Nancy Floyd from Bend, Oregon and, Kelli Connell from Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois were awarded Guggenheim Fellowship in 2022. Guggenheim Fellowships were awarded to 180 scientists, writers, scholars and artists in 51 fields. Floyd and Connell were two of 13...
It’s not the worst of pandemic privations, but I am suffering Great Basin withdrawal. Sticking close to home, I really miss visiting those beloved open spaces. No whiffs of sage and juniper after an evanescent rain. No hyperventilated vistas across rabbitbrush flats...
Farnaz Fatemi is an Iranian-American poet, editor, and writing teacher in Santa Cruz, CA. She is a member and cofounder of The Hive Poetry Collective, which presents a weekly radio show and podcast in Santa Cruz County and hosts readings and poetry-related events. Her...
Katelyn and Richie, what led you to Playa? Two of our mentors did residencies at PLAYA and both recall their experiences with palpable adoration. Because of those accounts, we have daydreamed about coming to PLAYA for years but did not anticipate having the...
James Reed is a South African visual artist currently living in Portland, Oregon. He holds a Masters of Art in Social Sculpture with distinction from Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom (2007). He works in diverse genres of visual art and social practice, much...
This September, photographers Owen Gump and Peter De Lory stayed at PLAYA in a collaborative residency. As they explored the high desert, as their studio walls filled with images they’d made on the playa and beyond, staff and residents alike felt privileged to...
