Who We Are & What We Do

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Mission

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Vision

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Guiding Principles

Community Over Competition

Providing free and accessible economic opportunity

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Leadership and Founding Members

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Art Director

Tracey Fletcher
(they/them)

Tracey Fletcher is a fiber artist who is passionate about up/recycling items into artful, useful objects under the name tabby + void. They have lived in Tallahassee since 2010 and are excited to finally be building a space they’ve wished to exist for queer artists since then. You can typically catch them and their three cats listening to podcasts while figuring out how to use roadside trash to create beautiful things.

Tech Lead

Sampson Reichard
(he/him)

An artist, farmer, father, and pocket-sized hype man, Sampson (he/him) has spent most of his career organizing for various community projects & programs. He moved to Tallahassee in '09 after traveling most of the East Coast and eventually settled down here in Big Bend. Sampson hopes to support other Queer Artists find sustainability in their artwork by connecting them with resources & opportunities that work best for them.

Executive Director

Laurel Blackthorne

(they/them)

Laurel is a community and self-taught ceramic artist. They've lived in Tallahassee for almost twenty years and absolutely love the community they have found here. Laurel believes that the strength of art is its ability to bring people together. They are deeply committed to the value of arts in the Tallahassee community and recognize the importance of creating safe spaces for marginalized communities to engage in the arts.