RAiR Staff

Tracey kikut, Executive Director

Tracey, came to RAiR from the Ucross Foundation, a multidisciplinary artist residency program in Wyoming. In several different roles there, culminating in a long stint as Program Director, she oversaw the process of selecting and accommodating residents in the fields of visual arts, literature, music, and dance; curated shows and arranged openings; oversaw everything from the annual budget to alumni relations. Before Ucross, Tracey had a successful career in the fashion industry in Los Angeles.

Tracey, who has three grown children, lives in Santa Fe with her husband Patrick, a painter. They have a small gallery, called No Man’s Land, where they present shows, viewable by appointment, of local artists, including some RAiR alumni.

Ryan Crowley, Residency Director

Ryan (RAiR 2023-24) is a sculptor who works in a range of materials. He has over a decade of experience in casting, woodworking, ceramics, metal, and glassblowing, as well as art handling and picture framing. His other professional background includes many years of experience as the sculpture shop manager at Virginia Commonwealth University and Rice University as well as adjunct teaching at UT Austin and VCU.  This extensive skill set equips him well for a position that calls for someone to support the RAiR resident artists in whatever way they need.

Ryan received a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston and an MFA from the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. He was a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center in 2020. He has attended several artist residencies and his work has also been featured in solo and group shows around the country.

TONEE HARBERT, DIRECTOR

Anderson Museum OF CONTEMPORARY ART

Tonee (RAiR 2019-20) grew up in Oregon, received a degree in photojournalism from Ohio University and lived in Maine for many years. Harbert brings with him a background in photojournalism, documentary and commercial photography. He won a New England Emmy award for video production. Harbert co-authored with Carolyn Chute, a book entitled Elmer Walker: Hermit to Hero. This photography project was also featured on CBS Sunday Morning. He has worked as a printer in the lab at the Library of Congress, and was executive director of the Bakery Photographic Collective for six years in Portland, Maine. Harbert's photographs have been published in many magazines and books and have been exhibited at several galleries and museums.