Visiting Artists

Each residency features a new group of distinguished visiting faculty and artists–learn more about them here.

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Jeanette Abbink

Guest Designer

George Abraham

Visiting Writer

Paige Ackerson-Kiely

Visiting Alumnx Poet, Summer 2021

Foyinsi Adegbonmire

Guest Editor, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Kaveh Akbar

Visiting Poet, Summer 2022

Abbas Akhavan

Artist-in-Residence

Kenzie Allen

Visiting Writer

Michael Almereyda

Visiting Filmmaker

David Almond

Visiting Writer

Munirah AlShami

Visiting Designer

M. T. Anderson

Visiting Writer

Anna’s Ghost

Visiting Ensemble - Winter 2018

Anna’s Ghost

Visiting Ensemble - Summer 2017

Anna’s Ghost

Visiting Ensemble - Summer 2019

Anna’s Ghost

Visiting Ensemble - Winter 2022

Anna’s Ghost

Visiting Ensemble - Summer 2022

Anna’s Ghost

Visiting Ensemble, MFA in Music Composition - Winter 2024

Anna’s Ghost

Visiting Ensemble, MFA in Music Composition

Anna’s Ghost

Visiting Ensemble, MFA in Music Composition

Kamilla Arku

Visiting Performer - Summer 2022

Victoria Wells Arms

Elana Arnold

Visiting Writer

Darren Aronofsky

Visiting Filmmaker

Stephen Aubrey

Visiting Writer

Ghazaleh Avarzamani

Artist-in-Residence

Ariella Aïsha Azoulay

Visiting Scholar

Anna Badkhen

Visiting Writer, MFA in Writing

Jenn Bailey

Visiting Writer

Marian Bantjes

Visiting Designer

Christophe Barbeau

Visiting Artist, MFA Visual Art

Sarah Barley

Visiting Editor, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Stephen Barr

Guest Agent, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Sonia Barrett

Visiting Artist

Ashley Bathgate

Visiting Musician - Winter 2022

Marion Dane Bauer

Visiting Writer

Jennifer Baumgardner

Visiting Writer

Alison Bechdel

Visiting Creative Nonfiction Writer, Summer 2016

Zoë Bell

Visiting Filmmaker, MFA in Film

Jessica Bellamy

Guest Designer

Sylvain Bellemare

Visiting Filmmaker

Mildred Beltré

Artist-in-Residence

Dalida María Benfield

Guest Designer

David Bennewith

Visiting Designer

Alan Berliner

Visiting Filmmaker

Emily Bernard

Visiting Writer, Winter 2020

Julie Berry

Visiting Writer

Sherwin Bitsui

Visiting Writer

Andrew Blauvelt

Guest Designer

Doug Blush

Visiting Filmmaker

Steven Bognar

Visiting Filmmaker

Julia Born

Visiting Designer

Assia Boundaoui

Visiting Faculty

Geof Bradfield

Visiting Musician, MFA in Music Composition

Vanessa Brantley Newton

Visiting Writer

Brass Quintet

Visiting Ensemble - Winter 2016

Jen Breach

Assistant Director, MFA in WCYA

Tessa Brinckman

Visting Musician, Summer 2023

Robert Bringhurst

Guest Designer

Brooklyn Brass Quintet

Visiting Ensemble - Summer 2017

Hilary Brougher

Visiting Filmmaker

Tom Brown

Visiting Filmmaker

Joseph Bruchac

Visiting Writer

Kaitlin Bryson

Visiting Artist, MFA Visual Art

Dominic Bucca

Visiting Alumnx CNF Writer, Summer 2022

Stephan Bucher

Guest Designer

Andrew Bujalski

Visiting Filmmaker

xtine Burrough

Alumnx Co-Visiting Scholar, MFA Visual Art

MacKenzie Cadenhead

Patrice Caldwell

Faculty, WCYA Novel Retreat

Kacen Callender

Visiting Writer

Ignace Cami

Visiting Designer, MFA in Graphic Design

Chris Campanioni

Visiting Writer

Mary Cappello

Visiting Creative Nonfiction Writer, Summer 2017

Joanna Cárdenas

Visiting Editor, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Ann Dávila Cardinal

Darrow Lecturer

Christopher Castellani

Visiting Writer

Joy Castro

Visiting Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Writer, Winter 2016

James Chae

Guest Designer

Jamie Chambliss

Visiting Agent

Kaitlin Chan

Guest Designer

Theseus Chan

Visiting Designer, MFA in Graphic Design

Sonali Chanchani

Visiting Agent

e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

Visiting Writer, MFA in WCYA

Salome Chasnoff

Visiting Faculty

Chatham Baroque

Visiting Ensemble - Summer 2016

Chatham Baroque

Visiting Ensemble - Winter 2022

Felicia Rose Chavez

Visiting Writer

Alexander Chee

Visiting Writer, Winter 2018

Alexander Chee

Visiting Writer

Chen Chen

Visiting Writer, Winter 2020

Ken Chen

Visiting Writer

Youmna Chlala

Visiting Writer

Lucy Christopher

Visiting Writer

Mark Christopher

Visiting Filmmaker

Jackie Chung

Visiting Filmmaker

The City of Tomorrow

Visiting Ensemble - Winter 2017

The City of Tomorrow wind quintet

Visiting Ensemble, MFA in Music Composition

Mike Cloud

Visiting Faculty

Henry Cole

Visiting Writer

Martha Collins

Visiting Literary Translation Writer, MFA in Writing

Mauricio Cortes Ortega

Visiting Artist

Counterpoint Vocal Quartet

Visiting Ensemble - Winter 2018

Mojie Crigler

Visiting Alumnx Creative Nonfiction Writer, Winter 2016

Denise Gonzales Crisp

Guest Designer

Crossover Quintet

Visiting Ensemble - Winter 2017

Crossover Quintet

Visiting Ensemble - Summer 2016

Sara Crowe

Visiting Agent, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Cherien Dabis

Visiting Faculty

Ann Burke Daly

Artist-in-Residence

Kyle Dargan

Visiting Poet, Winter 2017

Kristina Marie Darling

Visiting Writer

Jasmin Darznik

Visiting Writer

Tere Dávila

Visiting Writer, Winter 2018

Meredith Davis

Guest Designer

Mona Davis

Visiting Filmmaker

T. J. Demos

Visiting Scholar

Design Justice Network

Guest Designers

Dr. Debotri Dhar

Visiting Writer

Ramona S. Diaz

Visiting Filmmaker

Jaquira Díaz

Visiting CNF Writer, Summer 2022

Keetra Dean Dixon

Guest Designer

Allison Grimaldi Donahue

Visiting Writer, MFA in Writing

Anna Drury

Guest Presenter, Writing Novels for Young People Retreat

Jehanne Dubrow

Distinguished Visiting Alumnx in Creative Nonfiction

T. Marie Dudman

Founding Faculty

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Visiting Writer

Camille Dungy

Visiting Writer [Poetry][CNF], MFA in Writing

Andrea Duran-Cason

Visiting Artist, MFA Visual Art

Kelly Dyksterhouse

Guest Agent, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Kate Egan

Rachel Ekstrom

Visiting Agent

Electro-Global Sextet

Visiting Ensemble - Winter 2016

Julien Élie

Visiting Filmmaker

Irmgard Emmelhainz

Visiting Scholar

Kathryn Erskine

Visiting Writer

Chris Eska

Visiting Filmmaker

Danielle Evans

Visiting Fiction Writer, Summer 2018

Marq Evans

Visiting Filmmaker

Kevin Everson

Visiting Filmmaker

Everything-Type-Company

Guest Designers

Tarfia Faizullah

Visiting Poet, Summer 2016

Hampton Fancher

Visiting Filmmaker

Dewaine Farria

Visiting Alumnx Fiction Writer, Summer 2020

Tannaz Farsi

Visiting Artist, MFA Visual Art

Sara Fattahi

Visiting Filmmaker

Melissa Febos

Visiting Writer

Silvia Federici

Guest Lecturer

Megan Fernandes

Visiting Writer

Jenni Ferrari-Adler

Visiting Agent

Raul Moarquech Ferrera-Balanquet

Artist-in-Residence

Nora Fingscheidt

Visiting Filmmaker

Erica Finkel

Guest Editor, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Kenneth FitzGerald

Guest Designer

Fernando A. Flores

Visiting Fiction Writer, Winter 2022

Feather Flores

Guest Agent, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Nick Flynn

Postgraduate Writers' Conference Faculty

Benjamin Font

Visiting Short Film Director, MFA in Film

Yance Ford

Visiting Filmmaker

Gilbert Ford

Visiting Illustrator

Shatara Michelle Ford

Visiting Filmmaker

Amy Fortunato

Visiting Faculty, MFA in Graphic Design

Lizzy Fox

Visiting Writer

Vievee Francis

Visiting Poet, Summer 2020

Kate Gale

Visiting Writer/Editor

Molly Gambardella

Visiting Artist, MFA Visual Art

Marie-Louise Gay

Visiting Writer

Merawi Gerima

Visiting Filmmaker, MFA in Film

Lizy Gershenzon

Visiting Designer, MFA in Graphic Design

Kristen Ghodsee

Visiting Artist, MFA Visual Art

William Giraldi

Faculty, Postgraduate Writers' Conference; Visiting Creative Nonfiction Writer, Winter 2023

Diana Goetsch

Visiting Writer, Winter 2020

Ellen Goff

Guest Agent, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Ben Goldberg

Visiting Musician, MFA in Music Composition

Rigoberto González

Faculty, Postgraduate Writers' Conference

Lewis Gordon

Visiting Scholar

Eric Gottesman

Visiting Artist

Debra Granik

Visiting Filmmaker

Sam Green

Visiting Filmmaker

Mini Grey

Visiting Writer

Nikki Grimes

Visiting Writer

Sibylle Hagmann

Guest Designer

Hammer

Guest Designers

Harmony Hammond

Artist-in-Residence

James Hannaham

Visiting Fiction Writer, Summer 2016

Jess Harold

Visiting Editor, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Erin Harris

Visiting Agent

Kyle Hausmann-Stokes

Visiting Filmmaker, MFA in Film

Terrance Hayes

Visiting Poet, Winter 2019

Allison Adelle Hedge Coke

Visiting Writer

Steven Heller

Guest Designer

Yuri Herrera

Visiting VCFA Reads Author, Winter 2018

Donna Barba Higuera

Visiting Writer, WCYA

Nasrin Himada

Visiting Artist, MFA Visual Art

Sabine Hoffmann

Visiting Filmmaker

Garrett Hongo

Visiting Poet, Summer 2019

Candice Hopkins

Visiting Scholar

Housewarming Project

Visiting Ensemble - Winter 2020

Silas Howard

Visiting Filmmaker

Ravi Howard

Visiting Fiction Writer, Winter 2023

Eric Hu

Visiting Designer, MFA in Graphic Design