ARTIST- IN- RESIDENCE
2025
OUR COLLABORATORS
Jettison Arts Foundation (JAF) is an organization invested in uplifting local emerging visual and mixed media artists in the Bay Area through a suite of diverse free-to-the-public programs.
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The Artist-in-Residence (AiR) program exists to strengthen the relationship between artist and community and empower artists’ in realizing their creative identity through their dream exhibition. By providing pro-bono gallery space, operational and advisory services, Jettison Creative nurtures artists to gain an edge in pushing the boundaries across their medium, breaking through industry barriers, and inheriting a deeper connection with local Bay Area communities.​
ALYSIA CHANG
ARTIST HIGHLIGHT
Alysia (she/her) is a dancer, designer and educator. She holds a BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase and recently completed her MFA in Fashion Design from Academy of Art University. She has danced with the Sacramento Ballet, Metropolitan Opera, SF Opera, Dawson Dance, Smuin Ballet, SFDanceworks, Radiocity and Oakland Ballet. With a passion for design instilled in her from a young age, she most recently was a Presidential Scholar at AAU, choreographing and creating the designs for her MFA thesis collection “V”. Alysia is also the winner of the CCSF Fashion Sphere Competition and has created costumes for Ziru Dance, Amy Seiwert’s Imagery and most recently Oakland Ballet’s “Angel Island Project” premiering at the Paramount Theatre. Alysia currently works as a fashion designer in the Bay Area and teaches for Berkeley Ballet Theatre and Celebrity Dance.
JULY 26 & 27
KELSEY McFALLS
ARTIST HIGHLIGHT
Kelsey McFalls (she/her) is a freelance dancer, development consultant, and grant writer. She has performed with Smuin Contemporary Ballet, Amy Seiwert's Imagery, PARA.MAR Dance Theatre, Sacramento Ballet, Ballare Carmel, and American Repertory Ballet, among others. Kelsey collaborates with artists and mid-sized arts nonprofits across the U.S., offering fundraising support, development consulting, and project management. She is passionate about bringing even the most ambitious creative ideas to life and is constantly rethinking how art is presented, supported, and experienced. Her ultimate goal is to contribute to projects where artists can fully explore their visions and audiences are offered unexpected, meaningful opportunities to engage with creative work.
JULY 26 & 27
NIC DALAGER
ARTIST HIGHLIGHT
Nic is a visual artist based in San Francisco, California. She received her B.A. in Emergent Digital Practices from University of Denver, inspired by the intersection of art and technology.
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Currently working professionally as a graphic designer, her passion is deeply rooted in storytelling through art. She hopes to continue expanding her creative practice through exploring multidisciplinary avenues of artistic expression. Nic dreams up hueful compositions in both digital and traditional mediums. Inspired by color therapy and healing through art as a meditative practice, her current body of work utilizes surrealism and animation to explore themes on mental health, existentialism, and the human experience. Her work aims to expose the vibrancy of existence, even through times of turbulence and strife.
AUGUST 16 & 17
Maryam “Sanaz” Safanasab
ARTIST HIGHLIGHT
Maryam “Sanaz” Safanasab (b. Tehran, Iran) is a San Francisco-based visual artist and educator whose work explores themes of identity, place, and cultural hybridity. She holds an MFA in Art from San Francisco State University and has exhibited at institutions and galleries such as SFAC, SOMArts, ICASF, 500 Capp Street, Southern Exposure, and Root Division.
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Sanaz has received several awards, including the Cadogan Contemporary Art Award and the Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Achievement. Her work has been featured in KQED, Berkeley News, Golden Gate Xpress, and UC Berkeley Extension’s Art & Literature Review.
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Safanasab is a lecturer at San Francisco State University, where she teaches drawing, fiber, and textiles, fostering interdisciplinary approaches to materiality and form.
SEPTEMBER 27 & 28
CLAIRE MAEN
ARTIST HIGHLIGHT
Claire Maen is a French American film photographer living in the Bay Area, CA. She photographs the poetic beauty of suburban, industrial landscapes, and ordinary life on film with her Rolleiflex cameras. She creates simple, beautiful, minimalist aesthetics in her images. She was among the Photolucida Critical Mass 2023 200 finalists whose work has been published in art magazines( F-Stop magazine, Analog Forever, Pamplemousse magazine, Trois Points Mag, The Curated Fridge, Dodho magazine, Artist Talk, Film Without Frontiers, Juniper Rag, GrainZilla, etc.) and exhibited in galleries and art shows in California (De Young Museum Open, Center for Photographic Art, Gray loft Gallery, Studio Seven Arts, Jettison Creative, etc.), in Oregon, Arizona, Minnesota, & Massachusetts. Claire is a member of the Livermore Art Association and the East Bay Photo Collective.
In collaboration with the French photographer Alexandre Martin, she is the co-editor of a zine for Rolleiflex and medium format lovers called Rolleizine, and she has done a podcast on Rolleiflex called “Twin Lens”, available on Spotify.
OCTOBER 4 & 5
EVAN PUN
"DR CAPSOUL"
ARTIST HIGHLIGHT
Dr. Capsoul is a Chinese, Vietnamese, and French 3D artist and designer based in San Francisco. His work blends cyberpunk, sci-fi, and anime influences into immersive digital experiences that explore identity, memory, and the human condition with animation, 3D sculpture, and interactive installations.
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With over eight years of experience in multidisciplinary design, Dr. Capsoul has worked across VFX, music videos, and live shows, crafting bold visuals for both artistic and commercial clients. His unique perspective and storytelling approach have led to exhibitions in cities around the world, including Art Basel Miami, Seoul, Tokyo, Paris, Lisbon, New York, and San Francisco.
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Driven by a passion to connect technology and emotion through art, Dr. Capsoul continues to push creative boundaries, building imaginative worlds that resonate across cultures and mediums.
NOVEMBER 8 & 9