This just in from our friend Kate Angus, winner of the A Room of Her Own Foundation's Orlando prize and the Creative Writing Advisor for The Mayapple Center for Arts and Humanities:
The Mayapple Center for Arts and Humanities is now accepting applications for its summer program. The Creative Writing program offers two week-long residency classes for adults, two guest lectures, and one weekend day program for high school students.
Summer faculty in the adult program include Vijay Seshadri, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in poetry, and Cate Marvin, co-founder of VIDA, the organization of Women in Literary Publishing. Summer guest lecturers include Meghan O’Rourke, recipient of the 2014 Guggenheim Award for General Nonfiction, and Brenda Shaughnessy, Poetry-Editor-at-Large for Tin House magazine. The summer high school program instructor is Kate Angus, recipient of the Spring 2014 Orlando prize for Creative Nonfiction from the A Room of Her Own Foundation.
The Mayapple Center creates space to cultivate imagination through artistic and intellectual cross-pollination in a distinctly 21st century climate. Artists and scholars of exceptional stature come to teach and collaborate with small groups of dedicated, like-minded participants. Located just one hour north of New York City and easily accessible by car or by Metro North, Mayapple offers diverse programs for adults and youth in a retreat environment where pressures of quotidian life are suspended, freeing participants and faculty to pursue artistic and intellectual passions. The Center is located on a masterfully designed campus whose serene lake and peaceful landscape of trees and gardens serve to inspire its residents. Activities such as swimming, tennis, canoeing, yoga and meditation promote a strong sense of community among residents, with an emphasis on mindfulness. The center’s holistic approach to artistic growth and development is also demonstrated by our dedication to sustainability. Our meals are partially prepared from organic produce from Mayapple gardens, and we serve locally-sourced food at every meal.
The Mayapple Center offers separate programs in a variety of categories for different age groups and skill levels that promote cultural and intellectual vitality in the twenty-first century. These programs include:
• Adult programs in the areas of creative writing, visual arts, music, humanities, and theatre for those over the age of 18 with two years of college experience
• Weekend programs for middle school, high school, and college students aimed to increase cultural literacy
• 30 day residencies for artists and scholars who are leading specialists in their fields
• Humanities forums that discuss the state of the arts and humanities in the 21st century and propose creative solutions to twenty-first century issues
• Study abroad programs for high school students and adults of all ages thematically targeted to promote study of the arts and humanities and provide hands-on instruction in the visual arts, creative writing, music, theatre, and humanities
• Humanitarian retreats for individuals from various human rights organizations that focus on music, writing, and art therapy; these retreats are staffed by volunteers and are tuition-
free
For more information or to apply to summer classes, please visit www.mayapplecenter.org
sounds lovely. No mention of the state or region where such an event occurs.
Posted by: Grace Cavalieri | May 03, 2014 at 09:21 AM
Another example of how threatened some Stamford residents are to the gifts that culture, ideas, and visions are beyond the status quo.
Just like the Stamford Post office,while in litagation, was approved by Planning and Zoning for a 29 snd 21 story luxury condo tower , over the choice of a PUBLIC ART CENTER. People who chose to commute to Stamford to work return to Manhattan because there is nothing to do. Like Stepping Stones Museum for Children choosing to locate in Norwalk. Hind site is 50 50.
Posted by: Debra Sherwood | February 20, 2015 at 04:27 PM