Alys Moody's class on "The Literary Archive" spent time with us at the John Cage Trust, looking at some of our literary archive holdings and chatting about using chance as a tool for curation. Thank you, Alys and students!
TODAY!
Wednesday, April 22nd, 3–4pm ET on Zoom.
For this edition of CHANCE ENCOUNTERS, we look at the work of poet Jackson Mac Low and his relationship with John Cage. Poets Anne Tardos, Charles Bernstein, and Craig Dworkin discuss Cage and Mac Low.
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THIS THURSDAY!
Join us this Thursday at Bard College's Stevenson Library from 12-2pm to select objects from collections across the Bard Network using John Cage's chance procedures to be shown in CAGECIRCLE: COMPOSITION FOR AN EXHIBITION, showing at Stevenson Library for Upstate Art Weekend!
THIS WEDNESDAY!
Wednesday, April 22nd, 3–4pm ET on Zoom.
For this edition of CHANCE ENCOUNTERS, we look at the work of poet Jackson Mac Low and his relationship with John Cage. Poets Anne Tardos, Charles Bernstein, and Craig Dworkin discuss Cage and Mac Low.
Register through Eventbrite! ✨🔗
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!
Join us next Thursday at Bard College's Stevenson Library from 12-2pm to select objects from collections across the Bard Network using John Cage's chance procedures to be shown in CAGECIRCLE: COMPOSITION FOR AN EXHIBITION, showing at Stevenson Library for Upstate Art Weekend!
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!
Wednesday, April 22nd, 3–4pm ET on Zoom.
For this edition of CHANCE ENCOUNTERS, we look at the work of poet Jackson Mac Low and his relationship with John Cage. Poets Anne Tardos, Charles Bernstein, and Craig Dworkin discuss Cage and Mac Low.
Register through Eventbrite! ✨
students touring the John Cage Trust
students performing Cage's "Inlets" using some of Cage's collection of conch shells
The students of Jana Mader's "The Courage to Be: Artistic Encounters with Nature" class visited us at the John Cage Trust today for a tour and discussion of Cage's environmentally engaged thoughts and works. A few of them even tried their hand at performing a mini version of Cage's "Inlets."
"Refuse value judgements."
—John Cage
#JohnCageSays
What an absolute delight having had Paul Lazar and Annie-B Parson of Big Dance Theater with us at the John Cage Trust.
A giant bravo to Paul for his work-in-progress performance last night at Time and Space Limited, and a jumbo thank you to TSL for hosting us!
TONIGHT at TSL!
There's but one chance for you to see an exciting new work in progress with text by Anne Carson that 2026 Obie Award and Foundation for Contemporary Arts winner Paul Lazar of Big Dance Theater has been developing at the John Cage Trust.
TODAY
Join us for our next CHANCE ENCOUNTERS WITH JOHN CAGE event, featuring Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar of Big Dance Theater, taking place today — March 19th — 3–4pm ET on Zoom.
We will discuss Cage, performance, and process.
Register for the FREE Zoom event on EventBrite.
THIS FRIDAY IN HUDSON, NY at TSL at 7pm!
There's but on chance to see an exciting new work-in-progress that 2026 Obie Award and Foundation for Contemporary Arts winner Paul Lazar of Big Dance Theater has been developing at the John Cage Trust.
Tickets on EventBrite or through the TSL website.
THIS FRIDAY
Anne Carson is now be the voice of "Godot" in the new work being developed by Paul Lazar at the John Cage Trust showing at Time and Space Limited in Hudson, NY this Friday at 7pm!
The new work also features gorgeous projections by John Gasper.
Tickets through EventBrite.
We've been so thrilled to have Paul Lazar—now 2026 Obie Award and FCA winner Paul Lazar!—in residence at the John Cage Trust. Here's Paul trying out some possible movement for the piece.
In Hudson, NY on Friday, March 20th, 7pm? Join us at TSL to see the work-in-progress. Tickets on EventBrite.
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!
ANNE CARSON ON SKYWRITING AND JOHN CAGE...
Join us at TSL in Hudson, NY, on Friday, March 20th at 7pm for a work-in-progress showing of PAUL LAZAR (BIG DANCE THEATER) in a new work featuring a text by Anne Carson.
Secure tickets through EventBrite.
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!
Join us for our next CHANCE ENCOUNTERS WITH JOHN CAGE event, featuring Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar of Big Dance Theater, taking place on March 19th, 3–4pm ET on Zoom.
Register for the FREE Zoom event through EventBrite.
COMING SOON!
Join us at TSL in Hudson, NY, on Friday, March 20th at 7pm for a work-in-progress showing of PAUL LAZAR (BIG DANCE THEATER) in a new work featuring a text by Anne Carson.
Above, a sneak-peak from an early rehearsal.
Secure tickets on EventBrite.
"Art's in the process of coming into it's own: life."
— John Cage
#JohnCageSays
Angelica Sanchez' "Bard College "Spontaneous Composition Ensemble" visited us at the John Cage Trust to be inspired by Cage's many graphic and even theatrically mind-expanding approaches to composing.
What a great evening!
Roger Berkowitz, the indefatigable Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities at Bard College, visited us at the John Cage Trust. Here's Roger examining one of the many Cage artworks here (this one is "EninKa, a monotype made in 1986 at Crown Point Press in SF).
A group of young poets, all taking a class at Bard College with one of our favorite poets, Dawn Lundy Martin, came to the John Cage Trust for a tour of our archives and a workshop on writing mesostic poetry and using chance as a creative tool. They produced some wonderful and surprising poetry!
The publishers of The Song Cave press—Alan Felsenthal and Ben Estes—visited us at the John Cage Trust. Stay tuned: an incredible new John Cage book is in the pipeline!
TODAY!!
3pm—4pm ET
Close Encounters with John Cage: FLUXUS, ART, PERFORMANCE
With Sue Schroeder and Hugo Worthy, and featuring a filmed performance of John Cage/Ray Kass' STEPS: A COMPOSITION FOR A PAINTING.
Register for free on EventBrite or from the LinkTree in our Bio.
Fabulous artists Francine Hunter McGivern and Daniel Rothbart visited us at the John Cage Trust. A wonderful time with art and conversation — thank you, Francine and Daniel!
Publisher par excellence of NYRB Books, Edwin Frank, visited us at the John Cage Trust for mesostic talk and more.
Thanks, Edwin!
"An error is simply a failure to adjust immediately from a preconception to an actually." -- John Cage
A bevy of delightful Bard College librarians and archivists joined us at the John Cage Trust for a "Librarial Afternoon" of chance operations engagement, library and archival talk, tours, and John Cage Cookies!
Thank you, all for coming by!
The fabulous current exhibition at the New York Public Library’s main building at 5th Avenue—TREASURES—features John Cage items from the Music Division as well as the Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Print Collection.
Thank you, NYPL!
Artists Kerry Downey and Emily Puthoff, and Bard Assistant Director of Career Development Elena Sniezek visited us at the John Cage Trust today to peruse some of our amazing collection of art and archival materials.
Thank you, Kerry, Emily, and Elena!
TODAY!
We kick off CHANCE ENCOUNTERS WITH JOHN CAGE. The New Yorker music critic Alex Ross will chat about Cage's first lover and his role in Cage's early intellectual and artistic development!
3–4pm, January 8th, free on Zoom.
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