Douglas A. Martin did a conversation with Darcey Steinke for The Believer. An essay on his poetics (addressing the issue of the avant-garde and the issue of accessibility, by way of a provocation by Marjorie Perloff) appears alongside many others in the newest and special issue of Evening Will Come, at the Volta. He was… Continue reading New essays and interviews from Douglas A. Martin
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News and Achievements – August 2014
Students and Alumni Ryan Conarro (MFAIA ’15) is performing in Perseverance Theatre’s production of The Blue Bear in Juneau, Alaska, at Perseverance’s SummerFest. The Blue Bear is a two-person place-based piece adapted from a memoir by southeast Alaska wilderness guide Lynn Schooler. Conarro was part of the original team of collaborators who created the play… Continue reading News and Achievements – August 2014
July and August 2014 Achievements
Faculty Ryan Boudinot‘s story “Readers and Writers,” originally published in Post Road and nominated for a Pushcart Prize, is a story of the month on the Committee Room. An interview with Ryan appears in the inaugural issue of online magazine Moss. Deborah Brevoort’s backstage farce The Velvet Weapon was produced at the Trustus Theatre in… Continue reading July and August 2014 Achievements
“To Know More Ways to Heal” Grace Asagra Stanley
By Kim Pereira Grace Asagra Stanley, a 2013 graduate of the MA in Health Arts and Sciences program at Goddard, radiates calm yet luminous energy as she tells me about her upbringing and its relationship to interdisciplinary approaches to health. Born in the Philippines, she was raised with what she calls a “cultural community type… Continue reading “To Know More Ways to Heal” Grace Asagra Stanley
Goddard Faculty Member Receives NEA Literature Translation Fellowship
August 26, 2014 Fellowship will support the translation into English of Spanish-Zapotec poetry by Irma Pineda Plainfield, Vt.— Goddard College is pleased to announce The National Endowment for the Arts has recommended BFA faculty member Wendy Call for an NEA Literature Translation Fellowship of $12,500. Call is one of 20 recommended fellows for 2015. With this… Continue reading Goddard Faculty Member Receives NEA Literature Translation Fellowship
Clockhouse Writers and Goddard publish 2nd volume of ‘Clockhouse’
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Clockhouse features award-winning writers Elisabeth Frost, David Greenspan, Rinne Groff, Beth Kephart, Naomi Shihab Nye, Purvi Shah, Michelle Yasmine Valladares, and Rahna Reiko Rizzuto’s interview of M.T. Anderson PLAINFIELD, Vt.–Goddard College announced today the Clockhouse Writers’ Conference (CWC) – an alumni-run conference for graduates of Goddard’s MFA in Creative Writing program –… Continue reading Clockhouse Writers and Goddard publish 2nd volume of ‘Clockhouse’
Beatrix Gates: A collaboration of poetry and masks
Beatrix Gates exhibited poems in a collaboration of poetry and masks with textile artist Ron King in the Farm/Arts Exchange Exhibit at Reversing Falls Sanctuary in Brooksvile, Maine (8/24-9/7/14). She was interviewed and read poetry on The Writer’s Forum, WERU, Orland, Maine. She will teach Creative Writing at Maine Maritime Academy in fall 2014. And, finally,… Continue reading Beatrix Gates: A collaboration of poetry and masks
Art as action: MFA students reflect on Gaza bombings
This blog post was originally printed in The Rutland Herald on August 5, 2014. Reprinted here with permission. It wasn’t all what they planned, but sometimes events demand art and action of the most immediate kind, with little planning. At least, that was the view of a small group of artists in Goddard College’s MFA… Continue reading Art as action: MFA students reflect on Gaza bombings
Expressive Arts Reflection From Nirodha Stearns (MA PSY ’14)
Nirodha Stearns graduated from the MA in Psychology and Counseling program in March, 2014. Here is his reflection on his expressive arts project: “I completed fifteen “Soul Cards” spanning personal experiences over my lifetime as well as more recent work with individuals struggling with co-occurring disorders usually manifesting in substance abuse. They are a collage… Continue reading Expressive Arts Reflection From Nirodha Stearns (MA PSY ’14)
Goddard College Appoints Five New Trustees
Plainfield, Vt. – Goddard College announced today the addition of five new members of the board: Lucinda Garthwaite, Caleb Pitkin, Richard Schramm, Goddard student Kelly Bowen, and faculty member Nicola Morris. “We are building a board of trustees that can guide Goddard through ever-changing times while maintaining its commitment to progressive education and to helping… Continue reading Goddard College Appoints Five New Trustees
A Glimpse into the Experience of an Expressive Arts Emphasis Residency
When I prepared to travel to my first residency at Goddard five years ago, a colleague who would become a good friend told me that Goddard was like “summer camp for psychologists.” Now, as I reflect on my residency experiences, I realize that he was absolutely right. The Expressive Arts aspect of residency reminds me… Continue reading A Glimpse into the Experience of an Expressive Arts Emphasis Residency
News and Achievements – July 2014
Students and Alumni Beth Nixon (MFAIA ’09) is touring her new “suitcase theater” show, Lava Fossil, this year, including the Boston Center for the Arts, July 25-26, 2014, at Providence Fringe Festival, and in November at Philadelphia’s First Person Arts Festival. Beth also received funding from Pop Up Providence’s tactical urban program for a community… Continue reading News and Achievements – July 2014
Faculty, Student and Alumni Achievements, July-August 2014
FACULTY Ryan Boudinot‘s story “Readers and Writers,” originally published in Post Road and nominated for a Pushcart Prize, is a story of the month on the Committee Room. An interview with Ryan appears in the inaugural issue of online magazine Moss. Deborah Brevoort’s backstage farce The Velvet Weapon was produced at the Trustus Theatre in… Continue reading Faculty, Student and Alumni Achievements, July-August 2014
Goddard Student Showcases History of Immigration Print
PLAINFIELD, Vt. – Carved by a collective of immigrant artists and printed with a construction roller, a 200-foot-long woodcut depicting the history of U.S. immigration will be showcased at an Art Crawl at Goddard College, July 30 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The print, entitled “Migration to Chicago,” was created in the 1990s and is… Continue reading Goddard Student Showcases History of Immigration Print
Women in Psychology Make History
Others have cleared our path, whether we know it or not and often we don’t. On sexual abuse within the family, a twenty-ish student of mine recently breezed through the history of psychology by noting the following: ” . . . with the dismantling of Freud’s dominance, most American mental health professionals eventually became aware… Continue reading Women in Psychology Make History
New Graduate Institute to House Goddard MA Degrees
PLAINFIELD, Vt. – Goddard College today announced the creation of the Goddard Graduate Institute, which will house three of its master’s degree programs. Bringing together faculty from across the humanities, social sciences, and health arts disciplines, the Graduate Institute seeks to integrate scholarship and personal development with social, ecological, artistic and cultural action to support students… Continue reading New Graduate Institute to House Goddard MA Degrees
Rikki Ducornet
Rikki Ducornet is the author of three collections of short fiction, two essay collections and nine novels including The Jade Cabinet, finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award, and The Fan Maker’s Inquisition, an LA Times Best Book of the Year. She has received a Lannan Literary Award in Fiction, the Charles Flint Kellogg Award in Arts… Continue reading Rikki Ducornet
Goddard College and WGDR Radio Receive Vermont Community Foundation Grant
PLAINFIELD, Vt. – Goddard College today announced the receipt of a competitive, $20,000 Vermont Community Foundation (VCF) Innovations and Collaborations grant. The grant, co-funded by the Lyman Orton Fund and an anonymous donor-advised fund of the VCF, will support the work of its licensee WGDR/WGDH Goddard College Community Radio, to grow their new media education project,… Continue reading Goddard College and WGDR Radio Receive Vermont Community Foundation Grant
Victory Stand: Alumnus Activist, Educator, and Olympian Tommie Smith Receives Award at Goddard
by Dustin Byerly (BA RUP ’01) There are few images that capture and preserve the essence of an entire movement and moment in time better than the photographs of Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Peter Norman at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City. Tommie Smith had just won the gold medal for the… Continue reading Victory Stand: Alumnus Activist, Educator, and Olympian Tommie Smith Receives Award at Goddard
International Expressive Arts Therapy Association Latin America Regional Conference
In February, 2014 I was very fortunate to attend the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA) Regional Conference in Antigua, Guatemala. I sought the opportunity to experience Expressive Arts practices in a region from which many of my clients originate and to improve my ability to offer culturally relevant psychotherapy. The experience was transformative for… Continue reading International Expressive Arts Therapy Association Latin America Regional Conference