In its capacity as a center for creativity, Chesterwood presents numerous programs in its performing arts series ArtsAlive! and speakers’ series WordsAlive! from June through September. Season-long series that showcase artists in music, dance, theater, and the literary arts, Arts Alive! and Words Alive! were designed to be a resource to bring community together to experience the arts and feel connected in the intimate setting of the historic studio and formal gardens. This program is also about honoring the deep tradition of creative history at Chesterwood where Daniel Chester French often invited artists, dancers, musicians, and writers to share their work and draw inspiration.
06/11 at 5:00 pm: Patricia Hoerth discusses her new book, Evenlyn Beatrice Longman: The Woman Who Sculpted Golden Boy, Thomas Edison, and Other Monuments
07/09 at 5:00 pm: Poets Patrick Donnelly and Lisken Van Pelt Dus
07/18 at 5:30 pm: Richard Blake, creator of the new commissioned W.E.B. DuBois sculpture
07/20 at 1:00 pm: Public Monuments Today – panel discussion
08/06 at 5:00 pm: Lincoln scholar and author Harold Holzer present the story of the Lincoln Memorial
08/14 at 5:00 pm: Conductor/Juilliard School professor Mark Shapiro – Music and the Mind
08/21 at 5:00 pm: Poetry reading with Writer in Residence Jessica Jacobs
09/13 at 5:00 pm: Poetry reading with Kathleen Aguero, Richard Hoffman, Daniel Tobin, and David Giannini