Join us on Monday, May 13th, 2024 at 6:00 PM at the Castle for Presentations by current Fellows Gohar Dashti (Iran/USA) & Major Jackson (USA). Gohar DashtiVisual Arts, Iran/USA Gohar Dashti earned her M.A. in photography from Tehran University of Art in 2005. Over...
Elisa D’Arrigo (CRF 2013, Juror) is part of a two person show alongside painter Lynda Dann with George Adams Gallery at the Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco. Both artists draw inspiration from the natural world, channeling their unique interpretations...
Patricia Evangelista (CRF 2023) was awarded the New York Public Library’s 2024 Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism for her book Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country. The award, which comes with a $15,000 prize, recognizes...
Two dance-theatre productions with live music composed by Martin Bresnick (CRF 2011) will have performances at the DiMenna Center  in NYC over the coming weeks. The first, on Thursday, May 30th & Friday, May 31st , is “Tales of Hopper” which brings the...
Omar Musa’s (CRF 2018) new full length album The Fullness came out last week on all streaming platforms. Listen here. Reflecting on the origins and inspirations of The Fullness, Omar said: “I didn’t plan on making this. A few years ago, I half-made a bunch...
The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center at the New York Public Library has announced its 2024-2025 Fellows. The Fellowship aims to promote dynamic communication about literature and scholarship at the very highest level, by providing resources and access to fifteen...
