Lindsey Glover, a 2019 Saltonstall residency fellow, is a multi-media artist working across photography, printmaking, video, and installation. Her multi-media works are reconfigurations and reflections of the natural environment. Lindsey’s works on paper and projection installations have appeared in Philadelphia, Providence, R.I., Portland, Ore., Jackson Hole, Wyo., and internationally in Germany.

Lindsey has been awarded an Experimental Projects Residency at the Institute of Electronics at Alfred University and a Ucross Foundation residency. She has been the recipient of the Margaret Bourke-White Photography Portfolio Proice, a juried award for a photographic portfolio, and the John Hartell Graduate Award, given for excellence in studio practice, both awarded through Cornell University.

Lindsey teaches art through the School of Continuing Education at Cornell University and as an eCornell course facilitator in photography. She has also taught in the Visual Art program at Wells College.

Lindsey received a BFA from Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics, and an MFA from Cornell University, School of Architecture, Art, and Planning.

Nancy Rose Gossett is a visual artist whose figurative painting focuses on themes of physical mobility, social inequality, and the destruction of the environment.  After receiving her BA in French Literature with honors from UC Berkeley, Nancy relocated to New York — and to visual art —  becoming a full-time artist both freelance and by commission.  Over the past twenty years she has left a trail of art in LA, Paris, Ithaca, NYC, and finally, Oneonta, NY, where she now lives with her husband and two children. 

In addition to painting, Nancy works as the gallery director at the Community Arts Network of Oneonta, a non-profit dedicated to promoting the arts and supporting the artists, musicians, and writers in her city.

Clare Jones, a 2022 Saltonstall residency fellow, is a poet and editor.  Her poetry has been published in Poetry, PN Review, Sport, Sweet Mammalian, and elsewhere. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, the University of Iowa Center for the Book, and the University of Cambridge, she has worked in academic presses and libraries at the University of Iowa, Yale, Cornell, and Brown. She has completed writing projects and collaborations in New Zealand and Micronesia with support from the Fulbright Program and the University of Iowa.

Recently, as an independent scholar and editor, she has spoken at the American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies and the Society for Scholarly Publishing and led reading groups at the Providence Athenaeum. Locally, with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, administered by the Community Arts Partnership, she has led writing workshops and retreats in partnership with Hospicare, which serves residents of Cortland and Tompkins counties.

Rita Melen has lived in the greater Ithaca area for most of her life and appreciates the natural beauty and cultural richness of the area. A graduate of Cornell, she pursued comparative literature studies at Yale where she met her husband. They moved back to Ithaca; she earned her MSW degree at Syracuse University; and they raised two beautiful daughters. Rita is currently happily retired from a 25-year career as psychotherapist at Family & Children’s Services of Ithaca.

While not a creative artist herself, Rita is a lifelong lover of the arts of all genres. Her relationship with the Saltonstall Foundation began many years ago. When biking in the countryside, she passed by the property, saw the sign and inquired what it was. Many summers have been spent biking out for the residency open houses. Rita has watched the exciting evolution of the Saltonstall Foundation and is honored to now serve on the Board.

Mike Moyer is the Associate Vice President for Principal Gifts for Alumni Affairs and Development at Cornell University. While leading fundraising for Cornell’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Mike served on Saltonstall’s board for two years before his tenure was cut short in 2015 by a relocation to Virginia for a fundraising job at Virginia Tech.

His last official board act in 2015, while a moving truck was sitting at his house, was to introduce us to architect Caroline O’Donnell. Caroline designed our gorgeous accessible addition and partial renovation of the studio building which was completed in time for our 2021 residency season.

Luckily for us, Mike was lured back to Cornell in January 2021. He loves art, loves Saltonstall, and we are thrilled that he has rejoined the board.

Alice, Connie’s younger sister, is a local jazz/improvisational singer who earned her Bachelor of Music degree from Syracuse University. She has collaborated with various local musicians, most recently with Jayne Demakos who produced the CD “Beauty Crowds Me” for Hospice.

Alice is the mother of four children. She loves the Saltonstall Colony and would like her sister’s legacy to grow and continue to support the artists and writers of New York State.