Journalist and CALA faculty-member, Kate Walter, was recently interviewed for a story in the New York Times about living and working in the Westbeth Artist Community on Bethune Street in the West Village. Westbeth, a rare project, offers affordable housing to New York artists – there used to be a waiting list but it has been closed for many years.
Walter explains the benefits of not having to worry about paying exorbitant rent while trying to focus on your art – “It really enabled me to write creative nonfiction,” said Ms. Walter, who wrote her memoir, Looking for a Kiss: A Chronicle of Downtown Heartbreak and Healing, while living at Westbeth. “If I had a higher rent, I would have had to do more of other things.” To read the full article and interview click New York Times
Although Kate Walter will not be teaching at CALA until the summer semester you can still check out some courses on offer for spring by clinking on the links below:
Last Monday morning I read this article. That evening I joined my colleagues in the CALA division for a Pot Luck holiday party where I had a conversation where I mentioned reading this report, and it turned out that I was conversing with Kate, the subject of the story! You gotta love NYU for bringing together the notables amongst us!