Vicki Madden (’16): A Migration to Writing

Vicki Madden (’16): A Migration to Writing

With 25 years in the New York City public school system under her belt, Vicki Madden is shifting gears. “I didn’t start to write until I was 50,” she says. “You could say this was a classic mid-life thing,” she says laughing. “But I...
Beth Giacummo (’16): Grommet Drawings & Inflatable Sculptures

Beth Giacummo (’16): Grommet Drawings & Inflatable Sculptures

Visual artist Beth Giacummo, known for her site-specific, interactive, inflatable sculptures, came to Saltonstall ready to experiment with some new ideas. “I’m calling them grommet drawings,” she says, referring to half-a-dozen works on paper tacked...
Linda Ganjian (’16): Art of the Everyday

Linda Ganjian (’16): Art of the Everyday

Linda Ganjian generally thinks of herself as a sculptor but with an active drawing practice. For this residency, when bringing a 5×7 foot sculpture isn’t feasible, she is focusing exclusively on drawings, using photos of a large work in her studio at home...
Lida Suchy (’16): Photographing a Village

Lida Suchy (’16): Photographing a Village

A 2010 Saltonstall alumna, photographer Lida Suchy continues to work on an ongoing project entitled Portrait of a Village: The People of Kryvorivnya Ukraine. Lida is a first-generation American born to a refugee family that was forced to leave Ukraine because of...
Javier Zamora (’15): Poetry Foundation Fellowship

Javier Zamora (’15): Poetry Foundation Fellowship

Congratulations to poet Javier Zamora (’15), winner of the 2016 Poetry Foundation and Poetry Magazine’s Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship. The $25,800 prize is awarded to young poets between 21 and 31 years of age who demonstrate...
Michael Morse (’16): Waiting to See What Flashes

Michael Morse (’16): Waiting to See What Flashes

Poet Michael Morse came to Saltonstall with two distinct projects in mind. Instead, he has been working on a new project that he hadn’t planned on: “a  life-event that didn’t happen,” as he describes it. Over a decade ago, Michael and his...