FRESH GROUND PEPPER is an arts company devoted to creators, the creative spirit, and the creative process. We further creativity through exploration, adventuration, curiosity, joy, and engagement in new and evolving systems. We hold space for artists to congregate and connect, honor new paces, and discover new paths of growth. We celebrate process in art, which leads to celebrating process in the world - because Process is Progress.
Every other year Fresh Ground Pepper works to re-articulate our company’s intention: how we hope to participate in the creative community and the way in which we hope to support our artists and audiences in the celebration of emerging art.
Today we proclaim: #processisprogress
Here are the values that guide our programming and way of working:
With gratitude, inspiration and language from Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Delighted Listening workshop with Mary Wright via Jay O’Callaghan
Creative Directors
Fresh Ground Pepper operates with a unique five-person leadership team. The Creative Directors share roles as the company’s primary curators and fundraisers. We rely on each others strengths to move the company forward and continually re-investigate how our mission is articulated through our work. We are: Jaclyn Backhaus, Andrew Scoville, Elinor T Vanderburg, and Andrew Neisler
ADDITIONAL STAFF
Drew Vanderburg - General Manager
Karina Martins - Co-Founder
Jenny Beth Snyder Gonzales - Co-Founder
OUR BOARD
Andrew Neisler- President
Benjamin Williams- Vice President
Meghan Sharer- Secretary
Jaclyn Backhaus - Treasurer