FREE | Every Friday: June 19 - August 28 | 5 PM - 6 PM
Join us throughout the residency season for our free public series of short and informal artist talks, readings, and presentations. We’ll learn about works-in-progress from our artists and scholars-in-residence with informative and inspiring presentations in all disciplines. This is a wonderful way to kick off your weekend! Bring a friend, all are welcome.
Location: Main Campus. Look for Craigardan Event sign at the end of Main Campus driveway (two “doors” west of the farm store, towards Keene). Google Maps Link
Liz Van Verth
Liz Van Verth began her animation career creating network graphics at NBC Studios in NYC. Starting as a still graphic artist for Nightly News, she worked her way up to 3D animator for Dateline. Her first independent short and master's thesis, Par Avion, won awards and has been accepted into many film and animation festivals. Over the years, Liz has taught, worked as an Executive Director for a small non-profit arts organization, and developed animation programming at other higher education institutions. Alice, her most recent animation, has also been successful in the festival circuit. Liz is currently teaching at Kutztown University and working on a new short based on her grandfather that integrates 2D and 3D techniques.
Sarah K Williams
Sarah K Williams is a multi-disciplinary artist working at the intersection of food, sculpture, and performance. She is the founder of the sculptural snack service Aesthetically Complex Pies, and director of Sprechgesang Institute, a research-based multi-genre artist collective. Recent collaborations and commissions include works for The Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Museum of Food and Drink, The Ford Foundation, The ADAR Festival in Spain, Goethe-Institut, and Judson Church. Raised in Virginia and based in Brooklyn, she received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and studied experimental music at the Universität der Künste in Berlin on a Fulbright Fellowship. She has held residencies with NARS, Wave Hill, Studios at MASS MoCA, Vermont Studio Center, and the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program. She is currently working on a series of food-based orchestral compositions, as well as part two in a culinary series originally begun at Ox-bow School of Art called "Ruin your Dinner".
Melissa Dickey
Melissa Dickey is the author of three books of poetry, most recently Ordinary Entanglement, which received honors from the Massachusetts Book Awards in 2024. Originally from New Orleans, she holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and teaches at an independent high school in New England.