CURATORIAL TEAM
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Anastasia Zielinski is a multidisciplinary artist, arts educator, and owner of FREAK’N ART, a community studio located in Bend, Oregon. Her practice centers around painting, fiber-based collage, and installation art. She received her BFA with a minor in art history from Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY, 2005). Ms. Zielinski has shown her work internationally, creating site-specific installations for INSCAPE Arts, Shunpike’s Storefront Seattle, Spaceworks Tacoma, and CLAVO. Her work has been included in exhibitions at PXP Contemporary, Lawrence Arts Center, Lorimoto Gallery, and Ryan James Fine Arts. Anastasia has participated in several artist residencies including New Pacific Studios, Casa Lü, and eeeee. Her art has been featured in CREATE! Magazine, Bend Magazine, SHOUTOUT LA, and 101 Art Books. Ms. Zielinski is one of the 2023 recipients of the Jerry Goldstein Foundation award. She lives and works in Central Oregon.

Ashley Dowden is a Bend-based business owner, marketing events specialist, and arts enthusiast. She graduated with a dual BA in Art History and English: Writing, Rhetoric and Culture from the University of Puget Sound. Receiving her MA, (with distinction) in Art Business from the Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Ashley went on to work with art fairs, corporate collections, auction houses and galleries. She was previously a member of the MoMA Junior Associates, the Council for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, and the acquisitions committee of the Young Collector’s Council of the Guggenheim. Ashley has been proud to support marketing, events and fundraising at Family Kitchen since joining the Board of Directors in 2024.

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We are honored to coordinate this event and grateful to every artist who helps make it possible. Here’s to the first of many!