RAGDALEABOUT RAGDALEARTIST OPPORTUNITIESRAGDALE IN SCHOOLSSUPPORT RAGDALEEVENTS & PROGRAMSBACK Ragdale, the nationally acclaimed artist residency program in Lake Forest, Illinois, invites architects, artists, and designers to apply for the opportunity to design, build, and exhibit the 2020 Ragdale Ring, a temporary theatre to house summer concerts, performances, and

events. Learn More.

CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships WHAT WE DO — RAGDALE Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages, cultures, experiences, and mediums, for a diverse and vibrant community. In each session, 13 artists-in-residence enjoy uninterrupted time for work, a supportive environment, dynamic artist exchanges, 50 acres of

RESIDENCIES

A fellowship at Ragdale includes an 18- or 25-day residency, free of charge, and a $500 stipend. Fellows are featured in a program (of up to 1/2 day) within 18- months of the residency coordinated by Director of Education, Regin Igloria. regin@ragdale.org. Capacity for new fellowships is limited for 2022 because of the backlog of artists

RAGDALE EVENTS

Ragdale Events. In addition to our Residency and Ragdale In Schools programs, we also host a number of events throughout the year. Events on our campus take place in Lake Forest as well as third-party locations and online. Events range in size and scope and are generally open to the public. We look forward seeing you at an upcoming event.

FELLOWSHIPS

May 15, 2021 for residency taking place in 2022. Generously funded by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Ragdale is offering fellowships to 3 artists and writers with spinal cord injury (SCI) in 2021. Fellows will receive an 18-day or 25-day residency at Ragdale along with a cash stipend of $500, the creation of a brief video documentary STAFF, CURATORIAL BOARD, TRUSTEES, JOB OPPORTUNITIES Our staff can be reached by calling 847.234.1063 and then entering their individual extensions, which are listed below. Many of our staff members can also be reached directly via email below. Barry A. Benson. Consulting Executive Director. barry@ragdale.org.

EUGENE GLORIA

Eugene Gloria earned his B.A. from San Francisco State University, his M.A. from Miami University of Ohio, and his MFA from the University of Oregon. He is the author of four books of poems — Sightseer in This Killing City (Penguin Random House, 2019), My Favorite Warlord (Penguin, 2012) Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006) and Drivers at the Short

KAREN CONNELL

Artist Profile. Karen Connell I am a multimedia artist who is interested in how our interior and exterior worlds are constructed through media, cultural frameworks and language.. I like to think of these interior and exterior worlds as non-spaces; as they

ANTHONY GAGLIARDI

Anthony Gagliardi is a co-founder of Almost Studio. He is currently an Instructor at the Syracuse University School of Architecture where he teaches in the undergraduate design studio curriculum. Prior to Syracuse, Anthony was a Critic at the Yale School of Architecture where he taught a graduate advanced design studio and drawing analysis RAGDALEABOUT RAGDALEARTIST OPPORTUNITIESRAGDALE IN SCHOOLSSUPPORT RAGDALEEVENTS & PROGRAMSBACK Ragdale, the nationally acclaimed artist residency program in Lake Forest, Illinois, invites architects, artists, and designers to apply for the opportunity to design, build, and exhibit the 2020 Ragdale Ring, a temporary theatre to house summer concerts, performances, and

events. Learn More.

CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships WHAT WE DO — RAGDALE Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages, cultures, experiences, and mediums, for a diverse and vibrant community. In each session, 13 artists-in-residence enjoy uninterrupted time for work, a supportive environment, dynamic artist exchanges, 50 acres of

RESIDENCIES

A fellowship at Ragdale includes an 18- or 25-day residency, free of charge, and a $500 stipend. Fellows are featured in a program (of up to 1/2 day) within 18- months of the residency coordinated by Director of Education, Regin Igloria. regin@ragdale.org. Capacity for new fellowships is limited for 2022 because of the backlog of artists

RAGDALE EVENTS

Ragdale Events. In addition to our Residency and Ragdale In Schools programs, we also host a number of events throughout the year. Events on our campus take place in Lake Forest as well as third-party locations and online. Events range in size and scope and are generally open to the public. We look forward seeing you at an upcoming event.

FELLOWSHIPS

May 15, 2021 for residency taking place in 2022. Generously funded by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Ragdale is offering fellowships to 3 artists and writers with spinal cord injury (SCI) in 2021. Fellows will receive an 18-day or 25-day residency at Ragdale along with a cash stipend of $500, the creation of a brief video documentary STAFF, CURATORIAL BOARD, TRUSTEES, JOB OPPORTUNITIES Our staff can be reached by calling 847.234.1063 and then entering their individual extensions, which are listed below. Many of our staff members can also be reached directly via email below. Barry A. Benson. Consulting Executive Director. barry@ragdale.org.

EUGENE GLORIA

Eugene Gloria earned his B.A. from San Francisco State University, his M.A. from Miami University of Ohio, and his MFA from the University of Oregon. He is the author of four books of poems — Sightseer in This Killing City (Penguin Random House, 2019), My Favorite Warlord (Penguin, 2012) Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006) and Drivers at the Short

KAREN CONNELL

Artist Profile. Karen Connell I am a multimedia artist who is interested in how our interior and exterior worlds are constructed through media, cultural frameworks and language.. I like to think of these interior and exterior worlds as non-spaces; as they

ANTHONY GAGLIARDI

Anthony Gagliardi is a co-founder of Almost Studio. He is currently an Instructor at the Syracuse University School of Architecture where he teaches in the undergraduate design studio curriculum. Prior to Syracuse, Anthony was a Critic at the Yale School of Architecture where he taught a graduate advanced design studio and drawing analysis CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

About Ragdale in Schools. This free program makes the most of Ragdale’s vast network of art and design professionals as well as our historic 5-acre campus to provide an engaging retreat and “arts lab” for teachers and students. We match Ragdale Fellows with the needs of schools in a series of onsite and offsite programs that

foster

VOLUNTEER — RAGDALE Online volunteer application. To inquire about one or more of these opportunities, please complete this form. For additional information contact Marita Seaberg at marita@ragdale.org or

FAQ — RAGDALE

Ragdale was founded in 1976 in Lake Forest, Illinois by poet Alice Judson Hayes, the granddaughter of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. In 1897, Shaw had built the country estate where the Ragdale Foundation is located, on the edge of a beautiful 50-acre prairie. Ragdale was the family’s summer retreat, and included an outdoor theatre, the

NOVEL AFFAIR

Novel Affair 2020 postponed until 2021. We hosted the Novel Affair 2020 Preview Party just as a new normal was setting in across the country and the world. Due to concerns related to COVID-19, Novel Affair 2020, originally scheduled for April 17 and 18, has been postponed until Fall 2021. We will update you once we reschedule. FELLOW — CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS — RAGDALE Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships

KAREN CONNELL

Artist Profile. Karen Connell I am a multimedia artist who is interested in how our interior and exterior worlds are constructed through media, cultural frameworks and language.. I like to think of these interior and exterior worlds as non-spaces; as they ANN TOEBBE — RAGDALE Artist Profile. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Ann Toebbe received her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1997. She earned an MFA in painting from Yale University in 2004 and a DAAD Scholarship to the Universität der Kunst, Berlin in 2004-05.

CHLOE BENJAMIN

Artist Profile. Chloe Benjamin is the author of The Immortalists, a New York Times bestseller, and The Anatomy of Dreams. A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, LibraryReads favorite, and #1 Indie Next pick, The Immortalists was a named a best book of 2018 by NPR, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, and others.

RHONDA GATES

Artist Profile. Rhonda Gates’ paintings strike a delicate balance between the suggestion of spatial depth and the flatness of surface.Simplified representations of natural forms serve as environmental cues, furthering the tension between surface and space. WHAT WE DO — RAGDALE Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages, cultures, experiences, and mediums, for a diverse and vibrant community. In each session, 13 artists-in-residence enjoy uninterrupted time for work, a supportive environment, dynamic artist exchanges, 50 acres of CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships

RESIDENCIES

A fellowship at Ragdale includes an 18- or 25-day residency, free of charge, and a $500 stipend. Fellows are featured in a program (of up to 1/2 day) within 18- months of the residency coordinated by Director of Education, Regin Igloria. regin@ragdale.org. Capacity for new fellowships is limited for 2022 because of the backlog of artists

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

About Ragdale in Schools. This free program makes the most of Ragdale’s vast network of art and design professionals as well as our historic 5-acre campus to provide an engaging retreat and “arts lab” for teachers and students. We match Ragdale Fellows with the needs of schools in a series of onsite and offsite programs that

foster

RAGDALE EVENTS

Ragdale Events. In addition to our Residency and Ragdale In Schools programs, we also host a number of events throughout the year. Events on our campus take place in Lake Forest as well as third-party locations and online. Events range in size and scope and are generally open to the public. We look forward seeing you at an upcoming event.

FELLOWSHIPS

May 15, 2021 for residency taking place in 2022. Generously funded by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Ragdale is offering fellowships to 3 artists and writers with spinal cord injury (SCI) in 2021. Fellows will receive an 18-day or 25-day residency at Ragdale along with a cash stipend of $500, the creation of a brief video documentary STAFF, CURATORIAL BOARD, TRUSTEES, JOB OPPORTUNITIES Our staff can be reached by calling 847.234.1063 and then entering their individual extensions, which are listed below. Many of our staff members can also be reached directly via email below. Barry A. Benson. Consulting Executive Director. barry@ragdale.org. RAGDALE RING COMPETITION The New Ragdale Ring. In 2013 Ragdale launched an international competition to reinterpret Shaw’s Ring as a temporary, experimental environment. This annual competition provides artists, architects, and designers with the unique opportunity to devise and construct a performance venue and gathering place on the historic Ragdale campus. ANN TOEBBE — RAGDALE Artist Profile. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Ann Toebbe received her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1997. She earned an MFA in painting from Yale University in 2004 and a DAAD Scholarship to the Universität der Kunst, Berlin in 2004-05.

EUGENE GLORIA

Eugene Gloria earned his B.A. from San Francisco State University, his M.A. from Miami University of Ohio, and his MFA from the University of Oregon. He is the author of four books of poems — Sightseer in This Killing City (Penguin Random House, 2019), My Favorite Warlord (Penguin, 2012) Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006) and Drivers at the Short WHAT WE DO — RAGDALE Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages, cultures, experiences, and mediums, for a diverse and vibrant community. In each session, 13 artists-in-residence enjoy uninterrupted time for work, a supportive environment, dynamic artist exchanges, 50 acres of CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships

RESIDENCIES

A fellowship at Ragdale includes an 18- or 25-day residency, free of charge, and a $500 stipend. Fellows are featured in a program (of up to 1/2 day) within 18- months of the residency coordinated by Director of Education, Regin Igloria. regin@ragdale.org. Capacity for new fellowships is limited for 2022 because of the backlog of artists

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

About Ragdale in Schools. This free program makes the most of Ragdale’s vast network of art and design professionals as well as our historic 5-acre campus to provide an engaging retreat and “arts lab” for teachers and students. We match Ragdale Fellows with the needs of schools in a series of onsite and offsite programs that

foster

RAGDALE EVENTS

Ragdale Events. In addition to our Residency and Ragdale In Schools programs, we also host a number of events throughout the year. Events on our campus take place in Lake Forest as well as third-party locations and online. Events range in size and scope and are generally open to the public. We look forward seeing you at an upcoming event.

FELLOWSHIPS

May 15, 2021 for residency taking place in 2022. Generously funded by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Ragdale is offering fellowships to 3 artists and writers with spinal cord injury (SCI) in 2021. Fellows will receive an 18-day or 25-day residency at Ragdale along with a cash stipend of $500, the creation of a brief video documentary STAFF, CURATORIAL BOARD, TRUSTEES, JOB OPPORTUNITIES Our staff can be reached by calling 847.234.1063 and then entering their individual extensions, which are listed below. Many of our staff members can also be reached directly via email below. Barry A. Benson. Consulting Executive Director. barry@ragdale.org. RAGDALE RING COMPETITION The New Ragdale Ring. In 2013 Ragdale launched an international competition to reinterpret Shaw’s Ring as a temporary, experimental environment. This annual competition provides artists, architects, and designers with the unique opportunity to devise and construct a performance venue and gathering place on the historic Ragdale campus. ANN TOEBBE — RAGDALE Artist Profile. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Ann Toebbe received her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1997. She earned an MFA in painting from Yale University in 2004 and a DAAD Scholarship to the Universität der Kunst, Berlin in 2004-05.

EUGENE GLORIA

Eugene Gloria earned his B.A. from San Francisco State University, his M.A. from Miami University of Ohio, and his MFA from the University of Oregon. He is the author of four books of poems — Sightseer in This Killing City (Penguin Random House, 2019), My Favorite Warlord (Penguin, 2012) Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006) and Drivers at the Short

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

About Ragdale in Schools. This free program makes the most of Ragdale’s vast network of art and design professionals as well as our historic 5-acre campus to provide an engaging retreat and “arts lab” for teachers and students. We match Ragdale Fellows with the needs of schools in a series of onsite and offsite programs that

foster

TEACHER RESOURCES

Teacher Resources. Ragdale artists serve as valuable resources for educators and may supplement school curricula in many ways. Through school visits, on-campus field trips, or remote and online learning, artists can actively engage and share their work with students. TOURS & FACILITY RENTALS Conference RoomRental Rates. Suspended due to COVID-19. For-Profit. $250 half day. $500 full day. Nonprofit. $200 half day. $400 full day. For additional tour or facility rental information, please contact Marita Seaberg, Executive Assistant & Office Manager or call 847.234.1063, Ext. 21. INSIDE1260 GIVING SOCIETY Join Ragdale’s INSIDE1260 giving society to make new friends and champion the artists of our time. Your investment will advance artistic careers, new creative works, and Ragdale’s school initiatives—a continuum of on-campus and off-campus outreach programs to enliven education by matching Ragdale Fellows with regional teachers and their students. FELLOW — CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS — RAGDALE Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships

EUGENE GLORIA

Eugene Gloria earned his B.A. from San Francisco State University, his M.A. from Miami University of Ohio, and his MFA from the University of Oregon. He is the author of four books of poems — Sightseer in This Killing City (Penguin Random House, 2019), My Favorite Warlord (Penguin, 2012) Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006) and Drivers at the Short

CHLOE BENJAMIN

Artist Profile. Chloe Benjamin is the author of The Immortalists, a New York Times bestseller, and The Anatomy of Dreams. A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, LibraryReads favorite, and #1 Indie Next pick, The Immortalists was a named a best book of 2018 by NPR, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, and others.

KWABENA FOLI

Artist Profile. kwabena foli is a multidisciplinary artist born in Belgium but raised in South Side Chicago. He is the author of ON GOD (Candor Arts), and the visual poetry collection learning rhythm (Flowered Concrete).He is also a former winner of the Los Angeles Review Award for poetry, Chicago poetry slam champion and national poetry slam finalist.

KAREN CONNELL

Artist Profile. Karen Connell I am a multimedia artist who is interested in how our interior and exterior worlds are constructed through media, cultural frameworks and language.. I like to think of these interior and exterior worlds as non-spaces; as they

ANTHONY GAGLIARDI

Anthony Gagliardi is a co-founder of Almost Studio. He is currently an Instructor at the Syracuse University School of Architecture where he teaches in the undergraduate design studio curriculum. Prior to Syracuse, Anthony was a Critic at the Yale School of Architecture where he taught a graduate advanced design studio and drawing analysis WHAT WE DO — RAGDALE Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages, cultures, experiences, and mediums, for a diverse and vibrant community. In each session, 13 artists-in-residence enjoy uninterrupted time for work, a supportive environment, dynamic artist exchanges, 50 acres of CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships

RESIDENCIES

A fellowship at Ragdale includes an 18- or 25-day residency, free of charge, and a $500 stipend. Fellows are featured in a program (of up to 1/2 day) within 18- months of the residency coordinated by Director of Education, Regin Igloria. regin@ragdale.org. Capacity for new fellowships is limited for 2022 because of the backlog of artists

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

About Ragdale in Schools. This free program makes the most of Ragdale’s vast network of art and design professionals as well as our historic 5-acre campus to provide an engaging retreat and “arts lab” for teachers and students. We match Ragdale Fellows with the needs of schools in a series of onsite and offsite programs that

foster

RAGDALE EVENTS

Ragdale Events. In addition to our Residency and Ragdale In Schools programs, we also host a number of events throughout the year. Events on our campus take place in Lake Forest as well as third-party locations and online. Events range in size and scope and are generally open to the public. We look forward seeing you at an upcoming event.

FELLOWSHIPS

May 15, 2021 for residency taking place in 2022. Generously funded by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Ragdale is offering fellowships to 3 artists and writers with spinal cord injury (SCI) in 2021. Fellows will receive an 18-day or 25-day residency at Ragdale along with a cash stipend of $500, the creation of a brief video documentary STAFF, CURATORIAL BOARD, TRUSTEES, JOB OPPORTUNITIES Our staff can be reached by calling 847.234.1063 and then entering their individual extensions, which are listed below. Many of our staff members can also be reached directly via email below. Barry A. Benson. Consulting Executive Director. barry@ragdale.org. RAGDALE RING COMPETITION The New Ragdale Ring. In 2013 Ragdale launched an international competition to reinterpret Shaw’s Ring as a temporary, experimental environment. This annual competition provides artists, architects, and designers with the unique opportunity to devise and construct a performance venue and gathering place on the historic Ragdale campus. ANN TOEBBE — RAGDALE Artist Profile. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Ann Toebbe received her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1997. She earned an MFA in painting from Yale University in 2004 and a DAAD Scholarship to the Universität der Kunst, Berlin in 2004-05.

EUGENE GLORIA

Eugene Gloria earned his B.A. from San Francisco State University, his M.A. from Miami University of Ohio, and his MFA from the University of Oregon. He is the author of four books of poems — Sightseer in This Killing City (Penguin Random House, 2019), My Favorite Warlord (Penguin, 2012) Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006) and Drivers at the Short WHAT WE DO — RAGDALE Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages, cultures, experiences, and mediums, for a diverse and vibrant community. In each session, 13 artists-in-residence enjoy uninterrupted time for work, a supportive environment, dynamic artist exchanges, 50 acres of CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships

RESIDENCIES

A fellowship at Ragdale includes an 18- or 25-day residency, free of charge, and a $500 stipend. Fellows are featured in a program (of up to 1/2 day) within 18- months of the residency coordinated by Director of Education, Regin Igloria. regin@ragdale.org. Capacity for new fellowships is limited for 2022 because of the backlog of artists

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

About Ragdale in Schools. This free program makes the most of Ragdale’s vast network of art and design professionals as well as our historic 5-acre campus to provide an engaging retreat and “arts lab” for teachers and students. We match Ragdale Fellows with the needs of schools in a series of onsite and offsite programs that

foster

RAGDALE EVENTS

Ragdale Events. In addition to our Residency and Ragdale In Schools programs, we also host a number of events throughout the year. Events on our campus take place in Lake Forest as well as third-party locations and online. Events range in size and scope and are generally open to the public. We look forward seeing you at an upcoming event.

FELLOWSHIPS

May 15, 2021 for residency taking place in 2022. Generously funded by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Ragdale is offering fellowships to 3 artists and writers with spinal cord injury (SCI) in 2021. Fellows will receive an 18-day or 25-day residency at Ragdale along with a cash stipend of $500, the creation of a brief video documentary STAFF, CURATORIAL BOARD, TRUSTEES, JOB OPPORTUNITIES Our staff can be reached by calling 847.234.1063 and then entering their individual extensions, which are listed below. Many of our staff members can also be reached directly via email below. Barry A. Benson. Consulting Executive Director. barry@ragdale.org. RAGDALE RING COMPETITION The New Ragdale Ring. In 2013 Ragdale launched an international competition to reinterpret Shaw’s Ring as a temporary, experimental environment. This annual competition provides artists, architects, and designers with the unique opportunity to devise and construct a performance venue and gathering place on the historic Ragdale campus. ANN TOEBBE — RAGDALE Artist Profile. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Ann Toebbe received her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1997. She earned an MFA in painting from Yale University in 2004 and a DAAD Scholarship to the Universität der Kunst, Berlin in 2004-05.

EUGENE GLORIA

Eugene Gloria earned his B.A. from San Francisco State University, his M.A. from Miami University of Ohio, and his MFA from the University of Oregon. He is the author of four books of poems — Sightseer in This Killing City (Penguin Random House, 2019), My Favorite Warlord (Penguin, 2012) Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006) and Drivers at the Short

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

About Ragdale in Schools. This free program makes the most of Ragdale’s vast network of art and design professionals as well as our historic 5-acre campus to provide an engaging retreat and “arts lab” for teachers and students. We match Ragdale Fellows with the needs of schools in a series of onsite and offsite programs that

foster

TEACHER RESOURCES

Teacher Resources. Ragdale artists serve as valuable resources for educators and may supplement school curricula in many ways. Through school visits, on-campus field trips, or remote and online learning, artists can actively engage and share their work with students. TOURS & FACILITY RENTALS Conference RoomRental Rates. Suspended due to COVID-19. For-Profit. $250 half day. $500 full day. Nonprofit. $200 half day. $400 full day. For additional tour or facility rental information, please contact Marita Seaberg, Executive Assistant & Office Manager or call 847.234.1063, Ext. 21. INSIDE1260 GIVING SOCIETY Join Ragdale’s INSIDE1260 giving society to make new friends and champion the artists of our time. Your investment will advance artistic careers, new creative works, and Ragdale’s school initiatives—a continuum of on-campus and off-campus outreach programs to enliven education by matching Ragdale Fellows with regional teachers and their students. FELLOW — CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS — RAGDALE Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships

EUGENE GLORIA

Eugene Gloria earned his B.A. from San Francisco State University, his M.A. from Miami University of Ohio, and his MFA from the University of Oregon. He is the author of four books of poems — Sightseer in This Killing City (Penguin Random House, 2019), My Favorite Warlord (Penguin, 2012) Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006) and Drivers at the Short

CHLOE BENJAMIN

Artist Profile. Chloe Benjamin is the author of The Immortalists, a New York Times bestseller, and The Anatomy of Dreams. A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, LibraryReads favorite, and #1 Indie Next pick, The Immortalists was a named a best book of 2018 by NPR, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, and others.

KWABENA FOLI

Artist Profile. kwabena foli is a multidisciplinary artist born in Belgium but raised in South Side Chicago. He is the author of ON GOD (Candor Arts), and the visual poetry collection learning rhythm (Flowered Concrete).He is also a former winner of the Los Angeles Review Award for poetry, Chicago poetry slam champion and national poetry slam finalist.

KAREN CONNELL

Artist Profile. Karen Connell I am a multimedia artist who is interested in how our interior and exterior worlds are constructed through media, cultural frameworks and language.. I like to think of these interior and exterior worlds as non-spaces; as they

ANTHONY GAGLIARDI

Anthony Gagliardi is a co-founder of Almost Studio. He is currently an Instructor at the Syracuse University School of Architecture where he teaches in the undergraduate design studio curriculum. Prior to Syracuse, Anthony was a Critic at the Yale School of Architecture where he taught a graduate advanced design studio and drawing analysis RAGDALEABOUT RAGDALEARTIST OPPORTUNITIESRAGDALE IN SCHOOLSSUPPORT RAGDALEEVENTS & PROGRAMSBACK Ragdale, the nationally acclaimed artist residency program in Lake Forest, Illinois, invites architects, artists, and designers to apply for the opportunity to design, build, and exhibit the 2020 Ragdale Ring, a temporary theatre to house summer concerts, performances, and

events. Learn More.

CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships WHAT WE DO — RAGDALE Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages, cultures, experiences, and mediums, for a diverse and vibrant community. In each session, 13 artists-in-residence enjoy uninterrupted time for work, a supportive environment, dynamic artist exchanges, 50 acres of

RESIDENCIES

A fellowship at Ragdale includes an 18- or 25-day residency, free of charge, and a $500 stipend. Fellows are featured in a program (of up to 1/2 day) within 18- months of the residency coordinated by Director of Education, Regin Igloria. regin@ragdale.org. Capacity for new fellowships is limited for 2022 because of the backlog of artists

RAGDALE EVENTS

Ragdale Events. In addition to our Residency and Ragdale In Schools programs, we also host a number of events throughout the year. Events on our campus take place in Lake Forest as well as third-party locations and online. Events range in size and scope and are generally open to the public. We look forward seeing you at an upcoming event.

FELLOWSHIPS

May 15, 2021 for residency taking place in 2022. Generously funded by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Ragdale is offering fellowships to 3 artists and writers with spinal cord injury (SCI) in 2021. Fellows will receive an 18-day or 25-day residency at Ragdale along with a cash stipend of $500, the creation of a brief video documentary STAFF, CURATORIAL BOARD, TRUSTEES, JOB OPPORTUNITIES Our staff can be reached by calling 847.234.1063 and then entering their individual extensions, which are listed below. Many of our staff members can also be reached directly via email below. Barry A. Benson. Consulting Executive Director. barry@ragdale.org. ANN TOEBBE — RAGDALE Artist Profile. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Ann Toebbe received her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1997. She earned an MFA in painting from Yale University in 2004 and a DAAD Scholarship to the Universität der Kunst, Berlin in 2004-05.

KWABENA FOLI

Artist Profile. kwabena foli is a multidisciplinary artist born in Belgium but raised in South Side Chicago. He is the author of ON GOD (Candor Arts), and the visual poetry collection learning rhythm (Flowered Concrete).He is also a former winner of the Los Angeles Review Award for poetry, Chicago poetry slam champion and national poetry slam finalist.

CHLOE BENJAMIN

Artist Profile. Chloe Benjamin is the author of The Immortalists, a New York Times bestseller, and The Anatomy of Dreams. A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, LibraryReads favorite, and #1 Indie Next pick, The Immortalists was a named a best book of 2018 by NPR, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, and others. RAGDALEABOUT RAGDALEARTIST OPPORTUNITIESRAGDALE IN SCHOOLSSUPPORT RAGDALEEVENTS & PROGRAMSBACK Ragdale, the nationally acclaimed artist residency program in Lake Forest, Illinois, invites architects, artists, and designers to apply for the opportunity to design, build, and exhibit the 2020 Ragdale Ring, a temporary theatre to house summer concerts, performances, and

events. Learn More.

CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships WHAT WE DO — RAGDALE Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages, cultures, experiences, and mediums, for a diverse and vibrant community. In each session, 13 artists-in-residence enjoy uninterrupted time for work, a supportive environment, dynamic artist exchanges, 50 acres of

RESIDENCIES

A fellowship at Ragdale includes an 18- or 25-day residency, free of charge, and a $500 stipend. Fellows are featured in a program (of up to 1/2 day) within 18- months of the residency coordinated by Director of Education, Regin Igloria. regin@ragdale.org. Capacity for new fellowships is limited for 2022 because of the backlog of artists

RAGDALE EVENTS

Ragdale Events. In addition to our Residency and Ragdale In Schools programs, we also host a number of events throughout the year. Events on our campus take place in Lake Forest as well as third-party locations and online. Events range in size and scope and are generally open to the public. We look forward seeing you at an upcoming event.

FELLOWSHIPS

May 15, 2021 for residency taking place in 2022. Generously funded by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Ragdale is offering fellowships to 3 artists and writers with spinal cord injury (SCI) in 2021. Fellows will receive an 18-day or 25-day residency at Ragdale along with a cash stipend of $500, the creation of a brief video documentary STAFF, CURATORIAL BOARD, TRUSTEES, JOB OPPORTUNITIES Our staff can be reached by calling 847.234.1063 and then entering their individual extensions, which are listed below. Many of our staff members can also be reached directly via email below. Barry A. Benson. Consulting Executive Director. barry@ragdale.org. ANN TOEBBE — RAGDALE Artist Profile. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Ann Toebbe received her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1997. She earned an MFA in painting from Yale University in 2004 and a DAAD Scholarship to the Universität der Kunst, Berlin in 2004-05.

KWABENA FOLI

Artist Profile. kwabena foli is a multidisciplinary artist born in Belgium but raised in South Side Chicago. He is the author of ON GOD (Candor Arts), and the visual poetry collection learning rhythm (Flowered Concrete).He is also a former winner of the Los Angeles Review Award for poetry, Chicago poetry slam champion and national poetry slam finalist.

CHLOE BENJAMIN

Artist Profile. Chloe Benjamin is the author of The Immortalists, a New York Times bestseller, and The Anatomy of Dreams. A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, LibraryReads favorite, and #1 Indie Next pick, The Immortalists was a named a best book of 2018 by NPR, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, and others.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

About Ragdale in Schools. This free program makes the most of Ragdale’s vast network of art and design professionals as well as our historic 5-acre campus to provide an engaging retreat and “arts lab” for teachers and students. We match Ragdale Fellows with the needs of schools in a series of onsite and offsite programs that

foster

TOURS & FACILITY RENTALS Conference RoomRental Rates. Suspended due to COVID-19. For-Profit. $250 half day. $500 full day. Nonprofit. $200 half day. $400 full day. For additional tour or facility rental information, please contact Marita Seaberg, Executive Assistant & Office Manager or call 847.234.1063, Ext. 21.

NOVEL AFFAIR

Novel Affair 2020 postponed until 2021. We hosted the Novel Affair 2020 Preview Party just as a new normal was setting in across the country and the world. Due to concerns related to COVID-19, Novel Affair 2020, originally scheduled for April 17 and 18, has been postponed until Fall 2021. We will update you once we reschedule. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Land Acknowledgement . Lake Forest is part of the traditional homelands of the Peoria, Bodéwadmiakiwen (Potawatomi,) Myaamia, Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo) Očhéthi Šakówiŋ.Many other tribes also called this area home. Indigenous people continue to live in the region, and Chicago is home to the country’s third-largest urban Indigenous community, which still practices its heritage and

traditions

FELLOW — CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS — RAGDALE Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships

KWABENA FOLI

Artist Profile. kwabena foli is a multidisciplinary artist born in Belgium but raised in South Side Chicago. He is the author of ON GOD (Candor Arts), and the visual poetry collection learning rhythm (Flowered Concrete).He is also a former winner of the Los Angeles Review Award for poetry, Chicago poetry slam champion and national poetry slam finalist.

KAREN CONNELL

Artist Profile. Karen Connell I am a multimedia artist who is interested in how our interior and exterior worlds are constructed through media, cultural frameworks and language.. I like to think of these interior and exterior worlds as non-spaces; as they

EUGENE GLORIA

Eugene Gloria earned his B.A. from San Francisco State University, his M.A. from Miami University of Ohio, and his MFA from the University of Oregon. He is the author of four books of poems — Sightseer in This Killing City (Penguin Random House, 2019), My Favorite Warlord (Penguin, 2012) Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006) and Drivers at the Short

SUZANNE CLORES

Suzanne Clores is a memoirist, podcast producer and professor. She is the author of Memoirs of a Spiritual Outsider (Conari, 2000), and the founder of The Extraordinary Project, an online collection and podcast about our cultural curiosity around psychic human experiences. Her work has appeared in Elle, Salon, The Rumpus, on Chicago Public

ANTHONY GAGLIARDI

Anthony Gagliardi is a co-founder of Almost Studio. He is currently an Instructor at the Syracuse University School of Architecture where he teaches in the undergraduate design studio curriculum. Prior to Syracuse, Anthony was a Critic at the Yale School of Architecture where he taught a graduate advanced design studio and drawing analysis RAGDALEABOUT RAGDALEARTIST OPPORTUNITIESRAGDALE IN SCHOOLSSUPPORT RAGDALEEVENTS & PROGRAMSBACK Ragdale, the nationally acclaimed artist residency program in Lake Forest, Illinois, invites architects, artists, and designers to apply for the opportunity to design, build, and exhibit the 2020 Ragdale Ring, a temporary theatre to house summer concerts, performances, and

events. Learn More.

CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships WHAT WE DO — RAGDALE Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages, cultures, experiences, and mediums, for a diverse and vibrant community. In each session, 13 artists-in-residence enjoy uninterrupted time for work, a supportive environment, dynamic artist exchanges, 50 acres of

RESIDENCIES

A fellowship at Ragdale includes an 18- or 25-day residency, free of charge, and a $500 stipend. Fellows are featured in a program (of up to 1/2 day) within 18- months of the residency coordinated by Director of Education, Regin Igloria. regin@ragdale.org. Capacity for new fellowships is limited for 2022 because of the backlog of artists

RAGDALE EVENTS

Ragdale Events. In addition to our Residency and Ragdale In Schools programs, we also host a number of events throughout the year. Events on our campus take place in Lake Forest as well as third-party locations and online. Events range in size and scope and are generally open to the public. We look forward seeing you at an upcoming event.

FELLOWSHIPS

May 15, 2021 for residency taking place in 2022. Generously funded by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Ragdale is offering fellowships to 3 artists and writers with spinal cord injury (SCI) in 2021. Fellows will receive an 18-day or 25-day residency at Ragdale along with a cash stipend of $500, the creation of a brief video documentary STAFF, CURATORIAL BOARD, TRUSTEES, JOB OPPORTUNITIES Our staff can be reached by calling 847.234.1063 and then entering their individual extensions, which are listed below. Many of our staff members can also be reached directly via email below. Barry A. Benson. Consulting Executive Director. barry@ragdale.org.

KWABENA FOLI

Artist Profile. kwabena foli is a multidisciplinary artist born in Belgium but raised in South Side Chicago. He is the author of ON GOD (Candor Arts), and the visual poetry collection learning rhythm (Flowered Concrete).He is also a former winner of the Los Angeles Review Award for poetry, Chicago poetry slam champion and national poetry slam finalist. RAGDALE RING COMPETITION The New Ragdale Ring. In 2013 Ragdale launched an international competition to reinterpret Shaw’s Ring as a temporary, experimental environment. This annual competition provides artists, architects, and designers with the unique opportunity to devise and construct a performance venue and gathering place on the historic Ragdale campus.

EUGENE GLORIA

Eugene Gloria earned his B.A. from San Francisco State University, his M.A. from Miami University of Ohio, and his MFA from the University of Oregon. He is the author of four books of poems — Sightseer in This Killing City (Penguin Random House, 2019), My Favorite Warlord (Penguin, 2012) Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006) and Drivers at the Short RAGDALEABOUT RAGDALEARTIST OPPORTUNITIESRAGDALE IN SCHOOLSSUPPORT RAGDALEEVENTS & PROGRAMSBACK Ragdale, the nationally acclaimed artist residency program in Lake Forest, Illinois, invites architects, artists, and designers to apply for the opportunity to design, build, and exhibit the 2020 Ragdale Ring, a temporary theatre to house summer concerts, performances, and

events. Learn More.

CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships WHAT WE DO — RAGDALE Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages, cultures, experiences, and mediums, for a diverse and vibrant community. In each session, 13 artists-in-residence enjoy uninterrupted time for work, a supportive environment, dynamic artist exchanges, 50 acres of

RESIDENCIES

A fellowship at Ragdale includes an 18- or 25-day residency, free of charge, and a $500 stipend. Fellows are featured in a program (of up to 1/2 day) within 18- months of the residency coordinated by Director of Education, Regin Igloria. regin@ragdale.org. Capacity for new fellowships is limited for 2022 because of the backlog of artists

RAGDALE EVENTS

Ragdale Events. In addition to our Residency and Ragdale In Schools programs, we also host a number of events throughout the year. Events on our campus take place in Lake Forest as well as third-party locations and online. Events range in size and scope and are generally open to the public. We look forward seeing you at an upcoming event.

FELLOWSHIPS

May 15, 2021 for residency taking place in 2022. Generously funded by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Ragdale is offering fellowships to 3 artists and writers with spinal cord injury (SCI) in 2021. Fellows will receive an 18-day or 25-day residency at Ragdale along with a cash stipend of $500, the creation of a brief video documentary STAFF, CURATORIAL BOARD, TRUSTEES, JOB OPPORTUNITIES Our staff can be reached by calling 847.234.1063 and then entering their individual extensions, which are listed below. Many of our staff members can also be reached directly via email below. Barry A. Benson. Consulting Executive Director. barry@ragdale.org.

KWABENA FOLI

Artist Profile. kwabena foli is a multidisciplinary artist born in Belgium but raised in South Side Chicago. He is the author of ON GOD (Candor Arts), and the visual poetry collection learning rhythm (Flowered Concrete).He is also a former winner of the Los Angeles Review Award for poetry, Chicago poetry slam champion and national poetry slam finalist. RAGDALE RING COMPETITION The New Ragdale Ring. In 2013 Ragdale launched an international competition to reinterpret Shaw’s Ring as a temporary, experimental environment. This annual competition provides artists, architects, and designers with the unique opportunity to devise and construct a performance venue and gathering place on the historic Ragdale campus.

EUGENE GLORIA

Eugene Gloria earned his B.A. from San Francisco State University, his M.A. from Miami University of Ohio, and his MFA from the University of Oregon. He is the author of four books of poems — Sightseer in This Killing City (Penguin Random House, 2019), My Favorite Warlord (Penguin, 2012) Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006) and Drivers at the Short

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Ragdale in Schools is connecting creative professionals from around the world with local teachers and students. At the core of this program are Ragdale’s 30 fellow artists and over 50 VOLUNTEER — RAGDALE Online volunteer application. To inquire about one or more of these opportunities, please complete this form. For additional information contact Marita Seaberg at marita@ragdale.org or

TEACHER RESOURCES

Teacher Resources. Ragdale artists serve as valuable resources for educators and may supplement school curricula in many ways. Through school visits, on-campus field trips, or remote and online learning, artists can actively engage and share their work with students.

NOVEL AFFAIR

Novel Affair 2020 postponed until 2021. We hosted the Novel Affair 2020 Preview Party just as a new normal was setting in across the country and the world. Due to concerns related to COVID-19, Novel Affair 2020, originally scheduled for April 17 and 18, has been postponed until Fall 2021. We will update you once we reschedule. INSIDE1260 GIVING SOCIETY Join Ragdale’s INSIDE1260 giving society to make new friends and champion the artists of our time. Your investment will advance artistic careers, new creative works, and Ragdale’s school initiatives—a continuum of on-campus and off-campus outreach programs to enliven education by matching Ragdale Fellows with regional teachers and their students. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Land Acknowledgement . Lake Forest is part of the traditional homelands of the Peoria, Bodéwadmiakiwen (Potawatomi,) Myaamia, Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo) Očhéthi Šakówiŋ.Many other tribes also called this area home. Indigenous people continue to live in the region, and Chicago is home to the country’s third-largest urban Indigenous community, which still practices its heritage and

traditions

FELLOW — CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS — RAGDALE Meet our Artists. Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years.

KAREN CONNELL

Artist Profile. Karen Connell I am a multimedia artist who is interested in how our interior and exterior worlds are constructed through media, cultural frameworks and language.. I like to think of these interior and exterior worlds as non-spaces; as they

EUGENE GLORIA

Eugene Gloria earned his B.A. from San Francisco State University, his M.A. from Miami University of Ohio, and his MFA from the University of Oregon. He is the author of four books of poems — Sightseer in This Killing City (Penguin Random House, 2019), My Favorite Warlord (Penguin, 2012) Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006) and Drivers at the Short

ANTHONY GAGLIARDI

Anthony Gagliardi is a co-founder of Almost Studio. He is currently an Instructor at the Syracuse University School of Architecture where he teaches in the undergraduate design studio curriculum. Prior to Syracuse, Anthony was a Critic at the Yale School of Architecture where he taught a graduate advanced design studio and drawing analysis RAGDALEABOUT RAGDALEARTIST OPPORTUNITIESRAGDALE IN SCHOOLSSUPPORT RAGDALEEVENTS & PROGRAMSBACKRAGDALE CHICAGORAGDALE HALLRAGDALE HALL SPARAGDALE HALL UKRAGDALE WRITERS RETREATRAGDALE LAKE FOREST IL Ragdale, the nationally acclaimed artist residency program in Lake Forest, Illinois, invites architects, artists, and designers to apply for the opportunity to design, build, and exhibit the 2020 Ragdale Ring, a temporary theatre to house summer concerts, performances, and

events. Learn More.

CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships WHAT WE DO — RAGDALE Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages, cultures, experiences, and mediums, for a diverse and vibrant community. In each session, 13 artists-in-residence enjoy uninterrupted time for work, a supportive environment, dynamic artist exchanges, 50 acres of

RESIDENCIES

A fellowship at Ragdale includes an 18- or 25-day residency, free of charge, and a $500 stipend. Fellows are featured in a program (of up to 1/2 day) within 18- months of the residency coordinated by Director of Education, Regin Igloria. regin@ragdale.org. Capacity for new fellowships is limited for 2022 because of the backlog of artists VOLUNTEER — RAGDALE Online volunteer application. To inquire about one or more of these opportunities, please complete this form. For additional information contact Marita Seaberg at marita@ragdale.org or

RAGDALE EVENTS

Ragdale Events. In addition to our Residency and Ragdale In Schools programs, we also host a number of events throughout the year. Events on our campus take place in Lake Forest as well as third-party locations and online. Events range in size and scope and are generally open to the public. We look forward seeing you at an upcoming event.

FELLOWSHIPS

May 15, 2021 for residency taking place in 2022. Generously funded by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Ragdale is offering fellowships to 3 artists and writers with spinal cord injury (SCI) in 2021. Fellows will receive an 18-day or 25-day residency at Ragdale along with a cash stipend of $500, the creation of a brief video documentary STAFF, CURATORIAL BOARD, TRUSTEES, JOB OPPORTUNITIES Our staff can be reached by calling 847.234.1063 and then entering their individual extensions, which are listed below. Many of our staff members can also be reached directly via email below. Barry A. Benson. Consulting Executive Director. barry@ragdale.org.

NOVEL AFFAIR

Novel Affair 2020 postponed until 2021. We hosted the Novel Affair 2020 Preview Party just as a new normal was setting in across the country and the world. Due to concerns related to COVID-19, Novel Affair 2020, originally scheduled for April 17 and 18, has been postponed until Fall 2021. We will update you once we reschedule. RAGDALE RING COMPETITION The New Ragdale Ring. In 2013 Ragdale launched an international competition to reinterpret Shaw’s Ring as a temporary, experimental environment. This annual competition provides artists, architects, and designers with the unique opportunity to devise and construct a performance venue and gathering place on the historic Ragdale campus. RAGDALEABOUT RAGDALEARTIST OPPORTUNITIESRAGDALE IN SCHOOLSSUPPORT RAGDALEEVENTS & PROGRAMSBACKRAGDALE CHICAGORAGDALE HALLRAGDALE HALL SPARAGDALE HALL UKRAGDALE WRITERS RETREATRAGDALE LAKE FOREST IL Ragdale, the nationally acclaimed artist residency program in Lake Forest, Illinois, invites architects, artists, and designers to apply for the opportunity to design, build, and exhibit the 2020 Ragdale Ring, a temporary theatre to house summer concerts, performances, and

events. Learn More.

CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships WHAT WE DO — RAGDALE Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages, cultures, experiences, and mediums, for a diverse and vibrant community. In each session, 13 artists-in-residence enjoy uninterrupted time for work, a supportive environment, dynamic artist exchanges, 50 acres of

RESIDENCIES

A fellowship at Ragdale includes an 18- or 25-day residency, free of charge, and a $500 stipend. Fellows are featured in a program (of up to 1/2 day) within 18- months of the residency coordinated by Director of Education, Regin Igloria. regin@ragdale.org. Capacity for new fellowships is limited for 2022 because of the backlog of artists VOLUNTEER — RAGDALE Online volunteer application. To inquire about one or more of these opportunities, please complete this form. For additional information contact Marita Seaberg at marita@ragdale.org or

RAGDALE EVENTS

Ragdale Events. In addition to our Residency and Ragdale In Schools programs, we also host a number of events throughout the year. Events on our campus take place in Lake Forest as well as third-party locations and online. Events range in size and scope and are generally open to the public. We look forward seeing you at an upcoming event.

FELLOWSHIPS

May 15, 2021 for residency taking place in 2022. Generously funded by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Ragdale is offering fellowships to 3 artists and writers with spinal cord injury (SCI) in 2021. Fellows will receive an 18-day or 25-day residency at Ragdale along with a cash stipend of $500, the creation of a brief video documentary STAFF, CURATORIAL BOARD, TRUSTEES, JOB OPPORTUNITIES Our staff can be reached by calling 847.234.1063 and then entering their individual extensions, which are listed below. Many of our staff members can also be reached directly via email below. Barry A. Benson. Consulting Executive Director. barry@ragdale.org.

NOVEL AFFAIR

Novel Affair 2020 postponed until 2021. We hosted the Novel Affair 2020 Preview Party just as a new normal was setting in across the country and the world. Due to concerns related to COVID-19, Novel Affair 2020, originally scheduled for April 17 and 18, has been postponed until Fall 2021. We will update you once we reschedule. RAGDALE RING COMPETITION The New Ragdale Ring. In 2013 Ragdale launched an international competition to reinterpret Shaw’s Ring as a temporary, experimental environment. This annual competition provides artists, architects, and designers with the unique opportunity to devise and construct a performance venue and gathering place on the historic Ragdale campus.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Ragdale in Schools is connecting creative professionals from around the world with local teachers and students. At the core of this program are Ragdale’s 30 fellow artists and over 50

TEACHER RESOURCES

Teacher Resources. Ragdale artists serve as valuable resources for educators and may supplement school curricula in many ways. Through school visits, on-campus field trips, or remote and online learning, artists can actively engage and share their work with students.

NOVEL AFFAIR

Novel Affair 2020 postponed until 2021. We hosted the Novel Affair 2020 Preview Party just as a new normal was setting in across the country and the world. Due to concerns related to COVID-19, Novel Affair 2020, originally scheduled for April 17 and 18, has been postponed until Fall 2021. We will update you once we reschedule. INSIDE1260 GIVING SOCIETY Join Ragdale’s INSIDE1260 giving society to make new friends and champion the artists of our time. Your investment will advance artistic careers, new creative works, and Ragdale’s school initiatives—a continuum of on-campus and off-campus outreach programs to enliven education by matching Ragdale Fellows with regional teachers and their students. CREATIVE SABBATICALS Scheduling Criteria. Must arrive on Monday and depart on a Friday or Sunday. 3PM check-in and 10AM check-out. Minimum stay of 4 days, maximum of 25 days. Creative Sabbatical fee is $1,500 for 7 days. The fee is prorated to the number of days spent in residence. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Land Acknowledgement . Lake Forest is part of the traditional homelands of the Peoria, Bodéwadmiakiwen (Potawatomi,) Myaamia, Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo) Očhéthi Šakówiŋ.Many other tribes also called this area home. Indigenous people continue to live in the region, and Chicago is home to the country’s third-largest urban Indigenous community, which still practices its heritage and

traditions

FELLOW — CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS — RAGDALE Meet our Artists. Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years.

KAREN CONNELL

Artist Profile. Karen Connell I am a multimedia artist who is interested in how our interior and exterior worlds are constructed through media, cultural frameworks and language.. I like to think of these interior and exterior worlds as non-spaces; as they

EUGENE GLORIA

Eugene Gloria earned his B.A. from San Francisco State University, his M.A. from Miami University of Ohio, and his MFA from the University of Oregon. He is the author of four books of poems — Sightseer in This Killing City (Penguin Random House, 2019), My Favorite Warlord (Penguin, 2012) Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006) and Drivers at the Short

ANTHONY GAGLIARDI

Anthony Gagliardi is a co-founder of Almost Studio. He is currently an Instructor at the Syracuse University School of Architecture where he teaches in the undergraduate design studio curriculum. Prior to Syracuse, Anthony was a Critic at the Yale School of Architecture where he taught a graduate advanced design studio and drawing analysis RAGDALEABOUT RAGDALEARTIST OPPORTUNITIESRAGDALE IN SCHOOLSSUPPORT RAGDALEEVENTS & PROGRAMSBACKRAGDALE CHICAGORAGDALE HALLRAGDALE HALL SPARAGDALE HALL UKRAGDALE WRITERS RETREATRAGDALE LAKE FOREST IL Ragdale, the nationally acclaimed artist residency program in Lake Forest, Illinois, invites architects, artists, and designers to apply for the opportunity to design, build, and exhibit the 2020 Ragdale Ring, a temporary theatre to house summer concerts, performances, and

events. Learn More.

CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships WHAT WE DO — RAGDALE Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages, cultures, experiences, and mediums, for a diverse and vibrant community. In each session, 13 artists-in-residence enjoy uninterrupted time for work, a supportive environment, dynamic artist exchanges, 50 acres of

RESIDENCIES

A fellowship at Ragdale includes an 18- or 25-day residency, free of charge, and a $500 stipend. Fellows are featured in a program (of up to 1/2 day) within 18- months of the residency coordinated by Director of Education, Regin Igloria. regin@ragdale.org. Capacity for new fellowships is limited for 2022 because of the backlog of artists VOLUNTEER — RAGDALE Online volunteer application. To inquire about one or more of these opportunities, please complete this form. For additional information contact Marita Seaberg at marita@ragdale.org or

RAGDALE EVENTS

Ragdale Events. In addition to our Residency and Ragdale In Schools programs, we also host a number of events throughout the year. Events on our campus take place in Lake Forest as well as third-party locations and online. Events range in size and scope and are generally open to the public. We look forward seeing you at an upcoming event.

FELLOWSHIPS

May 15, 2021 for residency taking place in 2022. Generously funded by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Ragdale is offering fellowships to 3 artists and writers with spinal cord injury (SCI) in 2021. Fellows will receive an 18-day or 25-day residency at Ragdale along with a cash stipend of $500, the creation of a brief video documentary STAFF, CURATORIAL BOARD, TRUSTEES, JOB OPPORTUNITIES Our staff can be reached by calling 847.234.1063 and then entering their individual extensions, which are listed below. Many of our staff members can also be reached directly via email below. Barry A. Benson. Consulting Executive Director. barry@ragdale.org.

NOVEL AFFAIR

Novel Affair 2020 postponed until 2021. We hosted the Novel Affair 2020 Preview Party just as a new normal was setting in across the country and the world. Due to concerns related to COVID-19, Novel Affair 2020, originally scheduled for April 17 and 18, has been postponed until Fall 2021. We will update you once we reschedule. RAGDALE RING COMPETITION The New Ragdale Ring. In 2013 Ragdale launched an international competition to reinterpret Shaw’s Ring as a temporary, experimental environment. This annual competition provides artists, architects, and designers with the unique opportunity to devise and construct a performance venue and gathering place on the historic Ragdale campus. RAGDALEABOUT RAGDALEARTIST OPPORTUNITIESRAGDALE IN SCHOOLSSUPPORT RAGDALEEVENTS & PROGRAMSBACKRAGDALE CHICAGORAGDALE HALLRAGDALE HALL SPARAGDALE HALL UKRAGDALE WRITERS RETREATRAGDALE LAKE FOREST IL Ragdale, the nationally acclaimed artist residency program in Lake Forest, Illinois, invites architects, artists, and designers to apply for the opportunity to design, build, and exhibit the 2020 Ragdale Ring, a temporary theatre to house summer concerts, performances, and

events. Learn More.

CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years. Approximately 30 Ragdale In Schools (RIS) Fellowships WHAT WE DO — RAGDALE Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages, cultures, experiences, and mediums, for a diverse and vibrant community. In each session, 13 artists-in-residence enjoy uninterrupted time for work, a supportive environment, dynamic artist exchanges, 50 acres of

RESIDENCIES

A fellowship at Ragdale includes an 18- or 25-day residency, free of charge, and a $500 stipend. Fellows are featured in a program (of up to 1/2 day) within 18- months of the residency coordinated by Director of Education, Regin Igloria. regin@ragdale.org. Capacity for new fellowships is limited for 2022 because of the backlog of artists VOLUNTEER — RAGDALE Online volunteer application. To inquire about one or more of these opportunities, please complete this form. For additional information contact Marita Seaberg at marita@ragdale.org or

RAGDALE EVENTS

Ragdale Events. In addition to our Residency and Ragdale In Schools programs, we also host a number of events throughout the year. Events on our campus take place in Lake Forest as well as third-party locations and online. Events range in size and scope and are generally open to the public. We look forward seeing you at an upcoming event.

FELLOWSHIPS

May 15, 2021 for residency taking place in 2022. Generously funded by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Ragdale is offering fellowships to 3 artists and writers with spinal cord injury (SCI) in 2021. Fellows will receive an 18-day or 25-day residency at Ragdale along with a cash stipend of $500, the creation of a brief video documentary STAFF, CURATORIAL BOARD, TRUSTEES, JOB OPPORTUNITIES Our staff can be reached by calling 847.234.1063 and then entering their individual extensions, which are listed below. Many of our staff members can also be reached directly via email below. Barry A. Benson. Consulting Executive Director. barry@ragdale.org.

NOVEL AFFAIR

Novel Affair 2020 postponed until 2021. We hosted the Novel Affair 2020 Preview Party just as a new normal was setting in across the country and the world. Due to concerns related to COVID-19, Novel Affair 2020, originally scheduled for April 17 and 18, has been postponed until Fall 2021. We will update you once we reschedule. RAGDALE RING COMPETITION The New Ragdale Ring. In 2013 Ragdale launched an international competition to reinterpret Shaw’s Ring as a temporary, experimental environment. This annual competition provides artists, architects, and designers with the unique opportunity to devise and construct a performance venue and gathering place on the historic Ragdale campus.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Ragdale in Schools is connecting creative professionals from around the world with local teachers and students. At the core of this program are Ragdale’s 30 fellow artists and over 50

TEACHER RESOURCES

Teacher Resources. Ragdale artists serve as valuable resources for educators and may supplement school curricula in many ways. Through school visits, on-campus field trips, or remote and online learning, artists can actively engage and share their work with students.

NOVEL AFFAIR

Novel Affair 2020 postponed until 2021. We hosted the Novel Affair 2020 Preview Party just as a new normal was setting in across the country and the world. Due to concerns related to COVID-19, Novel Affair 2020, originally scheduled for April 17 and 18, has been postponed until Fall 2021. We will update you once we reschedule. INSIDE1260 GIVING SOCIETY Join Ragdale’s INSIDE1260 giving society to make new friends and champion the artists of our time. Your investment will advance artistic careers, new creative works, and Ragdale’s school initiatives—a continuum of on-campus and off-campus outreach programs to enliven education by matching Ragdale Fellows with regional teachers and their students. CREATIVE SABBATICALS Scheduling Criteria. Must arrive on Monday and depart on a Friday or Sunday. 3PM check-in and 10AM check-out. Minimum stay of 4 days, maximum of 25 days. Creative Sabbatical fee is $1,500 for 7 days. The fee is prorated to the number of days spent in residence. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Land Acknowledgement . Lake Forest is part of the traditional homelands of the Peoria, Bodéwadmiakiwen (Potawatomi,) Myaamia, Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo) Očhéthi Šakówiŋ.Many other tribes also called this area home. Indigenous people continue to live in the region, and Chicago is home to the country’s third-largest urban Indigenous community, which still practices its heritage and

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FELLOW — CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS — RAGDALE Meet our Artists. Ragdale is currently closed to artists-in-residence due to the ongoing health crisis. Upon the reopening of the artists-in-residence program, a listing of current residents will be featured as well as alumni from past years.

KAREN CONNELL

Artist Profile. Karen Connell I am a multimedia artist who is interested in how our interior and exterior worlds are constructed through media, cultural frameworks and language.. I like to think of these interior and exterior worlds as non-spaces; as they

EUGENE GLORIA

Eugene Gloria earned his B.A. from San Francisco State University, his M.A. from Miami University of Ohio, and his MFA from the University of Oregon. He is the author of four books of poems — Sightseer in This Killing City (Penguin Random House, 2019), My Favorite Warlord (Penguin, 2012) Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006) and Drivers at the Short

ANTHONY GAGLIARDI

Anthony Gagliardi is a co-founder of Almost Studio. He is currently an Instructor at the Syracuse University School of Architecture where he teaches in the undergraduate design studio curriculum. Prior to Syracuse, Anthony was a Critic at the Yale School of Architecture where he taught a graduate advanced design studio and drawing analysis

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