A Letter from the DIRECTOR

April 3rd, 2026

Dear Friends,

We were buoyed through a very long winter here in NYC by the joyful reunion with so many of you in February. We are already looking forward to next year’s Artist Party (bookmarked for Thursday, February 4th, 2027).

It was wonderful to have our Italian colleagues here with us. We spent the days before the party in a strategic retreat focused on strengthening our work and dreaming big for Civitella’s future. 

As we prepare to welcome the first Fellows of 2026, at a time of unrelenting violence and uncertainty, we are grateful for Civitella as a place for creative possibility and community, a haven for artists, both at the Castle and beyond its walls. Thank you for being a critical part of it.

Un caro saluto from all of us at Civitella,
Heather Ewing
Executive Director