Synapsis

artists and community

Leslie Castellano
Founder, director
Dancer, aerialist, performance artist, writer, artist, teacher, organizer.
muppet33@gmail.com

Carmen Olson
Aerialist, artist, teacher, organizer
yakmai@yahoo.com

Tanya Stotsky
Dancer, organizer
miamortanya@hotmail.com

cAT (Creative Advisory Team) members

Willoughby Arevalo
Musician, artist, mushroom hunter

Heather Ault
Artist, web designer, teacher

Rhianna Gallagher
Photographer, writer

Jorden Goodspeed
Musician, artist, writer

Maji Hendrix
Artist, musician

Amanda Lake
Musician, actor

Sam Roberts
Artist, herbalist, actor

Gretchen Schuster
Artist, video artist, dancer

Angie Valetutto
Artist, teacher at The Studio

Gabrielle Zeitlin
Artist, writer, aerialist

Allies

Synapsis collaborates and is influenced by many groups and people. Here is a short list of some of our influences.

Performance Artists/Movement Teachers

Keith Hennessy/CircoZero
www.circozero.org

Karl Frost
www.bodyresearch.org

Jess Curtis
www.jesscurtisgravity.org

Shinichi Iova-Koga
www.inkboat.com

Diego Pinon
www.diegopinon.com

Civic Engagement/Community Groups

Democracy Unlimited Humboldt County
www.duhc.org

City Repair
www.cityrepair.org

People and Projects, Influences

The Ink People
www.inkpeople.org

The Placebo
www.theplacebo.net

Empire Squared
www.empiresquared.com

Heather Ault Webdesign
www.heatherault.org

The Studio/HCAR
www.thestudioonline.org

Spareroom Time-Arts Coperative
www.spareroomchicago.org

Richard Foreman/Ontological-Hysteric Theater
www.ontological.com

Carpetbag Brigade
www.carpetbagbrigade.com

Counterpulse
www.counterpulse.org