Djerassi Resident Artists Program

Do you have a passion for both the arts and the natural world? Djerassi Resident Artists Program is expanding our hike program, and we need volunteer docents who can safely lead hike participants on our private trails while educating them on our work, the art that has been produced here, and the natural world where all of this takes place. If you would like to be help make the Djerassi Program magic happen, please follow this link to learn more: https://www.volunteermatch.org/results/opp_detail.jsp

We were thrilled to welcome Paufve Dance and Randee Paufve (Djerassi 1999) to the Djerassi Program for a special, socially-distanced outdoor dance filming this week. We’re looking forward to the premier! Paufve Dance, new work, directed by Randee Paufve Dancer: Olivia Caldeira Holston Video Direction: Julia Sweeney... Costume Design: Andrew Merrell See more

Viet Thanh Nguyen (Djerassi 2008, 2018) was recently featured in a New York Times article! Hear him talk about the process of writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer, and the new sequel The Committed, which will be published on March 2. Check out the article here: https://www.nytimes.com//viet-thanh-nguyen-the-committed.h

Check out Y-Exchange next Wednesday from 6-7:30 PST, featuring choreographer and Djerassi Program alum Sara Shelton Mann along with fellow Bay Area choreographer Maurya Kerr! Djerassi Resident Artists Program partners with @kinetecharts and @ODCSF to co-host Y-Exchange, a monthly series of presentations about performing arts, technology and science and how they intersect and inform each other, in which selected artists are invited to talk about their life and work. RSVP for f...ree here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/y-exchange-presents-sara-shelt A link to the event will be provided upon RSVP.

Basil Twist (Djerassi 2005, 2011) was featured in a recent New York Times article, showcasing a video of his unique water ballet set to Hector Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique." Read the article here: https://www.nytimes.com//things-to-do-weekend-coronavirus.

For #givingtuesday2020, Anna Sidana and Alexander Djerassi, the Chair and Vice-Chair of Djerassi Resident Artists Program, would like to reach out and share some positive updates. Read their message here: https://conta.cc/3qkBDP5 Help us continue to make the magic possible!

First-time novelist Robin Farmer (Djerassi 2016, 2017) credits her time at Djerassi Resident Artists Program with significantly shaping her novel, Malcolm and Me. In particular, she references her participation in a workshop led by former Djerassi Program writer-in-residence, Heidi Durrow. Heidi (Djerassi 2005, 2013) considers her own residency at the Djerassi Program as having been significant to her development as a writer, having gone on to write a New York Times bestseller, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. Read more about Robin's new debut at: https://richmondmagazine.com/arts-entertain/a-timely-debut/ And read about her experience at Heidi's workshop here: https://www.robinfarmerwrites.com/durrow-and-djerassi-empo/