This just in from the Clarion Foundation’s online newsletter:

Clarion is turning 40 this year! We can’t let this occasion pass without a celebration. In honor of someone whose dedication has saved Clarion several times over, the theme will be “40 Years On: A Celebration of Kate Wilhelm.” The party will be held in San Diego just before the workshop begins, probably the weekend of June 28. Save the date, and stay tuned for further details.

We’re still working on which day for the party, Saturday or Sunday, and still working on logistics — we’re new to this game here at UCSD, so this is our first Reunion!  But it will be that weekend, and all Clarion alumni (students and faculty) are invited to join us in celebration of the program, its success, and of course Kate Wilhelm.  We’re celebrating Kate not merely as one of our founders, but even more as a teacher whose techniques and spirit continue to grow in influence through the many Clarion faculty who she once taught, and the Clarion family of workshops that has emerged from that summer of 1968.   C’mon down!