Founder's Focus

April Visiting Artists:

Colin Chase	Carole Robb
Ward Shelley	Clytie Alexander

April Visiting Writers:

The Descent of Alette ["I stood waiting"]
By Alice Notley

“I stood waiting” “for some minutes” “in this very” “alive darkness—”"the air so vibrant,” “the trees awake” “There were flowers,” “mixed grasses,” “growing lower” “in the dark,” “& I was relieved” “to be near them” “after so much time” “where nothing grew” “Then” “I heard a

song” “faint & blurred,” “a slow song” “I heard it” “as if through walls” “As if” “there were a room” “next to where I stood” “& someone,” “a man,” “sang inside of it” “The tune was sad,” “& attracting” “I approached it—” “where its source seemed to be—” “& it moved away

from me” “just a” “short distance” “This happened twice” “Then I
understood” “I was to follow it:” “& so it led me—” “through deep woods” “& clearings,” “for” “a long while” “The voice sang” “the same melody” “over” “& over” “mournful” “& intimate” “in a language”

“I didn’t recognize—” “or didn’t think I did:” “it was hard to” “hear the words—” “Till at last we” “reached a meadow” “where the song” “ceased to sound,” “pale & empty” “with trees around it” “Then I sank to” “the ground” “& fell asleep for” “a long time” “But when I

awoke” “of course” “it was dark”

May Visiting Artists and Writers:

Fanny Howe

Tom Burckhardt

John Monti

Jose Cobo

Anne Waldman

Denyse Thomasos

A Selection of Recent Resident Portraits:

Photos by Howard Romero

April 2010 Residents:

Photo by Howard Romero

Photo by Howard Romero

This Vermont April has seen the most significant ever recorded snow fall this late in the season. 12- 14 inches fell and it stayed around for three days. It was strange and beautiful, and luckily it didn’t seem to disrupt the flowers and trees already in bloom.

Three days later, the tulips showed no sign of having had just been buried in snow!

Wen Yau, VSC April 2010 resident from China, made a series of photographs from a number of hand made pin hole cameras during her residency. Click on the image links below to read her overview or click on the downloadable pdf.

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Here are larger images of her photographs made with her own pin hole cameras:

Some photos from the Barbara White, Kahn, Schultz, and Church Studios from April’s Open Studios:

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has named Jill Downen, VSC Alumna of Spring 2009, among its Fellows for 2010.  The 180 fellows were selected from about 3,000 applicants representing artists, scientists, and scholars in the United States and Canada.  “Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of impressive achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment.”  (The New York Times Friday April 16, 2010, A5).  Downen’s project, as described in the recent St. Louis Beacon article, will involve research between St. Louis and New York and culminate in the exhibition of a new site-specific installation.

VSC resident from Indonesia, Eddi Prabandono’s show, WONDERFUL FOOL, at the Red Mill Gallery: