Contact: Alison Meyers, executive director, Cave Canem Foundation, 212-941-5720, alisonmeyers@ccpoets.org; Gail Fuller, communications officer, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, 212-812-4242, gfuller@rbf.org

NEW YORK, March 5 /Standard Newswire/ -- Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF), in collaboration with Cave Canem Foundation, North America's premier home for Black poetry, has selected Cave Canem fellow John "Jay" Frazier to receive an inaugural residency at the historic Marcel Breuer House at Pocantico. This architectural landmark is located on the grounds of the former estate of the Rockefeller family in the Pocantico Historic Area of Tarrytown, New York. The Pocantico residency is a pilot project that supports artists in their creative process.

"As we continue to explore more opportunities for the public to experience Pocantico, we are pleased to have John Frazier join us for the inaugural Pocantico residency," said Charles Granquist, director, Pocantico Programs. "Although this is our first residency at the Pocantico Center, Pocantico has, for the last 14 years, provided a setting where nonprofit organizations and public-sector institutions can engage in discussions about critical issues."

Frazier's work has appeared in many journals, including The New Republic, The Antioch Review, The Massachusetts Review, Presence Africaine and The Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide. He has been a MacDowell fellow and received other honors for his work. He was selected for the Pocantico residency by a lottery overseen by attorney Anne Marie Bowler of Gabay-Rafiy & Bowler LLP, New York City.

In 2007, the RBF awarded Cave Canem Foundation a two-year, $50,000 capacity-building grant under the foundation's Pivotal Place: New York City program.

In addition to piloting the Pocantico residency, the Pocantico Committee and staff are working to provide more opportunities for the public to experience and learn from the remarkable natural, architectural, artistic, and intellectual resources that the Pocantico setting provides.