About

The Thousand Islands Stage + Film Studio Artist Residency (TISFAR) 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.

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

Beginning with Beat Manor Studios & Airbnb in 2015, TISFAR has come a long way.

Kathleen Reichelt brings 20+ years experience in visual, performing and media arts.  She is the recipient of The Evan Hughes Playwright Award for the one-act comedy "Who Killed The Curator", founder of The Garage Theatre in Toronto (2008 - 2012), 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 education for all. with an emphasis on helping those who need it most.

Wes Rickerts' 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, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14 A Journal of Contemporary Dada," Three Rooms Press, NYC.