words Literary Prize and the PEN/Bingham Prize, and short-listed for the California Independent Booksellers Association “Golden Poppy” Prize for Fiction. The Beadworkers was named the winner of the 2020 Electa Quinney Award for Published Stories. Her full-length play...
Eva Whitney is a graduate from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in comparative literature. Born and raised in San Francisco, she attended Ruth Asawa School of the Arts for creative writing and has been immersed in the city’s art scene her entire life. She has led poetry workshops at 826 Valencia, been a gallery assistant, ran a multilingual creative writing publication through the Comparative Literature Department at UC Berkeley, and worked as ARC’s communications assistant from 2023 to 2024. Her work has been featured in the likes of NYU’s brio ...
Joanna Wong (she/her) is a UC Berkeley Architecture student, bay area native, designer, and art enthusiast. Prior to joining UC Berkeley and ARC, Joanna has been an architecture intern, UX/graphic design intern, and freelance tutor; she has also recieved her User Experience Design Certificate at Skyline College. With great passion and admiration for art, Joanna enjoys photography, video editing, and sketching. In her free time, she visits museums, drawing inspiration from art and structural pieces.
