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The mission of the Djerassi Resident Artists Program is to support and enhance the creativity of artists by providing uninterrupted time for work, reflection, and collegial interaction in a setting of great natural beauty, and to preserve the land on which the Program is situated. |
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Diane Middlebrook
Memorial Writers' Residence |
| Diane Middlebrook was special to all who knew her. Now, nearly two years since her death from cancer, memories of her dynamic, creative spirit are dominating our thoughts as we prepare to establish the Diane Middlebrook Memorial Writers’ Residence, a permanent memorial to Diane at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside, California. |
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The Program is in the final stages of developing the Diane Middlebrook Memorial Writers’ Residence on the Program campus. This new residence for writers was a dream of Diane’s. It will increase the capacity of the Djerassi Program to host artists by 50%; at the same time, it will strengthen the discipline that was Diane’s own by enabling an additional 40 to 50 writers annually to come to the Djerassi Resident Artists Program. |
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Our architect is the
San Francisco firm CCS Architecture under the direction of Cass Calder Smith, AIA. Renderings of the planned new writers’ residence include an image of the complex superimposed on a photograph of the landscape overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the distance. It includes four live/work studios, a “commons” for writers to gather, and an over-arching, solar-power generating canopy. We are targeting a spring 2010 groundbreaking and fall occupancy.
Diane understood that what artists need most is the gift of time. The Diane Middlebrook Memorial Writers’ Residence is a fitting tribute to Diane’s strength of spirit and her breadth of vision.
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Contributions to the
Diane Middlebrook Memorial Writers’ Residence are welcome. We are continuing to seek funding to realize the full extent of the development. Tax-deductible donations may be made by clicking on DONATE NOW to open a secure donation service and enter the requested information. Be sure to add “Diane Middlebrook Building Fund” in the Gift Acknowledgment box.
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