Image Credit: Carl Sander Socolow, Fellow in Photography, 2006
EventsMarc Trujillo
August 25, 2017 to October 7, 2017
The Halsey Institute of Contemporary ArtMarc Trujillo's solo show American Purgatory opens this month at the Halsey Institute for Contemporary Art. Trujillo was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Arts in 2008.
EventsGeri Allen
August 9, 2017 to August 13, 2017
Village VanguardThe Village Vanguard will present a special tribute to Geri Allen, Guggenheim Fellow in Music Composition, 2008, from Wednesday, August 9, through Sunday, August 13. Follow the link for more information about tickets and performance times.
EventsMaría Negroni
August 5, 2017 to August 6, 2017
Buenos AiresEl sueño de Ursula, an opera based on a book by María Negroni, Guggenheim Fellow in Poetry, 1994, will premiere in Buenos Aires on August 5, 2017. Follow the link for more information about this event.
EventsStacey Steers
August 2, 2017 to August 12, 2017
Locarno International Film FestivalCatch the international premiere of Edge of Alchemy, a film by Stacey Steers, Guggenheim Fellow in Film, 2014, at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland.
EventsCassils
September 16, 2017 to October 28, 0017
Monumental, Cassils' second solo show at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts opens on September 16. This exhibition will include monuments, sound and video installations, photography and live performance. Follow this link to read the Press Release. Cassils was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Arts in 2017.
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.
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