Category: Alumni News

Kipnuk Kindergarten: Education Adventures in the Alaskan Tundra

by Maureen Benoit Kipnuk is a special place to live. This small village of about 700 people on the southwest coast of Alaska is located on tundra with access to major waterways like the Kuskokwim River, the Kuguklik River, and 4 miles from the Bering Sea.  Kipnuk is in an extremely remote area accessible only… Continue reading Kipnuk Kindergarten: Education Adventures in the Alaskan Tundra

Sustainability School in Guatemala is Inspired by Goddard

By Matt Paneitz I spent over a decade in San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala helping to transform 500 tons of trash (including 15,000 used tires) into a school campus. Many would call it “a crazy endeavor”. Through this work I started an NGO called Long Way Home with a mission “to use sustainable design and materials to construct… Continue reading Sustainability School in Guatemala is Inspired by Goddard

Empathy, Anger, & Hate: A talk with Vincent DiPersio, documentary film maker

Vincent DiPersio (RUP ‘76) is a three-time Academy Award nominee for Documentary Feature. He has three Emmys. Last month he debuted a new film called Killed By Hate on the Oxygen Channel called Uncovered: Killed by Hate. It’s an examination of how the back-to-back murders of James Byrd and Mathew Sheppard led to Barack Obama’s… Continue reading Empathy, Anger, & Hate: A talk with Vincent DiPersio, documentary film maker

Dr. Danielle Gold Gives Hope for Refugees in Greece

In the struggle to provide much needed mental health support to vulnerable refugees, one woman is fearless. Dr. Danielle Gold, Executive Director of Fearless Planet documents her organization’s work in Samos, Greece in a video released by her organization. Dr. Gold is an alum of Goddard’s MA in Psychology program and adjunct professor teaching a… Continue reading Dr. Danielle Gold Gives Hope for Refugees in Greece

Invitation to Witness: An Interview with Stefanie Batten Bland (part one)

March 13, 2019 This is the first installment of a three-part interview with Stefanie Batten Bland that was conducted by Reuben Radding on March 4, 2019  at New York University in New York City. Stefanie and Reuben are both current students in the Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts program at Goddard College. All photographs in the series… Continue reading Invitation to Witness: An Interview with Stefanie Batten Bland (part one)

Invitation to Witness: An Interview with Stefanie Batten Bland (part two)

March 29, 2019 This is the second installment of a three-part interview with Stefanie Batten Bland that was conducted by Reuben Radding on March 4, 2019  at New York University in New York City. Stefanie and Reuben are both current students in the Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts program at Goddard College. All photographs in the series… Continue reading Invitation to Witness: An Interview with Stefanie Batten Bland (part two)

Invitation to Witness: An Interview with Stefanie Batten Bland (part three)

April 5, 2019 This is the third installment of a three-part interview with Stefanie Batten Bland that was conducted by Reuben Radding on March 4, 2019  at New York University in New York City. Stefanie and Reuben are both current students in the Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts program at Goddard College. All photographs in the series… Continue reading Invitation to Witness: An Interview with Stefanie Batten Bland (part three)

John Borstel solidifies Liz Lerman’s legacy with NEH grant

John Borstal archives the work of Liz Lerman

In one sense, John Borstel’s new job involves binge watching his favorite shows.  John settles into his task of watching (and adding metadata to) 1,329 video recordings of the work of choreographer, dancer, educator and MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient Liz Lerman and her company, the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange from Takoma Park, MD. The work… Continue reading John Borstel solidifies Liz Lerman’s legacy with NEH grant

An Artist Speaks to the Dead, the Living, and the yet to Be Born: Patricia R. Corbett

Patricia Corbett

This entry documents MFAIA alum Patricia R.Corbett’s recent visit to the MFAIA Winter Residency, drawing her words from her commencement address. It also features photographs by current MFAIA student, Reuben Radding. — editor Patricia Corbett’s return to campus as both our alumni  guest artist and commencement speaker during the Masters of Fine Art in Interdisciplinary… Continue reading An Artist Speaks to the Dead, the Living, and the yet to Be Born: Patricia R. Corbett

Featured Alum: Joy Cosculluela – My Art is Where My Body Lives

Joy Cosculluela (MFAIA-WA ’14) is a performing artist, choreographer, and somatic educator and founder-artistic director of Wayfinding Performance Group, a group of multicultural women artists dedicated to excavating and reshaping personal material into the performing arts. Since graduating from Goddard College, she has continued to expand her work in decolonial practices. Joy’s most current project, Barbette, was created at… Continue reading Featured Alum: Joy Cosculluela – My Art is Where My Body Lives

Featured Alum: Neel Murgai (MFAIA ’10)

Hi I am Neel Murgai, a 2010 Goddard MFA-IA graduate. I am a sitarist, composer, overtone singer, frame drummer and teacher. My practice draws from many traditions, including Indian classical, jazz, minimalism, experimental music and more. I had already been a professional musician for over a decade before I attended Goddard. My education there helped… Continue reading Featured Alum: Neel Murgai (MFAIA ’10)

Q&A with Jane Sanders (BA ‘80)

By Samantha Kolber (MFAW ‘14) Born the youngest of five into an Irish-Catholic family in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Jane O’Meara Sanders (BA ‘80) has been in public service for over 35 years, since she graduated from Goddard at age 30. She came to her studies and career unconventionally, attending the University of Tennessee at Knoxville but… Continue reading Q&A with Jane Sanders (BA ‘80)

Is Activism Dead? ‘Story as Activism’ and Goddard’s Conversation with the World

by Karla Haas Moskowitz, PhD As individuals and communities navigate their own sense of power, how and when stories are released into the world become critical forces that shape quests for both protection and influence. As activists and storytellers, our knowing what to say, when to say it, and to whom becomes pivotal in our… Continue reading Is Activism Dead? ‘Story as Activism’ and Goddard’s Conversation with the World

MFAW-VT Alumna Lizz Schumer at The Rumpus

MFAW-VT alumn Lizz Schumer has just been offered a full-time job as staff writer at the Hearst Lifestyle group, writing for Good Housekeeping, Redbook Magazine, and Woman’s Day Magazine‘s print editions.  And, at the beginning of August, Lizz;s personal essay “The Ravine” is featured in The Rumpus’s series: Enough*

MFAW-WA Nita Sweeney is Short-Listed!

MFAW alumna Nita Sweeney’s unpublished memoir, Twenty-Six Point Freaking Two: How a Sedentary, Middle-Aged Manic Depressive Became a Marathoner (with the help of her dog), was short-listed for the 2018 William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition nonfiction category.  Read Nita’s blog, to see more about the news created by her unpublished memoir and advice for… Continue reading MFAW-WA Nita Sweeney is Short-Listed!

MFAW-VT Alumna Gina Leigh Helms TV Show!

MFAW-VT alumna Gina Leigh has just launched the pilot episode of Circus Town Circus Town is an original, all-puppet children’s television show that explains physics through the fun of circus stories. Meet Sally Spangles, her best friend Girard the Giraffe, and a singing flea circus!  Circus Town had its beginnings in Gina’s Goddard thesis.  Gina traveled… Continue reading MFAW-VT Alumna Gina Leigh Helms TV Show!

MFAW-VT Alumna Claudette Webster Poems in Black Renaissance Noire

MFAW-VT alumna Claudette Webster has three poems just published in Black Renaissance Noire (Vol 18, Issue 2, Summer 2018).  This journal is put out by NYU Institute of African-American Affairs. You may purchase a copy via: https://www.nyubrn.org   Black Renaissance/Renaissance Noire publishes essays, poetry, fiction, photography, art, and reviews that address the full range of contemporary BLACK concerns. It… Continue reading MFAW-VT Alumna Claudette Webster Poems in Black Renaissance Noire

MFAW-WA Alumna Sarah Cannon’s Thesis Published!

MFAW-WA alumna Sarah Cannon’s Goddard thesis, turned debut memoir, The Shame of Losing (Red Hen Press), will be available October 2, 2018 in most independent bookstores in the Northwest. If you are a strong supporter, it would be helpful to ask your local bookstore and library to carry this title.   If you’re thinking of buying a copy, the presale period… Continue reading MFAW-WA Alumna Sarah Cannon’s Thesis Published!