BEYOND THE STUDIO: WHALE & STAR
Enrique Martínez Celaya created Whale & Star as an evolving idea of social and intellectual interaction. At present, it has an imprint, maintains a project of public lectures, hosts several working visits each year for poor and at-risk children, keeps a modest residency and intern program, and offers four small scholarships.
WHALE & STAR PRESS
Whale & Star Press is our internationally recognized imprint that publishes books in art, poetry, art practice, and critical theory through five different series: Artists and Writers, Working Book, Monographs, Whale, and Editions. Our books and limited editions are found in bookstores, libraries, schools, universities, and museums throughout the world and are distributed nationally and internationally by the University of Nebraska Press. To learn more visit whaleandstarpress.com.
EDUCATION
The Lecture Project
Whale & Star brings prominent writers, art historians, artists, and philosophers to present a public lecture for our community. To date the project has brought to the studio art historians Daniel A. Siedell, David Raskin, Karen Wilkin and Suzanne Hudson, curators Mary Schneider-Enriquez, Ivan Gaskell, Michael R. Taylor and Klaus Ottmann, and philosopher Bruce Ellis Benson. To learn more about The Lecture Project visit thelectureproject.com.
Art for Children
Several times a year Whale & Star invites children, with emphasis on those who are poor or at-risk, to participate in an activity designed for them. In the past, Whale & Star has also provided space and resources for organizations working with children and the arts.
Study at Whale & Star
Whale & Star offers highly selective internships, apprenticeships, and residencies. A two bedroom furnished apartment on site is available to those studying at Whale & Star. For additional information write to info@whaleandstar.com.
Scholarships
Whale & Star provides two need-based grants for artists who otherwise could not attend The Summer Program. In addition, Whale & Star offers a scholarship to a student from the University of California, Santa Barbara to attend the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and one grant to a University of Nebraska student to attend a workshop at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
ADVISORS
Bruce Ellis Benson. Professor of Philosophy, Wheaton College and Visiting Professor, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Martin Brest. Film director, screenwriter and producer
Roald Hoffmann. Chemist (Nobel Prize, 1981), poet, essayist and Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters Emeritus at Cornell University
James B. Milliken. President of the University of Nebraska
Klaus Ottmann. Independent curator, writer and editor
Mary Rakow. Novelist
PATRONS
A Friend from Munich
Alchemy Foundation
Martin Brest
Mary Conover
Mark Hasencamp
Kent and Vicki Logan
Alexei Lossky
Katherine Priestley
Dieter Rosenkranz
Anonymous donors