"I chose the name 'A Soft Place to Land' because that is the feeling I've had about the many places I've ended up recently that I didn't initially intend or expect to. Despite multiple redirections, I've always been able to land somewhere safe, familiar, and supportive. The Philippines has always been one of those places for me. Every time I visit the motherland, I am met with a sense of love, certainty and contentment that I have yet to know anywhere else." Catie Lewis, FVAC Artist in Residence 2024.