VISION

Fathomers is a creative research institute dedicated to producing sites and encounters that challenge us to live and act differently in the world. We cultivate the ideas of diehard dreamers, commission projects that seem far-fetched, and enlist expansive thinkers across disciplines to redefine the limits of scale, scope and support for artist-led projects.

We do this because we value discoveries made absent predetermined outcomes, and we believe in the power of the realized dream as a test site and model for visionary change.

 

STAFF

NATASHA BOYD
Communications Manager
nkb@fathomers.org

ERIC DOBBINS
Co-Founder
Deputy Director
ecd@fathomers.org

BLESSING GREER-MATHURIN
Programs Assistant
bgm@fathomers.org

DAVID KIM
Associate Director
djk@fathomers.org

STACY SWITZER
Co-Founder
Curator and Executive Director
(Artistic Director, Grand Arts, 2004-2015)
sms@fathomers.org

ANNIE ZENG
Programs Manager, Emergence
aqz@fathomers.org

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MEREDITH ROGERS
Creative Strategist
Founder, Culture of Alchemy

MARGARET SILVA
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Grand Arts (1995-2015) 

STACY SWITZER
Curator and Executive Director

ANDREW TORRANCE
Paul E. Wilson Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Kansas
Visiting Scholar, MIT Sloan School of Management
Senior Director, Intellectual Property, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard


WITH GRATITUDE TO:
Glenn Kaino, Artist and Founding Board Member, 2015-2019

 

LEGAL SUPPORT

SARAH CONLEY ODENKIRK
Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard

 

SPECIAL THANKS

TO THE FOLLOWING FATHOMERS, FOR THEIR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS:
Trevor Byrne, Intern, 2016; Research and Production Coordinator, 2016-2019
Annie Fischer, Co-Founder and Director of Research and Communication, 2015-2021
Blessing Greer-Mathurin, Getty Marrow Undergraduate Intern, 2022; Special Projects Assistant (current)
Christopher Hsieh, Getty Marrow Undergraduate Intern, 2021; Directors’ and Programs Assistant, 2021-2022
David Kim, Curator at Large, 2019-2021
Mai-Ly Nguyen, Intern, 2018
Antajuan Scott, Head of Programming and Partnerships, 2022-2023
Chinelo Ufondu, Development and Communication Associate, 2019-2022
Megan Wang, Operations and Grants Manager, 2021-22; Director of Operations: 2022-2023
Lacey Wozny, Co-Founder and Director of Programs and Experience, 2015-2021
Qianze Zhang, Getty Marrow Undergraduate Intern, 2020