Sheila Squillante
@sheilasquill.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. Editor. Visual Artist. Author of ALL THINGS EDIBLE, RANDOM AND ODD: ESSAYS ON GRIEF, LOVE AND FOOD, CLASH Books.
This is an expensive time & the holidays are almost here. Let me help make your gift giving a little easier on the budget. Accepting pretty much ANY offer on these small watercolor & ink paintings. You pay domestic shipping or I deliver if local.DM with interest. Thanks!
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is an expensive time & the holidays are almost here. Let me help make your gift giving a little easier on the budget. Accepting pretty much ANY offer on these small watercolor & ink paintings. You pay domestic shipping or I deliver if local.DM with interest. Thanks!
I spent all morning updating my Etsy store—a hated task because it’s so tedious! But, now there are lots of new shiny listings and most are $200 or less if you’re looking for unique holiday gifts. Thanks for having a look! sheilasquillanteart.etsy.com
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November 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I spent all morning updating my Etsy store—a hated task because it’s so tedious! But, now there are lots of new shiny listings and most are $200 or less if you’re looking for unique holiday gifts. Thanks for having a look! sheilasquillanteart.etsy.com
Holidays are approaching & it seems like a good time to remind folks that I make & sell visual art! If you see something you like & it’s more than you want to spend, get in touch. I want you to have it so let’s find a way! Here’s a new one, & more here: sheilasquillante.com/original-abs...
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Holidays are approaching & it seems like a good time to remind folks that I make & sell visual art! If you see something you like & it’s more than you want to spend, get in touch. I want you to have it so let’s find a way! Here’s a new one, & more here: sheilasquillante.com/original-abs...
It’s been some time since I’ve had a new poem out. This is a long one—a 10 part crown of not-sonnets that grapples with marriage, parenthood, aging, and climate tragedy.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It’s been some time since I’ve had a new poem out. This is a long one—a 10 part crown of not-sonnets that grapples with marriage, parenthood, aging, and climate tragedy.
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A small piece in a new series called “Some Things Make Their Own Light.” Using a fluorescent underpainting that makes it look like it’s glowing from inside.
October 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
A small piece in a new series called “Some Things Make Their Own Light.” Using a fluorescent underpainting that makes it look like it’s glowing from inside.
So honored to be the featured visual artist in the new issue of Asterales!
Issue 4 is live! @willmusgrove.bsky.social @charlesjensen.bsky.social @anthonyframe.bsky.social @jillkitchen.bsky.social @susanbarryschulz.com @sheilasquill.bsky.social and so many more...
It’s here! Issue 4 is live today, featuring work from Sean Cho A, Sarah Mills, Allison Blevins, Jill Kitchen, Anthony Frame, Will Musgrove, Charles Jensen, Susan Barry-Schulz, Julia Biggs, Sheila Squillante, and Vishaal! #poetry #prose #visualart #literaryjournal #asterales
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October 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
So honored to be the featured visual artist in the new issue of Asterales!
I’m over the moon to have my art grace the cover of one of our best literary magazines, Mid-American Review! Hope to one day have my writing appear there too. 🌸
September 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I’m over the moon to have my art grace the cover of one of our best literary magazines, Mid-American Review! Hope to one day have my writing appear there too. 🌸
Everything is terrible but I discovered this luscious iridescent graphite grey paint and am making stuff with it.
August 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Everything is terrible but I discovered this luscious iridescent graphite grey paint and am making stuff with it.
Everything is terrible but here is a weird goth bird I made. Let me know if you want her. Caw!
August 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Everything is terrible but here is a weird goth bird I made. Let me know if you want her. Caw!
I had the chance to write up Chatham MFA’s residency experience at Fallingwater this summer for AWP. What a great time we had! www.awpwriter.org/AWP/Magazine...
#mfaresidency #fallingwater #chathammfa
#mfaresidency #fallingwater #chathammfa
August 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I had the chance to write up Chatham MFA’s residency experience at Fallingwater this summer for AWP. What a great time we had! www.awpwriter.org/AWP/Magazine...
#mfaresidency #fallingwater #chathammfa
#mfaresidency #fallingwater #chathammfa
3 new pieces in an older style. These are more minimalist in their markings. I like the open space of them and the chaotic surprise of ink. And here, a return to one of my favorite tools: the humble bamboo skewer.
August 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
3 new pieces in an older style. These are more minimalist in their markings. I like the open space of them and the chaotic surprise of ink. And here, a return to one of my favorite tools: the humble bamboo skewer.
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"First comes the joyful feeling: Finally! My time has come! Then comes the sinking feeling: Wait. This doesn’t even mention the title of my book. Could they even have read it in a week?" ~ @sheilasquill.bsky.social
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Dear Writer, Don’t Bite
Dear Writer/Artist/Creative Person of Some Type— We have been admiring your writing/painting/non-specific creative thing for a while/some time/the length of time it takes to do a Google search now …
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June 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"First comes the joyful feeling: Finally! My time has come! Then comes the sinking feeling: Wait. This doesn’t even mention the title of my book. Could they even have read it in a week?" ~ @sheilasquill.bsky.social
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Making watercolor greeting cards again. These are 4x6, blank inside and come with envelopes. If you’re interested in a set they are $15 for 5 or $30 for 10. I can do a variety of colors & orientations depending on what you like. Let me know!
June 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Making watercolor greeting cards again. These are 4x6, blank inside and come with envelopes. If you’re interested in a set they are $15 for 5 or $30 for 10. I can do a variety of colors & orientations depending on what you like. Let me know!
I’ll be leading a mini version of Chatham MFA’s Fallingwater residency October 3-5. Open to all!
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#writingretreat #writingresidency #fallingwater
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#writingretreat #writingresidency #fallingwater
Insight/Onsite: Writing Nature & Place - Fallingwater
There is an undeniable energy that happens when we write in community. And when a community gathers at a place as extraordinary as Fallingwater, that energy becomes transformative, even magical. Join ...
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June 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I’ll be leading a mini version of Chatham MFA’s Fallingwater residency October 3-5. Open to all!
fallingwater.org/fallingwater...
#writingretreat #writingresidency #fallingwater
fallingwater.org/fallingwater...
#writingretreat #writingresidency #fallingwater
Chatham MFA’s Fallingwater Residency in Nature and Placed-Based Writing is in 16 days!
“Here is one of the most photogenic buildings in creation. So is the Taj Mahal, but the two work so differently: 1/2
#fallingwater #mfaresidency
“Here is one of the most photogenic buildings in creation. So is the Taj Mahal, but the two work so differently: 1/2
#fallingwater #mfaresidency
June 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Chatham MFA’s Fallingwater Residency in Nature and Placed-Based Writing is in 16 days!
“Here is one of the most photogenic buildings in creation. So is the Taj Mahal, but the two work so differently: 1/2
#fallingwater #mfaresidency
“Here is one of the most photogenic buildings in creation. So is the Taj Mahal, but the two work so differently: 1/2
#fallingwater #mfaresidency
Summer garden vibes.
May 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Summer garden vibes.
Reminder! Writers! Fallingwater!
The community application portal for Chatham MFA’s inaugural Fallingwater Residency in Nature and Place-Based Writing is now OPEN! June 16-20 at the iconic UNESCO Heritage Site. We have a limited number of spots so applications will be selective.
Deadline 4/15!
www.chatham.edu/academics/gr...
Deadline 4/15!
www.chatham.edu/academics/gr...
April 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Reminder! Writers! Fallingwater!
The community application portal for Chatham MFA’s inaugural Fallingwater Residency in Nature and Place-Based Writing is now OPEN! June 16-20 at the iconic UNESCO Heritage Site. We have a limited number of spots so applications will be selective.
Deadline 4/15!
www.chatham.edu/academics/gr...
Deadline 4/15!
www.chatham.edu/academics/gr...
March 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The community application portal for Chatham MFA’s inaugural Fallingwater Residency in Nature and Place-Based Writing is now OPEN! June 16-20 at the iconic UNESCO Heritage Site. We have a limited number of spots so applications will be selective.
Deadline 4/15!
www.chatham.edu/academics/gr...
Deadline 4/15!
www.chatham.edu/academics/gr...
I have a Substack to chronicle the project of writing a book about my mother out of the transcripts from video interviews we did while she was dying. You can read and subscribe here: sheilasquillante.substack.com/p/playing-in...
Playing Into/Against Chaos
Am I writing a speculative memoir?
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February 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I have a Substack to chronicle the project of writing a book about my mother out of the transcripts from video interviews we did while she was dying. You can read and subscribe here: sheilasquillante.substack.com/p/playing-in...
“The Long, Multitudinous Rain”
18x24
Acrylic, charcoal and pencil on rough canvas
(Title is a line from Carl Sandburg’s poem, “Monotone”)
18x24
Acrylic, charcoal and pencil on rough canvas
(Title is a line from Carl Sandburg’s poem, “Monotone”)
February 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“The Long, Multitudinous Rain”
18x24
Acrylic, charcoal and pencil on rough canvas
(Title is a line from Carl Sandburg’s poem, “Monotone”)
18x24
Acrylic, charcoal and pencil on rough canvas
(Title is a line from Carl Sandburg’s poem, “Monotone”)
Happy Valentines Day from me and my
“Dark, Ambivalent Heart”
8x10
mixed media collage on board
“Dark, Ambivalent Heart”
8x10
mixed media collage on board
February 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Happy Valentines Day from me and my
“Dark, Ambivalent Heart”
8x10
mixed media collage on board
“Dark, Ambivalent Heart”
8x10
mixed media collage on board
Revisiting an earlier style in some new pieces. Very subdued, limited palette of blues and browns feels apt for where my heart and mind are right now.
“Sanctuary City”
24”x24”
Acrylic and pencil on canvas
“Sanctuary City”
24”x24”
Acrylic and pencil on canvas
February 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Revisiting an earlier style in some new pieces. Very subdued, limited palette of blues and browns feels apt for where my heart and mind are right now.
“Sanctuary City”
24”x24”
Acrylic and pencil on canvas
“Sanctuary City”
24”x24”
Acrylic and pencil on canvas
More details on NEA funding changes: hyperallergic.com/988542/nea-t...
NEA Throws Out Grant Program for Underserved Communities
The NEA announced that it is scrapping its Challenge America grants and focusing on projects related to the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
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February 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
More details on NEA funding changes: hyperallergic.com/988542/nea-t...
New criteria for NEA grants. 🤬
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February 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
New criteria for NEA grants. 🤬
Scroll down to “Assurance of Compliance” section: www.arts.gov/grants/legal...
Scroll down to “Assurance of Compliance” section: www.arts.gov/grants/legal...