Amy Sillman, The Shape of Shape at MoMA

Amy Sillman, The Shape of Shape at MoMA

Amy Sillman (CRF 1999) curated the Artist’s Choice exhibition at MoMA, keeping in mind these questions, “[is] shape too personal, too subjective, to be considered rigorously modern? Or is it just too indefinite, too big, to systematize?” The exhibition,...
Lisa Bielawa Updates

Lisa Bielawa Updates

Lisa Bielawa (CRF 2004) shares all of her upcoming highlights… January 15, Orlando Philharmonic presents the world premiere of her new concerto for violinist Jennifer Koh, Sanctuary, with Music Director Eric Jacobsen. Click here for details and tickets.Lisa will...
New York Times’ 100 Most Notable Books of 2019

New York Times’ 100 Most Notable Books of 2019

Many Civitellians were named part of the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review, including… Daniel Okrent (DG 2014), for The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations...
Martin Bresnick at Carnegie Hall

Martin Bresnick at Carnegie Hall

You can hear the Brentano String Quartet play Martin Bresnick (CRF 2011)’s String Quartet #4 “The Planet on the Table”, January 29, 2020 7:30 pm at in NYC at Carnegie Recital Hall. The Brentano String Quartet, the Yale School of Music’s...
Arthur Simms in “A-Z of Caribbean Art”

Arthur Simms in “A-Z of Caribbean Art”

Past Juror and Nominator for Civitella, Arthur Simms, is included in a new publication A-Z of Caribbean Art, about the history of Art from the Caribbean. A Jamaican ambassador in his own right, Simms sees his practice, including his Jamaican upbringing, his American...
NYPL 2019 Best Books for Adults

NYPL 2019 Best Books for Adults

The New York Public Library published their lists of the best books of 2019. Many Civitellians are on the list, including… In the adult “Top 10” Section: Ocean Vuong (2016) for On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous In the adult “Fiction”...