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NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS GRANT
WE ARE BOTH GRATEFUL AND THRILLED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY OF NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS GRANTS FOR 2025! Not only was Millay Arts awarded $49,500, five of our alumni were each awarded Individual Artist grants totaling $50,000: truly a testament to the giftedness of our Artists-in-Residence! CONGRATULATIONS ALL — we can’t wait…
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Niva Dorell + Christola Phoenix + Misa Dayson
THE LOTTO LINE is a short film inspired by an excerpt from Christola Phoenix’s memoir “Paper Curls and Peanut Earrings” — a coming-of-age tale — set in 1950s and 60s Harlem, NY. The original excerpt, “The Lotto Line” was published in Roxane Gay’s publication The Audacity in 2022. The film begins on a summer day…
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Summer Soiree
THANK YOU to all who gathered at the Austerlitz home of Board Member Melissa Edmon Slotnick and her husband Joe. The inspiration for the first Millay Arts Summer Soirée — a gathering of artists, friends, supporters, sponsors and new neighbors — arose out of a desire to reconnect with all who celebrated and helped make our 50th Anniversary…
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May @ Millay Arts 2024
FROM TOP, RIGHT TO LEFT: Wally Gunn Composing; Jackson Heights, NY — Making use of patterns and processes in his work, and sometimes utilizes speech, gesture, and movement to heighten the theatricality of musical performance, all with the aim of creating music that is expressive and affecting. The extramusical themes in his work look outward…
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THE LOTTO LINE: A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THREE MILLAY ARTS’ ALUMS
“The Lotto Line” a short film based on an excerpt of Christola Phoenix’ memoir “Paper Curls and Peanut Earrings”
