Head Coach

Paddy Johnson (she/her) is the founder and head coach of Netvvrk. She leads our group coaching calls and asset reviews and oversees all curriculum and programming. Netvvrk has been featured in The New York Times, Hyperallergic, and Artnet News. Johnson is the founding editor of Art F City (2005-2017) and co-founder of the public art initiative PARADE (2018-2020). She has contributed to CNN, The New York Times, and New York Magazine. She lives and works in New York.

Programs Coordinator

William Powhida (he/him) oversees the development of curriculum and programming at Netvvrk. Satirizing notions of individual genius, privilege, and class in the art world, his art critically engages inequity across the industry. His work has been shown at The Aldrich Museum of Art, The New Museum, and The San Diego Museum of Art. He is currently on faculty at the School of Visual Arts in New York, an adjunct professor at Queens College, and a mentor with the International Lab for Artistic Practice (ILAP). He lives and works in New York.

Artist Advisor

Macon Reed (she/they) reviews written materials, websites, and more inside the Netvvrk portal. Working across media, they primarily create installations that host extensive participatory programming through a queer and intersectional feminist lens. Their work has been shown at venues such as Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and Columbia University. They live and work in Houston and New Orleans. 

Artist Advisor

Arden Bendler Browning (she/her) reviews the websites, Instagrams, and goals of our new annual members to create assessments they can use to focus their efforts. In her art, she uses painting, immersive virtual installations, works on paper and public art to create meditative experiences. Based in Philadelphia since 2001, Bendler Browning’s work has been shown at American University Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Weatherspoon Art Museum, James A. Michener Museum, and Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts.  

Artist Advisor

Jonas N.T. Becker (he/him) advises artists seeking academic job placement. In his work, he makes photographs, videos, and performances that explore how systems of power place value on the body and the resource-rich landscape. Becker has exhibited internationally, including the MCA Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Photography, ICA LA, and LAXART. Becker works between his home state of West Virginia and Chicago, IL, where he is a professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Artist Advisor

Chris Moss (he/him) leads our studio critiques. He is a painter who holds a BFA from Marywood University, Scranton, PA (2000) and an MFA from CUNY Brooklyn College (2006). Since 2011 his work has been included in solo and group exhibitions at Theodore (New York, NY). He has also shown at Shaheen Contemporary (Cleveland, OH), Grizzly Grizzly (Philadelphia, PA) Field Projects (New York), LABspace (Hillsdale, NY), and others. He lives and works in Savannah, GA.

Mentor

Holly Wong (she/her) supports West Coast artists who need support around self doubt, applying for open calls, gallery outreach, and Instagram. Her practice explores healing and resilience through fiber and drawing-based installations and collaged paintings. Holly has participated in over 100 exhibitions including group shows at the de Young Museum, the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Contemporary Jewish Museum. She is represented by SLATE Contemporary Gallery in Oakland, CA, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, ELLIO Fine Art in Houston, TX. Holly lives and works in San Francisco.

Mentor

Laura Nova (she/her) helps artists who are trying to balance art career and job, momming, health & fitness, and personal life. She is an artist, educator, and activist who lives and works on New York’s Lower East Side, creating festive, absurdist spectacles that unite generations and diverse communities. The first Public Artist in Residence to be embedded in New York City’s Department for the Aging, Nova designs each element of her projects to enhance social wellness and decrease social isolation. She is currently designing and teaching in the CareLab at The New School and an Urban Field Station Collaborative Arts fellow advocating for the care and longevity of humans and trees.

Mentor

Katie Hargrave (she/her) helps artists with entering academia, navigating non-profit art spaces, Instagram strategy, and making connections outside of an art center. Her installations and public projects focus on how material culture might provide a lens into the U.S. politics and environmental movements, both past and present. Recent exhibitions include a solo exhibition at the Gadsden Museum of Art (2022, Gadsden, AL) and Granary Arts (2021, Ephraim, UT) as well as selected group exhibitions. She collaborates frequently with Meredith Laura Lynn. She lives and works in Tennessee.

Mentor

Stacy Arezou Mehrfar (she/her) helps artists build community and gain confidence. She can also assist with drafting cold emails to curators/press and how to navigate Netvrrk to get the most out of the platform. In her practice she works with photography, photobooks, and video to explore the emotional and social facets of community. Mehrfar has exhibited her works at TEDxSydney, Australia; KMAC Contemporary Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky; and the International Center of Photography, New York. She lives and works in New York.

Mentor

Susan Rowe Harrison (she/her) answers questions about showing outside a gallery system, working with alternative and artist-run spaces and navigating the wealth of materials inside Netvvrk. In her work, she creates installations and drawings focused on our relationship to the natural work. Her work has been shown and collected internationally, including PS122 (NYC); Pfizer (NYC); and Wave Hill (NYC). Rowe Harrison currently lives and works in Hudson Valley and New York.

Mentor

Angela Fraleigh (she/her) helps artists with strategy, outreach, and navigating relationships with curators, galleries, etc. Her oil paintings explore themes such as sexuality, femininity, and power dynamics, in a style that weaves together realism, abstraction, and classical influences. She is based in Allentown, PA but she works with galleries in Houston, TX, New York, NY and Boston, MA. She has created site-specific solo projects for the Edward Hopper House Museum, the Vanderbilt Mansion Museum, the Everson Museum of Art, the Delaware Art Museum and the Weatherspoon Art Museum. 

Mentor

Sonja Thomsen (she/her) helps artists with questions about visibility, outreach, and grant strategy. Her installations use photography, sculpture and architecture to explore light as a medium and metaphor. Her exhibitions include the New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe; Higher Pictures, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; DePaul Art Museum; Soccer Club Club Chicago and The Suburban Milwaukee. Her work is held in private and public collections. She lives and works in Chicago.

Mentor

Cadence Giersbach provides feedback on artist statements, applications, and work selection. Her work meditates on nature, the universe, and our small place within it. She has been featured in solo shows at Satchel Projects (New York, NY), Roebling Hall (Brooklyn, NY) and Deitch Projects (New York, NY). She received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship and a New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship in Painting. She lives and works in New York, NY and Cochecton, NY. 

Community Advocate

Judi Tavill (she/her) welcomes all members to Netvvrk and helps them navigate the platform. Her biomorphic sculptures and drawings reference our interconnectedness in the face of division.  A 2025 NJ State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Sculpture Fellow,  Judi’s work has been included in exhibitions at major institutions including Morris Museum and New Jersey State Museum, and Hunterdon Art Museum with solo exhibitions at Ivy Brown Gallery (NYC), Adamah Gallery (Columbus, OH), and Center For Contemporary Art (Bedminster, NJ). She lives and works in Rumson, NJ.

Head of Operations

Penny Retica (she/they) works on systems that empower artistic communities. A photographer, writer, and editor, she aims to capture the daily life of objects on the street. Currently she serves as the Director of Operations at Netvvrk, a community and resource-sharing platform for artists built on values of collaboration and generosity. She lives and works in New York. 

Community Manager

Sheri Munion (she/her) is the Community Manager at Netvvrk and a key point of contact for our members. She supports our community by answering questions, offering resource guidance, site navigation and helping with form submissions. In addition, Sheri assists with event coordination and program planning, ensuring that all of our events run smoothly and align with Netvvrk’s goals and values. Sheri is passionate about helping people get the most out of their Netvvrk membership.

Design

Kai Sumanga (she/her) is an editor and event organizer who enjoys creating meaningful experiences both online and offline. She works on Netvvrk's landing page setup and podcast edits for Art Problems, with a strong focus on video and image editing for Paddy's social media. Versatile and hands-on, she approaches every task with dedication.

Netvvrk graphics designed by Sue Kim