ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Elizabeth Clark
Elizabeth Clark is a Hudson Valley-based composer, performance artist, multi-instrumentalist (harp, piano, voice), experimental theater-maker, and humanitarian. Her interdisciplinary work bridges contemporary avant-garde expression with sacred and world music, experimental theater, movement, mythology, contemplative practices, and the healing arts. At the heart of her artistic vision is the creation of meaningful, transformative community experiences through live performance.
From 2018–2021, she developed and composed Seeds Under Nuclear Winter: An Earth Opera during her artist residency at Byrdcliffe Artists Colony in Woodstock, NY. Since 2021, the work has continued to evolve through collaborative development and public performances, bringing together nearly 75 Hudson Valley artists across multiple disciplines.
BOARD MEMBER:
Jaguar Mary X is a glossolalia vocalist, ritual performance artist and
mover, making work informed by animism, afro-futuruism and black/queer
feminist discourse. They attended the Whitney Independent Studies Program in 1995 and
completed MFA degrees at California Institute for the Arts (Film/Video, 2009) and at Pratt Institute (Performance and Performance
Studies, 2019) in Brooklyn.
Originally from Washington, DC, they are currently in residence at the Art Life Institute founded by Linda Montano in Kingston, New York. In 2022 they received the honor of City of Kingston’s Distinguished Artist Award .for 2022-24. Currently, they are the full time show host
for Radio Kingston, on Monday through Friday in the evenings.
TREASURER:
Alvaro is a musician, percussionist, entrepreneur, and Treasurer of eARTHOPEra, a nonprofit arts organization. With over 30 years of musical experience specializing in hand percussion, spiritual music, sound healing, and world music, he brings a deep appreciation for the power of music to inspire connection and creative expression.
For the past four years, Alvaro has performed with Earth Opera, exploring new dimensions of his artistry alongside an inspiring community of performers. With an associate degree in Marketing and Fashion Buying and Merchandising, he has spent much of his adult life as an entrepreneur, successfully operating a wholesale candle company and multiple retail stores.
He brings together his artistic passion and business experience in support of eARTHOPEra’s mission.