Cedarmere Poet-in-Residence, 2023

The Friends of Cedarmere, William Cullen Bryant’s historic home on Long Island, have announced that Jesse Curran has been named 2023 Poet-in-Residence. William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) was a poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post.

Curran was selected by judge Judith Baumel, a poet, translator, critic and retired founding director of the Adelphi University’s Creative Writing Program.

Jesse Curran’s interests, poetry and writing on art, ecology and literature correspond well with William Cullen Bryant’s poetry centered on the natural world and his support of American artists and the founding of art organizations, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Press Release in The New York Almanack: https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2023/06/william-cullen-bryants-cedarmere/

Oak Spring Garden COVID 19 Artist Grant

In Spring 2020, I was awarded a grant from the Oak Spring Garden Foundation to explore connections between the early days of the pandemic and the natural world. My project was called, “Before the Soil Settles: Quarantine Acts.” In the link below you can read my interview with the foundation on the connections between gardening practice and the early days in lock-down.

Shelter in Art