The story of the evolution of progressive education owes its debts to a woman from Vermont, who embodied the type of education that she later championed. Evalyn Cora Bates was born in Williamstown, Vermont in 1916 to Vermont subsistence farmers, was the middle-born of five children, and grew up on a farm which is now […]
Chad Amos Self, is a Goddard student in the MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts program. He is a sculpture artist living in Rhode Island and is the Vice President of Hera Gallery, an art gallery who’s mission statement includes a dedication “to gender equity and feminist discourse to challenge perceptions and inspire social change.” Chad was […]
IMMERSIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY “Part site-based performance, part running tracker, part audio experience tour”. This is how Adrienne Mackey describes TrailOff, an innovative project partnering with the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC), app developer Toasterlab, and ten storytellers from diverse backgrounds to bring interactive audio stories to the greater Philadelphia area trail systems using responsive technology and […]
At this past residency in Vermont, a few faculty members were sitting around before a meeting, talking about nothing in particular, and then one of us, for whatever reason that made sense in the moment, was describing a scene in a Martin Scorsese movie. Maybe Casino; maybe Goodfellas. Doesn’t matter. What matters is what happens […]