FREE | Every Friday: May 9 - September 19 | 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
Sidney Hale
Sidney Hale is a painter from Hampton Roads, Virginia. Through vibrant, large-scale oil paintings, Hale’s work investigates the contemporary lesbian experience, speaking to the unique position of lesbian identity in a patriarchal society. Central themes of her work include gender exploration, purity culture, and corporeality. Hale attended James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art.
Susan Hutner
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S.M. Hutner (she/her) is a Craigardan Alumni Fellow. Susan writes fabulist fiction from her home in Cleveland, Ohio. Her writing is forthcoming in the Northeast Ohio Sewer District’s Ode to Infrastructure and has appeared in Blink-Ink and on the RadioFreeWrite podcast. She is also a founding member of the 1614 Writers. She earned an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Georgia College and State University. She can be found at @s.a.m.hutner on Instagram.
Muriel Luderowski
Muriel Luderowski grew up in a bilingual (French/Flemish) family in Antwerp, Belgium and earned an MA in Linguistics from the Université catholique de Louvain - Institut Libre Marie Haps (Brussels). In 1978, she moved to Brooklyn, NY with her late husband, Nils Luderowski. When Muriel and Nils moved from Brooklyn to Keene, NY in 1997, it marked Muriel’s departure from corporate finance and entrance into a decades-long relationship with visual art. As a development consultant for The Mattress Factory, an installation art museum in Pittsburgh, PA, Muriel cultivated the museum’s commitment to its neighborhood, and developed a growing interest in how art impacts a community’s identity. After completing an MA in Art History at Concordia University (Montreal), Muriel became affiliated with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and served on their Voluntary Docent Board. As a docent in Montreal, she enjoys the challenge of conveying the interrelatedness of art and its built architectural environment. Muriel lives in an 1825 brick house, a museum in and of itself, in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains.