Meet Katie Rauth, our new Artistic Director

We're incredibly pleased to announce Katie Rauth as the new Artistic Director of Comfort Station!

Katie will be working closely with our executive director Jordan Martins dreaming up new curatorial initiatives and overseeing a range of special projects, further expanding our programming both inside and outside of our humble little building. This is a monumental step for us as organization not only in the creation this new position, but as our first official hire of a part time salaried employee of Comfort Station. While the vast majority of Comfort Station's operations will continue to be fueled by volunteer hours, our board has been steadily working toward a partially salaried staff in order to continue to grow our organization a sustainable and ambitious manner. We couldn't be more excited to work with Katie as we carry out this work!

Katie Rauth (she/they) is a fat, queer multidisciplinary artist and curator whose interests lie in the radical potential of collectivity and the complicated nuances embedded in fat liberationist politics.

A former staff member and artist-member alumnus of Vox Populi Gallery in Philadelphia, PA, Rauth supported the organization from 2014-2020, serving as Exhibitions Chair for her final two years. She is a recipient of the Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant and the City of Philadelphia’s OACCE Creative Avenues Grant. Rauth graduated with their BFA in Sculpture from Arcadia University in Glenside, PA in 2014, and are currently an MFA Candidate at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.