Jane Anderson is a multi-award winning writer and director who has created some of the most thought-provoking theater, film and television in the last two decades. Her plays have been produced Off-Broadway and in theaters around the country, including Actors Theater of Louisville, Williamstown, The McCarter Theater, Long Wharf and The Pasadena Playhouse. Her published… Continue reading Jane Anderson
Category: Master’s Degree
Harryette Mullen
Harryette Mullen teaches American poetry, African American literature, and creative writing at UCLA. She has been a visiting faculty member at Callaloo Writers Workshop, Cave Canem Poets Workshop, Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, Idyllwild Summer Arts, Napa Valley Writers Conference, and Naropa University, and a visiting writer and scholar at many other universities, arts… Continue reading Harryette Mullen
Joseph Bednarik
Joseph Bednarik is the marketing director at Copper Canyon Press and a regular book reviewer for The Oregonian newspaper.
Chris Millis
Chris Millis is a prize-winning, bestselling writer, producer, and cartoonist. He adapted his first novel, Small Apartments (Anvil Press, 2001), into a feature film directed by Jonas Akerlund that stars Billy Crystal, Matt Lucas, James Caan, Johnny Knoxville, Dolph Lundgren, Peter Stormare, Juno Temple, James Marsden, Amanda Plummer, Rosie Perez, Rebel Wilson, and many… Continue reading Chris Millis
Grief Work and Expressive Arts by Student Matt Mulligan
Our Expressive Arts Emphasis Art Exhibition Opening in the Haybarn Theatre Gallery always creates a special container for us to experience each others’ work made during the past semester. This time during the fall semester, several students created work as an expression of grief. There had been losses of loved ones in recent months as… Continue reading Grief Work and Expressive Arts by Student Matt Mulligan
Student Tamara Liaschenko’s Expressive Movement Creation and Reflection
MA in Psychology and Counseling student Tamara Liaschenko presents the expressive movement piece she created as a component of her individually designed course in Social and Cultural Foundations integrating Expressive Arts Therapy content. In her words: “This piece represents the resilience and love gained from growing up in my family, the gifts my grandmother shared,… Continue reading Student Tamara Liaschenko’s Expressive Movement Creation and Reflection
International Expressive Arts Therapy Association Latin America Regional Conference Part 2
Here, I continue to tell the story of my experience at the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association Regional Conference in Antigua, Guatemala. We attended a lunch presentation at a developing residential program for children who have terminal illnesses and their families. The complex of traditional rustic buildings was situated in a rural setting.. The… Continue reading International Expressive Arts Therapy Association Latin America Regional Conference Part 2
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
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)
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
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
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
Goddard Sustainability Progress Report – July 2014
The sustainability team was formed in 2007 when Goddard’s then president Marc Schulman signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment. We conducted a carbon inventory, created a climate action plan, and began working to reduce emissions. Our goal is to be carbon neutral in fuels burned on campus and electricity usage by 2020.… Continue reading Goddard Sustainability Progress Report – July 2014
Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and a screenwriter. Her plays have been produced widely in the United States and throughout the world. They include, Ruined (Pulitzer Prize, OBIE, Lucille Lortel, New York Drama Critics’ Circle, Audelco, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award), Intimate Apparel (American Theatre Critics and New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards for Best Play), Fabulation,… Continue reading Lynn Nottage