FREE | Every Friday: May 10 - October 11 | 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
Elissa Lash
Elissa Lash (@eemlenlash) has published pieces in The Rumpus, Atticus Review, Memoir Monday, Silver Rose Magazine, the MV Times, Edible Vineyard, and the anthology - The Covid Monologues MV. Recently she won the Flash Fiction contest for Silver Rose Magazine and was featured on the podcast WrenCast. She’s workshopped writing with Sabrina Orah Mark, Nick Flynn, Margo Steines, Beth Kanter, and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo. Elissa is completing work on a memoir about her years as a sex worker which was a finalist with the Kenyon Review’s Editorial Fellowship Contest. She founded the theatre company Double Helix and is a founding member of TBD Improv. She currently lives in a small rural town in Massachusetts with her partner and their children.
Lauren McElroy
Lauren McElroy is a queer, Black multidisciplinary, and experimental fiber artist currently working in fashion design, dyeing, punch needle embroidery, and on themselves. It is Lauren's highest intention that their work be meaningful, and healing, and to change the world with thought-provoking words and imagery. Lauren creates art that has integrity and stands for peace, truth, justice, and purpose. With their work, they support communities, sustainable agriculture, and people doing good work in the world.
They can be found on the internet as Mother of Purl or some variation thereof.
Elise Jeanmaire
Elise Jeanmaire was a finalist for the Ploughshares Emerging Artist Contest and the Queer-Art Mentorship with Torrey Peters. She has attended the 2022 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, was awarded a fellowship for the GrubStreet Novel Generator program, and will begin querying her debut novel, WAITING FOR PROVIDENCE, in early 2025. When she isn't writing, Elise rides a moped from the 70s, plays in a punk band called Long Stories, and practices yoga. She lives in Providence with her wife, Kristen, and their dog, Gustavo.