Carla Trujillo: January Portrait of the Month January 7, 2015 Carla Trujillo, 1996 Carla Trujillo was born in Las Vegas, New Mexico and grew up in Northern California. She received a B.S. in human development from the University of California Davis and an M.S. and Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her dissertation centered on ...
Summary: October 18th Panel on the Nude Portrait and the Nude Self-Portrait October 27, 2014 The Robert Giard Foundation thanks the artists and the enthusiastic audience who spent Saturday afternoon, October 18th at the School of Visual Arts to discuss various topics relating to “The Nude Portrait and the Nude Self Portrait.” The program began with moderator Julia Van ...
Alison Bechdel: September Portrait of the Month September 8, 2014 Alison Bechdel, Grand Isle, VT, 1995 Cartoonist Alison Bechdel was born in 1960 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, to Roman Catholic parents who were both teachers. She attended Simon’s Rock College, and then transferred to Oberlin, graduating in 1981 with a BA in studio art and art history. She moved ...
Mark Doty: August Portrait of the Month August 7, 2014 Mark Doty, Provincetown, MA, 1992 Born in 1953 in Maryville, Tennessee, Mark Doty is an award-winning poet and memoirist. He holds a BA from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. His first book of poetry, titled Turtle, ...
The Robert Giard Fellowship Comes Home to the Hamptons July 19, 2014 A Benefit with Guest of Honor Mark Doty Sunday, August 24, from 5-7 p.m. at the home of Sue Shapiro. Please join us for the Robert Giard Foundation’s first event on the East End, a benefit for the Robert Giard Fellowship, with guest of honor, American poet ...
Michael Callen: July Portrait of the Month July 4, 2014 Michael Callen, 1987 Singer, songwriter, author, and AIDS activist Michael Callen was born in 1955 in Rising Sun, Indiana, and was raised in Hamilton, Ohio. He attended Boston University on a music scholarship and graduated in 1977. After college, he moved to New York, singing in cabarets and with ...
Stormé DeLarverie: June Portrait of the Month June 10, 2014 Stormé DeLarverie, 1999 Singer, male impersonator, and lesbian activist Storme DeLarverie was born in New Orleans in 1920 to an African American mother and white father. She was a pivotal figure in the riots at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village in 1969. Although rumors that she threw the ...
Announcing the 2014 - 2015 Fellowship Recipient Ka-Man Tse June 02, 2014 New York, NY (May 31, 2014) –The Robert Giard Foundation, in partnership with The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) of the City University of New York, announced the 2014-2015 Robert Giard Fellowship recipient, photographer Ka-Man Tse, at its annual benefit on May ...
Announcing 2015-2016 Fellowship Winner Juan Carlos Zaldivar May 21, 2015 OBERT GIARD FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2015–2016 FELLOWSHIP WINNER Juan Carlos Zaldivar For his short film ALTERATIONS New York, NY (May 20, 2015) – At its annual benefit on May 19, 2015 with special guest and speaker, Alison Bechdel, 2014 MacArthur “Genius Award” winning author of Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic ...
The Fourth Annual Robert Giard Fellowship Benefit with Michael Cunningham April 23, 2014 WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM At the home of Ethel Klein and Edward Krugman, 247 West 12th Street, NYC The Robert Giard Foundation cordially invites you to its 4th Annual Fellowship Benefit with special guest of honor, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham ...