We mourn the loss of our dear friend and colleague Benjamin “Ben” Williams, former Goddard College faculty member, who passed away on October 21, 2023 at age 68. Ben dedicated his life to student-centered education, inspired by his early passion for birds and books. At Goddard, he helped countless students find their callings. Ben lived […]
The Goddard College community mourns the loss of beloved poet Louise Glück, who passed away on October 13th, 2023 at the age of 80. Glück, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature, taught at Goddard College as a faculty member in the 1970s. Her prolific career spanned over 50 years, producing twelve celebrated collections […]
On August 10th, 2023, Goddard College hosted a psychology round table discussion during the psychology residency. The panel consisted of three esteemed faculty members: Melissa Trevathan-Minnis, PhD, Tracy O. Garrett, PhD, and Greta Enriquez, PhD. These leading psychologists engaged in thoughtful dialogue about the field, their research, and real-world applications of psychological concepts. The diverse […]
In today’s Craft Book Spotlight, The Writer magazine gave our very own all-faculty compilation, Alchemy of the Word, a nice shout-out: “When National Book Award winner and acclaimed memoirist Maxine Hong Kingston praises a book, you sit up and pay attention. “Whether you’re a young beginner or a veteran writer like me, you’ll get support […]
As one of the three finalists for the New American Voices Award, given by the Institute for Immigration Research, Elena was interviewed for the following article in Bustle Magazine. From the website, here’s a little bit about the award: “The idea for the award, which is sponsored by the Institute for Immigration Research, arose over a year […]
Disable the Stairs. Disable the Stares. Disable the Barriers. This summer MFAW-VT faculty member Kenny Fries advised a great team of Master’s Branding students at SVA. Their thesis project, Disable the Barriers, is now up and running. Disable the Barriers is an unaffiliated global collective that aims to provide tools in support of people […]
MFAW-VT faculty member Kyle Bass’s play, Possessing Harriet, (commissioned by the Onondaga Historical Society and directed by Thazewell Thompson) will be be performed at Syracuse Stage (at Syracuse University) from Oct 19 to Nov 4. One hundred seventy five years ago, in October of 1839, a beautiful 23-year-old African American woman named Harriet Powell came to Syracuse […]
MFAW-VT faculty member Deborah Brevoort has been commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, On-Site Opera and American Lyric Theater to write the libretto for an opera about Lady Murasaki, who wrote THE TALE OF GENJI, the world’s first published novel. The opera will be performed in the Astor Pavilion at the Met […]
MFAW-VT faculty member Kenny Fries has received a grant from the Canada Council of the Arts to work on a book of essays on legacy. The working title of the book is Frida Kahlo’s Leg: Personal Essays on Disability, Role Models, and Representation.
MFAW-WA faculty member Keenan Norris has interviewed another MFAW-WA faculty member Micheline Aharonian Marcom about her work as Creative Director of the New American Story Project (NASP). The NASP is a collaboration of artists presenting oral histories and stories of immigrants and refugees in order to bear witness, raise awareness, and provoke transformative conversation. Here’s the […]