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The Lillian E. Smith Artists Retreat.
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"I can think of no better place on earth to write, dance, paint, compose or whatever art you do. The Lillian E. Smith Center for Creative Arts is wonderful. Though it's situated on Old Screamer Mountain, no one screams, except the occasional owl. The days and nights are quiet and peaceful, the cabins are lovely, the mountain is beautiful, and the place is suffused with the aura and example of Lillian Smith. I came away inspired and invigorated."-- Ned Stuckey-French, writer and first resident of the Center.
The mission of The Lillian E. Smith Center for Creative Arts is to offer a place where gifted creative artists and scholars in various disciplines may find the conditions of quiet solitude and privacy in which to pursue their work.
Director, The Lillian E. Smith Center of Creative Arts and President of The Lillian E. Smith Foundation, Inc. is Nancy Smith Fichter. The Center offers each resident a furnished cottage, which includes a bathroom and a kitchen facility. There are currently three available cottages, two on top of a ridge of Screamer Mountain and one at the base of the property. The Director's cottage is on the ridge; it was Lillian E. Smith's home and library. There is a Common Room that is sometimes used for special occasions and also houses the laundry facilities offered to the residents.
 The Common Room. No meals are provided, but grocery stores are conveniently located in the nearby town of Clayton. It is desirable for a resident to have a car, inasmuch as there is no public transportation. A fee of $100.00 per week is charged to help defray the basic expenses of maintenance and operation. It is anticipateded that the length of each residency period shall be negotiable between the applicant and the director. All inquiries re: The Lillian E. Smith Center for Creative Arts should be addressed to Nancy Smith Fichter at the following address:August 15-June 1: 710 Waverly Road, Tallahassee, FL 32312 June1-August 15: P.O.Box 467, Clayton, GA 30525 Email: Dr. Nancy Smith Fichter, Director. nfichter@mailer.fsu.edu Click here for Application form Click here for Application form in Adobe PDF format. |