At Civitella I felt on the good side of humanity and this is necessary in these times. I loved the idea that if languages, countries, and cultures can divide us, a castle can reunite us! I think that this place helps to save what is essential to our abundance: the...
I call recall that afternoon I received the message that I had been nominated for this wonderful opportunity – to live and make art in a castle! – and still today, some six weeks into my residency, the news is just as incredible. I spent my first few days here...
To rise out of the mist each morninginto a version of The Peacable Kingdom feeling as dumbly content as Mr. Hicks’s lionsfor the first hour or two, and then to confront the beauty of Umbriaand person — correction: persons — allconcerned with (one way or...
My time at Civitella Ranieri was absolute heaven. During my six weeks, I wrote an essay, did final revisions on a short story, and made real headway on my novel. To be surrounded by such beauty and art and history and kindness was extraordinary. This place and the...
“La Internacional de los Dementes” Project Summary “La Internacional de los Dementes” is a narrative project based on real medical histories belonging to what I would call an “archive in progress”, taken from the depths of the José T. Borda Mental Hospital in Buenos...
