Shanti Grumbine (’16): Bridging Distances

Shanti Grumbine (’16): Bridging Distances

Paper copies of The New York Times often figure prominently in visual artist Shanti Grumbine’s work. Blue plastic bags in which the Times is delivered are intricately folded and tacked together creating a two-dimensional sculpture, a work-in-progress on her...
Sigrid Nunez (’16): Quality Concentration

Sigrid Nunez (’16): Quality Concentration

Sigrid Nunez is an accomplished writer, having published six novels and a memoir about Susan Sontag. Solitude is critical to her writing practice, and although she gets plenty of it at home, she also values the residency experience and has been awarded fellowships at...
Reka Reisinger (’16): Hungarian Memories

Reka Reisinger (’16): Hungarian Memories

  Photographer Reka Reisinger and her family escaped from communist Hungary and immigrated to New York City when she was a child. But she returned every year to visit family after the fall of communism. For the last five years she has been developing a body of...
Zac Skinner (’16): Down-to-Earth Art

Zac Skinner (’16): Down-to-Earth Art

  Trained as a painter, Zac Skinner also creates functional art — “sculptures that do something” as he describes — that he hopes will become a catalyst for environmental engagement within the viewer. He has created sculptures that reflect...
Monica Sok (’16): Remembering Through Poetry

Monica Sok (’16): Remembering Through Poetry

Poet Monica Sok feels right at home in her Saltonstall apartment. Many of her poet friends are Saltonstall alums and spent their residency in the same space: Ocean Vuong (’13), Javier Zamora (’15), Chen Chen (’14), Jay Deshpande (’13) and Sally...
Alums Honored with NYFA Fellowships

Alums Honored with NYFA Fellowships

    Three Saltonstall alums were recently awarded 2016 Artists’ Fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts:   Dina Kantor (’13) and Lida Suchy (’10 + ’16) in the photography category Gary Sczerbaniewicz (’16) in...