Inspiring salon-style conversations and workshops at the Fine Arts Work Center

We are excited to announce a brand new series: Summer Salons. For these events, we’re inviting two leading lights in the arts and culture world to the Work Center to share their insights, experience, and knowledge in a weekend of conversation, learning, and community.

We’re hosting four summer salon weekends this summer, and we have assembled an incredible line-up of leading voices who have shaped arts and letters in the United States and worldwide.

22nd U.S. Poet Laureate
Tracy K. Smith
with Award-winning Poet
Roger Reeves

On Liberation and the Imagination: A Conversation with Roger Reeves and Tracy K. Smith

5:00 PM: Reception
Daniel A. Mullin Courtyard

6:00 - 7:30 PM: Salon Conversation
Stanley Kunitz Common Room

Join us on Friday evening for an engaging conversation between two remarkable guests. Past U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith and award-winning poet and essayist Roger Reeves will discuss their latest books, Dark Days: Fugitive Essays by Reeves and To Free the Captives by Smith. Their conversation will delve into the unexpected ways in which their works intersect around issues of liberation and imagination. Don’t miss this opportunity to be inspired by these two visionary writers.

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