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Hear a message about upcoming special events from Faculty Director Al Filreis.
Back in 2007, Gay Talese visited the Writers House and talked about - and read from - his then-current work. Here is the web calendar entry for that event, and here is the audio recording. Talese had spent a great deal of time at the Writers House in 1999. That was the very first year we ran the Kelly Writers House Fellows program. In its first year, Talese taught the course and was himself the Fellow. Our Dick Polman - now a member of our faculty - was actually a student in that class.
The first Brodsky Gallery exhibition of 2012 currently feature drawings and prints by artist Amze Emmons. Born in 1974, in Amsterdam, NY, Emmons is a Philadelphia-based, multi-disciplinary artist with a background in drawing and printmaking. Emmons received a BFA from Ohio Wesleyan University and a MA and MFA from the University of Iowa. He has held solo exhibitions at Space 1026, Philadelphia; OHT Gallery, Boston; and Works on Paper Gallery, Philadelphia. His work has been exhibited in group exhibitions including EFA Project Space and the International Print Center, New York; the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington; the Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines; Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago; and The Print Center, Philadelphia. Emmons has received numerous awards including a Fellowship in the Arts from the Independence Foundation; an Individual Creative Artist Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Arts Council; and a Fellowship at the MacDowell Colony. His work has received critical attention in New American Paintings, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe,among other publications. He has taught at the University of Vermont and the University of Iowa and is currently an associate professor of art at Muhlenberg College. Emmons is also a co-founder and contributor of the popular art blog, Printeresting.org.
