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Hello dear readers of Edna, friends of Millay, artists, artistes, and good people, I hope this finds everyone well and enjoying Summer. 2012 is an exciting year at The Millay Colony for the Arts. Every year is exciting here, of course, because every year is its own glittering confection of people, artwork, gatherings, flora and fauna…and every year is a chance to meet new resident artists, to see the studios fill up with their work, to seed, cultivate and harvest our organic flower and vegetable gardens, and to see our mountain home transform itself according to the people and circumstances it holds. And yet, even with all of that said, this year feels particularly propitious… We started a program of Weekend Workshops at the gorgeous TrishaBrown Studios in Tribeca. As of this writing, there have been two weekends,both full - From the Office of Recuperative Strategies with poets RachelLevitsky and Christian Hawkey, and Critical Writing as Creative Practicewith critic extraordinaire Frances Richard. So much smart, deeply considered, and courageously felt work was accompolished in the airywhite loft Trisha Brown Company so generously makes available to us.So much warmth between participants flowered. So much happenedon every level... We look forward to more of this intense work andworking together that the Weekend Workshop series entails. Our Workshop Retreats at the Colony have also continued. Our first of the season was The Beauty of the Image with celebrated author Carole Maso. We had a full house and participants were writing until late in the night! Our last of this year, Generating Sound in Poetry with Tracie Morris at the end of August promises to be as awe-inspiring. We also kicked off the new residency season with a party for alums and friends at the gorgeous apartment of Monica Youn and Whitney Armstrong. Monica greeted us with chilled cava and her most exquisite cat, Vincentine. Vincentine sacheted in and out of the party, doing her star turns, while some 55 alumni, past jurors, Board members, admirers and friends mingled, laughed and drank wine together. It was a lovely happening. So far our residents are, one and all, marvelous. The work they are making…marvelous. Maybe you, gentle reader, should visit them and visit us at The Millay Colony this year. We do welcome visitors. If you want to visit, to see our studios, rooms, and grounds, to spend a day wandering the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains, to sample our legendary iced coffee, well, email me at director@millaycolony.org. Otherwise, there will be more news coming soon. Stay tuned...

-- Caroline Crumpacker, Executive Director

LEFTGetting new windows and doorsat the Main House

BELOWMillay Alum at Carole Maso Workshop(l - r) Nicholas Boggs, Sejal Shah,

Melissa Sandor & Nora Maynard

A ABOVE Beka Goedde at work 2011 Resident

RIGHT RIGHT Chef Donna tending the garden