Earlier this month, Civitella’s Senior Program Associate Hope Campbell Gustafson attended the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference in Seattle where she connected with past and future Civitellians, some of whom are mentioned here. Hope...
The Griffin Poetry Prize has announced the longlist for 2023, which includes Time is A Mother, by Ocean Vuong (CRF 2012, DG 2022). Among the prize jurors are Nikola Madzirov (CRF 2019) and Natasha Trethewey (Incoming DG 2023). Congratulations to all the poets and...
Amos Elkana (CRF 2010) recently finished composing his most ambitious work to date which is an hour long piece for ensemble with electronics and video. The subject of the work is the life of Amos’ late father Yehuda Elkana. The work is a sextet composed for the...
Biraaj Dodiya (CRF 2022) is part of a two person show, alongside Heidi Lau, at Bureau Gallery on the Lower East Side. In Shadow Speak, on view until April 15th, Mumbai-based Dodiya presents a suite of large paintings alongside several assemblages of painted wood and...
Civitella Coordinator of Programs & Operations, Michaela, and Special Project Coordinator, Juliette, stopped by Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery in Tribeca to see Metric on a Torus, a group show featuring two works by Civitella Advisory Council Member John Newman...
Matvei Yankelevich’s (CRF 2021) book of poems (or book-length poem), Dead Winter (Fonograf, 2022) was discussed on a recent episode of UPenn’s podcast, PoemTalk. Al Filreis convened Kevin Platt, Huda Fakhreddine, and Ahmad Almallah to discuss four...
