Presenting a video interview with interdisciplinary artist and organizer Elizabet Elliott (MFAIA ’13), recent graduate of the MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts program at Goddard College. ABOUT ELIZABET ELLIOTT Artist/ Curator/ Writer/ Freelance Consultant & Community Organizer I am an interdisciplinary artist with experience in both building and implementing programs across a range of art/community… Continue reading Alumni Video Portrait: Elizabet Elliott (MFAIA ’13)
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Goddard College Hosts Free Screening of ‘West Of Memphis’
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. — Goddard College’s MFA in Creative Writing Program will host a free screening of critically acclaimed documentary West of Memphis, followed by a Q&A with first-time filmmaker Damien Echols on Monday, February 17, at 2:45 p.m. at the Rose Theatre in Port Townsend. Doors open at 2:15 p.m. Written and directed by Academy Award… Continue reading Goddard College Hosts Free Screening of ‘West Of Memphis’
Expressive Arts Reflection from Student Mushkan Defilippo
These first images were produced for the course Trauma and Addiction. The first panel represents trauma. The images convey the different causes of trauma, childhood abuse, natural disasters, violence, war. The idea that I want to convey is that trauma shatters the inner world. Reality looks like a broken mirror, the images don’t fit,… Continue reading Expressive Arts Reflection from Student Mushkan Defilippo
When Bad Things Happen to Good Meditators
As it turns out, if you meditate long enough the devils of self-criticism and fear may decide to make an appearance. In my reading about meditation I had come across allusions to this but I didn’t pay attention, in part because I couldn’t imagine it. Meditation had either offered me some gifts of clarity… Continue reading When Bad Things Happen to Good Meditators
News and Achievements – January 2014
Welcome to the monthly MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts program news blog! This is a regular avenue for the public to learn about the achievements and good work of our alumni, students, and faculty. FACULTY Petra Kuppers (MFAIA-WA)is enjoying multiple artist residencies this Winter-Spring, including: Rancho Paradiso near Joshua Tree National Park, California; the Dansbyran Dance… Continue reading News and Achievements – January 2014
M.T. Anderson
M.T. Anderson has written stories for adults, picture books for children, adventure novels for young readers, and several books for older readers (both teens and adults). His satirical book Feed was a Finalist for the National Book Award and was the winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize. The first volume of his Octavian Nothing saga won the National… Continue reading M.T. Anderson
Polly Carl
Polly Carl is the director and editor of HowlRound: A Center for the Theater Commons at Emerson College. Her work at HowlRound is focused on promoting practices for 21st Century theater making based on the core principle that theater is for everyone. She is also part of the ArtsEmerson programming team at Emerson College and is developing… Continue reading Polly Carl
Tips on Memoir, Revising and Editing
Here’s the art of memoir in a nutshell: Through the story of the experience, we get to know the past you; through the voice and insights you bring to the writing of that experience, we get to know and care about the present you — and we learn what you’ve learned between past and present,… Continue reading Tips on Memoir, Revising and Editing
November and December 2013 Achievements
Faculty Deborah Brevoort was inducted into the National Theatre Conference, an organization of theatre educators and professional theatre practitioners from around the US. The NTC is a think tank, dedicated to addressing issues facing the American theatre. She will also be in residence at CAP 21 in New York City in January 2014 to further… Continue reading November and December 2013 Achievements
12/23/13 Update on Presidential Transition
The Board of Trustees has nearly completed the hiring process for Interim President. Candidates were interviewed and met with interested members of the community over the last two weeks. We appreciate all of the comments that we have received and we will make an announcement about our selection as soon as possible. As the selection… Continue reading 12/23/13 Update on Presidential Transition
Alumna Doyle Canning and The Center for Story-based Strategy
I met Doyle Canning (BA EDU ’02) this fall during the National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Day of Mourning is organized every year on Thanksgiving by the United American Indians of New England and builds a powerful counter-narrative about Thanksgiving. Imagine my delight when I learned that Doyle is a recent Goddard… Continue reading Alumna Doyle Canning and The Center for Story-based Strategy
Rahna Reiko Rizzuto: On the Birth of Clockhouse
On November 1st, a new national literary journal was born. Clockhouse was the dream of two of my master’s degree candidates in the MFA in Creative Writing program my very first semester teaching at Goddard. Led by a group of alumni, editorially-independent, the journal they imagined was nevertheless essentially of Goddard, for Goddard; you… Continue reading Rahna Reiko Rizzuto: On the Birth of Clockhouse
News and Achievements – December 2013
Welcome to the monthly MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts program news blog! This is a regular avenue for the public to learn about the achievements and good work of our alumni, students, and faculty. ALUMNI: Jeffrey M. Donato (2012), illustrator and educator, was accepted for publication this year. His Tarot D: The Didactic Tarot, which was… Continue reading News and Achievements – December 2013
The Mediocre Meditator Says: The Word for 2014 Will Be Neuroplasticity
If mindfulness was last year’s most popular phrase in psychology and self-help, this year’s word is bound to be neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity means that the brain and nervous system can change. Of course psychotherapists have always believed this, else what have we been doing all these years. Meditation teachers have known this, as have experienced members… Continue reading The Mediocre Meditator Says: The Word for 2014 Will Be Neuroplasticity
Pianos in the Streets
On a recent trip to California, I headed to Santa Barbara to visit one of my favorite art supply stores, Art Essentials, and to see the exhibit of photographer John Divola at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Meandering down State Street I encountered four pianos, each a block apart, positioned on the sidewalk near… Continue reading Pianos in the Streets
Democracy Now! Moves To Drive Time on WGDR, 12/9
Plainfield, Vt. — Starting on Monday, December 9th, WGDR’s flagship syndicated world news program, Democracy Now!, will move from its long running 10:00 a.m. slot, to a live airing during drive-time at 8:00 a.m., Mondays through Fridays. The reasons for the move are many, but chief among them is our aim to serve listeners more effectively… Continue reading Democracy Now! Moves To Drive Time on WGDR, 12/9
Elena Georgiou: Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied…
For all the people who just wrote to ask me how to improve their work, see below: After twenty-two years of helping people to improve their writing–this applies to all genres–the top ten bits of advice come down to four. I’ll leave it to a famous writer to pass on, since I love her… Continue reading Elena Georgiou: Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied…
News and Achievements – November 2013
Welcome to the inaugural post of the monthly MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts Program News Blog! We are very excited to have a regular avenue for everyone to learn about the achievements and good work of our students, alumni, and faculty. Students and Alumni Laura Ball’s (MFAIA ‘12) collaborative arts and non-profit organization, UNED!TED, received a… Continue reading News and Achievements – November 2013
Holding Space for Transformational Learning
I recently witnessed the death of a close friend from an acute illness. In the weeks that led to his passing, with an unexpected particularity, I encountered a few extraordinary people adept at holding space for the emotions and needs of others, and many more who were not. Since those days, I’ve been considering the… Continue reading Holding Space for Transformational Learning
Considering the Bigger Picture: Education as a Practice of Freedom
Goddard values the principles of liberatory education. Even if it is not directly stated in the educational philosophy, it is clear. We care about critical thinking, experimental learning, dialog and becoming lifetime learners who impact social change. We care about social justice. We understand that liberatory education is a practice of freedom…a practice that at… Continue reading Considering the Bigger Picture: Education as a Practice of Freedom