Our Resident Artists
We are a team of multi-media artists who work to bring regenerative art to the centerfold of the art-making conversation. Read our Bios, and learn more about our projects, and the ways in which you can get involved!
Sara Schroerlucke
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Classically trained, a contemporary rebel at heart, Sara is electrified by all things movement. She began her dance training at the age of four, under the tutelage of Toni Carrion and Denise Donovan. She continued her training at the University of California, Irvine, where she holds degrees in Dance Performance and Anthropology. Sara currently lives in Massachusetts, and has danced with companies including Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre, Hanna Brictson & Dancers, and Cocodaco Dance Project. She has performed works by choreographers including, but not limited to, Lar Lubovitch, Sherry Zunker, Christian Denice, Dante Puleio, Jose Limon, and David Maurice. She has presented works at festivals including 92Y’s Mobile Dance Film festival, and the Contemporary choreographic Dance Festival.
Sara is an interdisciplinary artist, and is interested in creating work that is accessible for all- and has written and produced multi-media shows that are dedicated to telling tales of the earth, and of healing. Sara is a holistic creativity coach, and works with those who desire to reconnect to their authentic creativity. She currently serves as founder and executive director of UneARTh.
Sara is tenaciously devoted to her heart’s path, and seeks to amplify all beings in their own regeneration.
@sarakirstenn
Fémura
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Maxine Patronik (she/her) is a dance artist, dance educator, and art administrator based in Chicago. She is interested in the intersection of art and social activism, and carries a passion for using art to connect, communicate, and grow. Maxine holds a BFA Degree in Dance from Dominican University of California with a minor in Creative Writing, and her professional career has included choreographing and performing across Chicago and creating earth-focused works for film. She is driven by collaboration in all forms, and is the co-creator of Fémura, a movement and music project with Maché Sánchez. As a movement artist and earth-lover, Maxine was drawn to Unearth upon its inception in 2020, first becoming involved in the inaugural film festival and then becoming part of the founding team in early 2021. She is thrilled to contribute her energy and efforts towards Unearth’s daily operations and growth as a non-profit.
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Maché Sánchez is a musician and graphic designer from Costa Rica, currently living in Chicago. She graduated with a BFA in Fine Arts with an emphasis in Graphic Design in 2015 from Universidad de Costa Rica. She has also worked as an art teacher and continues to freelance for various music and graphic design projects. She is the creator and founder of Bandolera Studio, her graphic design and photography business. Her music can be found on Spotify under the name Maché. She is excited and proud to be a part of Unearth’s founding team, to incorporate her passion for visual art and design with nature.
Max McFarland
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Intuitive and emotional, I was born with a capacity to feel into the unconscious. I took to music at an early age, drawn perhaps by the way that sound and words can evoke potent psycho-emotional resonances. Over decades of songwriting and performing in bands of various genres, I have become quite interested in the way that music can engender transcendental states, and the strong energetic bond it can produce in a room.
Yet, to be "a musician," never felt like the totality of my calling. At some point, I began asking, "how can I heal people and planet through artistic creation". I have been both humbled and enticed by my early attempts to answer this question. From simply writing music informed by my own healing journey, to stimulating a regenerative micro-economy among healers in a small city, I am growing and learning into my calling one project at a time; I am often thinking of ways to weave music with healing modalities and experience-formats of various kinds.
Faith Latorre
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Faith Latorre is a Chicago based designer and artist, predominantly working as an art director, illustrator, painter, and tattoo artist. She launched her passion of hand-lettering and design as a signmaker, allowing her love for typography and illustration to marry together. Recently, she has reeled herself back into minimal stylistic painting, focusing mainly with painting on repurposed wood panels and experimenting with subject matter. Her strategic use of vibrant colors, contour lines and negative space challenge the boundaries of familiar environment and lack thereof.
Maia Welbel
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Maia is a writer, dancer, and regenerative agriculture enthusiast based in Chicago. Through art and storytelling, she is always aiming to help people treat our planet with more compassion. Maia holds a Master's in Journalism from Northwestern University and a Bachelor's in Environmental Analysis from Pomona College. Her other passions include teaching and practicing yoga, baking vegan sweets, and recommending books and podcasts to anyone who will listen. She is thrilled to be furthering uneARTh's mission of creativity and climate activism.
