From the amazing and delightful Sujin Lee, Millay alumna, former Millay juror and video artist, extraordinaire...

Voicing the Sound
TODAY, Thursday, May 2nd, 6-9pm.at A.I.R. Gallery
111 Front St. #228, Brooklyn, NY 11201
F to York or A/C to High St.
www.airgallery.orghttp://www.airgallery.org/images/Sujin_PR_Final.pdf

This is part of the 1st Thursday Dumbo Gallery Walk and there are many other galleries open in Dumbo tonight, so stop by.


--Other News--
Her video, This is a story for small children, a true-life love story is traveling to South Korea.  The video will be featured in the 5th Off and Free Film Festival, which will take place at the Seoul Museum of Art from May 7 - May 26.
To view the screening schedule, please see the link below:https://drive.google.com/?tab=mo&authuser=0#my-drive

Go Sujin!

Chatham Schools and Millay Colony!!

Hello hello!

As you know, The Millay Colony partners with The Germantown and The Chatham Schools to bring teaching artists into the classroom for amazing Master Class experiences in writing and the visual arts...

Here is one student's account of a Master Class with Carl Ferrero...

Earlier this month, acclaimed visual artist Carl Ferraro visited Chatham’s senior Fine Arts Workshop class to introduce himself and his widely recognized artwork. The New Jersey native currently lives in and works out of New York City, yet teaches art classes at the Boston School of the Museum of Fine Arts.
Ferraro has expressed that throughout college and his career, people have not always been interested in the style and message of his art; however, he has stayed true to himself and garnered great success through a plethora of mediums, ranging from watercolor to graphite to oil on linen. Ferraro demonstrates a skillful ability to expose an issue and give creative voice to his opinions. One frequent theme in his work is the usage of flags. He has been using flags for many years because he likes the pattern and feels they signify celebration. Additionally, Ferraro often uses words in his art to more clearly send messages, bolding phrases such as “You Own Nothing” and “Everything Must Go.”
Of all his work, he cannot point to a favorite; nonetheless, his most favorite aspect of his art is (hopefully) its tendency to incline viewers to take a double take. For instance, one work illustrates a splatter seemingly of ink. Yet, after re-evaluating the piece, it is clear that the splatter is actually drawn in graphite.
The motive and purpose behind Ferraro’s art is to create something that people will want to keep looking at. Undoubtedly, his unique creative expression is evidence that we will definitely continue to look at and be inspired by his work.

-Written by Elizabeth Paolucci
Senior
Fine Arts Workshop

To find it on the Chatham Public Schools web site, visit   http://www.chathamcentralschools.com/hs/

And more soon...

Hello dearies,

The last time we wrote, the snow was swirling and the winds were howling. Today is calm and lovely with Spring finally making an appearance. If you could hear the peepers outside, see the birds, and the greening lawns, you'd know how exciting it is to watch Spring come to Millay....

And meanwhile, here are some photos from our Master Class program, bringing free classes in writing and art to Germantown and Chatham High Schools...

Here is alumni artist and Master Teacher Carl Ferrero at Chatham High this month, presenting his work...

Photos from Germantown coming soon. We LOVE working with the local schools and are so grateful to the marvelous teachers, principals and administrators who make this work possible -- and to the lovely students whose work is so impressive and amazing.

We also also greatly thank all the marvelous folks at the following community organizations for their enthusiasm and support: The Hudson River Bank & Trust Foundation, The Rheinstrom Hill Foundation, and The Berkshire Taconic Community Trust/Germantown Student Education Arts and Humanities Fund.


More soon, xox

Hello world,

The report from snowy Boston...we are at the Associated Writing Programs Conference, a huge literary conference that happens each February or March somewhere in a big US city convention center. This year it's Boston and the city is greeting us with lots of love and snow...

At the Heinz Convention Center, we have a table in the amazing bookfair. We are sharing the table with lovely Belladonna Series and so enjoying the conviviality...

We also had a sweet small gathering at 29newberry last night, with howling snow outside and nice red wine inside...

So nice to see alums and friends and to meet a few new people as well...

Here are some photos...

And now, back into the howling snows....more reports to come...

Love, Caroline, Cara, Millay...

Millay Colony at AWP!

 

We will be sharing a table with Belladonna* Collaborative and Stonecutter Journal at the bookfair. Stop on by!

 

Also, while in town....a Millay Colony get-together:

Thursday, March 7, 2013; 5 to 7 pm

Join us for some friendliness in the literary maelstrom!

 

Alums, fans, future residents, all are welcome. We will gather at 29 Newbury, a Restaurant, bar, and gallery just blocks from the convention center.

 

29 Newbury St.

Boston, MA

617-536-0290

www.29newbury.com

 

Congrats to Millay Alum Amy Brill!

Amy Brill was a resident with us in 2004 (and one of the very first Winter Shakers, too!). The novel she was working on back then, now called The Movement of Stars, will be published by Riverhead Books on April 18, 2013!

 

 

"In spare yet luminous prose, Brill shows Hannah achieving emotional and spiritual growth to match her intellectual gifts…Probing yet accessible, beautifully written and richly characterized: fine work from a writer to watch.” —Kirkus, starred review

http://www.amybrill.com

From Amy:

"It's hard to believe that nine years have gone by since I first sat in the Millay Colony barn, gazing out the window at the single, beautifully twisted tree outside, and pondering the fate of the protagonist in my novel, The Movement of Stars. In the years since, I've seen that tree in every season: blooming in summertime during my first residency, when I still thought I was writing an epistolary novel hewing closely to the true life-story of the first professional female astronomer in America (I wasn't); still and snow-covered in winter, when I was one of the first "Shakers" and spent some of time painting said barn and the remainder trying to tell the story I wanted to tell (not epistolary, and not "about" Maria Mitchell, after all). I saw the tree in autumn, when I returned to visit then-director Drake Patten one weekend with a fellow former resident. And I saw it in the spring, on a road trip with my now-husband, to whom I wished to point out the special and beautiful place that so inspired me. It was at Millay that I had the time and breathing room to lie under the wide night sky, memorizing the constellations; it was there I met an artist who gave me wisdom I never forgot: "How do I feel about my work?" he mused one day over dinner. "Who cares? It's my work. How I feel about it isn't that important." In so many ways, my time at Millay was fundamental to both my novel and myself: the Colony shaped both, indelibly, and I'll forever be grateful."

 

Planning an event or retreat?

The Millay Colony for the Arts is available to rent for retreats, parties, think-tanks, weddings, and many other group gatherings. During the Residency Season (April - November), we have inter-residency breaks of three to six days each month. After the Residency season (December - March), we have several week-long periods open.

Our spectacular campus in the Berkshires is located on the former property of legendary poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. Bordering Harvey Mountain State Forest, The Millay Colony is nestled on seven acres of meadows and wooded land and offers stunning views, lush fields, and historic walking trails.

Our facility can board groups up to fourteen, with seven double beds, and we can arrange further lodging with discounts at nearby locations for events with larger numbers. The Colony has hosted parties of up to 300 and has also been an intimate home for retreats of creative collaborative groups of four members.

Whether it is a pastoral retreat, think-tank, party, or working vacation, our dazzling Upstate New York location is an idyllic location.

http://www.millaycolony.org/rental