The Retreat is the centerpiece of Creative Capital’s artist services. The 2013 Retreat in Williamstown, MA, was our largest convening to date, bringing together 350 artists, arts professionals and arts advocates. This four-day event included presentations by 86 artists on their works-in-progress, consultations and networking events, and focus sessions on key issues in the field.

Nick Hallett and Shana Moulton (2013 Emerging Fields) presented their project Whispering Pines ∞ at the 2013 Creative Capital Artist Retreat. You can watch more artist presentations from the Retreat on our Vimeo channel.

Dohee Lee (2013 Performing Arts) presented on her project The Mago Project at the 2013 Creative Capital Artist Retreat. You can watch more artist presentations from the Retreat on our Vimeo channel.

Postcommodity (2012 Visual Arts) presented on their project The Repellent Fence at the 2013 Creative Capital Artist Retreat. The Repellent Fence is a monumental, site-specific installation that examines the cultural, political, economic and ecological issues of indigenous migration within the context of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico. You can watch more

In October, Creative Capital’s President & Founding Director Ruby Lerner was invited to speak at the ArtsFwd National Innovation Summit for Arts & Culture as a “provocateur.” In her talk, “Policy, Prisons and Pranks: Artists Collide with the World,” Ruby discussed artists working at the intersections of science, technology, community organizing, entrepreneurship and the media. She

Jen Bervin (2013 Literature) presented her project The Silk Poems at the 2013 Creative Capital Artist Retreat. You can watch more artist presentations from the Retreat on our Vimeo channel. This video includes a clip from a TEDx talk by Fiorenzo Omenetto, a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University who is researching biomedical silk.

Miriam Simun (2013 Emerging Fields) presented on her project Eat Your Future at the 2013 Creative Capital Artist Retreat. You can watch more artist presentations from the Retreat on our Vimeo channel.

Listen online to the podcast of this conversation, or subscribe through iTunes.  Neal Medlyn: Hey everybody. It’s me, Neal Medlyn. I’m here with Jessica Almasy from The TEAM at the Grey Dog and we’re going to talk to you about America for Creative Capital. Jessica Almasy: Helloooo! Neal: I was just thinking that we would

Julia Christensen (2013 Emerging Fields) presented on Project Project at the 2013 Creative Capital Artist Retreat. You can watch more artist presentations from the Retreat on our Vimeo channel.

Chemi Rosado-Seijo (2013 Emerging Fields) presented on his project La Perla’s Portrait, Kite Festival at the 2013 Creative Capital Artist Retreat. You can watch more artist presentations from the Retreat on our Vimeo channel.