About

The Thousand Islands Film + Stage Artist Residency invites artists working in performance to participate in film and theatre projects, staged readings, script development, poetry and audio recordings.  Each residency is a project-driven, short term stay.

Founded by Kathleen Reichelt and Wesley Rickert who have been working together since 2008, managing artist run spaces, producing short and feature length art films, audio recordings and live performance.  They are both writers, performing artists, and communication specialists. Together they have performed as Burning Iceberg in NYC, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa and Paris. 

Kathleen Reichelt brings 20+ years experience in visual, performing and media arts. She is the recipient of grants for the Canada Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, and Toronto Arts Councils. Winner of the Evan Hughes Playwright Award for the one-act comedy "Who Killed The Curator", founder of The Garage Theatre in Toronto, member of the Dramatist Guild of America and contributing writer to the NYC art journal Arteidolia.  Kathleen is a leader in developing, nurturing and advocating art and artists.

Wes Rickert's films draw on his experience as an absurdist sound poet, noise band musician and visual artist. His films have received official selection for the Montreal Independent Film Festival 2020, BLOW-UP Chicago International Arthouse FILM FEST 2020 & 2016, an official selection for the Annual Copenhagen Film Festival 2017, semi-finalist for the European Film Festival (Mainstream & Underground), Moscow and  Honorable Mention from the 2017 LA Underground Film Forum for contribution to cinema. His absurdist writing & photos are published in "Maintenant #9 to #15, A Journal of Contemporary Dada," Three Rooms Press, NYC.