Roanne Kolvenbach

New York, USA
October 2025

Roanne Kolvenbach is a writer, sewist, designer, voter and optimist. In January of 2025 she rented out her apartment and said goodbye to her family, to spend the year wandering the world, traveling between art residencies. In October she landed here, at Allende Arts Space for the month, and the magic of San Miguel de Allende took hold. She spends four mornings a week at a local ceramics studio, and the afternoons working on a memoir about her mother’s recent death. “San Miguel opens your heart.”

Purposefully blurring the boundary between art and commerce, Roanne's sculptures, objects, and jewelry have been exhibited in the United States, at over 200 galleries, boutiques and department stores. She's taught at Parsons School of Design in New York City and is a recurring workshop instructor at the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. Her favorite days are spent early in the morning on the beach with her dog, and in the evening grilling sourdough and tomatoes for her kids to eat with fresh mozzarella and a little basil.