Judith Ferrara Visual Artist and Writer

Massachusetts-based visual artist and writer Judith Ferrara finds inspiration in books, museums, travel destinations, and in her own back yard. This web site is a show-and-tell, a storm of creative energy, and a platform for celebrating what it means to be an artist and writer at work in today’s world.

READINGS AND BOOK SIGNINGS FOR A FEAST OF LOSSES: YETTA DINE AND HER SON, THE POET STANLEY KUNITZ.
To contact Judith Ferrara about in-person or virtual events, please send your questions and contact information to Judy@PaletteAndPen.com.
2023
“Mother as Legend: Stanley Kunitz and Yetta Dine” - American Literature Association Annual Conference/Boston, May 27th.
June 8th – 7 pm – TidePool Bookshop, 372 Chandler St., Worcester, MA
June 24th – 3–5 pm – Booklovers Gourmet, 55 E. Main St., Webster, MA
Thursday, July 13th – 6 pm – Provincetown Public Library, 356 Commercial St., Provincetown, MA
August 16th, 10 am -Worcester Senior Center, 128 Providence St., Worcester, MA
September 12th – 7PM – Worcester Jewish Community Center, 633 Salisbury St., Worcester, MA
September 26th - 6:30 pm - Gale Free Library, Holden, MA
Tatnuck Bookseller, Westboro, MA, Wednesday, October 18 – 4:00-5:30 p.m.
2024
January 13th - 1:00 p.m., Tatnuck Bookseller, 18 Lyman St., Westborough, MA.
January 30th – 7 pm - Thirsty Lab Poetry Reading Series on Zoom. Register through www.worcestercountypoetry.org

"Coffee with Konnie" - interviewer Konnie Lukes and Judith Ferrara talk about A Feast of Losses: Yetta Dine and Her Son, the Poet Stanley Kunitz - https://www.wccatv.com/video/coffee-with-konnie/coffee-with-konnie-539#!

Book Talk: Worcester Senior Center, August 16, 2023

BOOK LAUNCH – June 8, 2023, at TidePool Bookshop, 372 Chandler St., Worcester, MA. 58 minutes, 16 seconds. Videographer Tim Millunzi.

For a ten-minute video of Judy talking about her Bibelot series, go to the Booklovers Gourmet home page menu: click on ART - Previous Events - July 2020 “Bibelots”

WCCATV.com “Soapbox” Interview #1046, Interview with Judith Ferrara, hosted by Mauro DePasquale video

Artist Showcase Interview with Judith Ferrara video

Arts & Ideas
A discussion on Stanley Kunitz, former poet laureate of the United States and a visit to his boyhood home in
Worcester, MA. video

“A Stanley Kunitz Tribute” - HCAM’s Wake Up and Smell the Poetry Series - http://www.hcam.tv/wakeup - From home page VIDEO ONLINE, click on 2012 season and scroll down to April 21, A Stanley Kunitz Tribute. (28 minutes)