Faculty

Program Director
David Griffith is Assistant Professor of English and Director of the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Art program at Sweet Briar College. His work and teaching focuses on the intersection of the arts, technology and media. He is the author of “A Good War is Hard to Find: The Art of Violence in America.” He was the director of creative writing for the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts, where he taught for ten years.

 

Creative Writing
Brandon Som was featured in Best New Poets 2007. He is the author of “If St. Augustine Were A Butcher Like My Grandfather,” winner of the 2009 Snowbound Prize, and his poems have appeared in Barrow Street, Black Warrior Review, Indiana Review, McSweeney’s and Octopus Magazine. He has taught creative writing at New York University, University of Southern California and the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts.

 

Visual Art
Claire Hoch is a multimedia artist focusing on community, food and the natural environment. Her work has ranged from building rammed-earth houses in Guatemala to cultivating an urban farm in Pittsburgh. She has designed interdisciplinary coursework at Carnegie Mellon University and taught pre-college studio art at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She is a VCCA Fellow and a recipient of a fellowship from the Middle Atlantic Arts Foundation.

 

Theatre
Angela (Angie) Sweigart-Gallagher is Assistant Professor of Theatre at Lock Haven University and Education Director of Endstation Theatre Company. She has a doctorate in theatre from the University of Wisconsin and has specialized in productions with young actors. Her recent directing credits include Euripides’ “Medea” and Marsha Norman’s “ ’night, Mother.”

Quick Facts

When: June 19-July 9, 2011
Application Deadline: April
Where: Sweet Briar College
Credit: 2 hours of college credit
Tracks: Creative Writing, Theatre, Visual Arts
Cost: $2,995 (includes iPad)
Sponsors: Endstation Theatre Company, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts