Head of Painting
Ilsabet Moravec
Paints very large and very slowly. Shows with a gallery in Antwerp.
“Stop being careful in week one. You can be careful in year two.”
Tutors
Tutors
Four heads of studio, all of them working artists, and a visiting artist every week. Nobody here only teaches.
Head of School
Coraline Thornquist
Coraline founded Gesso in 1997 in a boat store with four easels and a borrowed kiln. She still takes the Friday crit in every studio once a term, and still reads every application herself.
Head of Print & Type
Yusuf Achterberg
Letterpress printer and publisher of small, loud books. Has ink under every nail.
“Print thirty. The twenty-ninth is the one you will keep.”
Head of Sculpture & Clay
Anselm Kreutz
Casts in bronze, carves in stone and runs the yard foundry twice a year.
“Walk round it. If it only works from the front, it is a picture.”
Head of Photography
Noor Sandvik
Documentary photographer, three books, still prints every one of her pictures by hand.
“Twelve frames on a roll. Make each one cost you something.”
Visiting artists this year
- Ottilie MarshPainter, two weeks in October
- Kwabena AsarePrintmaker, March residency
- Lior BenhamouPhotographer, Thursday talks
- Ruth Okafor-LindCeramicist, summer kiln
- Teodor VasquezSculptor, casting week
Applications open
Pin your work up with us
Applications for September close on 30 April. Send a few images of what you make, then come in for a conversation.