This girl has a spectacular vision and sense of sound for things unseen, but heard and unheard, but seen. She swears that she will finish her schooling for good. She thinks that survival is a luxury, and thus she is going to give this notion weight in her daily activities and through her interactions with both inanimate and animate beings. She is an elaborator, a traveler, but not a salesman. Chances are she will beat you in a game of Scrabble. Buy her some purple handcrafted German shoes, send her to Orcas Island or Kodiak Island, surprise her. After all, she is from OH and her initials are LE. She appreciates, among other things, her mother, basketball, Wisteria, Liquidambar styraciflua, lakes, purple broccoli, dancing, and bees...

Ellie’s time in Spartanburg was truly an exploration of collaborative endeavors. She worked with Sarah and other members of the community to build and plant a small garden for HUB-BUB; worked with Sarah on “Spark ‘N Boil”; spent each Wednesday with Jonas at Whitlock Junior High teaching photography and graphic design during afterschool programs; worked with Sarah and the Spartanburg Ballet to create a performance piece for Dan Synergy; and helped out during Wofford’s “Surrealist Space-Time” class. Ellie’s installation pieces became bigger and bolder (believe it or not) as the year went on.

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