Eliot Feenstra

Eliot Feenstra (he/they) is a long-time community organizer, facilitator, performer, teacher, poet, and gardener. He grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and lived and worked in rural southwestern Oregon for over a decade before recently relocating to Portland. He has co-founded multiple collaborative projects including Versailles (a queer land project), Whirlwind (24-hour play festivals), and RiverStars (a school-based devised theater initiative). Eliot holds an MA in performance studies from York University and a BA in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Chicago. He manages projects for Oregon’s Kitchen Table, leads facilitation trainings with Oregon Humanities, and serves as the co-chair of the governance committee for the Queer Data Project, a statewide research project with the LGBTQIA2S+ community in Oregon.