Amela Parcic is an artist and designer whose research interests include transdisciplinary practice, ephemeral architectures, and the politics of belonging. She holds a Masters Degree in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis and a BFA in Painting from Pratt Institute, New York. Originally from Serbia, she has lived and exhibited work in Croatia, Chile, Czech Republic, Germany, and the Netherlands. In New York City, she was a mentee in the New York Immigrant Artist Project and a long-term art resident at Flux Factory in Queens. Amela is currently teaching introductory design courses in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University St.Louis. For Field Station 3: Anthropocene Vernacular, she is organizing the installation of a central hub space at the Luminary on Cherokee Street in St. Louis.