Team

Rebecca Anders Rebecca Anders is a sculptor and metal fabricator whose work focuses on engaging, large-scale, public art. She received a BFA from Cornell University and since resides and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. Recently she has led the design and fabrication of huge flower-shaped fire rings (Fireblooms) permanently installed for public use on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. She has collaborated with Jessica Hobbs since the 1990′s, initially in the Cellspace Arts Collective, since 2002 as a core member of the Flaming Lotus Girls, and most recently with the Chimera Sententia (FishBug) interactive sculpture. A veteran of the Burning Man Festival, Rebecca has attended the festival since 1997 and contributed to monumental artwork for the event since 2000. She has taught metalworking with the Crucible in Oakland CA and Cellspace in San Francisco, and creates unique metal fabrications professionally.
Jessica Hobbs Artist, Jessica Hobbs has exhibited her solo and collaborative work nationally and internationally.  She is an MFA graduate from the San Francisco Art Institute. One of the primary focuses of Jessica’s work is artistic collaboration.  This formally began with her collaborative performance work at the University of California at Santa Cruz, where she earned her undergraduate degree.  Her current collaborative project with Rebecca Anders, Chimera Sententia: Fishbug received an honorarium grant from Burning Man and has also been seen at the Nocturnal Festival and Maker Faire 2010. Other collaborative projects such as, Wedding Portraits with Felecia Carlisle have received support from the San Francisco Arts Commission.  Currently she is a director of the Shipyard Labs – a facility, information resource and gathering of people engaged in art and creative power hacking; a place to experiment with power generation and conversion as an idiom and medium of art.  She is also an active member of the Flaming Lotus Girls.
Peter Kimelman Peter Kimelman (PK) is a designer whose work spans the arbitrary boundaries of building, interior, graphic, and event design. He received his Masters in Architecture from UCLA, where he was recipient of the prestigious Regents and Deans Fellowships, and his Bachelors of Architecture from Cornell University. A native of New York City, PK moved to San Francisco to practice after spending several years in architectural publishing. He has worked for several prominent San Francisco architecture firms designing award-winning large scale buildings and interiors. Passionate about architectural pedagogy he has taught design, theory and digital technology at several institutions including Iowa State, Woodbury, and Drury Universities. He is currently working on an exhibit about wine and design for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. From 1999 until its disbanding in 2003, PK was a member of the San Francisco based SpaceLounge. Since 2002 he has served as one of the organizers of the Space Cowboys collective.