Concord 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.

Kasumi, 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.

Two 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.

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.

Candy/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.

Join Etienne Charles, Guggenheim Fellow in Music Composition, 2015, at the Jazz Standard June 8 through June 11.

Join Dániel Péter Biró, Guggenheim Fellow in Music Composition, 2017, at the Fulton Ferry Landing for Bargemusic, a concert at the Brooklyn waterfront. The concert will include two world premieres.

Akhil Sharma is pleased to announce a new book. A Life of Adventure and Delight (W.W.Norton & Co.) will be available in July. Akhil Sharma was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction in 2015.

Archiving Eden explores the role of seed banks and their preservation efforts in the face of climate change, the extinction of natural species, and decreased agricultural diversity. Dornith Doherty’s Guggenheim Fellowship in Photography (2012) supported her work on this project. Follow this link to listen to an interview (Yale radio). Follow this link for more information about Archiving Eden.

On Saturday, May 6, the Ellison Center at the University of Washington and the University Library sponsored a symposium dedicated to the work of Guggenheim Fellow William C. Brumfield (Russian History, 2000). The symposium discussed the role of documentation in the study of Russian architecture in relation to other cultures. The event was held in conjunction with an exhibit of Brumfield’s…

Catch the New York premiere of All The Rage, a film by Michael Galinsky, Guggenheim Fellow in Film (2012), and Suki Hawley. All the Rage opens on June 23, at Cinema Village, with screenings Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 1,3,5,7, & 9pm daily. The filmmakers and special guests will hold Q&As after every show. Follow this link to view the trailer. Click on this link to pre-order tickets.

Benjamin Reiss is pleased to announce his new book, Wild Nights: How Taming Sleep Created Our Restless World (Basic Books, 2017). Follow this link to read the article in the Los Angeles Times. Benjamin Reiss was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in American Literature in 2015.

“Zone” is the second and final event of Sound, Space, Simulation, and features a collaborative multi-media installation by Alec Hall, Guggenheim Fellow in Music Composition, 2017, and the New York architecture collective : based on Hall’s documentary trip to factories of the Shenzhen SEZ in late 2015. Follow this link to read the press release.

Diane Coburn Bruning, Guggenheim Fellow in Choreography, 2002, founded Chamber Dance Project, dancers & musicians in New York in 2000 as a project-based company of dancers and musicians performing new and contemporary repertoire by Diane and other choreographers and composers in New York seasons and on tour. Ballet Brass & Song will feature the world premiere of the ballet Songs by Cole, with…

Infinite Garden, curated by Emma Lavigne and Helene Meisel, creates an organic, earthly and solar scenery where the visitor wanders among the installations of the exhibition. Among the artists included are Valeska Soares, Fellow in Fine Arts, 1996, and Stan Brakhage, Fellow in Film, 1977. Read the press release.

Join Edward Hirsch for a discussion about the role of art in civic engagement. Tune in to the live, interactive discussion on June 8, at 9 AM EDT. Read the press release.

Follow this link to view photographs taken at the reception honoring the 2017 Guggenheim Fellows in the United States and Canada. You may also view images of the reception by visiting our Facebook page.

The Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery at John Jay College of Criminal Justice proudly presents the exhibition Weapon of Choice, curated by Isabela Villanueva. The work of Patrick Hamilton, Guggenheim Fellow in Fine Arts, 2007, is featured in this group exhibition. Follow this link to view the press release.

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Chatham Square Library will host a film series which highlights the unique experiences of Chinese-Americans. On Saturday, May 6, the library will screen Kenneth Eng’s documentary My Life in China. Kenneth Eng’s Guggenheim Fellowship (Film, 2007) supported his work on this project.

Jeffrey Skinner, Guggenheim Fellow in Poetry, 2014, is pleased to announce the publication of two new books of poetry, Chance Divine, (Oberlin, March, 2017), and I Offer This Container: New and Selected Poems, (Salmon Poetry, April, 2017).