Five Cents a Can Opens Tomorrow!

Five Cents a Can Opens Tomorrow!

2024 Saltonstall alumna, Siyan Wong’s solo exhibition, Five Cents a Can, opens at the The Cherry Arts Gallery tomorrow! We hope to see you there! Five Cents a Can is a multi-media exhibition by Chinese American visual artist Siyan Wong that investigates the...
Why we’re not applying to the NEA

Why we’re not applying to the NEA

Dear Friends, From my window, I can see the snow in our meadows melt away. I’ve been here over 13 years, and this changing of the seasons is always surprising, filled with promise. “What will happen next?” The news is less promising, too loud, too shocking to ignore:...
Thank you, Teachers!

Thank you, Teachers!

We so enjoyed hosting these five deserving local teachers who spent part of their winter recess with us for a 4-night retreat. Guest-chef Kuukua of Asempe Kitchen prepared delicious, vegetarian dinners in style, while teachers wrote, painted, read, relaxed, and took...
Thank you for applying for a 2025 residency!

Thank you for applying for a 2025 residency!

✨Our ‘25 Call for Entries has come to a close! ✨ It was such an exciting year.  Our new playwriting/screenwriting category was super successful as well as having caregivers added to the parent residency. The outstanding members of our collective jury sure do have...
Call for Entries 2025!

Call for Entries 2025!

Two changes this coming season: Prose category: Writers, we are switching things up! This coming season, for the first time in many many years, our prose category is going to be Playwriting & Screenwriting. Real talk: our prose category has become unwieldy. So...