Chautauqua Literary Arts and the Department of Education at Chautauqua Institution are pleased to announce nine finalists for the 2023 Chautauqua Janus Prize. To be awarded this summer for the sixth time, the Janus Prize has enjoyed a steady increase of interest among emerging writers and this year saw another record-breaking number of submissions. This year, more than 120 writers entered work to be considered for the prize that looks to celebrate an emerging writer’s single work of short fiction or nonfiction for daring formal and aesthetic innovations that upset and reorder readers’ imagination. The nine finalists for the 2023 Chautauqua...
Chautauqua Institution today announced the appointment of celebrated artistic leader Sasha Janes as artistic director of its School of Dance. In this role, Janes will oversee the artistic vision and focus of one of the most respected summer programs in the dance world, cultivate a robust professional company and guest artist presence on the Institution grounds throughout the traditional nine-week Chautauqua Summer Assembly, and further dance residency initiatives year-round. Janes, currently based in Bloomington, Indiana, serves as a professor of music in ballet at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. Born in Perth, Australia, he received his formal dance training...
Chautauqua Institution today announced the interim appointment of Jordan Steves to the role of Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Education. This appointment follows the announcement last week of the resignation of Matt Ewalt, Vice President and Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Education, who is taking on a new role for The Texas Tribune. As interim chair, Steves will lead the coordination, planning and presentation of the Chautauqua Lecture Series, the Institution’s signature lecture platform that takes place at 10:45 a.m. Monday-Friday during the Summer Assembly. “Jordan brings a deep knowledge of and commitment to the mission and history...
Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), the resident theater company of Chautauqua Institution, today announced its 2023 season, its first under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Jade King Carroll. CTC will present readings of three new play workshops and two mainstage productions: Mike Lew’s tiny father, a world premiere directed by Tony Award-nominated Moritz von Stuelpnagel, and Pride and Prejudice by Kate Hamill, based on the novel by Jane Austen and directed by Carroll, an award-winning director. The season will continue to deepen CTC’s commitment to the development of new work, while expanding on how the company reimagines classic and canonical...
The Chautauqua Opera Company and Conservatory, the resident opera company and conservatory of Chautauqua Institution, today announced its 2023 Season. The Chautauqua Opera Company’s 2023 productions will feature Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and La Tragédie de Carmen — Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carriere and Marius Constant’s adaptation of Bizet’s beloved opera. Both will be conducted by Steven Osgood and staged in Norton Memorial Hall. The Opera Conservatory, led by Director Marlena Malas and Associate Director John Giampietro, will mount three productions. Giacomo Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica will be staged in Chautauqua’s Amphitheater in...
School of Art Program to Pause in 2023 During National Search for New Artistic Director Chautauqua Institution today announced the forthcoming departure of Sharon Louden as the Sydelle Sonkin and Herb Siegel Artistic Director of Chautauqua Visual Arts (CVA). CVA’s School of Art program will be paused in 2023 while leaders conduct a national search for a new artistic director. Louden, a nationally recognized artist, educator and advocate for artists, departs after four transformative years at the helm of the Institution’s resident visual arts program. She will step down effective Dec. 31. “We are so grateful to Sharon for sharing...
Chautauqua Institution today announced additional details on its plans for the 2023 Summer Assembly, scheduled for June 24 to August 27. The season launches with acclaimed blues singer, guitarist and songwriter Bonnie Raitt and includes lectures from Jordan’s Her Majesty Queen Noor, NPR puzzlemaster Will Shortz, “The Goonies” and “Stranger Things” actor Sean Astin, and political commentator Bill Kristol. Other performing arts standouts include The Washington Ballet, Frankie Valli, Natalie Merchant, Straight No Chaser and Girl Named Tom. More acts and speakers, the complete Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra repertoire, as well as chaplains in residence and Interfaith Lecture Series themes...
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y., AND WASHINGTON, D.C. — To build on their respective missions that advance democracy, Chautauqua Institution and Campaign Legal Center (CLC) today announced a partnership to co-create, host and distribute programming centering on voter education and engagement. The partnership launches Nov. 1 on the Institution’s CHQ Assembly streaming channel with the premiere of a conversation between CLC Founder and President, and Republican former Chairman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Trevor Potter and Chautauqua President Michael E. Hill, examining the mission of CLC and key issues at play in the upcoming mid-term election. The launch will also feature a...
Eradicate Hate Global Summit Keynote Address As Prepared for Delivery September 20, 2022 Dr. Michael E. Hill 18th President, Chautauqua Institution Thank you, Leslie, for that kind introduction and for serving as the catalyst for bringing me here today. I’m deeply honored to be with each and every one of you. I’m particularly and sincerely overwhelmed to serve as a keynote the night after Henry Reese and Diane Samuels offered their own thoughts and reflections. For those who know the story of what brought me here, the last time I saw Henry and Diane was at Chautauqua Institution on a very fateful day that...
Contact:Emily MorrisSenior Vice President/Chief Brand Officeremorris@chq.org CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution expresses appreciation to the media organizations who are reaching out currently. We greatly appreciate receiving your requests and are keeping Mr. Rushdie and Mr. Reese in our prayers as they recover from their serious injuries. At this time, our community has entered an important healing phase and is focused on our collective path forward as an organization and as a sacred place that seeks to foster the very best in humanity, independent thinking, and free expression – virtues that Mr. Rushdie and Mr. Reese very much champion and stand...