The SciArt Team

Julia Buntaine Hoel
Founder, Executive Director
Julia Buntaine Hoel is a conceptual artist interested in the brain, and Founding Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief of SciArt Initiative. She holds positions at multiple academic institutions where she helps generate science-art-technology collaboration and curricula. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, and Forbes, among others. Julia is based in Boston, Masachusetts.
Kate Schwarting
​Programs Manager
Kate Schwarting is an Interdisciplinary artist from New York. Her work utilizes traditional and new media techniques to explore the intersection of art and science with an emphasis on time, process and interactivity. Her work is part of the permanent collection of the Microbiology Department at Oregon State University as well the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt. Kate is based in Long Island, New York.
Marnie Benney
​Curatorial & Innovation Advisor
Marnie Benney is an Independent Producer and Curator working at the juncture of art, science and technology. She has a passion for engaging local, regional and international communities and fostering connection through experimental, approachable, multi-sensory, contemporary art projects. Benney is also Gallery Director at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. Marnie is based in New York City.
Emily Garfield
​Community Synapse Architect
​Emily Garfield is a professional artist based in New York. She works in pen and watercolor to create intricate maps of imaginary places inspired by the visual language of cartography as well as the fractal similarity that cities share with biological patterns such as cells and neurons. She has held workshops at art venues across the country, from the DeCordova and Peabody Essex museums in the Boston area to the Snite Museum of Art of Notre Dame in Indiana.
Remi Leibovic
Community Instagram Curator
Remi Leibovic recently completed her BA in Graphic Design and Digital Studies dual major at Rutgers University Camden. She has an experienced background in design and communications. Her interests can be categorized as interdisciplinary communication, for she loves to collaborate across disciplines. Also, she has always been active in the art community and gathering people for art events and workshops. Most recently, participating as a member of AIGA, In addition, she has an associates degree from Bergen Community College in Computer Animation and applied science. Currently, she is helping her community by being a communications assistant at a local non for profit, Wickham Work Makers Space. ​
​Kiran Gurung
Colloquium Manager
Kiran Gurung is a PhD student in Microbiology at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Away from her PhD, she enjoys science-inspired artwork and pursues her enthusiasm of exploring pen and pencil art.

Board of Directors

Julia Buntaine Hoel (President)
Kate Schwarting (Secretary)
Jody Rasch (Treasurer)
Marnie Benney
​William Myers
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