Dear students,

We just learned that the Santa Fe Institute, where we usually spend the first full day of the workshop, is extending its moratorium on visitors and will not be able to accommodate us in November. Since the spirit of the workshop depends on this and other gatherings — the group dinners, the barbecue, the hike at Bandelier — it is becoming hard to envision pulling this all off. It is not even clear whether we would be able to hold the seminars themselves. We’re sad to have to cancel for the first time in 25 years.

In the coming days all the costs you have paid will be refunded. We will reverse credit card charges or mail checks to the address you gave on your application. (Let us know if you need to make any changes.) Those with reservations at Inn of the Governors will be contacted directly by the hotel to cancel their bookings.

We will try to hold a workshop next May and will post updates on the website.

Many thanks for your understanding. We will miss you all.

George Johnson
Sandra Blakeslee

updated November 8, 2020: As uncertainty continues to prevail, a May 2021 workshop no longer seems possible. We will try for next fall or the following spring.