Millay Arts

See our website to learn more (including links to applications and complete listing of residencies available): https://millayarts.org

Millay Arts supports the work and creative process of multidisciplinary artists through residencies, educational and cultural programs that enrich lives and communities locally and globally.

06/19/2026

TOMORROW 3:00-5:00pm at Time & Space Limited, Hudson.

Millay alumni Dominique C. Hill (Black Gurl Reliable), Ryan Nourai (The Bullet in My Mother's Head), Sofi Stambo (People Who Live Alone Talk Too Much) will be reading excerpts from these works, joined by singer/songwriter Will Lawrence (Rooftops in the Centerfold) playing a selection from his newest CD.

Also, last chance to see our "With Quiet Eyes" visual arts alumni exhibition one more time (closes Sunday at 5:00pm).

We will be serving lemonade and cookies: what's not to love!

06/17/2026

COME SEE THE SHOW! "With Quiet Eyes" closes this Sunday, June 21st, hours are 12noon to 5:00pm daily at Time & Space Limited in Hudson.

And this Saturday, 3:00-5:00pm, Writing alums Dominique C. Hill, Ryan Nourai and Sofi Stambo reading from their work along with musical performance by Composing alum singer/songwriter Will Lawrence.)

To further whet your whistle, here are the last three profiles of artists/alums included in the show.

Polly Apfelbaum (AIR, 1981) combines concepts from Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, and Pop art to create distinctive prints, ceramics, and hand-dyed fabric floor pieces. Her kaleidoscopic works feature lively color, geometric forms, and non-representational subjects.

Julie Evans (AIR, 1994) is a native New Yorker who has been living and working in upstate NY since 2011. For the past 25 years she has been exhibiting her paintings and drawings extensively in both the US and abroad.

Alisa Sikelianos-Carter (AIR, 2019) is mixed-media whose practice is grounded in ancestral reverence, intuitive research, and visual theology. She explores the psychic landscapes of the self alongside metaphysical terrains of connection and the unseen. Her work engages grief, loss, vulnerability, and transformation as emotional and energetic currents that inform how perception shifts and how time is felt in the body.

100% of proceeds from works sold goes directly to the artists, just in case you had a hankering to buy some art! (Never a bad idea in our humble opinion.)

06/10/2026

RESERVE YOUR (FREE!) TICKET NOW (SUGGESTED DONATION $20) to get a SNEAK PEEK at Filmmaking alum Sasha Water's documentary on the beloved poet, Mary Oliver, at the Crandell Theater in Chatham TONIGHT -- Wednesday, June 10th, 7:00pm -- with a Q&A post-screening with Sasha.

This event is a fundraiser benefitting Millay Arts and Thirteen Productions, LLC.

To reserve/donate see links in profile OR see below.

CRANDELL TICKET/SEAT RESERVE:
https://crandelltheatre.org/film/mary-oliver-saved-by-the-beauty-of-the-world/

MILLAY ARTS/DONATION (SUGGESTED MINIMUM $20):
https://givebutter.com/mary-oliver-saved-by-the-beauty-of-the-world-t9wvyz

05/29/2026

YO NYC!!!
Not to be missed: 2025 Screenwriting Alum 's film at this weekend.

It's is a tale of comedy, obsession, transness and how art ages over time told through the thick spectacles of the cult 1990s character Pat from SNL.

Friday May 29-Thursday June 4

Ticket link: https://www.dctvny.org/s/firehouse-film/we-are-pat-MCYXPYXHT4QZAVHHPRIMIHTPDDG4

"We Are Pat" is a feature length documentary exploring the evolution of gender identity and comedy from the 90s to now through the lens of the iconic SNL sketch, It’s Pat. The film examines Pat’s origins as a joke rooted in cultural anxiety of the 90s around gender while drawing striking parallels to today’s culture wars around transness and queerness. Trans and non-binary comedians and culture-makers reimagine and rewrite the original Pat sketches, using camp and humor to reclaim and re-envision an iconic character in American comedy. The film explores humor as both a tool of oppression and a radical force for change. Beyond comedy, We Are Pat raises complex questions: How does art age? What responsibility does a creator have as cultural values evolve? Can we reclaim narratives that once mocked us, transforming pain into laughter, visibility, and ultimately, our own creations?

OFFICIAL CLIP:
https://youtu.be/jGiqX6hAgCA?si=ZW6zigHAblEj9X6m

05/04/2026

WELCOME MAY MILLAY AIRS!

Now if it would only warm up a bit, otherwise the hammock will continue to feel ignored...

From top, left to right, then center (not including the frogs):
Nate Brown, Fiction; Baltimore, MD
Rosalie Smith, Visual Arts; Brooklyn, NY
Olivia Morgan, Nonfiction; Woods Hole, MA
Simon Rivet, Composing; Montreal, Canada
Joan Winter, Fiction; San Francisco, CA
Amey Miller, Nonfiction; Chapel Hill, NC
Hans Kuzmich, Visual Arts; Los Angeles, CA

For more info:
nate-brown.com/
rosalieglsmith.com/
simonrivet.com/
ameymiller.com/
hanskuzmich.info/

05/02/2026

JOIN US on SATURDAY MAY 23rd, 4:00-6:00pm for the opening of our first-ever exhibition of Visual Arts alums at the wonderful Time & Space Limited, Hudson.

Featuring a selection of works (painting, drawing, sculpture, video) by 15 of our talented NY State-based artists, this exhibition takes it title from Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem "Afternoon on a Hill" (which captures a bit of what happens while in residence at Steepletop) and showcases the diverse gifts of our alumni.

And on SATURDAY, JUNE 20th, 3:00-5:00pm, we will present Writing alums Sofi Stambo, Dominique C. Hill and Ryan Nourai, reading a selection from their works, along with a musical performance by Composing alum Will Lawrence.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

SEE YOU THERE!

04/27/2026

We are so very and so deeply saddened by the great and tragic loss last week of the gifted Michael Harrison, a brilliant composer, a wonderful friend and a true visionary.

His genius and generosity, as well as his music, will continue to shine brightly for a long time to come: we will never forget his sitar and piano playing in our Composers Suite (Michael returned to Millay Arts several times over the years) to the delight of all.

Rest in Power Michael.

For more (NYTImes, 4/24/2026):
"Michael Harrison, a composer and pianist whose richly resonant, spiritually inclined compositions and improvisations, many for pianos he radically redesigned, drew on his deep knowledge of Indian raga and nontraditional tuning systems, died on April 17 in Manhattan. He was 67."

https://www.michaelharrison.com/
https://justmusic.org/

04/15/2026

CONGRATULATIONS MODNEY (Composing, 2022) on being named to the prestigious roster of 2026 Guggenheim Fellows!

"Modney is a composer and violinist working at the nexus of composition, improvisation, and interpretation. A “new-music luminary” (The New York Times) hailed as “one of today’s most intrepid experimentalists” (Bandcamp Daily), Modney is a foremost interpreter of adventurous contemporary music, and has cultivated a holistic artistic practice as a composer, solo improviser, bandleader, writer, and collaborator. A highly detailed relationship to sound production on the violin is foundational to Modney’s creative practice, with a particular interest in complex timbres, Just Intonation, and in exploring the perceptual space between improvisation and notation.

Modney’s 2024 release of chamber music, Ascending Primes (Pyroclastic Records), featuring acclaimed creative musicians such as Anna Webber, Nate Wooley, Charmaine Lee, Ben LaMar Gay, and Cory Smythe, has been hailed as “a torrential and stunning record, which sounds like nothing else and serves as a peremptory statement: there is a new school in New York (Blow Up Magazine – Italy)”, and as a “detail-packed endeavor that’s as wondrous as it is demanding (Peter Margasak, Bandcamp Daily).”

For more:
https://modney.art/
https://www.gf.org/

Modney will be performing this summer at PS21 Chatham in June with the International Contemporary Ensemble... stay tuned for more info.

04/09/2026

AND WE ARE OFF! Welcome to the April Artists-in-Residence. We've had a snow squall and frosty ice in the mornings with sunny (warmish) afternoons -- perfect for both work and walks!

From top, left to right:
Sigrid Nunez, Fiction, NYC; Cerulean S. Payne-Passmore, Composing, New Haven, CT; Susan Edsall, Playwriting, Kailua Kona, HI; Andrew Saito, Playwriting, Brooklyn, NY; Liu Kincheloe, Visual Arts, Brooklyn, NY; Christine Kunewa Walker, Screenwriting, Minneapolis, MN (McKnight Fellow).

For more info:
sigridnunez.com
ceruleancomposes.com
susanedsall.com
andrewsaito.com
liukincheloe.net

04/01/2026

WOW WOW WOW!
The accolades continue for the masterpiece that is Nick Boggs' (Millay Arts alum and former Board member) "Baldwin: A Love Story" -- just awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award.

And this on top of all of the other honors, including: Time Magazine (Top 10 Books of 2025); The Atlantic (Top 10 Books of 2025): New York Times (Notable Book of 2025); Amazon (Best Book of the Year); and a 2025 finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize and the Kirkus Prize.

For more on Nick and the book:
https://www.nicholasboggs.com/

https://www.bookcritics.org/2026/03/26/national-book-critics-circle-announces-winners-for-publishing-year-2025/

HAPPY READING! WE LOVE YOU NICK.

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