Brad Holland to Visit Chester College Oct. 18

“It’s best to get this out of the way first. In the future, Modern Art won’t mean what it does now. It will mean “the kind of art they did in the twentieth century”. Like saying “Baroque” or “Romanesque,” to call something “Modern” will be a way of dating it.” –  Brad Holland On Tuesday, [...]

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Chester College Visiting Writers Series Features Christopher Anderson

Christopher Anderson will be the feature reader in the Fall Visiting Writers Series at Chester College of New England this week. Stephen Wicks, a junior creative writing major at the college will open the event at 6 p.m. Wednesday, in Powers 29. An assistant professor of writing and literature, Anderson joined the Chester College faculty [...]

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Inter-disciplinary artist C. Ryder Cooley to Visit Chester College Tuesday

C. Ryder Cooley will visit Chester College of New England October 4 as part of the Visiting Artist Symposium. She will give a lecture in the Wadleigh Lecture Hall at 2:30 p.m. An inter-disciplinary artist, musician and performer, Ryder Cooley creates performances and installation spaces by weaving chimeric images and found props. Her work has [...]

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Nick Flynn to Kick Off Chester College Visiting Artist Symposium

On Tuesday, September 13, Nick Flynn will visit Chester College of New England as part of this fall’s Visiting Artists Symposium and Visiting Writers. The Village Voice once said that, “Flynn’s authentic voice…holds us rapt, keeping both the tragic and the redemptive possibilities open.” And the San Francisco Chronicle said, “If the battered genre of [...]

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Poet James Shea to Read at Chester College of New England

Poet James Shea will close out the Visiting Writers Series at Chester College of New England this Wednesday, March 23. Shea will lead a discussion and workshop for students 2:30 p.m. and then give a reading at 6 p.m. in Powers 29. Chester College junior Jessica Seraiva will open. The reading is free and open [...]

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Steve Almond Visits Chester College

  Writer Steve Almond will return to Chester College of New England this Wednesday and Thursday, February 9 and 10, for three amazing events. At 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, he will give the lecture “Funny is the New Deep.” Later, at 6 p.m., he will read from his recent work. At 2 p.m. Thursday, he will [...]

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Janke & Glasser Close Out Chester College Fall Visiting Writers Series

On Wednesday, December 8, at 6 p.m. in Powers 29, join not one but two fabulous writers for the final event of this semester’s visiting writing series! The first featured artist that day will be Christopher Janke. Among other things, Janke is the owner of Suzee’s Third St. Laundry in TMFA and the senior editor [...]

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Chester College Welcomes Pol Turgeon

Canadian-born illustrator Pol Turgeon will visit Chester College of New England tomorrow, Tuesday, November 9, for a free 2:30 p.m. lecture in Wadleigh Lecture Hall. Turgeon’s multi-medium illustrations have appeared in highly renowned magazines and museums as well as websites, calenders, album covers and advertisements all over the world. He currently teaches illustration and life [...]

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Visiting Artist Deana Lawson to Lecture at Chester College

Deana Lawson is coming to Chester! Who is she? Lawson is a New Yorker, a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design , the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and, most importantly of course, the next artist to visit Chester College as part of this semester’s visiting artist symposium! What does she do? Lawson [...]

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“Laura Gives Good Interviews:” Interview with Debra Monroe

Compass Rose staffer Laura Evans sat down with visiting writer Debra Monroe during her recent visit to Chester College as part of the Visiting Artist Symposium and Visiting Writers Series. Laura Evans: I know that in your writing place is a very important theme.  What is it about a certain place that inspires you? Debra [...]

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