︎︎︎ select 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
︎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
︎PROFESSIONAL
- Director of Collaborative Programs and Projects, Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle, PA | 2022-2025
- Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director, Valley
Traction Performance Collective, PA | 2020-ongoing
- Architectural Restoration Artisan, Johnson and Griffiths Studio, Harrisburg, PA | 2015-22
- Scenic Fabricator, Abigail DeVille Studio, various sites | 2014-17
- Scenic Charge Artist and Changeover Crew Lead, Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater, Grand Lake, CO | 2014-17
- Props and Scenery Technician, McKittrick Hotel, New York, NY | 2012-15
- Scenic Design Assistant, Donyale Werle Studio, New York, NY | 2011-14
︎EXHIBITIONS + PRODUCTIONS
- LIFE WASTE: A Bio-Gas Musical work-in-progress (with Valley Traction) | Dickinson College Farm in Boiling Springs, PA | 2024
- Hi-Vizibility Crosswalk Spectacular pedestrian parades (with Kye Grant) | King School Museum of Contemporary Art | 2022 and 2023
- Epilogue (group) | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland, OR | 2022
- Persephone on the Water (with Valley Traction) | Laurel Lake in Pine Grove Furnace State Park, PA | 2021
- Portland Textile Month (festival) | Portland, OR | 2021
- Here Town (with Valley Traction) | Carlisle Theater | 2020
- BIOSPHERE 3 (with Valley Traction) | Boiling Springs, PA | 2020
- 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 (festival) | Schuylkill River Park, Philadelphia, PA | 2017
- Conversations (group) | Legend Galleries, Philadelphia, PA | 2017
- XXChange (group) | Area 405, Baltimore, MD | 2016
- Occupying Memory (solo) | Kelso Visitor Center, Mojave National Preserve, CA | 2015
︎PROJECT MANAGEMENT + CURATION
- Creative Listening Session Series at Thornwald Park and Hope Station in Carlisle, PA | 2025
- Today Our Food with Employment Skills Center ESL program and Project SHARE at Empty Bowls community dinners | 2023, 24, and 25
- Illustrations for The Mass, with teen after school program students, Dickinson College student Emma Ulrich’s young adult novel | 2025
- The Joy of Sharing the Road, with members of Bikelisle cycling advocacy group, bike parade and exhibit at Carlisle Arts Learning Center | 2025
- Go with the Grain: The Art of Woodworking and Pulled: The Art of Printmaking at Carlisle Arts Learning Center | 2023, 24
- Mudlarking: Letort Stories with artist Mia Cinelli, at Cumberland County Historical Society and Bosler Memorial Library | 2024
- Children Thrive With The Basics 5! with United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County, Molly Goehring Burke, Michelle Moats, Carol Reed, Luke Gawron, and Artzbeat at Carlisle Family YMCA | 2024
- Let’s Play: Connecting Through Games with Eclipse Gaming Café at Carlisle Arts Learning Center | 2024
︎TEACHING + 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 – serving adults with disabilities | 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
-
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
︎AWARDS + RESIDENCIES
(received as an individual or part of an artist team)- South Mountain Partnership Mini-Grant, received with Valley Traction, PA | 2024
- Precipice Fund + Andy Warhol Foundation, received with Kye Grant, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR | 2023
- Cumberland County Historical Society POPS Grant, 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: Companion Catchers (2025), Messages From the Future (2024) , Overcoming Separateness (2024), Let’s Go (2023), Today Our Food (2023), Prompts for Practicing (2023)
-
For Now My
Companions: Getting to know sheep, people, and a place | 2022
-
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
- The Gospel According to James Baldwin (illustrations) with musician Meshell Ndegeocello and graphic designer Becca Meek | Fisher Center LAB at Bard College | 2020
︎RELATED EXPERIENCE
- Executive Board Member, Carlisle Tool Library | 2018-21
- Art and Scenery Fabrication, various sites and shops | 2011-ongoing
- Wool Processing Apprentice, Gurdy Run Woolen Mill in Halifax, PA | 2016-17
-
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