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Summer Highlights
at Ragdale
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Ragdale Ring
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400 guests enjoyed poetry readings, music, and the scenic outdoors at the Ragdale Ring Summer Performances. The performances took place on the award-winning Ragdale Ring competition stage, designed by DRAWINGS which provided an intimate space for guests to enjoy a memorable summer evening. Before each performance, many guests picnicked along the Shaw Prairie behind the Ragdale campus.
The Ring Performance season launched in June with the poetry of Reginald Gibbons and acclaimed chamber music of the Juliani Ensemble. A cocktail party for Ragdale supporters in July, prior to the Quartet 23 performance and reading by poet Kenyatta Rogers, highlighted a perfect summer evening, August’s performance featured poet Simone Muench and the stellar team of Soprano, Tracy Cantin and Jazz Guitarist, Dave Miller, concluding a well-attended series of music and poetry.
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Top Photo: Soprano, Tracy Cantin and guitarist,
Dave Miller perform on the Ragdale Ring
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Ragdale’s 14th Annual
High School Arts Week
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Ragdale’s annual program for regional high school students featured a creative writing class led by Margaret Hawkins, author and Senior Lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a birding and visual arts class guided by Joelle Mercedes, multimedia artist and educator.
Click here to read Ragdale intern, Natalie Isberg’s,
Summertime Retreat: Ragdale Hosts Its 14th Annual High School Arts Week.
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Ragdale Tours
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Ragdale conducted its annual docent led tours of the architecturally, artistically, and naturally historic Ragdale campus. These tours offer rare glimpses behind the scenes of an artist residency program. Tour attendees had the chance to explore the expansive seven-acre campus, which encompasses three historic properties: Ragdale House and the Ragdale Barnhouse designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw and constructed in 1897; and the Farmhouse built in 1838 — the first European American home built in Lake County.
The Ragdale House, the Farmhouse, and the Barnhouse are on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Photo: June Tour
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Artists in Residence
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Ragdale welcomed three sessions of artists — a diverse range from various disciplines, including poets, photographers, painters, musicians, and composers. Among these talented artists were many recipients of Ragdale Fellowships, who brought their unique perspectives and amazing work to the Ragdale community.
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Ragdale's Gardens
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A beautiful year of bounty has been in the Ragdale Garden! Spring ushered in new blooms, bushels of fresh peas, and a variety of tender greens. By late Summer we harvested beans, garlic, onions, tomatoes, squashes, riots of flowers, and so much more. Our residents appreciated Chef Linda’s preparation of garden-to-table meals. We look forward to harvesting pumpkins, winter squashes, hardy greens, and our Scarlet Runner Beans. Special thanks to Leider Greenhouses and Rosborough Partners for their generous donations of annuals, planted and maintained by our dedicated crew of volunteers. Many thanks to Jan and Rich Berggreen, Fanny Gonzalez, Del Grapes, Ellie Krall, and Laurie Schaffner, who together donated over one-hundred hours (and counting) of their time and energy; the beauty of our gardens reflect their care and generosity.
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Top photo credit: Jess Sladek, From the Garden
Bottom photo: Chef Linda and the harvest
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Ragdale’s Artist Spotlight
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Ann Quinn is a visual artist and Ragdale alumna whose work transcends boundaries. Her recent stay at Ragdale generated profound insights and creative inspiration. Ann’s time at Ragdale inspired her to publish a captivating piece about this artistic haven in the art magazine, The Visual Artists’ News Sheet, that is sent to every art centre and artist in Ireland. Through her artistry and words, she beautifully captures the essence of Ragdale, inviting readers worldwide to experience its magic. To learn more about Ann Quinn and explore her artwork, visit annquinn.org.
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Top: Painting, Jill Soderberg on Her Daily Walk with Her Three Dogs
Bottom: Visual Artist, Ann Quinn
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Meet our Most Recent
Artists in Residence
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ROWENA ALEGRÍA
Fiction, Denver, CO
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KIMBERLY BARTOSIK
Dance, Brooklyn, NY
Sybil Shearer Fellow
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LIANA FU
Non-Fiction, Chicago, IL
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STEVIE ADA KLAARK
Interdisciplinary Art, Ann Arbor, MI
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KEN KRIMSTEIN
Non-Fiction, Evanston, IL
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JENNY MAGNUS
Interdisciplinary Art, Chicago, IL
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PEDRO MANTECÓN
Music, Cuernavaca,
Morelos, Mexico
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SILOH RADOVSKY
Non-Fiction, Shelton, WA
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RANDY ROMANO
Fiction, Chicago, IL
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LEI WANG
Non-Fiction, Iowa City, IA
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ANRI WHEELER
Writing, Cambridge, MA
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MELISSA JAY CRAIG
Visual Art, Chicago, IL
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Read with Ragdale
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SELECT ONE OR BOTH OF THESE BOOKS TO READ THIS FALL AND COME TO A BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION WHERE YOU WILL MEET AND TALK WITH THE AUTHOR!
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Join Ann Walters, Ragdale Trustee, and longtime professional facilitator of Between the Covers Book Discussions for a book discussion with: Toya Wolfe, to discuss her debut novel Last Summer on State Street.
Wednesday, October 25
7-9pm at Hart McCutcheon House
On the Ragdale Campus
1272 N Green Bay Road
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The next book discussion will be with national best-selling author, Kathleen Rooney who will discuss her latest novel From Dust to Stardust.
Wednesday, November 29
7-9pm at Hart McCutcheon House
On the Ragdale Campus
1272 N Green Bay Road
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Capacity is limited so reserve your spot today by emailing Marita Seaberg at [email protected] or calling 847-234-1063x21
All books are available online, at bookstores, or at Lake Forest Book Store at a 15% discount. Please let the staff know at checkout at the Lake Forest Book Store that you are attending a Read with Ragdale discussion session.
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Ragdale Themed Residencies & Creative Sabbaticals
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Apart from our competitive application Artists Residency Program, Ragdale welcomes groups of up to 12 emerging, amateur and professional of all disciplines for stays of three or six-days. Examples include visual art and music groups, dance and theater companies, performance artists, writing groups, and arts administrators. As in all residencies offered, Ragdale encourages exploration and experimental use of time spent together in a retreat setting.
Similar to Themed Residencies, Creative Sabbaticals are offered as three- or six-day residencies for individual artists working in any discipline. Designed for individual artists, curators, arts administrators, and others in the creative field, these stays allow artists to benefit from the unique setting and accommodations Ragdale offers.
Themed Residencies and Sabbaticals use a sliding scale fee based on income and are scheduled during non-residency session.
Applications are required for consideration. For more information, including available dates, accommodations, and studio facilities, please contact
Deanna Miera at [email protected] or 847-234-1063 X. 23.
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Ragdale Retreats
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Ragdale is available now to the general public. Modeled after our very successful artist-in-residence program, the Ragdale Retreat experience uses art as a means to help guests exercise their creative skills and indulge in diverse activities led by Ragdale’s acclaimed alumni. All retreat profits go to Ragdale as charitable donation.
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In Remembrance
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Christopher Holabird
February 19, 1927- June 16, 2023
Christopher, along with members of the Holabird family, was deeply involved and supportive of Ragdale for decades.
The Holabirds helped fund construction of the former Friends Studio, which housed an art and music studio, built in 1980 along with Alice Judson Ryerson Hayes, granddaughter of Howard Van Doren Shaw and Frances Wells Shaw to commemorate the long friendship of their mothers, Sylvia Shaw and Dorothy Holabird.
The Friends Bench honors this memory by incorporating the Max Kahn weathervane that stood atop the studio.
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The Friends Bench inscription: WHICHEVER WAY THE WIND BLOWS FRIENDS FOREVER- SYLVIA SHAW & DOROTHY HOLABIRD
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PLEASE ADD [email protected] TO YOUR CONTACT LISTS ON YOUR CELL PHONE, LAPTOP AND/OR DESKTOP TO LET YOUR EMAIL PROVIDER KNOW THAT RAGDALE IS NOT SPAM.
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The Ragdale Foundation
1260 North Green Bay Road
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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