Ragdale’s Novel Affair, 2013 brings together renowned novelists, artists and composers for two evenings of creativity and conversation in support of Ragdale, the artist retreat in Lake Forest. This two day event offers guests the opportunity to be engaged, inspired, and challenged by the artists and their work. The weekend begins with a reception on Friday, September 27 at Calvin Durand Hall, Lake Forest College with all the artists in attendance. On Saturday, September 28 guests attend an intimate dinner and lively discussion with one of the artists at a North Shore home or venue.
The 2013 guest authors and artists are:
- Victor Alexander, a Cuban-born, award-winning dancer and choreographer, recently named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 Dancers to Watch.” Member of Hedwig Dances, Chicago.
- James Balog, award-winning photographer and environmentalist, whose research on glaciers is featured in film Chasing Ice (2012) short-listed for the 2013 Academy Awards.
- Elbio Barilari, Uruguayan-born composer, known for Lincolniana which premiered at the Ravinia Festival and his annual collaboration with the Grant Park Music Festival.
- Karen Joy Fowler, author of best-selling novel The Jane Austen Book Club which was made into a movie, and the recently published We Are All Beside Ourselves.
- Lisa Genova, a neuroscientist and author of New York Times best-selling novels Still Alice, Left Neglected, and most recently, Love Anthony.
- Lauren Groff, author of New York Times best-selling novels Arcadia and The Monsters of Templeton, and award-winning short stories.
- Ruth Ozeki, a novelist, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest whose recent novel, A Tale for the Time Being, was nominated for the 2013 Man Booker Prize.
- Amanda Ross-Ho, a Los Angeles-based visual artist whose exhibitions include the 2008 Whitney Biennial and currently the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
- Benjamin Alire Saenz, poet and novelist and young adult author whose work includes Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club (2013), winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award.
- Marisa Silver, novelist, screenwriter and film director known for her New York Times best-selling novels, including the recently published Mary Coin, and her short fiction in The New Yorker.
Tickets are $175 for Friday cocktail reception, including book purchase and signing.
The two evening ticket is $500 for the Friday reception and Saturday dinner party with an author or artist. No Saturday only ticket.
This benefit supports Ragdale, a non-profit artist residency program, that provides over 150 artists each year with time and space to pursue their creative work in an uninterrupted environment. All proceeds of the event support its operations and Cross-Cultural Fellowships.
Ragdale’s Curatorial Board of nationally acclaimed novelists, poets, visual artists and composers selects the artists in attendance at Novel Affair. Its Events Committee, chaired by Board Trustee Ann Merritt and supported by Board President Phoebe Turner and others, designs and implements the overall event.
Ragdale is a non-profit artist residency program, located in Arts and Crafts architect Howard Van Doren Shaw’s Lake Forest country estate. In 1976, Shaw’s granddaughter Alice Judson Hayes transformed the family’s summer home into an artists-in-residence program.. Today, Ragdale hosts over 150 writers, artists, and composers each year, making it one of the largest interdisciplinary artist communities in the country. For more information, go to www.ragdale.org
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