Image Credit: Carl Sander Socolow, Fellow in Photography, 2006
EventsJane Ira Bloom
August 11, 2017
Amherst CollegeJoin Jane Ira Bloom, Guggenheim Fellow in Music Composition, (2007), for Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson, with Dawn Clement, Dean Johnson, Bobby Previte and Deborah Rush.
EventsDenis Johnson
September 2, 2017
Washington, D.C.Denis Johnson, Guggenheim Fellow in Poetry, 1986, will posthumously receive the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction during the 2017 Library of Congress National Book Festival.
EventsIshion Hutchinson
July 13, 2017
Join Guggenheim Fellow Ishion Hutchinson (Poetry, 2017) at Shakespeare and Company, for a reading on Thursday, July 13, at 7:00 pm.
EventsCarlos Javier Ortiz
July 12, 2017
A Thousand Midnights was selected for the 2017 PBS online film festival. You can see it there, along with many other shorts, beginning July 17! Carlos Javier Ortiz was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Film & Video in 2016.
EventsSamantha Hunt
July 18, 2017
Greenlight Book StoreJoin Samantha Hunt, Guggenheim Fellow in Fiction, 2017, for the launch of her first story collection, The Dark Dark.
EventsLesley Dill
June 8, 2017 to August 11, 2017
Concord Center for the Visual ArtsConcord Center for the Visual Arts is pleased to present Inhabiting Words. This group exhibition includes the work of Lesley Dill, Guggenheim Fellow in Fine Arts, 2017. Inhabiting Words opens on June 8, and runs through August 11, 2017. Follow the link for more information about the opening reception and artist panel.
EventsKasumi
June 20, 2017
The Transformer StationKasumi, Guggenheim Fellow in Film and Video, 2011, has been commissioned by ChamberFest Cleveland to create forty short films for Gÿorgy Kurtág's Kafka Fragments. Kasumi will perform these films live, with Lauren Eberwein, Mezz-soprano, and violinists Alexi Kenney and Yura Lee.
EventsNetta Yerushalmy
June 15, 2017 to June 19, 2017
National Museum of the American IndianTwo installments of Netta Yerushalmy's Paramodernities project will be presented at the National Museum of the American Indian as part of River to River Festival. Shows are free but an RSVP is required due to limited space. Netta Yerushalmy was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Choreography in 2012.
EventsChristina Masciotti
June 1, 2017 to June 17, 2017
Abrons Arts Center is pleased to present the world premiere of Christina Masciotti: Raw Bacon From Poland. Christina Masciotti was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Drama and Performance Art in 2016. Masciotti's Guggenheim Fellowship supported her work on this project.
EventsJim Goldberg
June 15, 2017 to August 20, 2017
Yale University Art GalleryCandy/A Good and Spacious Land features work by Jim Goldberg, Guggenheim Fellow in Photography, 1985, and Donovan Wylie. Both artists spent years exploring New Haven, Connecticut, photographing the city and people they encountered.
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