︎︎︎ RESUMÉ  of selected works and experience

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

︎CURRENTLY


︎Lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA  
︎Member and Co-Founder of Valley Traction Performance Collective
︎School: MFA | Art and Social Practice | Portland State University, OR | 2022
                    BFA | Technical Theater Design and Technology (minor: Anthropology) | Syracuse University, NY | 2011

︎LEADERSHIP


  • Director of Collaborative Programs and Projects, Carlisle Arts Learning Center (CALC), Carlisle, PA | 2022-2025
  • Co-Founder, 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 (five summer seasons), Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater, Grand Lake, CO | 2013-17


︎PROJECTS AND PERFORMANCE: 

often collaborative, interdisciplinary, and/or context-specific

  • LIFE WASTE: A Bio-Gas Musical | Dickinson College Farm, Boiling Springs, PA | 2024-ongoing
                Devised performance (with Valley Traction)
  • One Day of Seeds | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland, OR | 2022
                Documentary sculpture made with Shannon Welsh and Dr. Jennifer Kling
  • 5th Grade Safety Patrol High-Vizibility Crosswalk Spectacular | PSU’s Assembly festival | 2022
                Pedestrian parade made with Kye Grant and the Dr. MLK Jr. School Safety Patrol team
  • SheepKit | PSU’s Assembly festival | 2019-22
                Collection of narrative tools made in collaboration with Danielle Moser
  • Red Tape Field Station | Portland Textile Month festival in Portland, OR | 2021 
                Participatory sculpture 
  • Persephone on the Water | Laurel Lake in Pine Grove Furnace State Park, PA | 2021
                Devised performance (with Valley Traction)
  • Here Town | Carlisle Theater storefront windows in Carlisle, PA | 2020
                Pre-recorded, multi-channel video adaptation and installation (with Valley Traction)
  • BIOSPHERE 3 | Boiling Springs, PA | 2020
                Installation and recorded walking tour for socially-distant performance (with Valley Traction)
  • Paradiz’d | Cubiculo Theater in Carlisle, PA | 2018
                Devised performance (with Kent Barrett)

︎ART 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  

︎PROJECT MANAGEMENT and CURATION

 
  • Creative Listening Session Series | Thornwald Park and Hope Station in Carlisle, PA | 2025-ongoing
  • Today Our Food, project created to complement annual Empty Bowls dinners | 2023, 24, and 25
                Collaborative project between ArtWorks students, Employment Skills Center, Project SHARE of Carlisle, PA
  • Illustrations for The Mass | Dickinson College student Emma Ulrich’s young adult novel | 2025
                Organized a group of 12 middle and high school students to create drawings for the book
  • The Joy of Sharing the Road | collaboration with members or Bikelisle (cycling advocacy group) 2025 
  • Go with the Grain: The Art of Woodworking and Pulled: The Art of Printmaking | 2023, 24
  • Mudlarking: Letort Stories | Cumberland County Historical Society and Bosler Memorial Library | 2024
                Exhibits made with artist Mia Cinelli and local participants (included a public workshop)
  • Children Thrive With The Basics 5! | Carlisle Family YMCA | 2024
                Collaborative project with United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County, managed a team of 6 artists
  • Let’s Play: Connecting Through Games | Carlisle Arts Learning Center | 2024
                Exhibit made in collaboration with Eclipse Gaming Café in Carlisle, PA and other local contributors
  • Together: 10 Years of Collective Expression | Carlisle Arts Learning Center | 2023
                Exhibit of archive materials co-curated with students in the ArtWorks and ArtLab afterschool programs

︎TEACHING AND WORKSHOP FACILITATION


  • Carlisle Arts Learning Center, PA:
    ArtWorks: Community-engaged creative after school program (grades 7-9) | 2022-25
    ArtLab: Creative studio exploration after school program (grades 9-12) | 2022-25
    CONNECT: 4-week community-engaged summer camp (rising grades 7-10) | 2023-24
    ArtsLive: Series of visiting artist workshops at Red Tomato Farm – a social, educational, and work environment for adults with disabilities (project development and co-teaching) | 2023-24
  • 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) | 2017
  • The Millworks, PA: Drawing and Gathering Facilitator: Still Life Workshops | 2016-17

︎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
  • Forever Plaid (Scenic Design) Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater, CO / Director: Jeff Duke | 2014
  • Ring of Fire (Projection Surface Design) Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater, CO / Director: Jeff Duke | 2013
  • 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


︎RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS


  • Mini-Grant, received with Valley Traction, South Mountain Partnership, PA | 2024
  • Precipice Fund Grant, received with Kye Grant, 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

︎TEXTS


  • CALC Collaborative Texts: Today Our Food (2023), Prompts for Practicing (2023), Let’s Go (2023), Overcoming Separateness (2024), Messages From the Future (2024), Companion Catchers (2025)
  • 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


︎RELATED EXPERIENCE 


  • Architectural Restoration Artisan | Johnson and Griffiths in Harrisburg, PA | 2016-2022
  • Art and Scenery Fabrication (with Abigail DeVille, Charlotte Brathwaite, and others) | 2014-ongoing
  • Wool Processing Apprentice at Gurdy Run Woolen Mill in Halifax, PA | 2016-17
  • Assistant Set Designer (with Donyale Werle) in New York, NY | 2012-15
  • Millinery Apprentice | Lynne Mackey Millinery in New York, NY | 2010
  • Puppetry Apprentice | Open Hand Puppet Theater in Syracuse, NY | 2010
  • Scenography Apprentice | Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence, Italy | 2008