We are pleased to congratulate two artists associated with the LAP residency program on a major achievement: they are both among the Creative Capital Grant recipients of 2013. Multidisciplinary artist Quintan Ana Wikswo, who was in residence at the LAP for a week in October 2012 as part of a collaboration with composer Andrea Clearfield, has been awarded a grant in the area of Emerging Fields, for her project problemkinder / Mercy Killing Aktion: "In problemkinder / Mercy Killing Aktion, Quintan Ana Wikswo explores clandestine sites where state-sponsored programs conducted biosocial crimes and human rights atrocities against female, queer, disabled, ethnic, and psychiatrically-targeted communities...
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It’s hard to believe that in a few short weeks, Niki Ford will conclude her term as Montalvo’s 2012 Culinary Artist-in-Residence. Her residency will end on December 31. Though we will be sorry to say goodbye, we wish her well at her exciting new position as Culinary Director at the Healdsburg SHED. The SHED is the subject of this in-depth article in the North Bay Business Journal.
In this ongoing series, we answer visitors' questions about Montalvo's history and grounds! Dear Montalvo, I’m hoping you can answer this question for me. A friend and I drove up to the Montalvo Arts Center last weekend from San Diego. As we drove up to and past the Villa, we noticed signs along the road that were all abbreviated. We could interpret most of them, except the last two. It had something to do with a journey in the forest… Could you please tell me what all the signs meant? It drove my friend and me crazy! Thank you, AW |