AUBREY MURDOCK (Co-exec Director) is an artist, urbanist and educator based in Orange, New Jersey. Her interdisciplinary practice utilizes drawing, painting, video, sound, installation, curricula, and social practice. Murdock scrutinizes the phrase “there is nothing there” and the role this myth plays in structures of inequity. Her current work centers her home state of Wyoming and her adopted home in New Jersey. In her social practice, Murdock creates tools to render complex systems visible, including zines, workshops, and animations. She has over ten years of experience in non-traditional education spaces including as an outdoor education counselor, an English as a Second Language instructor, and an assistant teacher in a Montessori preschool. Murdock is the co-director and design lead for University of Orange, a free people’s school and community organization.