Once a young undergrad with a focus on dramatic arts, Jazz legend Archie Shepp returned to Goddard College’s Haybarn Theater in January 2014 for a rare concert for Plainfield Vermont. He played as a featured guest of The Ronnie Burrage Trio. Archie Shepp’s newest release “Let My People Go” (Archieball records) is a collaboration with… Continue reading The Revolutionary Sound of Archie Shepp
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Corona Diary: Reuben Radding, MFAIA-VT Alum
Reuben Radding (MFAIA-VT ’19) in conversation with MFAIA co-Chair Ruth Wallen Q: How has your creative practice changed or evolved during the pandemic? RR: Honestly, my process has hardly changed at all. It’s only the world that’s changed. Working during the pandemic has however brought me back to my origins and bolstered my sense of… Continue reading Corona Diary: Reuben Radding, MFAIA-VT Alum
School of Phish: Jon Fishman’s Goddard Journey
Jon Fishman (BA ’90) is the legendary drummer and vacuum machine-player from the rock band Phish. Phish’s potent blend of progressive rock, jazzy funk, and harmony-infused jam first reached its setting point at Goddard College in Plainfield Vermont where three of the four members earned BA degrees and forged the bond that would carry them… Continue reading School of Phish: Jon Fishman’s Goddard Journey
On Interdependence
The pandemic has impacted humans, flora, fauna, all sentient beings on this planet. The coronavirus penetrates the walls of species and socioeconomic status. This crisis has highlighted how dependent we are upon each other. How would we have survived without essential workers who supply food, health care, transportation, and a myriad of necessary services and… Continue reading On Interdependence
Trust the Process: Adam & Greer’s leap of faith at Goddard
MFAIA co-Chair Ruth Wallen in conversation with recent graduates, Greer Reed and Adam Cates, MFAIA-VT F2020. During part three of this interview, conducted in November 2020, Greer and Adam continue to reflect upon their graduate studies at Goddard. Ruth Wallen: Could you say specifically what you learned or how you grew during your graduate study… Continue reading Trust the Process: Adam & Greer’s leap of faith at Goddard
Why I Chose Goddard College: Interview with Adam Cates, MFAIA-VT
MFAIA co-Chair Ruth Wallen in conversation with recent graduates, Greer Reed and Adam Cates, MFAIA-VT F2020. During part two of this interview, conducted in November 2020, Adam discusses his creative practices prior to graduate study, his motivation for enrolling in the MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts Program, and his experiences during his first semester. Ruth Wallen:… Continue reading Why I Chose Goddard College: Interview with Adam Cates, MFAIA-VT
Why I Chose Goddard College: Interview with Greer Reed, MFAIA-VT
MFAIA co-Chair Ruth Wallen in conversation with recent graduates, Greer Reed and Adam Cates, MFAIA-VT F2020. During part one of this interview, conducted in November, 2020, Greer discussed their creative practices prior to graduate study, her motivation for enrolling in the MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts Program, and her experiences during her first semester. Ruth Wallen:… Continue reading Why I Chose Goddard College: Interview with Greer Reed, MFAIA-VT
Goddard College Invented Low-Residency (and we’re Re-Inventing Online Degrees)
At Goddard College, we believe higher education degrees should match the ambitions of the student, helping them envision and advance their particular concern, career and goal. Getting a degree should bring about exciting, transformational change, not just a piece of paper for the mantle. And most importantly, you shouldn’t have to turn your life and… Continue reading Goddard College Invented Low-Residency (and we’re Re-Inventing Online Degrees)
Bread & Puppet’s Pandemic Resilience
The Puppeteer Pod It’s Monday on a fall afternoon, when I arrive at the Bread & Puppet Theater on the Heights Road, also known as RT 122 in Glover Vermont. I can hear the puppeteers chatting and doing dishes in the kitchen on their day off. Two veteran puppeteers agreed to sit in the backyard… Continue reading Bread & Puppet’s Pandemic Resilience
Ghost Stories From the Greatwood Campus
Halloween time again, little pretties. Students, faculty, staff, and locals have recounted tales of strange occurrences rumored to have taken place at the Greatwood Campus of Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. The former sheep farm owned by the Martin family transferred ownership in 1938 to the Goddard Seminary and became the Greatwood campus for Goddard… Continue reading Ghost Stories From the Greatwood Campus
President Emerita Reflects on Louise Glück’s Poetic Influence
Dear Goddard, This is an epic moment for us—what Goddard is now, what it has been, what it always will be: our DNA. As we rejoice and celebrate both affirmation of our accreditation status and our former Vermont State Poet and faculty winning the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature, I want to share a personal… Continue reading President Emerita Reflects on Louise Glück’s Poetic Influence
Former Goddard Faculty, Louise Glück, Wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Goddard College community is thrilled to celebrate the selection of former faculty member, Louise Glück, as the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature winner. Glück’s relationship with Goddard dates from the late ‘60s when she was invited to attend a summer writer’s gathering, one of several precursors to today’s Clockhouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat held… Continue reading Former Goddard Faculty, Louise Glück, Wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature
Accreditation Vote Re-Invigorates Goddard College
Greetings to the Goddard community, I’m writing to you with wonderful news from our recent meeting with the New England Commission for Higher Education (NECHE) this Thursday, September 24. While I don’t have an official letter or details to share yet, I have received notification from the President of NECHE that the Commission voted to… Continue reading Accreditation Vote Re-Invigorates Goddard College
Ancestral Portals, Biodiversity, & Coexistence
A global transformation is underway. Petrocapitalism is unravelling at the seams and in its stead, bartering and mutual aid networks, cooperative and solidarity economies, and Indigenous economies are being built and strengthened across our communities. White supremacy appears to be losing some ground (literally in Oklahoma) to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and… Continue reading Ancestral Portals, Biodiversity, & Coexistence
Revolutionary Presence: Technologies, Collective Imagination, and Transformative Engagement
A revolution that is based on the people exercising their creativity in the midst of devastation is one of the great historical contributions of humankind. –Grace Lee Boggs A Shifting Landscape Amid pandemic the world is changing in ways that we are still learning to identify. Whether we are pixelated on screens, intertwined in global networks,… Continue reading Revolutionary Presence: Technologies, Collective Imagination, and Transformative Engagement
Goddard College Ranks #1 for Master’s Degrees
The Measures of Success When it comes to getting the most for your money in higher education, Goddard College ranks third in the Northeast just under Harvard and Yale and above MIT, according to a new report released from Washington Monthly recently. The same study looked at Masters Degree programs, ranking the colleges “based on… Continue reading Goddard College Ranks #1 for Master’s Degrees
TrailOff: Stories, Tech, and Nature Converge in Site-Based Collaboration
IMMERSIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY “Part site-based performance, part running tracker, part audio experience tour”. This is how Adrienne Mackey describes TrailOff, an innovative project partnering with the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC), app developer Toasterlab, and ten storytellers from diverse backgrounds to bring interactive audio stories to the greater Philadelphia area trail systems using responsive technology and… Continue reading TrailOff: Stories, Tech, and Nature Converge in Site-Based Collaboration
Remembering Howard Ashman in Vermont
“If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.” – Sir James Barrie, Peter Pan Alums from Goddard College’s 1971 class remember Howard Ashman as “a beautiful soul”, a vibrant theater undergrad who would spontaneously erupt in song in the College’s dining hall- Broadway show tunes at full voice. This was at eight… Continue reading Remembering Howard Ashman in Vermont
Activist Heather Jo Flores, author of Food Not Lawns.
Heather Jo Flores, a singer-songwriter, author and poet, permaculture activist, visual artist, and yogi, has led a far from ordinary life. Out of rough beginnings—she was a homeless youth; she comes from a low-income family; she was a high-school dropout; she was a sex worker in Santa Cruz; she was a pot trimmer—she learned to… Continue reading Activist Heather Jo Flores, author of Food Not Lawns.
Goddard Collaboration Inspires Poetry Chapbook
From “Sea to Shining Sea” Poet and writer Synnika Lofton teaches Literature, creates poetry, and operates a music and media production company in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. Donnelle McGee writes poetry, operates a small publisher, and teaches at Mission College in Santa Clara California. Both artists met in Vermont at Goddard College. While three thousand miles… Continue reading Goddard Collaboration Inspires Poetry Chapbook