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︎︎︎ RESUMÉ (selected works)

Full CV available upon request: please send a message to mogeiger@gmail.com

︎CURRENTLY


︎Lives and works in Carlisle, PA
︎Director of Collaborative Programming at Carlisle Arts Learning Center 
︎Member of Valley Traction Performance Collective
︎Artwork: welcoming commissions, collaborations, and freelance opportunities

︎PROJECTS AND PERFORMANCE: often collaborative, interdisciplinary, context-specific, or combinations thereof


One Day of Seeds | Documentary sculpture made with Shannon Welsh and Dr. Jennifer Kling, presented at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland, OR | 2022

5th Grade Safety Patrol High-Vizibility Crosswalk Spectacular | Pedestrian parade made in collaboration with Becca Kauffman and the Dr. MLK Jr. School Safety Patrol team, appeared in Portland State University’s Assembly festival | 2022

SheepKit | Collection of narrative tool made in collaboration with Danielle Moser, presented as part of Assembly | 2019-22

Red Tape Field Station | Participatory outdoor performance that appeared in Portland Textile Month (festival) in Portland, OR | 2021

Persephone on the Water | Devised performance created with Valley Traction, performed at Laurel Lake in Pine Grove Furnace State Park, PA | 2021

The Sound of Sheep | Participatory soundscape made with Danielle Moser, streamed online as part of Assembly | 2021

Here Town | Pre-recorded, multi-channel video adaptation and installation
created with Valley Traction, appeared in the Carlisle Theater storefront windows in Carlisle, PA | 2020

BIOSPHERE 3 | Installation and recorded walking tour for socially-distant performance created with Valley Traction, presented in Boiling Springs, PA | 2020

Paradiz’d | Devised performance  created with Kent Barrett, performed at the Cubiculo Theater in Carlisle, PA | 2018


︎EXHIBITIONS


  • Epilogue (group) Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland, OR | 2022
  • Portland Textile Month (festival) Portland, OR | 2021
  • Unsolicited Submissions (group) Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA | 2019
  • Alterations (group) Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle, PA | 2019
  • Art of the State (group) State Museum of Pennsylvania, PA | 2018
  • Vessels (group) Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA | 2017
  • Making in Place (group) The Schuylkill Center, Philadelphia, PA | 2017
  • Art in the Open, Schuylkill River Park, Philadelphia, PA | 2017
  • Conversations (group) Legend Galleries, Philadelphia, PA | 2017
  • XXChange (group) Area 405, Baltimore, MD | 2016
  • Art in the Open (group) Schuylkill River Banks, Philadelphia, PA | 2016
  • Occupying Memory (solo) Kelso Visitor Center, Mojave National Preserve, CA | 2015  


︎RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS


  • Precipice Fund Grant, received with Becca Kauffman, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR | 2023
  • POPS Grant, Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, PA |2022
  • Laurels Graduate Scholarship, Portland State University, Portland, OR | 2019-22
  • Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT | 2016
  • Spirit of the Arts Award, presented by Jump Street and the State Museum of Pennsylvania | 2016
  • Millworks Resident Artist, Harrisburg, PA | 2015-17
  • National Park Artist Residency, Mojave National Preserve, CA | 2014-15

︎THEATRICAL DESIGN


  • Mad Ones (Scenic Design) Open Stage, PA, Director: Stuart Landon | 2022
  • Amelie (Scenic Design) Open Stage, PA, Director: Stuart Landon | 2020
  • Moon Medicin, (Headpiece Design/Build) The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. Artist: Sanford Biggers | 2019
  • Unknown (Wearable Illuminated Sculpture Design)Teatro de Ciudad, MX, Director: Charlotte Brathwaite | 2019
  • Empire State Works in Progress (Costume Structure Design) Whitney Museum, NY / Artist: Abigail DeVille | 2017
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scenic Design) Pendragon Theater, NY | Director: Karen Kirkham |2017
  • Spiegelgarden Bar (Installation Design) Rochester Fringe Festival, NY | 2017
  • Spitfire Grill (Scenic Design) Syracuse University, NY (visiting alumnus)  Director: Ralph Zito | 2016
  • Various (Scenic Design) Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater, CO / Directors: Jeff Duke and Michael Querio | 2014-15
  • The Humanest (Scenic Design) Incubator Arts Project, NY, Creator/Director: Peter Musante | 2013
  • Kinds of Light (Scenic Design) The Tank, NY / Creator/Director: Summer Shapiro | 2013
  • Butoh Electra (Scenic Design) Irondale Center, NY / Adaptation: Jordan Rosin | 2012


︎TEACHING AND FACILITATION


  • Carlisle Arts Learning Center: ArtWorks (commmunity-engaged art class for youth), ArtLab (exploratory studio art class for youth) | 2022-ongoing
  • Whitman College, WA: Visiting Artist Workshop “Shards and the Process of Letting Go” with Laura Glazer and Luz Blumenfeld-Honea | 2022
  • Portland State University, OR: Graduate Research Assistant at KSMoCA | 2022
  • Dickinson College Farm, PA: Visiting Artist Workshop “Scores for Rest” | 2021
  • Portland State University, OR: Instructor of Record, Introduction to Sewing (ART 216)  | 2021
  • Open Stage, PA: Conversation Facilitator, LGBT History Project of Central PA (presentation at with Malinda Triller-Doran and Barry Loveland) | 2020
  • Carlisle Tool Library, PA: Workshop Leader and Skills Instructor | 2018-20
  • Portland State University: Graduate Teaching Assistant, ART 299/399 (Textile Arts: Wearables) with Professor Alison Heryer | 2019
  • Dickinson College: Guest Lecturer (Scenic Painting), Intro to Stage Technology (THDA 130) with Professors Sherry Harper-McCombs and Kent Barrett | 2017
  • The Millworks, PA: Drawing and Gathering Facilitator: Still Life Workshops | 2016-17


︎PUBLISHED PROJECTS AND TEXTS


  • In the Wall: Hiding a Capsule in the Capitol | 2022 (forthcoming)
  • For Now My Companions: Getting to know sheep, people, and a place | 2022
  • Assembly TV Event Catalogue: Co-designed with Laura Glazer and Diana Marcela Cuartas | 2021
  • Social Forms of Art Journal, Conversations on Everything: Interviews | 2020-22
  • Social Forms of Art Journal Issue 5: Pedagogy, “Learning by Hand” with Susan Faulkner Weaver | 2020

︎LEADERSHIP


  • Co-Founder, with Kent Barrett and John Werner, Valley Traction Performance Collective, PA | 2020-ongoing
  • Programming and Workshop Co-director, Carlisle Tool Library, Carlisle, PA | 2020-21
  • Executive Board Member, Carlisle Tool Library, Carlisle, PA | 2018-21
  • Scenic Changeover Lead (for five summer seasons), Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater, Grand Lake, CO | 2013-17

︎EDUCATION AND APPRENTICESHIPS


  • MFA | Art and Social Practice, Portland State University, OR | 2022
  • Apprentice: Wool Processing at Gurdy Run Woolen Mill, Halifax, PA | 2016-17
  • BFA | Theatrical Design and Technology, minor: Anthropology, Syracuse University, NY | 2011
  • Apprentice: Millinery | Lynne Mackey Millinery, New York, NY | 2010
  • Apprentice: Puppetry | Open Hand Puppet Theater, Syracuse, NY | 2010
  • Apprentice: Scenography | Teatro del Maggio Musicale, Florence, Italy | 2008