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Region: Finger Lakes

Visual Studies Workshop Inc

Visual Studies Workshop (VSW) is committed to expanding the potential of the media arts, and their impact on contemporary culture, through innovative programs in education, exhibition, publication, research, practice, and community service. In 1969, photographer, writer, curator, and educator Nathan Lyons founded VSW as an artist-run, educational and support center for photography and other media … Continued

Neopoet

On-line poetry workshop and community. Based in New York, with large numbers of poets from Australia, the UK, India, South Africa, and around the world. Accepts member submissions of poems and short stories for critique and discussion. Members can also submit performance poetry. They can call a phone number and record a poem in their … Continued

Cornell University MFA Program

The four-semester MFA program at Cornell admits eight students each year, four in poetry and four in fiction. In addition to workshops, students take two courses each semester in English or American literature, comparative literature or cultural studies. The department also publishes the periodical Epoch.

Abacus Bookshop

The Abacus Bookshop has a general inventory of used, out-of-print, and rare books with specialities in art, photography, poetry and academic subjects.

Frederick Douglass Memorials in Rochester

Frederick Douglass Memorials in Rochester include the following: Frederick Douglass Memorial Square, Mount Hope Avenue & Reservoir Avenue; Frederick Douglass grave and grave indicator sign, Mount Hope Cemetery; Frederick Douglass home, northwest corner of Robinson Drive and South Avenue; Frederick Douglas statue in Frederick Douglass Memorial Square, Highland Park.