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La Muse
La Muse is an artists' community located in Labastide Esparbairenque, France. It is a manor house in a small village in the mountains, 25 minutes drive from Carcassonne. It is in the Cathar region. The residence offers retreats to artists and writers working in fiction, non-fiction, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video, choreography, film, as well as crafts and arts. It has an art studio and a chapel that residents can access. The average length of a residency is 3 weeks. La Muse is a member of Res Artis, the worldwide network of artists residencies. History The manor house dates from the 12th century. It was bought in 2001 by writers John Fanning and Kerry Eielson. In the years that followed the artist residence has expanded to the neighbouring cottages, accommodating to the need of couples and single parents with children. The name of the retreat was inspired by the nine muses, each room in the main house named afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artist Colony
An art colony, also known as an artists' colony, can be defined two ways. Its most liberal description refers to the organic congregation of artists in towns, villages and rural areas, often drawn by areas of natural beauty, the prior existence of other artists or art schools there, and a lower cost of living. More commonly, the term refers to the guest-host model of a mission-driven planned community, which administers a formal process for awarding artist residencies. In the latter case, a typical mission might include providing artists with the time, space and support to create; fostering community among artists; and providing arts education (lectures, workshops) to the public. Early 20th century American guest-host models include New Hampshire's MacDowell Colony and New York's Yaddo. World-wide, the two primary organizations serving artist colonies and residential centres are Res Artis, in Amsterdam, and the Alliance of Artists Communities, in Providence, Rhode Island. Taiwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labastide-Esparbairenque
Labastide-Esparbairenque (; oc, La Bastida Esparveirenca) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. The artist colony in the village, La Muse, was set up 16 years ago, by the writers John Fanning and Kerry Eielson. Population See also *Communes of the Aude department The following is a list of the 433 communes of the Aude department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Aude Aude communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Aude-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artists' Community
An art colony, also known as an artists' colony, can be defined two ways. Its most liberal description refers to the organic congregation of artists in towns, villages and rural areas, often drawn by areas of natural beauty, the prior existence of other artists or art schools there, and a lower cost of living. More commonly, the term refers to the guest-host model of a mission-driven planned community, which administers a formal process for awarding artist residencies. In the latter case, a typical mission might include providing artists with the time, space and support to create; fostering community among artists; and providing arts education (lectures, workshops) to the public. Early 20th century American guest-host models include New Hampshire's MacDowell Colony and New York's Yaddo. World-wide, the two primary organizations serving artist colonies and residential centres are Res Artis, in Amsterdam, and the Alliance of Artists Communities, in Providence, Rhode Island. Taiwan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labastide Esparbairenque
Labastide (; oc, Era Bastida) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region in Southwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 154. See also *Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of group cohesiveness, social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, po ... References Communes of Hautes-Pyrénées {{HautesPyrénées-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carcassonne
Carcassonne (, also , , ; ; la, Carcaso) is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, in the region of Occitanie. It is the prefecture of the department. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Carcassonne is located in the plain of the Aude between historic trade routes, linking the Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea and the Massif Central to the Pyrénées. Its strategic importance was quickly recognized by the Romans, who occupied its hilltop until the demise of the Western Roman Empire. In the fifth century, it was taken over by the Visigoths, who founded the city. Within three centuries, it briefly came under Islamic rule. Its strategic location led successive rulers to expand its fortifications until the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659. Its citadel, known as the Cité de Carcassonne, is a medieval fortress dating back to the Gallo-Roman period and restored by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in 1853. It was added to the UNESCO list of World Heri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathar
Catharism (; from the grc, καθαροί, katharoi, "the pure ones") was a Christian dualist or Gnostic movement between the 12th and 14th centuries which thrived in Southern Europe, particularly in northern Italy and southern France. Followers were described as Cathars and referred to themselves as Good Christians; in modern times, they are mainly remembered for a prolonged period of religious persecution by the Catholic Church, which did not recognize their unorthodox Christianity. Catharism emerged in Western Europe in the Languedoc region of southern France in the 11th century. Adherents were sometimes referred to as Albigensians, after the French city Albi where the movement first took hold. Catharism was initially taught by ascetic leaders who set few guidelines, leading some Catharist practices and beliefs to vary by region and over time. The movement was greatly influenced by the Bogomils of the First Bulgarian Empire, and may have originated in the Byzantine Empi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fanning (writer)
John Fanning (born 3 April 1973) is an Irish novelist and writer. Biography Fanning was born in Dublin. He currently lives in France. Career Fanning is the author of the novel ''Ezekiel''. The "warm-hearted book plays with the conventions of epic", its protagonist, Ezekiel Yusuf Moran, coming of age in Provence and becoming a resistant during WWII before journeying through postwar Europe for many years. Fanning received a master's degree from University College Dublin in the early nineties, after a primary degree at Maynooth University The National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM; ga, Ollscoil na hÉireann Mhá Nuad), commonly known as Maynooth University (MU), is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. It w .... Bibliography Novels * ''Ezekiel'' (2018) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fanning, John Living people Irish male novelists 1973 births Alumni of University College Dubli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muse
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses ( grc, Μοῦσαι, Moûsai, el, Μούσες, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the poetry, lyric songs, and myths that were related orally for centuries in ancient Greek culture. Melete, Aoede, and Mneme are the original Boeotian Muses, and Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania are the nine Olympian Muses. In modern figurative usage, a Muse may be a source of artistic inspiration. Etymology The word ''Muses'' ( grc, Μοῦσαι, Moûsai) perhaps came from the o-grade of the Proto-Indo-European root (the basic meaning of which is 'put in mind' in verb formations with transitive function and 'have in mind' in those with intransitive function), or from root ('to tower, mountain') since all the most important cult-centres of the Muses were on mountains o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Miller (novelist)
Andrew Brooke Miller FRSL (born 29 April 1960) is an English novelist. Life and career Miller was born in Bristol. He grew up in the West Country and has lived in Spain, Japan, Ireland and France. He was educated at Dauntsey's School, and after gaining a first-class degree in English at Middlesex Polytechnic, completed an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in 1991. In 1995 he wrote a PhD in Critical and Creative Writing at Lancaster University. For his first book ''Ingenious Pain'' he received three awards, the James Tait Black Memorial Award for Fiction, the International Dublin Literary Award; and the Grinzane Cavour Prize in Italy. The book has been translated into 36 languages. Miller currently lives in Witham Friary in Somerset with his daughter Frieda. Bibliography * ''Ingenious Pain'' (1997, Sceptre) * '' Casanova'' (1998, Sceptre) * '' Oxygen'' (2001, Sceptre) * '' The Optimists'' (2005, Sceptre) * ''One Morning Like a Bird'' (2008, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clanchy
John Clanchy (born 1 August 1943) is an Australian novelist and short story writer. Biography John Clanchy was born in Melbourne in 1943 but has lived in Canberra since 1975. Prior to taking up fiction writing full-time, he worked for more than two decades at the Australian National University as head of an academic advisory center for students and, later, as Foundation Director of the Graduate Teaching Program in the university’s Graduate School. Together with his colleague and partner, Brigid Ballard, he is the author of many articles and textbooks on academic writing, study, teaching and research, and cross-cultural education. Career John Clanchy has published seven novels and five collections of stories and novellas. He is best known for his long stories which have won a large number of regional, state and international awards. He has been the recipient of an Australia Council Writing Fellowship, a panelist at all of the major State Literary Festivals, a teacher of creativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel K
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), and derives from two early biblical figures, primary among them Daniel from the Book of Daniel. It is a common given name for males, and is also used as a surname. It is also the basis for various derived given names and surnames. Background The name evolved into over 100 different spellings in countries around the world. Nicknames ( Dan, Danny) are common in both English and Hebrew; "Dan" may also be a complete given name rather than a nickname. The name "Daniil" (Даниил) is common in Russia. Feminine versions ( Danielle, Danièle, Daniela, Daniella, Dani, Danitza) are prevalent as well. It has been particularly well-used in Ireland. The Dutch names "Daan" and "Daniël" are also variations of Daniel. A related surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Xi (writer)
Xu Xi (born 1954), originally named Xu Su Xi (许素细), is an English language novelist from Hong Kong. She is also the Hong Kong regional editor of Routledge's ''Encyclopedia of Post-colonial Literature'' (second edition, 2005) and the editor or co-editor of the following anthologies of Hong Kong writing in English: ''Fifty-Fifty: New Hong Kong Writing'' (2008), ''City Stage: Hong Kong Playwriting in English'' (2005), and ''City Voices: Hong Kong Writing in English Prose & Poetry from 1945 to the present''. Her work has also been anthologized internationally. Hong Kong magazines such as ''Muse'' run her writings from time to time and her fiction and essays have appeared recently in various literary journals such as the ''Kenyon Review" (Ohio), ''Ploughshares" (Boston), The Four Quarters Magazine (India), ''Ninth Letter" (Illinois), ''Silk Road Review" (Oregon), ''Toad Suck Review" (Arkansas), ''Writing & Pedagogy" (Sheffield, UK),''Arts & Letters" (Georgia), ''Wasifiri'' (L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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