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 […]
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, […]
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 graduating […]
I once met a newly-retired cereal executive who asked me what I did for a living. I said I was a writer. He said, hey, what a coincidence, he was thinking of becoming a writer. “Hey, what a coincidence,” I didn’t say, “I was thinking of becoming a cereal executive.” I’m sure he didn’t mean […]
Goddard College is proud to announce the beginning of its construction of a new wood chip boiler that will be a part of Goddard’s effort towards sustainability and renewable energy. The project is a “win-win” for both the college and the environment, Goddard College Director of Facilities Scott Blanchard stated during the ground breaking. […]
Check out Alumnus William H. Macy’s recent exploration of his family’s history in a recent episode of PBS’s “Finding Your Roots” https://www.pbs.org/video/episode-3-puritans-and-pioneers-dfypdx
Goddard President: Bob Kenny Joins AVIC Presidents in Statement Against DACA Revocation
Two weeks ago Goddard College’s President Bob Kenny was one of seventeen College Presidents from AVIC (Association of Vermont Independent Colleges) to sign the “Statement on the Revocation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program”. This statement outlined the groups deep concern over the termination of the DACA program, and expressed their support […]
Clockhouse, the national literary journal published by the Clockhouse Writers’ Conference in partnership with Goddard College, is extremely pleased to announce the publication of Volume Five and to offer a few excerpts here. We hope you’ll visit the Clockhouse website for a further glimpse of Volume Five contents, to purchase copies, and to find […]
Goddard MFA faculty member Kenny Fries‘s In the Gardens of Japan was published by Garden Oak Press. The book includes drawings by Ian Jehle. In the Gardens of Japan is a companion to In the Province of the Gods, which will be published by University of Wisconsin Press in September. You can buy In the Gardens of Japan […]
‘An American Noel’ by alumna Marianna Boncek to be staged at the Hudson Valley Short Play Festival
An American Noel by Marianna Boncek (MA EDU ’98) will be staged at the Hudson Valley Short Play Festival at the Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck, New York. The festival runs September 15-17, 2017. Marianna is an English teacher, author, and poet. She has a particularly keen interest in “lost” local history. Her two […]