Each year, either for a term or for the full academic year, LHSP sponsors a writer or artist in residence, who works and engages with the community on a variety of projects, such as talks, workshops, art installations, and readings. For descriptions of recent residencies, please see below.   Poet-in-Residence 09-10: Vievee Francis   Vievee Francis has had work appear in literary journals, periodicals, on-line sites, anthologies and textbooks, including Callaloo, Marjorie, Crab Orchard Review, Fishouse and Approaching Literature (Bedford/St. Martin’s). Her first book, Blue-Tail Fly (Wayne State University Press), was chosen as one of Poets & Writers notable debuts for 2006. She has mentored and facilitated writing workshops for youth and adults in the metropolitan Detroit area independently, through her organization Journeyman Arts, and also through the InsideOut Literary Arts Project and Michigan’s Springfed Arts. She recently completed her MFA at the University of Michigan. Francis, a Callaloo Participant and Cave Canem Fellow, is married to Kundiman Fellow, Matthew Scott Olzmann.   Artist-in-Residence 07-08 and 08-09:  Alex Kahn and Sophia Michahelles The Lloyd Hall Scholars Program is proud to present our artists in residence: Alex Kahn and Sophia Michahelles, Master puppet artists and creators of the New York City West Village Halloween Parade (www.superiorconcept.org)   Alex and Sophia have done amazing creative work all over the world, and we have some great opportunities for you to get to know them.  In February, Sophia and Alex will discuss their craft of giant puppetry and their experiences from around the world. Sophia and Alex will be working hands-on in the studio (1239 Kipke Studio), using their skills and knowledge to help LHSP students bring their quickly growing creatures to life! Come to the studio and work side-by-side with our students and professional street puppeteers.   Writer-in-Residence 06-07: John Bacon Distinguished author John U. Bacon was the LHSP Writer-in-Residence 06-07. As a Michigan undergraduate, Bacon completed a history honors thesis and won Hopwood Awards in essay and fiction.  He went on to write Sunday sports and business features for The Detroit News from 1995 to 1999, and now writes for dozens of magazines including Time, Fortune, and ESPN.  His work has twice been recognized in the authoritative anthology, The Best American Sportswriting.  He has also published four books,  including: the history of Michigan hockey (Blue Ice), which is being made into a PBS documentary; the stunning growth of Walgreens Drugstores (America's Corner Store: Walgreens Prescription for Success), and most recently, how Cirque du Soleil manages creativity (Spark: Igniting the Creative Fire that Lives Within Us All, (Doubleday) and Bo's Lasting Lessons: A Legendary Coach Teaches the Timeless Fundamentals of Leadership, a book about Michigan's legendary football coach, Bo Shembechler.    John Bacon is the recipient of the 2009 Golden Apple Award.   Artist-in-Residence 05-06: Beili Liu Beili Liu is an emerging artist from northern China who studied Chinese literature before she moved from China to the United States in 1995. She received her BA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Michigan (School of Art and Design). Working as an installation artist while living in the United States, Liu seeks to unify the two cultural forces in her life: one Eastern, the other Western. She embraces a broad range of materials, from natural elements, such as salt, water, straw, and clay, to digitally processed images, video, and sound. In Winter 05, she taught a mixed media class at LHSP and organized an exhibit of her students' work in the Michigan Union Art Lounge. As part of her residency in LHSP, Beili Liu Completed an art installation called "Breadth" in the LHSP Dining Hall/Gallery Participated in an exhibit opening; Delivered an artist's talk to LHSP students and the broader UM community; Conducted workshops on multimedia art; and Worked with several LHSP art and writing classes.