Cait Goss
Cait Goss (They/She) is a queer, neurodivergent artist, storyteller, and an educator of almost 15 years and childcare provider for nearing 20 years. Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, Cait received their B.A. in Urban and Environmental Policy from Occidental College and M.A. in Teaching from USC. They have interned for the Farm to Preschool program, taught college students abroad in Thailand in both traditional and alternative & community-based educational systems, and taught middle school English Language Development. They now hold the role of director of Our Children’s Place Cooperative Preschool, where they have developed nature based curriculum, collective leadership practices, and systems for intergenerational learning and resource sharing.
Cait is passionate about the arts, creativity, social justice, mindfulness,and social emotional learning, all of which are the backbone of their teaching and learning pedagogy. Their personal pedagogy is strongly influenced by community organizers, activists, and artists. Thus, Cait’s teaching practice is rooted in the belief that every person matters and each individual has a story to tell if only given the opportunity, the space, and the resources to tell it.
Some of Cait’s special interests include: plants & flowers, astrology, insects & animal facts, and of course all things art.
Grey Ellis
Grey Ellis (They/Them) is queer, disabled artist, organizer, and educator of 10 years. They started their career developing their own artistic practice, organizing arts events, and building community between artists, local business, and local institutions. After Grey received their B.A. at Evergreen State College, they invested themself into youth empowerment, using their artistic background as a strategy for building community, leadership, courage, and self-expression for youth.
They have since created curriculum for and facilitated two successful youth leadership programs in Seattle: The Henry Teen Art Collective, at the Henry Art Gallery, and Rogue Rainbow with Queer and Trans Youth Music Project (QTYMP). On the Leadership of QTYMP for 5 years, their focus was on developing inclusive programming and company infrastructure to interrupt racism, transmisoginy, and homophobia where it showed up in our organization, and building diverse community connections that reflected the identities of our staff and campers. This included coordinating equipment, creating volunteer trainings on DEI, and facilitating multiple workshops for their Music Camp for Queer and Trans Youth every summer. Grey is well versed in values-driven programing that centers equity and authentic community building.
In their art practice they are a installation artist, screenprinter, video artist, performance artist, writer, and musician. Their ongoing installation REST ALTAR is a immersive experience in oversized quilts, cushions, and painted pill bottles, asking the viewer ‘how do you rest?’ Their art and organizing work focuses on disability inclusion, community building, communication and self expression, extreme emotions, ritual, racial justice, and safety.
In their spare time they are a gardener, astrologer, a DIY builder, dog parent, gluten free baker, and a lover of analyzing reality TV & B movies.
