Fellowship Program
The Fly on a Wall Fellowship was established with a desire to broaden the perspective of the organization, while providing professional development to career artists. Though run by six artists, The FOAW platform exists outside of these members and is built as a support system that is informed by those who nurture it. By inviting fellows to participate in the platform, we hope to evolve and grow through the exchange of ideas, skills and experiences.
Meet the Fellows!
Anna Bracewell
Anna Bracewell (She/Her) is an Atlanta-based dance artist and native of the city. She began her training at an early age at Decatur School of Ballet and continued her classical studies while attending DeKalb School of the Arts under the mentorship of Pamala Jones-Malave. Anna earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Georgia. Since 2012, Anna has been a dedicated member of Staibdance, under the direction of George Staib where she is now in her 12th season as a dancer, collaborator, and teacher. She was also a member of Core Dance from 2012 to 2020, performing across the U.S., Europe and Israel. Throughout her career, Anna has collaborated and created original work with notable international and local artists, including Niv Shienfeld & Oren Laor, Germana Civera, Frank van de Ven, Amanda K. Miller, Isabelle Saulle & Adolfo Vargas, Leslie Scates, and many others. In addition to her performance career, Anna is an educator with ImmerseATL, a training and mentorship program for contemporary dancers. Through this work, she supports emerging artists by fostering technical growth, creative exploration, and professional development within the Atlanta dance community. With over 13 years of professional dance experience in Atlanta, Anna has also worked closely with local artists such as Blake Beckham (The Lucky Penny), Joshua Rackliffe, Erik Thurmond, and Greg Catellier (Catellier Dance Projects!). She was recognized as “Best Dancer” in Atlanta by Arts ATL in 2018 and has received international recognition for her collaborative performances with Association Manifeste in France and with Niv Shienfeld and Oren Laor in Tel Aviv, Israel. Anna is also a 2023 Hambidge fellow, further supporting her commitment to research and creative growth.
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Héctor Alvarez
Héctor Alvarez is an interdisciplinary artist working in performance, theater, film, and opera. His practice draws from post dramatic theater, the legacy of the avant-garde, non-Western performance traditions, and from his experiences working with incarcerated populations to create unique performance experiences that have been praised as “visually gorgeous and fulsome, so rich and sensitive in detail” (The Chicago Reader). His work has been presented in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Madrid, Hong Kong, and Mexico City. He is a Princess Grace Award Winner, Drama League Directing Fellow, Watson Fellow, and was artist in residence at the Antonio Gala Foundation (Spain). In 2025 he was awarded Opera America’s Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Award. Recent directing credits include the operas Umbra by Elliot Menard and Here Be Sirens by Kate Soper; the plays My Foot My Tutor, Antigonick, Roberto Zucco and The Water Station; and We’re Gonna Die, a film re-imagining of Young Jean Lee’s existential cabaret about mortality. The film was created in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic and was named one of 2020’s Top Cultural Picks by WDCB’s The Arts Section. He now lives in Atlanta, where he is assistant teaching professor of Theater Studies at Emory University.
PhaeMonae
PhaeMonae is a multidisciplinary artist whose journey spans performance, wearable art, and sculpture. From 2016-2023, they worked as a performance artist with Gloatl, Core Dance, and T. Lang Dance before transitioning into designing wearable art and sculptural pieces. A recipient of the Art on the Beltline “Beltline After Dark” 2024 series, PhaeMonae and collaborators premiered at Westside Park, intertwining hip-hop’s emergence with the lifespan of the cicada through dance, sound, sculpture, and fashion. Their 2020 dance film Free Noir Papillon, co-created with Lev Omelchenko, explores Black motherhood amidst a pandemic and civil unrest, screening at over ten festivals, including the Atlanta Film Festival and Brooklyn Film Festival. As a DanceATL Engaging Atlanta Fellow, PhaeMonae researched the intersection of motherhood and art-making, leading to the founding of the Making Mamas Collective, a platform for caregivers in the arts. Their costume, set, and stage design work has been featured in productions at The B-Complex, Emory Dance, The Michael C. Carlos Museum, Vermont Dance Alliance, The Theatrical Outfit, The Underground, The Windmill, Hambidge Arts Center and more. At the close of 2024 , as part of Jordan Young’s “Artist Collider” cohort with Future’s Lab, PhaeMonae continued to craft transcendent, multi-layered works with technology, sound exploration, installation, and fashion. Their art reimagines dream landscapes as a means of inspiration and transformation. PhaeMonae currently serves as a board member for Bates Dance Festival in Lewiston Maine while shaping the fashion landscapes in Atlanta. PhaeMonae has held the titles of Costume Mistress for Moving In The Spirit and currently as the Aesthetics Queen with the Goat Farm Arts Center this season. PhaeMonae has taught and performed in Vogue Presentation throughout their lifetime and firmly believes that research exists in the club.
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