Artist, educator, and environmental activist, Carolyn Monastra received a BA in English Literature from Fordham University and an MFA from the Yale School of Art. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, she has received awards from The Puffin Foundation, The Adirondack Art Fund, BRIC Arts Media, and The City of New Haven. Artist residencies include Ucross Foundation, Caldera Arts, Djerassi Foundation, Blue Mountain Center, and Saltonstall Foundation. After a 2009 residency at Skaftfell Visual Arts Center in Iceland she was inspired to begin The Witness Tree - a project documenting the effects of global climate change. Her work is in the Marguiles Collection in Miami and has been exhibited in venues in the United States, China, Ireland, and England. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
