Marla Kristicevich, visual artist/set designer

Kristicevich received her BFA in Metalworking and Jewerly from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2005. Her work has been exhibited in Lafayette, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans. She assisted artist Takashi Horasaki on "Social Distress: New Orleans" in creating a mono-print sculpture of Katrina damaged shot-gun style home in the lower 9th ward. The installation was part of Prospect I in New Orleans in the Fall of 2008. She has consulted Acting Up since 2006 as artist and set desinger in their productions of the original SUSTAINED WINDS, NO TEACHER LEFT STANDING, THE TEMPEST, and most recently PLAY. MUSIC. HEAL. She has also collaborated with dancer/choreographer Paige Krause on a site-specific performance piece shown at Festival International Artwalk in 2008.  Kristicevich teaches for the AcA's Art in Education program-P.A.C.E. and for Arts and Science program-CitySmarts.