Our Team
Eli Moyer, MA
Co-Founder & Director
Eli brings his artistic spirit, cross-cultural experience, and academic grounding to the task of connecting people across cultures. For a collective 8 years Eli has lived cross-culturally in five different countries on three continents. In every place, he has seen the joy and pride people feel in the unique expressions of their own nationality, language, history, culture, and arts. He desires to see these cultures shine with beauty and God-given worth inherent in each of them and believes exchange through the arts a powerful way to do this.
Eli holds Masters degrees in World Arts (Dallas International University) and in Intercultural Studies (Biola University), and a Bachelor of Arts in Music (University of Pennsylvania). He runs Apricot Media & Consulting, created to champion unsung cultures through ethnographic media. And from 2017-2022 he co-hosted and produced CaucasTalk, a podcast devoted to culture, history, and tourism in the North Caucasus mountains.
Now with his wife Hollie and five children, Eli lives in Tbilisi, Georgia where he enjoys writing on his typewriter, rock climbing, strong black tea, and exploring the beautiful country of Georgia and its peoples with his family.
Hollie Moyer
Co-Founder
Hollie’s passion for people and cultures runs deep and wide. From small-town roots she branched out into international living in her college years. She earned a degree in Intercultural Studies and then became a Certified Professional Midwife and has served women in homebirth, birth education, and maternal health in five different countries.
Her own arms are very full with five children whom she ably homeschools as her family’s adventures take them around the world. She is a musician and songwriter with a love for history, reading, growing herbs, walking in nature, and fermenting all manner of things. She and Eli have been married for 15 years.
Kailey Wuethrich
Corner House Coffee Lead
For Kaiely, “coffee” has always been synonymous with “love.” She not only grinds, brews, and serves an excellent coffee, but loves to offer hospitality to the whole person—body, mind, and spirit. Corner House Coffee is so much more than just another place in Tbilisi to buy some coffee; it’s a warm welcome, a place to share conversation, life, know, and be known.
Having lived and worked in Latin America, Central Asia, and North Africa and with a degree in Intercultural Studies, Kailey brings a wealth of cross-cultural experience, as well as scholarly interest in issues related to Caucasus cultures. Our growing international team of coworkers, we look forward to welcoming you.
Kiara Brooks
Development Coordinator
Kiara is a dedicated cross-cultural enthusiast who fervently supports projects aimed at fostering empathy and understanding among diverse communities. A long-time expat who has lived in five different countries, Kiara leverages her international experience and background in theater and education to help develop and coordinate arts engagement initiatives. Examples of such projects include the Developing Ourselves Through Theater (DOTT), a workshop series focused on language acquisition through storytelling for teachers and students in the Pankisi Gorge; and Drama Club, a months-long theater program for internally displaced youth in Georgia.
Kiara holds a Master's degree in Russian (Middlebury College) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts (The Theater School—DePaul University). Additionally, she is a certified teacher (OSSE) and certified associate project manager (PMI).
Ever the learner and artist, Kiara enjoys reading plays, writing scripts, and reviewing her Georgian flashcards.
Michelle Gagnon
Gallery Curator
Michelle is a passionate “artist’s ally” who loves connecting with and supporting local artists in the Caucasus region. She has been a part of the arts scene in Tbilisi for the last 7+ years and her main interests are integrating the visual and performing arts with cross-cultural collaboration.
Michelle holds an interdisciplinary degree in Film and Media Studies and Art History (Arizona State University). She is a screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, art collector, and the curator of our gallery.
After 5 years of living in Vake, Tbilisi, Michelle moved to Mtskheta , the ancient capital of Georgia, where she can be closer to nature with her family and menagerie of pets. The peace and quiet of the Mt'k'vari River and her little garden inspire her to create. You will most likely find her foraging for wild flowers and wandering the fields with the local horses in her scattered moments of peace between her many creative endeavours.
