Founders
Leslie Kuo
www.localcolor.de
Leslie is a designer and artist. She was born in 1981 in California and received her bachelor’s degree in plant biology at Yale University in 2003, where she met Sara Bouchard.
Since 2006, she has been based primarily in Berlin, working on independent and client projects about food, community, culture and nature. She is currently pursuing a master’s of library science while interning at Berlin’s Museum of Natural History.
Leslie has exhibited in Berlin, New York, Honolulu and beyond. She has worked as an artist-in-residence in Berlin’s Lichtenberg and Gropiusstadt neighborhoods.
Sara Bouchard
www.sarabouchard.com
Sara is a visual artist and musician. She was born in 1982 in California and received her bachelor’s degree in art at Yale University in 2003, where she met Leslie Kuo.
She lives and works in New York, where she performs as a solo singer/songwriter and with her band, the Salt Parade. She exhibits regularly at Open Source gallery and has twice been an artist in residence at ChaNorth.
Sara’s recent projects include “The News: Monday-Friday”— a song cycle based on newspaper clippings, “Songs of Lewis & Clark” — a song cycle based on the journals of the American explorers, as well as walking performances and narrative collages. You can listen to Sara’s music online.
Contributors
Phoebe Kuo
http://www.phoebekuo.com
Megan Mock
cargocollective.com/meganmock
