The life of an artist is often based on concentrated isolation. It has been a dream of mine for many years to live in an environment where I can combine concentrated work with an environment of stimulating contact with other artists, while living in the beautiful...
Steven Sanchez is the author of Phantom Tongue (Sundress Publications, 2018), selected by Mark Doty as the winner of the Rochelle Ratner Memorial Award. He is also the author of two chapbooks: Photographs of Our Shadows (Agape Editions) and To my Body (Glass Poetry...
My time at Civitella Ranieri was invaluable for getting into balance again after intense months of work. When I arrived at the castle I was coming from the production of a short film (Hombre Dorado) I had been working for the past year. Pressure and stress were high...
At Civitella, the spirit of the place takes over and serendipity prevails. Mark Strand’s gift of books to the castle’s library was another garden that nurtured the seeds of my next project. I am grateful for the deep encounters with the people I met at Civitella, for...
