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February 2009

WriterCleopatra Mathis - ( view )

Lecture Date: 02/05/2009

Cleopatra Mathis was born and raised in Ruston, Louisiana. Her first five books of poems were published by Sheep Meadow Press. A sixth collection, White Sea, was published by Sarabande Books in 2005. Her work has appeared... more

ArtistEllen Altfest - ( view )

Lecture Date: 02/09/2009

Ellen Altfest is a representational painter who lives and works in New York. Altfest is represented by Bellwether and has exhibited in numerous group shows, including Dynasty at Gallery MC, USA Today, curated by Charles Saatchi, at... more

ArtistAmy Yoes - ( view )

Lecture Date: 02/10/2009

Amy Yoes grew up in Houston, Texas, and lived in Chicago, where she received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After several years in San Francisco, she settled in New York City... more

ArtistJames Clark - ( view )

Lecture Date: 02/19/2009

James Clark (b. 1948, Coatesville, PA) is a graduate of Penn State. Clark was awarded membership to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Pollock Krasner Grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, two NEA Grants, and two NY... more

ArtistDan Rizzie - ( view )

Lecture Date: 02/20/2009

Dan Rizzie (b) 1951, Poughkeepsie, NY, recieved his MFA from The Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, TX, and his BFA from Hendrix College, in AK. Solo exhibitions include Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, NY; Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa... more

WriterMichael Waters - ( view )

Lecture Date: 02/23/2009

Michael Waters’ eight books of poetry include Darling Vulgarity (2006—finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize), Parthenopi: New and Selected Poems (2001), and Green Ash, Red Maple, Black Gum (1997) from BOA Editions, and Bountiful (1992), The... more

NARI WARD

Vermont Studio Center Visiting Artist: 08/12/2008

Nari Ward (b. Jamaica, 1963) received a BA from Hunter College in 1991 and an MFA from Brooklyn College 1992. Exhibitions include two Whitney Biennials, Venice Biennale, and Documenta XI. Ward has also received commissions from the United Nations, and the World Health Organization, and has collaborated with Ralph Lemon, Bill T. Jones and Toni Morrison. Grants include American Academy of Arts and Letters, the National Endowment for the Arts,New York Foundation for the Arts, John Simon Guggenheim and Pollock Krasner Foundations. Ward currently lives in New York, and teaches at Hunter College.

WOLF KAHN

In Back of the Vermont Studio Center, 2001.
Oil on canvas. 52 x 66 inches.

Wolf Kahn is a Founding Trustee of the Vermont Studio Center and an annual Visiting Artist for the past 20 years. As such he has had a major role in the Center?s success since its founding in 1984.
Born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1927, Kahn immigrated to the United States in 1940 where he studied with the well-known teacher and abstract expressionist Hans Hoffman. From 1956 ? 1995 he showed at the Grace Borgenicht Gallery, and now shows at Ameringer and Yohe in New York and in galleries all over this country and abroad.
His work is in many private and public collections including the Metropolitan Museum, and the Whitney Museum in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Hirshhorn in Washington, D.C., and the Los Angeles County Museum.
He has received a Fulbright, a Guggenheim, and American Academy of Arts and Letters Award. He is member of the National Academy of Design, as well as the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
He lives in New York and spends summers and autumns in Vermont.