Author: Jeff
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IN THE STUDIO with NADIA LIZ ESTELA
“Being at Millay was a time in which I was able to not only reestablish making practices lost during the pandemic but bring some sanity back into my world. During my residency, I was able to produce more work than in the past five months in quarantine. The work simply poured out of me as…
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GO LONG: SONNET CROWNS, POEM SEQUENCES AND LONG POEMS with Danez Smith
GO LONG: SONNET CROWNS, POEM SEQUENCES AND LONG POEMS — Danez Smith — September 28 to October 1, 2018 What happens to a poem when it explodes into many? What waits for us as writers half way through a long poem? Do we have the legs and stamina to make it to the end? What…
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NO ONE CARES: OVERCOMING INDIFFERENCE AND CREATIVE ROADBLOCK with Kid Millions
NO ONE CARES: OVERCOMING INDIFFERENCE AND CREATIVE ROADBLOCKS — Kid Millions — Saturday, May 12, 2018 1-4 pm This workshop on Composition, Improvisation and the Creative Process will examine the ways that we sabotage our creativity and productivity and will offer practical ways to overcome the roadblocks we place in our way. Using examples from his own…
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BODIES OF WORK with Diana Cage
BODIES OF WORK — Diana Cage — Saturday, June 2, 2018 — 1-4 pm How does it feel to live in a body? In what ways are our bodies imperiled in this political climate? How do race, gender, sex, and class inspire or limit our bodies in public and private? In this one-day workshop, we’ll think, talk,…
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LIBERATION STUDIES with Tanisha Christie
LIBERATION STUDIES — Tanisha Christie — Saturday, September 15, 2018 — 1-4 pm Where are you from? Can seem like an innocuous question but is increasingly becoming complex to answer for many. To share one’s family history or acknowledge the past does not mean we have to be bound by it and yet dialogue is strained…
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2017 YEAR-END ROUND-UP
How to “wrap up” a year that has meant so many things to so many people without reducing their stories and concerns? How to wrap up a year like 2017 with a sense of joy and optimism when so many around us are so vulnerable?Perhaps we can begin by telling you what meant the most…
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LOOKING AT THE ISSUES: A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP with Delia Melis and Tanisha Christie
Earlier this month, we hosted a community workshop at The Hudson Area Library to offer residents and students an opportunity to explore the history of and issues raised by The Mother of Us All in conjunction with its sold out run at Hudson Hall at the Historical Hudson Opera House. The workshop, Looking at the Issues, was…
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THE WINTERTIDE RUSTIC RETREAT SEASON IS HERE!
Formerly known as Winter Shakers, the WINTERTIDE RUSTIC RETREAT offers low-fee stays (mid-December through March) from a long weekend to a full month (groceries and meals not included). Recharge, refuel and refresh: all are welcome! (Core Residency alumni may apply for work/exchange.).
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HOLIDAY COCKTAILS ON THE ROOF IN NYC!
On October 6th, 2017, the Millay Colony for the Arts held its annual fundraising cocktail party at the home of Board Vice President Whitney Lawson. Poet/Advising Artists Council member Mark Wunderlich and alumna novelist Alexandria Marzano Lesnevich) read new work and discussed the impact of artists retreats on their lives and their work.The event raised…