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BOARD MEMBERS KAT DUFAULT & LAWRE STONE + CLAIRE MCCONAUGHY (VISUAL ARTS, 2024) WHAT A JOYOUS START TO MARCH! A surfeit of exhibitions featuring two of our dedicated and talented Board members Kat and Lawre and gifted alum Claire. Run don’t walk to see this trio of wondrous shows: gotta love the women painters From…

We are thrilled to collaborate with the artist-founded visionary Pollinator.coop this Spring, offering Millay Arts alumni the opportunity to participate in a virtual, five-week residency of mutual support this May. Pollinator matches participants in a curated cohort of aligned professionals. Alumni, staff, and leaders from organizations in our network can use this opportunity to deepen their…

Just what we need in this very cold winter, this show is like being enveloped in a warm hug! Leave it to our one of our newest Board members, the inimitable (and former gallerist) Jeff Bailey, to curate this wonderful show at the singular Ruthann Gallery of Catskill. Showcasing a diverse variety of works from…

COUNTDOWN COMMENCING: TWO WEEKS UNTIL MARCH 1 DEADLINE FOR OUR FULLY-SUBSIDIZED HISTORIC & PRESTIGIOUS CORE RESIDENCY! For info, see our website and go to: https://millayarts.submittable.com/submit NOTE: This is the only deadline to apply for group/collective residencies in December (we have 7 studios and 7 bedrooms (full-size mattresses) so your number depends on how many people…

SHOUT-OUT TO RO HABER (Fiction, September 2025) on their documentary “We Are Pat” winning the Special Jury Mention for New Documentary Director from the Tribeca Film Festival in 2025. Ro was also our 2025 Vincent Prize Fellow, awarded annually to an artist who identifies as trans*/genderqueer, honoring Edna St. Vincent Millay, our maverick founder. Of…

Thrilled to announce that two of our writing alums have been awarded multiple highly-revered awards. Vincent and Norma are smiling! CONGRATULATIONS! SARAH AZIZA (Nonfiction, 2023: Asian American Writers Workshop Margins Fellow) on her very prestigious United States Artists Fellowship! Sarah Aziza (she/هي ) is a Palestinian American writer, translator, and artist with roots in ‘Ibdis…

WE HAVE OPENINGS IN FEBRUARY FOR OUR POPULAR WINTERTIDE RUSTIC RETREAT! Email residency@millayarts.org for more information/reservation.

Millay alumni Cornelius Eady (founder of the maverick Cave Canem: A Place for Black Poets, and longtime Millay Arts residency partner) speaks truth to power, reading “Proof” at Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=cjYQdpMxcxo Cannot imagine life without poetry. Thank you to all the poets and poetry-lovers out there. We feel you. We got you. Vincent is…

The last day of 2025. It’s been quite the year, and we are all bracing for what comes next in various ways. Yet, looking at the photos of the ebullient Artists-in-Residence we hosted this year, we are inspired by the potential and possibility for the future. Reflecting back, we have had an outstanding year at Millay Arts in…