University of New England - Innovation for a Healthier Planet

Reviewing Grief in the Archives

Reviewing Grief in the Archives

January 21, 2026

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Maine Women Writers Collection

Join us on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 for a writing workshop led by 2025 MWWC Creative Fellow Maya Williams. Participants will review the work of Sarah Orne Jewett, Donna M. Loring, Annie Finch, and Emily Taylor Perkins and then spend some time writing poetry about grief. Free and open to the public. Maya Williams (ey/they/she) [...]

2020 Creative Fellowship Applications Open

Are you an artist (in any medium) or writer who would like to explore archival materials as source text for your own creative project? We offer one grant annually for artists and writers to use the archives. Deadline for applications is March 1, 2020. We host one artist or writer to engage in research in [...]

1st Creative Fellow: Devon Kelley-Yurdin

In April 2019, the Maine Women Writers Collection awarded its first Creative Fellowship to Devon Kelley-Yurdin, an interdisciplinary artist, educator and cultural organizer. Devon’s practice reflects how they want to interact with the world. Play, curiosity, accessibility, activism, and skill-building drive their work and life experiences. Devon’s practice spans traditional media (printmaking, cut-paper, installation), design/illustration/art direction, event production, [...]