Walt Whitman Birthplace

The Gwenn A. Nusbaum-WWBA Scholarship application is open January 1 – April 1, 2024. Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) invites applications for the Gwenn A. Nusbaum-WWBA Scholarship.  The $1800 scholarship is offered in the spirit of Walt Whitman’s poem, “O Me! O Life!” He writes: “That you are here – that life exists and identity, / That the […]

Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) presents  Walking With Whitman: Poetry in Performance, hosted by Writer-in-Residence George Wallace. The signature series, now in its 14th season, continues to bring the most intriguing figures in contemporary literature on the national scene paired with local poets on the Walt Whitman Stage. Friday, April 5th, Walking With Whitman will feature poets Gerd […]

Art in the Barn: Storytime and hands-on art project for Pre-schoolers  is a new workshop for pre-schoolers at Walt Whitman Birthplace. Taught by Lena Massari Sawyer, former Museum Educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Come and join us every week as we read various stories including the award-winning Caldecott books.  Learn about artists of the past and create your own artwork. April 6, 2024 Come and celebrate National Poetry Month at […]

Art in the Barn: Storytime and hands-on art project for Pre-schoolers  is a new workshop for pre-schoolers at Walt Whitman Birthplace. Taught by Lena Massari Sawyer, former Museum Educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Come and join us every week as we read various stories including the award-winning Caldecott books.  Learn about artists of the past and create your own artwork. April 13, 2024 Spring has arrived! Celebrate National Garden Month […]

George Wallace and Walt Whitman Birthplace proudly present season three of POETS BUILDING BRIDGES: A TRIANGULATION PROJECT, inaugurated in March 2022 with the purpose of enhancing dialogue between communities of writers across the US and internationally. Based on a shared small-group experience, these Saturday zoom sessions engage three distinct and well defined communities of poets […]

WWBA is proud to announce our 2024 Series - Whitman's Long Island: Then & Now Our 2024 Series compares Whitman's celebration of his native Long Island environment with current conservational commentaries two hundred years later. Sessions open with a reading of a poem or essay by ecopoet Walt Whitman followed by community conversation led by […]

Art in the Barn: Storytime and hands-on art project for Pre-schoolers  is a new workshop for pre-schoolers at Walt Whitman Birthplace. Taught by Lena Massari Sawyer, former Museum Educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Come and join us every week as we read various stories including the award-winning Caldecott books.  Learn about artists of the past and create your own artwork. April 20, 2024 Come and explore the work of Architect Frank Loyd […]

Announcing the 2024 Long Island Poet of the Year –  Nancy Keating 2024 Long Island Poet of the Year Award Reception & Reading will be held on April 21, 2024, 2PM – 3:00PM, in-person at Walt Whitman Birthplace Association. The Long Island Poet of the Year Award is an annual award given by Walt Whitman […]

Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) presents  Walking With Whitman: Poetry in Performance, hosted by Writer-in-Residence George Wallace. The signature series, now in its 14th season, continues to bring the most intriguing figures in contemporary literature on the national scene paired with local poets on the Walt Whitman Stage. Friday, May 3rd, Walking With Whitman will feature poet Lucilla […]

May 4th Art in the Barn is Cancelled, no Art in the Barn on May 11th Art in the Barn: Storytime and hands-on art project for Pre-schoolers  is a new workshop for pre-schoolers at Walt Whitman Birthplace. Taught by Lena Massari Sawyer, former Museum Educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Come and join us every week as we read various stories including the award-winning Caldecott books.  Learn about artists of the […]

Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) announces a day of poetry featuring our 2024 Poet in Residence Linda Gregerson on Saturday, May 4, 2024 Linda will facilitate a three-hour Master Class in poetry writing and a one-hour poetry reading at the Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site, located at 246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station, […]