Marcos Balter (CRF 2012) writes in the NY Times on how an 18th-century polymath, Joseph Boulogne, has had his brilliant music and life diminished by a demeaning nickname. Last month, Searchlight Pictures announced plans for a movie about Joseph Boulogne (also known as...
Though our Fellowship sessions have been cancelled for 2020, the quiet and the solitude of the Castle and grounds continue to make an ideal environment for artists, writers, composers, our alumni and their colleagues. View an interview with Isa Melsheimer (CRF 2005)...
On July 28th, Bomb will host a virtual event for I Hold a Wolf by the Ears. Laura van den Berg (CRF 2018) wrote part of the book during her residency at Civitella. The author will be in conversation with R.O. Kwon, author of The Incendiaries, and...
Xu Bing (CRF 1999) is participating in the “Together in Distance” Benefit Auction on Artspace.com (https://www.artspace.com/auctions/n95fornyc-benefit-auction-2020) from July 8th to July 20th. The bidding for his work Square Word Calligraphy: Great Minds...
George Lewis (CRF 1998) writes on the experience of being a Black composer and the history of Black composing movements for the Times. He says, “A cone of silence hangs over the work of Black composers from Africa and its diaspora. It is not that Black men and...
The Ghanian sculptor El Anatsui (CRF 2001) worked with cheap, commonly found objects for decades until he arrived at just the right one: bottle caps. El talks about the transition of working with different materials with his art, and how he “didn’t quite find...
