SARAH DAVIES
Project Lead
Sarah is an artist, educator, program designer, and project manager. She has worked in the nonprofit sector and public school system for sixteen years, always in service to the most vulnerable members of our communities. Sarah holds graduate, undergraduate, and professional credentials in general and special education, design, and fabrication. She is skilled in wood, metal, and fiber sculpture, jewelry design, and digital photography.
Although the medium, method, and scale of her work vary, Sarah’s creative lens is consistently focused on alternate dimensions of human and natural experience. Her work holds an eerie, otherworldly yet familiar quality, illuminating aspects of our shared humanity that often elude articulation. The beauty she captures lies in her ability to manifest what so many of us struggle to speak—truth.
Also, she does a spot-on impression of her car.
100stoneproject@gmail.com
BRIAN HUTTON
Community Engagement Coordinator
Brian is a writer and performer, workshop facilitator, and former radio host on KNBA. His original performance work includes the 20th Century Man series, Taxi Tales, Naked, and Nihongo Neophyte. His poetry and prose have appeared in recent issues of Cirque Journal and F Magazine, and readings of his work—as well as episodes of The Radio Show—have recently aired on KONR. Archives of The Radio Show are also available on Cirque Journal’s Audio and Podcast page.
He performs live with Venus Transit during the Spenard Jazz Fest and makes the occasional appearance at local open mics. Brian also has a 30-year history of working with youth as a mental health professional and currently serves as the Wellness Associate Program Coordinator and Group Facilitator at Covenant House Alaska.
He can also balance a stick on the end of his finger for a surprisingly long time.
Photo by Mary Katzke
ED MIGHELL
Clay Specialist
Ed is a “Silver Hand Artist” living in Anchorage, Alaska. His mother is Iñupiat from Point Hope, and his father is from Massachusetts. He holds a degree in civil engineering and a fine arts degree in printmaking from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Ed has developed a unique tile clay body using glacial clay from the Cook Inlet mudflats—rich effluvial deposits carried down from the surrounding mountains. Many of his tiles are created with an old-fashioned etching press and copper or mat-board plates. He mixes his own glazes and fires his work to cone six in electric kilns.
Also, he can see small animals fairly quickly, and follow well-written instructions well.
CATHERINE SHENK
Landscape Design
Catherine Shenk has worked in horticulture for fifteen years, designing and installing interior and exterior tableaus. She is currently the supervisor of landscaping and horticulture at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Prior to her horticulture career, she was a successful small business owner, operating a downtown Anchorage shop called The Rage. The shop was an artfully constructed landscape of historically significant artifacts, attentively arranged to honor the stories of past lives and families with reverence and respect.
Catherine also spent a decade as a puppeteer with Buzz-O-Plex Productions. You may have (not) seen her manipulating marionettes in productions of Don Giovanni, Pagliacci, Petrushka, and numerous shorter works. She holds a liberal arts degree with an emphasis in history, literature, and art, and is a lifelong student whose experience and skills span a wide range of genres.
Also, dogs can tell where she is pointing.
