CJC Artist-In-Residence Program
The CJC Memorial Artist-in-Residence Fund was established in 1998 and endowed by Catherine R. Caplan, 1978 of New York and the Caplan Family Foundation, Inc., of Baltimore. The purpose of this endowment is to provide special programming for the arts at RPCS on a rotating basis between the performing and visual arts.
Through the CJC Artist-in-Residence Program, RPCS has brought in leading visual and performing artists to work with students of all ages. Their
creations, which lend energy and contribute an atmosphere of playful invention to the School.
CJC Artists-In-Residence
1998-99 Kristen Linklater, Head of Theater, Columbia University - Voice Workshops
Anna Deveare Smith, actor- Healy Lecture
1999-00 Kate Campbell Stevenson, writer, actor, producer, sound and light technician, make-up artist - Women: Back to the Future
2000-01 John Viles, visual artist - Centennial Sculpture
2001-02 Nancy Wanich Romita, dancer, with Robert Macht, composer – Dance Performances with original music and a Gamelan ensemble
2002-03 Susan Martin Maffei and Archie Brennan, weavers – Tapestry
2004-05 Dr. Paul Rardin, Director of Choral Activities at Towson University - Choral Performance
2005-06 Joyce J. Scott, visual artist - Grand Staircase Art
2006-07 Naomi Shihab Nye, poet
2007-08 Christopher Eaves, actor - Theatre
2008-09 Valeska Populoh, artist – Recycled Fashion
2009-2010 Becky Jung, dance - Pilobolus
2010-2011 Philip Collister - Associate Professor of voice and music for the stage at Towson University- Musical Theater