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Goddard College is proud to present David and Tracy Grisman at Goddard College’s historic Haybarn Theatre on Friday, October 5, for a fundraiser to support Goddard College. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. The show starts at 8:00 p.m. David Grisman is a brilliant mandolinist who is known far and wide for his unique sound, which… Continue reading David and Tracy Grisman Concert

In the Winter 2018 Clockworks, we wrote about the Goddard College Fire Department and invited alumni to share their stories. John Chater responded with this write-up and update. Goddard’s “work jobs” helped keep costs down at the College while giving hands-on experience to the student. Upon arrival at Goddard in fall 1958, I was assigned… Continue reading The Goddard College Fire Department

Goddard College is home to more than 20,000 alumni globally. Our alumni tell us that their unique experience here is central to their approach to their work and has had a transformative effect on their life. Patricia Shepherd (IBA ’08, MFAW ’10) is a two-time graduate and Boston Chapter Co-Chair. Here is a statement on… Continue reading Why I Give to Goddard

The Impact Project is an initiative intended to increase enrollment of students of color from underserved and / or marginalized communities in the Goddard Graduate Institute’s MA in Social Innovation and Sustainability, who are working on social innovation and sustainability projects that will benefit their communities. With faculty, staff, and peer guidance and instruction, students… Continue reading New Social Innovation and Sustainability Grant for Students of Color

“…a practice of exquisite awareness is revolutionary in its very approach.”* Goddard College, a pioneer in progressive and innovative education, has launched a master’s-level concentration in Embodiment Studies. This concentration honors the intelligence of the body and its capacity for insight and liberation with respect to lived bodies, social bodies, and the living earth. “This… Continue reading Goddard College Launches First Graduate-Level Concentration in Embodiment Studies

Recent MFAW-WA graduate Jonathan Clarke has just published his MFAW thesis P.O.E.— available at Amazon.

Make Action Arts – Goddard hosts Radical Art-Making Event In May, Goddard College will host Make Action Arts for a radical art-making intensive. This Vermont-based group of artist activists has hosted successful art-making events in support of direct action campaigns in Vermont and New York, including a “bomb train” blockade in the Port of Albany… Continue reading Make Action Arts

Margo MacLeod To the Goddard Community: I’m writing with the sad news of the passing of former Goddard faculty member and program director Margo MacLeod. Margo died peacefully among family and friends on April 2nd. Margo was a well-loved and respected member of our community. She lead the Indivualized BA and Individualized MA programs for… Continue reading Remembering Margo MacLeod

MFAW-WA ​faculty member Rebecca Brown will read in Seattle this Saturday, March 31 at The Factory.   Hot off the heels of THE YEAR, The Factory is back with its next night of performances with COUCH! 11 artists, 1 night, 1 couch. Take a look at this stellar lineup: Betty Wetter, Charles Mudede, Christi Cruz, Christopher Frizzelle,… Continue reading MFAW-WA Faculty Member Rebecca Brown Reads TONIGHT in SEATTLE!!

How can art engage communities to facilitate meaningful social change? The greatest potential of art today lies not in the “masterwork,” either as a luxury commodity or a durable monument of individual creative impulse, but in the deliberate co-creation of unique social circumstances and new possibilities for engagement. “Goddard College has a long history of… Continue reading Goddard launches new BFA in Socially Engaged Art