MacDowell Colony 2011 2012 Annual Report

ANNUAL REPORT APRIL, 2010 THROUGH MARCH, 2012

The Mission

The Firth Studio was created from an old hay barn in 1956 and is particularly suited to visual artists.

THE COLONY WAS FOUNDED IN 1907 in Peterborough, New Hampshire, by Edward and Marian MacDowell in order to stimulate creativity and enhance expression in American culture. It was in New Hampshire where Edward, America’s first great composer, said he produced more and better music. Before he died in 1908, Edward conveyed to Marian that he wished to give other artists the same creative experience that had allowed him to thrive.

Committing her life to this objective, Marian forged an ideal place where artists could work in the company of peers. Their vision became known as the “Peterborough Idea.” Struck by its potential, prominent citizens of the time — among them Grover Cleveland, Andrew Carnegie, and J. Pierpont Morgan — funded the Colony’s beginnings, but it was under Marian’s tireless leadership that MacDowell achieved the reputation it enjoys today.

More than 100 years later, the Colony has supported the work of more than 6,000 women and men of exceptional ability from around the world. Fellows have earned 69 Pulitzer Prizes and scores of MacArthur, Guggenheim, GRAMMY, Emmy, Sundance, Tony, and National Book Awards. Artists who experience a residency at MacDowell cite the pivotal difference it makes not only in their work but also in their ability to innovate and take creative risks. A registered National Historic Landmark, the Colony was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1997.

Situated in scenic New Hampshire, MacDowell offers 32 studios to artists in seven disciplines: architecture, film/video, writing, theatre, music composition, visual art, and interdisciplinary art. Each year, more than 250 artists are awarded Fellowships to come to Peterborough to focus on their work. The Colony is noted for its support of both emerging and established artists. A Fellowship lasts from two weeks to two months; accepted artists are given a studio, accommodations, and all meals. There are no fees and anyone may apply.

* Colony Fellow names are set in bold throughout this annual report.

To continue to provide an ideal working environment for gifted artists, The MacDowell Colony depends on public interest and generosity, and is grateful to the many who have given their support.

Overview

Susan Davenport Austin, President Cheryl Young, Executive Director

Michael Chabon, Chairman

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E ARE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS SPECIAL double issue of our annual report covering the two years ending in spring 2012. The most marked change is the leadership of the Colony. Susan Davenport Austin took the reins as president in the spring of 2010. Michael Chabon was elected chairman of the board that winter. Celebrations of President Carter Wiseman and Chairman Robin MacNeil, whose remarkable tenures of 11 and almost 18 years respectively, were held in fine style. To capture the vitality of Robin’s leadership, we published a commemorative booklet of his speeches titled Why Is This Important? Other leadership changes of note include the election of Mary Carswell and Helen Tucker as vice chairmen, and Bob Olmsted as secretary of the board.

Later in these pages you will read about the Campaign for the Second Century. In addition to the remarkable leadership gifts by the board, the Colony received two hugely important $1 million grants, one from Kresge and the other from an anonymous foundation. With this help the board established a building reserve fund that we hope to grow in order to properly care for our 40 buildings.

The global recession impacted the Colony for several years. In FY12, we lifted the hiring and salary freeze that was in effect for the prior two years, and budgeted a modest increase in operating expenses and anticipated income. With the recession, the value of our investment portfolio was reduced putting further limiting income from endowment available to support operations.

With the campaign completed, we reorganized the development team with long-range work plans to meet our annual needs. Significant work was done to design programs to recruit new friends who will help us achieve the growth and replenishment required to meet the Colony’s future needs. The National and New Hampshire benefit events, and new programs such as Mac n’ Cheese for younger constituents, are helping to expand

INSIDE 2 The Mission 3 Overview 6 Fellows Executive Committee 7 Artists-in-Residence 37 Events 40 Medal Day 42 Community Programs 44 Gifts for Residencies and Studios 50 Contributors 57 Treasurer’s Report 58 Board and Staff 59 A Gift to MacDowell

THE MACDOWELL COLONY NURTURES THE ARTS BY OFFERING CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS OF THE HIGHEST TALENT AN INSPIRING ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TO PRODUCE ENDURING WORKS OF THE IMAGINATION.

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our support base. The team launched the National Council with trips to the Berkshires and San Francisco and hosted several visits to the Colony for new friends. We rolled out our planned giving program and grew the Marian MacDowell Society to nearly 100 members. We celebrated jazz and playwrighting on Medal Days, each attracting more than 1,500 visitors to honor Sonny Rollins and Edward Albee. Make Art continues a lively program for children and younger families that expands the offerings during our Medal Day festivities. Community outreach has expanded with MacDowell Downtown and MacDowell in the Schools, serving 2,500 members of the local community with 61 artists volunteering during the last two years.

THE NEW LIBRARY BUILDING DESIGNED BY TOD WILLIAMS AND BILLIE TSIEN IS DEAR TO OUR HEARTS...

BECAUSE IT HOUSES THOUSANDS OF EXAMPLES OF WORK ACCOMPLISHED AT MACDOWELL.

While the fundraising staff worked on the campaign, the admissions staff devoted itself to adopting an online application system to aid the process of selection. We have seen unprecedented growth in applications: a 40.4% increase from 1,830 in 2008 to 2,569 in 2012.

MacDowell receives, by far, the most applications of any residency in the country. We also introduced a new online dashboard for artists who have been accepted. They can now submit all their scheduling forms electronically and review all the information they need before a residency. We still have work to do in adapting our panel process and facilities to new ways of working. The Admissions Committee will be discussing the review process for theatre, performance, film and visual art to adapt to the blurring of these forms and some that defy categorization. MacDowell often sees projects well before the marketplace has had a chance to categorize it and thus its review process moves in anticipation of the times.

MacDowell’s seven admissions panels have the all-important task of identifying the most promising artists, meaning that roughly one in 12 received residencies. MacDowell received applications from 49 states, the District of Columbia, and 48 countries. The average age of a resident artist is 41.7, with an average stay of 31.2 days. Requests for financial aid have increased 25% over the past two recessionary years. With direct aid to artists totaling $120,000 per year from funded programs, MacDowell is a leader among residency programs.

Thanks to the campaign we are thrilled to be able to embark on some projects that will keep us busy for the next several years, and will improve the residency experience for generations to come. The new library building designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien is dear to our hearts, not only because it will be a beautiful example of architecture but because it houses thousands of examples of work accomplished at MacDowell. Those samples to be enjoyed and to be learned from are now more accessible in both Savidge

The Eugene Coleman Savidge Library will become a library for the 21st Century once its renovation and construction of the new building are complete.

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Library and the new building. And, with the changes underway to the library site, we’ve worked with Reed Hilderbrand Architects to develop a master plan for the landscape surrounding Colony Hall and the library. When you drive onto the grounds you will also notice a lot of sunlight at Colony Hall and the library site.

Over the past 20 years we’ve invested heavily in making our buildings weather tight and more energy efficient. We converted the heat plant in Colony Hall from fuel oil to a highefficiency biomass boiler for the building that consumes the most energy. We have many future plans for the plant in need of funding. The design for an Interdisciplinary Studio for choreography is complete and ready to be built when funds are raised.

This rendering of a large open space within the new construction demonstrates the architect's use of abundant natural light in the library while showcasing views of Colony grounds.

It is an unusual year for MacDowell when new acreage is acquired. Adjacent land originally donated by the MacDowells for use as a public golf course came back into our possession with an arrangement for it to continue in that vein. The Colony made the decision to purchase the land from the Monadnock Country Club rather than risk its development. The MacDowell board is to be commended for acting decisively in a matter that makes it simpler for all parties involved, including the club and the town leadership.

OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS WE’VE INVESTED HEAVILY IN MAKING OUR BUILDINGS WEATHERTIGHT The Fellows Executive Committee met throughout the year to act as a sounding board for staff concerns, and to organize the annual Fellows’ reunion. Hundreds of artists converged AND MORE ENERGY to celebrate MacDowell and expand the sense of fellowship beyond the acreage in New EFFICIENT. Hampshire.

We welcome new board members Bill Beekman, Erik Ehn, Peter Jachym, Bob Larsen, Hilary Sample, Anthony Schneider and Elizabeth Taylor. Our thanks go to retiring board members Pamela Joyner and Carter Wiseman. We note with sadness the passing of Ros Putnam, director emerita and a beloved member of the MacDowell board for many years.

Two long-time staff members deserve our thanks: Michelle Aldredge, who served for 13 years in various administrative capacities, and Karen Sampson, communications manager, who worked eight years at MacDowell. We wish also to acknowledge the campaign staff Dona Lee Kelly and Tim Anderson for their enthusiasm and hard work.

To each and every one of our many friends and supporters, thank you for helping MacDowell support artists in the making of new work.

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Fellows Executive Committee

Left to right, standing: Eleanor Cory, Kermit Frazier, Jonathan Pieslak, Margaret Brouwer, Lorna Bieber, Anthony Schneider, Marie Regan, Nicolas Dumit Estevez, Rachel Sussman, Seth Riskin, Jason Van Nest.

In front: Executive Director Cheryl Young and Office Manager and Development Assistant Courtney Brecht.

COMPRISED OF ARTISTS WHO HAVE BEEN IN RESIDENCE, The Fellows Executive Committee (FEC) serves as an advisory group to the Colony. Committee members are selected by their peers and serve three-year terms. With first-hand knowledge of the MacDowell experience, the FEC works to build and engage the community of Colony Fellows and provide feedback and recommendations to the Colony’s staff and board of directors.

The FEC also aims to broaden enlistment of Fellows across all disciplines and generations.

Anthony Schneider, a writer, is the current FEC president and, as such, a MacDowell board member. In 2011, the FEC focused on geographical outreach, and will continue its “satellite” program in 2012. The FEC will also work with the executive director and board on awareness, online communications and fundraising. “We’re hoping to extend the reach of the Fellows network by establishing informal satellite Fellows group around the U.S. and internationally,” explains Schneider.

The 2010 and 2011 Annual Fellows parties were, by all accounts, huge successes, bringing together Fellows and raising more than $2,000 each year as unrestricted gifts to the Colony.

For more information about the Fellows Executive Committee, please visit MacDowell’s Web site at www.macdowellcolony.org/artists-fec.html. You can also e-mail the FEC at fec@macdowellcolony.org. A list of current FEC members as of June 1, 2012, follows below.

FELLOWS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESIDENT

Anthony Schneider, writer

VICE PRESIDENT

Lorna Bieber, visual artist

SECRETARIES

Ravi Shankar, writer Jason Van Nest, architect

TREASURER

Nicolas Dumit Estevez, interdisciplinary artist

MEMBERS

Deric Carner, visual artist Eleanor Cory, composer Scott Frankel, composer Kermit Frazier, theatre Barbara Gallucci, visual artist Joshua Elias Harmon, theatre Caroline Mallonée, composer Marie Regan, filmmaker Seth Riskin, interdisciplinary artist

The FEC would like to thank the following members, who retired from the FEC in 2011 and 2012: Margaret Brouwer, composer Michelle Jaffé, visual artist Charles Kondek, theatre

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Jonathan Pieslak, composer Rachel Sussman, visual artist

ARCHITECTS Anthony Alofsin, Austin, TX, focused on a new series of architectural drawings of imaginary places that builds on the series of studies called Places of Refuge and a fictive memoir, Halflife, which was published in 2009.

John Beckmann, New York, NY, developed a series of innovative and typological designs for earth shelters made from sustainable materials, which will result in architectural drawings, three-dimensional computer models, and photorealistic renderings. The completed work will lie between land art, sculpture, and architecture.

Tia Blassingame, New Haven, CT, continued writing and research on an essay and on the letterpress printing of an accompanying edition of a hand-bound book examining race and architectural perception.

Gail Borden, Los Angeles, CA, completed a series of drawings based on his installation Light Frames at Materials and Application Gallery. These drawings iterate the tectonic system to engage surfaces, shell systems, and plate systems through linear morphology.

Angela Co, Lexington, KY, worked on an inflatable and nomadic shelter, and prototyped a full-scale, 15-footdiameter mock-up for an exhibition at LOT Gallery in Louisville, Kentucky.

Ronit Eisenbach, Takoma Park, MD, explored themes of memory, erasure, and the tactile surface. She created a site-specific installation on the property, cast impressions of the thawing ground, and began a series of encaustic collages.

Richard Griswold, Boston, MA, explored the intersection of empathy and design in drawings, writing, diagrams, and paintings. He created a series of more than 40 large-format watercolors and documented the process for the Brooklyn Art Library’s 2011 Sketchbook Process.

Artists-in-Residence

THE COLONY CONTINUES TO ATTRACT the highest caliber of professional artists in the country and abroad.

More than 5,000 artists applied to MacDowell from April of 2010 through March of 2012; 564 received residencies, including 27 architects, 43 film/video artists, 44 interdisciplinary artists, 72 theatre artists, 76 composers, 85 visual artists, and 217 writers. These artists came to MacDowell from 43 states and 20 countries. The projects they worked on during their residencies at MacDowell are described below and on the following pages.

Fritz Haeg, Rome, Italy, worked on a comprehensive timeline of project texts from the past decade for eventual publication, including essays, interviews, project descriptions, and articles. He also wrote a few essays, and began reading and researching a new series of projects.

Jennifer Harmon, Ann Arbor, MI, the recipient of the inaugural MacDowell Colony Graham Foundation Fellowship, completed a series of projects that explore the relationship between the constructed environment and perception of space associated with memory. Each project is realized through three artifacts produced utilizing drawing, wire sculpture, and cyanotype photographic techniques.

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John Hartmann, Brooklyn, NY, completed a series of drawings that will be collected in a publication entitled Thirty Days to Find Space and Form.

Richard W. Hayes, New York, NY, made substantial progress on a new book about experimental foam structures built during the 1960s and 1970s. He also completed a chapter on design/build education for a forthcoming book to be published by MIT Press.

Roger Hubeli, Champaign, IL, in collaboration with Julie Larsen, developed and completed speculative drawings and models for ongoing research, which stems from an exhibition that merges infrastructural projects with ecology that can be leveraged for new architectural propositions on the city.

Joyce Hwang, Buffalo, NY, completed design development of “Pest Wall,” an architectural installation to be built at the Buffalo Audubon Society (and the second project of her Pest Architecture series).

Timothy Hyde, Cambridge, MA, wrote the introduction for his completed book manuscript, A Constitutional Modernism. He also worked on an essay on the political efficacy of ugliness in architecture.

Catherine Ingraham, New York, NY, finished the manuscript for her book tentatively entitled Architecture and Property: Happy Together?, to be published in a series by Princeton University Press.

Julie Larsen, Champaign-Urbana, IL, in collaboration with Roger Hubeli, developed and completed speculative drawings and models for ongoing research, which stems from an exhibition that merges infrastructural projects with ecology that can be leveraged for new architectural propositions on the city.

John Lee, New York, NY, developed drawings and computer-generated images related to installations exploring the concept of “sky lighting.”

Jennifer Leung, Brooklyn, NY, continued working on the manuscript titled Architecture at Risk. She also reviewed the exhibition Architecture in Uniform (Canadian Centre for Architecture, Jean-Louis Cohen) for Constructs.

Gaspar Libedinsky, Buenos Aires, Argentina, developed the video-sculpture Boquete in collaboration with fellow Colonist Heidi Kumao, to be exhibited at the Post Post Post exhibition in Buenos Aires, Boston, and Madrid. He also developed further the installations for his exhibition Productos Caseros.

Judith McBrien, Wilmette, IL, worked on a new book, Becoming Burnham: The Emperor of Architecture — an illustrated selection of Burnham’s private letters and personal writings that chronicle the evolution of his ideas about American architecture and urban planning, his friendships with noted colleagues, and the formation of the American Academy in Rome.

Nathalie Rozot, New York, NY, an award-winning multidisciplinary designer who focuses on lighting design research and critical study in lighting, developed (helio) Photomorphing, a project focused on ecological lighting practices for stage using sunlight and solar-powered electric light.

Michelangelo Sabatino, Houston, TX, continued to work on his manuscript Concrete Utopias: Architectural Environments of Arthur Erickson for Princeton Architectural Press (and McGill-Queens University Press). This book examines Erickson’s design of modernist architectural environments for the public realm from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Tanu Sankalia, San Francisco, CA, completed a series of papers towards his book project, The Urban Unseen: Examining San Francisco’s Interstitial Spaces.

Luis Urculo, Madrid, Spain, started a new series of drawings and structures for a solo show in Madrid at Galeria Eva Ruiz. He also prepared work for his next video piece.

“THE MACDOWELL EXPERIENCE WAS A WINDOW INTO A LIFE OF ENHANCED POSSIBILITIES. AFTER MORE THAN 100 YEARS, THE COLONY HAS CERTAINLY LEARNED HOW TO CATER TO EVEN THE MOST SUBTLE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS SEEKING CREATIVE SPACE.” —Composer Eugene Ulman

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“THE SENSE OF PERSONAL AND ARTISTIC FREEDOM WAS CENTRAL TO MY RESIDENCY EXPERIENCE, AND I FELT COMPLETELY SUPPORTED WITH LOVING KINDNESS FROM THE STAFF. EVERYONE HERE RESPECTS THE ARTISTIC PROCESS SO MUCH THAT I NOW RESPECT MY OWN PROCESS ALL THE MORE.” —Visual artist Selena Kimball

Mabel O. Wilson, New York, NY, completed work on her cultural history Progress and Prospect: Black Americans in the World of Fairs, to be published by the University of California Press. She also worked on a photo/video project with her collaborator Pete Tolkin entitled Listening There: Scenes from Ghana.

Mark Wright, Glen Ridge, NJ, completed a draft and a model for his study of an unbuilt house by Robert Venturi, assisted a team exploring the interior of H. H. Richardson’s Ames Monument in Wyoming, and advanced his firm’s work on houses in design or under construction in New Jersey, Connecticut, and Haiti.

COMPOSERS Mark Adamo, New York, NY, continued composing the orchestral score of his opera The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, commissioned and to be premiered by the San Francisco Opera in June of 2013.

Evan Antonellis, New York, NY, continued work on his doctoral thesis, Disparatia, for pianist Linda Wang and chamber ensemble.

Darcy James Argue, Brooklyn, NY, began composing music for Brooklyn Babylon, an interdisciplinary theatrical work he is co-creating with visual artist Danijel Zezelj for a premiere at BAM Next Wave Festival.

Eleanor Aversa, Philadelphia, PA, completed the first movement of her orchestra piece Open Doors, and began work on the second. Open Doors will be read by the Curtis Symphony Orchestra as her dissertation composition for the University of Pennsylvania.

Jesse Ayers, Canton, OH, began a new one-woman mini-opera for mezzo-soprano and surround-sound wind orchestra about Rahab, the harlot of ancient Jericho.

Gordon Beeferman, New York, NY, composed two new works for his Imaginary Band, a hybrid new music, avant-jazz septet. He also began sketches for a large orchestral work.

Hayes Biggs, Bronxville, NY, completed the third of three preludes on hymn tunes commissioned by organist Gail Archers, and worked on a song cycle on religious poetry and a quintet for piano and strings.

David Carpenter, Philadelphia, PA, completed a vocal-piano score for an opera based on Edith Wharton’s novel The Age of Innocence. This score will be used for recording selected scenes from the opera with singers and piano to present to opera companies who might be interested in producing the work.

Chao-Jan Chang, Boston, MA, completed three move­­ments of his large-scale electro-acoustic piano music, Extreme, which will be included on his second CD. Andrea Clearfield, Philadelphia, PA, completed a new work for Group Motion Dance Company for premiere at The Mandell Theatre. She also focused on a new work for the Women’s Sacred Music Project and started a new cantata for the Mendelssohn Club and Pennsylvania Girl Choir with Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia based on Tibetan melodies she recorded in Nepal.

Douglas Cuomo, Brooklyn, NY, in 2010 finished Black Diamond Express Train to Hell, a piece for orchestra, solo cello, and sampling keyboard that will premiere at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Douglas Cuomo, Brooklyn, NY, in 2012 worked on writing an opera based on the play/movie Doubt, which has been commissioned by Minnesota Opera. The opera will be for four principal characters, a mixedchildren’s and SATB ensemble, and an orchestra of approximately 30 instrumentalists.

Nathan Currier, New York, NY, worked on a piece for solo violin for Cornelius Dufallo.

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Sebastian Currier, New York, NY, completed Xenakis Ghost, a piece for violin, piano, and pre-recorded samples. He also started work on 15 Minutes for harp, viola, and flute, which will be premiered in Berlin.

Tina Davidson, Lancaster, PA, completed the draft of a new work for chamber orchestra entitled Barefoot. Her new work for solo violin and piano will be premiered, toured, and recorded in the 2011–2012 season.

Emily Doolittle, Seattle, WA, wrote a duo for violin and viola based on the duet songs of birds. She also began work on a chamber opera called Jan Tait and the Bear for the United Kingdom ensemble, ffancy tunes.

Richard Dubugnon, Paris, France, started and finished his 25-minute string quintet Pentalog op.53, co-commissioned by the Concergebouw, Amsterdam, and the Verbier Festival, Switzerland. He also wrote a song in English based on The Fair Singer, a poem by Andrew Marvell.

Dave Eggar, Brooklyn, NY, completed a set of etudes for cello and interactive electronics. He also developed a set of new work based on his recent collaborations with the Tallaandig tribe on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines for his upcoming Universal Records release.

Simon Fink, St. Joseph, MO, completed a choral piece based on a poem by Emerson, and also began work on a piece for the Basso Moderno Duo. Scott Frankel, New York, NY, completed the second act score for the musical Far From Heaven. He also revised the score for Finding Neverland in advance of its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse, and began discussions for a new musical with fellow Colonists (and Grey Gardens collaborators) Doug Wright and Michael Korie.

Lucio Gregoretti, Rome, Italy, worked on a mass for soloists, choir, and orchestra commissioned by the Pergolesi Spontini Festival in Italy.

Alexandra Grimal, New York, NY, finished composing a new repertoire for her New York-based quartet (with Todd Newfield, Thomas Morgan, and Marcus Gilmore), which will be recorded thanks to a CMA/FACE grant.

Yotam Haber, Brooklyn, NY, completed a commission for the Southern Poverty Law Center, as well as a new work for Alarm Will Sound. He also worked on a Meet the Composer commission for The Knights, and a film score for Jonah Bleicher.

Joel Harrison, Brooklyn, NY, worked on a Meet the Composer commission for Jazz Big Band. He also revised some jazz septet compositions.

Kathryn Hathaway, New York, NY, in collaboration with playwright Sarah Hammond, worked on material for her original musical based on the life of Mary Shelley.

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Henry Hehmsoth, Austin, TX, completed a quintet, Cairo Pentagonal, and began an orchestral work, Casa Picasso.

Fred Hersch, New York, NY, set a wide variety of poetry for a trio with jazz vocalist and Grammy-winner Kurt Elling and guitarist Julian Lage. He also composed music for a double-trio: two pianos (one using piano preparation and live electronics), two acoustic basses, and two drummer/percussionists (one using live electronics).

Joel Hoffman, Cincinnati, OH, completed two pieces and made significant progress on a third. Five Bedtime Stories for clarinet and guzheng, commissioned by Russ Rosenzweig, and String Quartet 5, commissioned

by Lourdes Lobo, will premiere in 2012.

Ching-Chu Hu, Granville, OH, began a multi-movement composition for oboe and chamber orchestra to be premiered by the Center for New Music at the University of Iowa. He also composed a lullaby and began a project in collaboration with poet Malachi Black.

Lee Hyle, Chicago, IL, completed work on a large-scale chamber piece for the Firebird Ensemble to be premiered in Boston and New York.

Gabriel Kahane, Brooklyn, NY, in 2010 completed sketches and partial orchestration for an as-yet-untitled song cycle based on his own texts, as well as those of Hart Crane, to be premiered at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall with the American Composers Orchestra. He also completed revisions of his musical February House.

Gabriel Kahane, Brooklyn, NY, in 2011 completed three movements and five songs of a hybrid cello sonata/ song cycle that he and cellist, Alisa Weilerstein, will perform on a recital tour. He also wrote an unrelated song or two, and began historical research for a large orchestral work about the WPA for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Pilobous Dance.

Larry Karush, Los Angeles, CA, completed the expansion and orchestration of his large-scale solo piano work, The Wheel, for his Los Angeles-based ensemble of piano/flute/bass/two-world percussion.

He also completed several short piano works for his Meditations series.

Jerome Kitzke, New York, NY, worked on a 20-minute chamber piece for accordion, bass clarinet, Hammond organ with Leslie speaker, violin, piano, and percussion.

Angel Lam, New York, NY, worked on a 90-minute music drama titled June Lovers, scored for singers, musicians, narrator, and semi-staged scenes.

“MY STUDIO, ALEXANDER, PROVIDED AN INCREDIBLE SPACE FOR WORKING AND LIVING, AND WAS A CONSTANT SOURCE OF COMFORT AND INSPIRATION. ALEXANDER HAD SUCH AN IMPACT ON ME THAT I TAILORED MY ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT TO INCLUDE A DESIGN FOR ALEXANDER AND AN INSTALLATION IN THE LOGGIA.” —Architect Angela Co Justin Messina, Brooklyn, NY, completed work on his electro-acoustic album, Shortwave Artifacts. Comprised completely of radio wave recordings and acoustic instruments, the album investigates the mysterious science of radio and the manners in which it intersects with daily life.

Eun Young Lee, Chicago, IL, completed two commissioned works to be performed at the Cincinnati Conservatory and the Sejong Cultural Society in Chicago. She also continued work on a series for solo and electronics, including Korean traditional instruments, and recorded various sounds (birds, chickens, and sheep), which will be incorporated into her music.

Ricardo Lorenz, East Lansing, MI, finished Merengue in the Mirror, a work for two flutes commissioned by the University of Oregon. He also orchestrated two movements of his viola concerto, a 24-minute piece composed for Roberto Diaz for upcoming premiere.

Zibuokle Martinaityte, New York, NY, completed the piece American Hodgepodge to be performed at the Other Minds Festival in San Francisco. She also worked on a project titled 1 + 1 = 0 for two cellos, piano, electronics, and audio cubes, and developed a new series of pieces called Still Lifes.

Missy Mazzoli, Brooklyn, NY, worked on Salt, a “cello-opera” for cellist Maya Beiser, vocalist Helga Davis, and electronics to premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and UNC Chapel Hill.

Lansing McLoskey, Miami, FL, completed two works: a wind quintet for the Joint Wind Quintet Project to be premiered at the International Horn Society, International Double Reed Society, International Clarinet Association, and National Flute Association; and a work for choir and clarinet for the Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble.

Ana Milosavljevic, New York, NY, completed a commission for visual artist Vittoria Chierici to write music for her next video project Luci in Cielo, to be premiered at Museum Le Torri dell’Acqua in Budrio, Bologna. She also created work for Viper electric violin and electronics.

Martha Mooke, Nyack, NY, began her composition “X-ing” for electric viola and concert band, the second large work in the series of Viola X-Treme. She also created Terminal Baggage Etudes for five-string violin/ viola, based on her original composition.

Paul Moravec, New York, NY, completed Wind Symphony, to be premiered by 11 university bands at various times throughout the 2011–2012 season. He also began work on his third opera, which will premiere in 2014.

Elizabeth Nonemaker, Los Angeles, CA, completed a piece commissioned by the Baltimore-based duo, Pictures in Silence, written for harp, saxophone, and electronics. She also began work on an orchestra to be premiered by USC Symphony Orchestra.

Andrew Norman, Brooklyn, NY, completed a work for chamber orchestra to be premiered at the Aspen Music Festival, as well as a short string quartet for the Jasper Quartet.

Keyla Orozco, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, started a suite for a tap dancer, violin, bass clarinet, marimba, and piano. She also completed a pedagogical cycle of six piano miniatures for early beginners.

Andreia Pinto-Correia, Lisbon, Portugal, completed a piece for solo oboe to be premiered at Jordan Hall in Boston. She also completed an orchestral piece for the Aspen Music Festival, and a chamber piece to be performed by the Aspen Chamber Ensemble.

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“MY RESIDENCY WAS A TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE. IT WAS TRULY SPECIAL TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE AND COMMUNE WITH SUCH A HIGH CALIBER OF WRITERS, FILMMAKERS, VISUAL ARTISTS, AND SCULPTORS. YOU CAN’T GET THIS LEVEL OF CROSS-POLLINATION OF CREATIVE IDEAS ANYWHERE ELSE.” —Fiction writer Leland Cheuk Adam Schoenberg, New York, NY, began his first symphony, American Symphony, to be premiered by the Kansas City Symphony.

Larry Polansky, Hanover, NH, worked on a large string quartet, as well as a series of theoretical essays on form, while continuing to perform regularly. He also wrote a series of one round per day called The MacDowell Diary Rounds.

Michael Pounds, Muncie, IN, collected field recordings and worked on music/sound for an inter-media collaboration with poet Matt Mullins. He also began a new composition for accordion and computer.

David Rakowski, Maynard, MA, began and finished a substantial work for mixed sextet called Zyg Zag, which was commissioned by the Cygnus Ensemble of New York.

Rufus Reid, Teaneck, NJ, completed a symphonic work for solo double bass and orchestra, Caress the Thought, to be premiered in Schamburg, Illinois. He also completed two of three movements of his Guggenheim Fellowship project for orchestra, which will be debuted by the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra.

Chris Rogerson, Amherst, NY, worked on a solo guitar piece for Robert Belinic to premiere at Wolf Trap; a work for cello and orchestra for the New York Youth Symphony to premiere at Carnegie Hall; and an extended work for violin and piano.

Jean Rohe, Brooklyn, NY, began developing a musical performance memoir about the life and suicide of her grandmother and namesake.

Neil Rolnick, New York, NY, worked on Mono, a full evening music and media production. He also completed Anosmia, a work for voices, instruments, and computer for the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s New Music Ensemble.

Huang Ruo, New York, NY, worked on the first act of his grand opera Sun Yat-Sen, to be premiered at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing.

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Laura Schwendinger, Madison, WI, composed a new work, Sudden Light, for mezzo soprano Jennifer Beattie. In addition, she worked on a string quartet for the JACK Quartet, continued preparation for her upcoming opera, and finished a text setting for choir for the old Mexican ballad Llorona.

Craig Shuler, Oneonta, NY, continued work on a three-movement piano concerto.

Edward Simon, Orange City, FL, completed a piece for piano and string orchestra.

Alvin Singleton, Atlanta, GA, completed In My Own Skin for solo piano, Miaka Kumi for small orchestra, and started work on a piece for large orchestra.

Gregory Spears, Brooklyn, NY, finished music for three sections of the work The Lost Lais of Albion, an opera– dance collaboration with choreographer/librettist Christopher Williams. This work, inspired by fragmented medieval folk legends from northwest Europe, will be presented by American Opera Projects, Christopher Williams, and Douglas Dunn’s Salon Series.

Patrick Stoyanovich, Bainbridge Island, WA, worked on a symphony for brass and percussion, and a new work for voices and orchestra titled Mother and Child in celebration of the Nativity for the Saint Cecilia Festival.

Shaina Taub, Brooklyn, NY, worked on a musical theatre piece commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Eugene Uman, Brattleboro, VT, composed several jazz pieces using folkloric Columbian rhythms as inspiration. He also investigated Cumbia, Bambuc, Mapale, and Currulao, and composed music for a new CD. Aleksandra Vrebalov, New York, NY, completed Mileva, a full-length opera to be premiered during the 150th anniversary season of the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad. She also worked on a clarinet quintet for David Krakauer and Kronos Quartet.

Jen Wang, Point Richmond, CA, completed a piece for solo flute and began work on an opera.

Dan Welcher, Austin, TX, completed three short works of chamber music from various commissions, and began the composition of a large work for two string quartets. This work, commissioned for the Miro and Shanghai Quartets, will be premiered in the 2012–2013 concert season.

Eric Wubbels, New York, NY, completed a commission for choir, amplified cello, and electronics for Kivie Cahn-Lipman and the Smith College choir, as well as a solo piano piece to be performed by various pianists throughout the U.S. and abroad in 2012–2013. He also began work on a commission from Issue Project Room for the String Orchestra of Brooklyn.

Pete Wyer, London, United Kingdom, worked on Tibetan Sarctus, a choral work for Western choirs setting sacred texts in Tibetan. He also worked on Numinous City, an opera in development based on the true story of Tibet’s “singing nun,” Ngawarg Sargdrol.

Wang Xi, Dallas, TX, completed a piano solo piece, Rain at Barnard Cottage. She also worked on the orchestra piece Dawn at the Barnard Cottage, to be premiered at Meyerson Hall in Dallas and then toured in six cities and in Europe during the summer of 2012.

Stephen Yip, Houston, TX, worked on his second violin concerto, The Luminous Mysteries, inspired by Rosarium Virginis Marine (the rosary of the Virgin Mary) by Pope John Paul II.

FILM/VIDEO ARTISTS Anne Aghion, New York, NY, worked on her next film project, provisionally entitled Walking. Specifically, she wove in some documentary/experimental sequences relating to trauma (the past) and the healing of these traumas (the present and the future).

Natalia Almada, Mexico City, Mexico, completed El Velador for premiere at New Directors/New Films at MOMA and Lincoln Center, and for broadcast on PBS’ POV. Michael Almereyda, New York, NY, completed a screenplay adaptation of Shakespeare’s Cymbelinee, and reviewed proofs for his forthcoming book, For Now: William Eggleston.

Cam Archer, Santa Cruz, CA, completed two full-length feature screenplays: Hard Rock and Visiting Artist.

Lee Arnold, Brooklyn, NY, worked on a series of short films inspired by German romantic landscape paintings.

Lisa Crafts, New York, NY, researched and developed the animated video project Overgrowth, which portrays the tumultuous relationship between human endeavor and nature as they encroach upon and distort one other.

Kara Crombie, Philadelphia, PA, completed an animation called Jullian’s Balls to be exhibited at VOX Populi Gallery in Philadelphia. The animation is the fifth installment in her Aloof Hills series, which focuses on the racial and sexual relationships between characters in a mythical Civil War plantation.

Redmond Entwistle, Brooklyn, NY, worked on the first draft of his first feature-length film, provisionally titled Future. Set in Queens, New York, and Frankfurt, Germany, the film will be completed and exhibited in 2013.

Jesse Epstein, Brooklyn, NY, worked on the forth segment in a series of short-form documentaries. The first segment, Wet Dreams and False Images, received a Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival; the second, The Guarantee, received best short film at the Newport International Film Festival; and the third, 34x25x36 was broadcast on PBS’ POV.

“THE GENEROUS ACCOMMODATIONS, FACILITIES, MEALS, AND ENVIRONMENT (I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF THE MACDOWELL WOODS IN THE ANIMATION I MADE HERE) CONTRIBUTED TO WHAT WAS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE MONTHS OF MY LIFE, BUT ALSO THE MOST PEACEFUL AND CONTENT. TO MAKE ART IN THAT STATE WAS THE GREATEST GIFT.” —Filmmaker Kara Crombie

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“I WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE EIGHT TAPESTRIES WHILE IN RESIDENCE AT MACDOWELL. IN ADDITION TO BEING EXTREMELY PRODUCTIVE, I ALSO HAD TIME TO RESEARCH, REFLECT, AND THINK ABOUT PROJECTS AND IMAGERY. MY TIME HERE WAS LIFE CHANGING. THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE LIKE MACDOWELL.” —Mixed-media visual artist Erin Riley Denise Iris, New York, NY, started filming and recording sound for a feature film project entitled Sweetmeats.

She also amassed a collection of footage to be integrated with scenes that will be shot later.

Kirsten Kearse, Brooklyn, NY, completed her featurelength screenplay The String Along, which has been optioned by Tiny Dancer Films. She also began shooting a new experimental short film that was heavily influenced by the work of her fellow Colonists.

Julia Kots, New York, NY, wrote the full first draft of a feature-length, as-yet-unnamed screenplay.

Yance Ford, Queens, NY, developed key story components of her documentary film, Strong Island, which is scheduled for completion in late 2013.

Andrew Gillis, Fayetteville, NC, completed and revised the first draft of his screenplay Ant Lion, which deals with the personal and public perceptions of morality and heroism. He also completed extensive notes for further drafts of the screenplay.

Jane Gillooly, Somerville, MA, focused on structuring a time-based work titled The Suitcase of Love and Shame, sourced from a found audio diary recorded in the 1960s. The piece addresses the clandestine lives adult Americans were forced to lead due to inhibited societal mores of the time.

Sam Green, Brooklyn, NY, worked on a 30-minute essay film called Fog City, a meditation on several seemingly disparate elements: the heartbreakingly beautiful fog that is central to San Francisco, a personal experience of grief and loss after the recent death of my younger brother, and the Japanese notion of Wabi Sabi (the art of impermanence).

Dee Hibbert-Jones, San Francisco, CA, further developed the medium-length animation Living Condition.

James T. Hong, Seal Beach, CA, completed two rough cuts for two experimental films — one shot on 16mm film and the other on HD video.

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Cath LeCouteur, London, United Kingdom, wrote the first draft of her screenplay Bed, inspired by NASA’s real “bed-rest” experiments. Set in a de-commissioned observatory in the wilds of England, the film tells the story of five strangers who come together to participate in one of these experiments.

James Scott Linville, London, United Kingdom, worked on an original screenplay about a religious movement in South Dakota during the late 19th century.

Jody Lipes, New York, NY, worked on writing his first feature-length screenplay about a man joining a religious community in Kentucky in the 1850s.

Mitch McCabe, Los Angeles, CA, worked on a nonfiction book related to her recent documentary, Youth Knows No Pain. She also worked on a screenplay for a new narrative feature.

Christopher Munch, Los Angeles, CA, completed the first draft of an original screenplay concerning physicist brothers Frank and Robert Oppenheimer.

Tomonari Nishikawa, Okazaki, Japan, worked on his first HD video project.

Jessica Oreck, New York, NY, edited a rough cut of The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga. She also wrote and story-boarded the animated fairy tale portion of the film.

Laurie Parker, Arcata, CA, rewrote her screenplay Lucky, an adaptation of Alice Sebold’s memoir, for director Jane Campion and British film production company Film4.

Liss Platt, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, worked on production and post-production of an experimental documentary about her father titled Dark Horse Candidate.

Laura Poitras, New York, NY, edited O’ Say Can You See, a multichannel video installation to premiere at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. She also began preproduction on the third part of a documentary trilogy about America post 9/11.

Danny Rubin, Brookline, MA, made significant progress toward completion of his screenplay, The Hanging Tale, an experiment in storytelling. He also wrote several essays toward a book in progress based on his original draft screenplay of the movie Groundhog Day. Shelly Silver, New York, NY, edited Watch (working title), a fictional essay about New York’s Chinatown.

She also did research and initial filming for an upcoming film, Musical.

Daniel Sousa, Providence, RI, finished the rough cut of an animated film based on accounts of feral children.

Stacy Steers, Boulder, CO, worked toward completion of a new 12-minute animated film to premiere as an installation in the New Media space at the Denver Art Museum.

Deborah Stratman, Chicago, IL, shot and edited 16mm material for her upcoming film about comets and their divinatory history, These Blazeing Starrs. She also continued the research and editing of her 16mm film project about Illinois, and did preparatory drawings and models for an as-yet-untitled solo show at the Gahlberg Gallery at the McAnnich Arts Center in Illinois.

Elisabeth Subrin, Brooklyn, NY, worked on a new screenplay and several photographic and video series for a forthcoming solo exhibition at PARTICIPANT, INC. in New York.

Mathew Szymanowski, San Francisco, CA, worked on the script for his debut feature film, The Purple Onion, which examines the relationship between a son who wants his creative independence and a patriotic Chinese mother who wants to feel needed again.

Nomi Talisman, San Francisco, CA, developed detailed a storyboard for Living Condition, an animated mediumlength documentary she’s collaborating on with Dee Hibbert-Jones.

Lorin Wertheimer, Brooklyn, NY, worked on research and preliminary writing of a play focused on the Supreme Court deliberations in 1953–1954 of Brown v. the Board of Education. He also worked on rewriting What Was Lost, a two-person drama; My Younger Sister’s Wedding, a romantic comedy; and Iron River, a thriller.

Charlie White, Los Angeles, CA, completed all of the preparations for his first feature-length film.

Matthew Wolf, New York, NY, edited a rough cut of his new documentary, Teenage, a historical film about the pre-history of teenagers, based on a book by the punk author Jon Savage.

Sam Zalutsky, New York, NY, revised a draft of How to Make It to the Promised Land or This Is Not Another Holocaust Movie, which is based on a short story by Ellen Umansky.

Joshua Zeman, New York, NY, completed his most recent screenplay, In A Strange Land, which documents the 72 hours after three particle collider physicists believe they may have created a Strangelet — an exotic particle capable of destroying the world.

INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTISTS Tyler Adams, Los Angeles, CA, completed several short videos exploring audio-visual perception. He also developed new work and a formal proposal for a forthcoming solo show.

Shimon Attie, Brooklyn, NY, worked on an eight-channel video installation commissioned by the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. The piece explores the mutability of layered identities, communal affiliation, and national aspiration.

Andrew Braddock, Fredricksburg, OH, developed a duet with collaborator Ginger Krebs combining movement developed from their backgrounds in butoh, contact improvisation, and performance art.

Danny Cannizzaro, Providence, RI collaborated with Samantha Gorman in making animations and illustrations for an upcoming interactive art object to be released on Apple’s Ipad and other devices.

Andrew Demirjian, Palisades Park, NJ, worked on an audiovisual installation that created several compositions for an eight-channel sound cube using field recordings from the Grand Canyon. The recordings ranged from 12 elevations spanning two billion years of geological history.

Catharine Dill, Brooklyn, NY, completed the text of Ye’re Here, Cuzin!, a project she will produce with interdisciplinary performance group Exploding Moment.

Hasan Elahi, College Park, MD, completed two works, one to be exhibited at the Meadowbrook Art Gallery in Rochester, Michigan; the other at the Young Artists’ Biennial in Bucharest, Romania.

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Michelle Ellsworth, Boulder, CO, worked on the script for her latest solo performance work, Phone Homer, for premiere at On the Boards in Seattle. She also finalized a two-person low-tech version of the script for premiere in Pristina, Kosovo, and made nine short dances for the camera for her existing performable Web sites.

Angie Eng, Paris, France, completed video editing for a live video music performance, Liminal.

Stephen Fiehn, Chicago, Il, worked with collaborator Tyler Myers on the duo’s (Cupola Bobber) fifth interdisciplinary performance work and related projects for premiere at the National Theatre in Mannheim, Germany.

Samantha Gorman, Providence, RI, in collaboration with Danny Cannizzaro, drafted, storyboarded, wrote, and planned assets for a short interactive literature piece designed for the Ipad and similar gesture-based tablets.

Ilona Granet, New York, NY, with the other members of DISBAND, invented four new songs.

Chris M. Green, Brooklyn, NY, completed the storyboard, scripted the narration, and began music compositions for his upcoming film/installation project, Mega-Delhi Sublime.

Monica Haller, Minneapolis, MN, completed a video, a series of installations, and some writing necessary to activate a library of books that she recently made with soldiers and survivors of the current American wars for exhibition at the Nomas Foundation and the Museo d’ Arte Contemporanea Roma in Italy.

George Higgs, Dublin, Ireland, completed work on an integrated score and blueprint for The Voice of the Building, a performance symphony in which musicians assemble an instrument onstage as a musical act.

Cynthia Hopkins, Brooklyn, NY, completed a draft of This Clement World, a musical performance piece that poetically but urgently addresses our global climate crisis, for premiere at Les Subsistances (Lyon, France); The Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN); and St. Ann’s Warehouse (Brooklyn, NY).

“AS SOMEONE WHO WALKS THE LINE BETWEEN INTROVERT AND EXTROVERT, MACDOWELL PROVIDED FOR ME ALL THE ELEMENTS OF A BALANCED DIET: LONG DAYS OF QUIET AND PRIVACY TO MAINTAIN FOCUS, AND NIGHTLY REUNIONS WITH CREATIVE PEERS AND KINDRED SPIRITS.” —Nonfiction writer Joe Fox

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Hisao Ihara, Brooklyn, NY, worked on a multi-screen video installation titled Collective.

Lars Jan, Los Angeles, CA, researched, rethought, and reworked the text of Abacus, a multimedia performance riffing on the presentation format and mega-church media design, for premiere at the Experimental Media and Performance Arts Center in Troy, New York.

Ahram Jeong, Seoul, Korea, worked on her new participatory project.

Sarah Jones, New York, NY, worked on further developing the internal lives of existing characters in her repertoire, as well as developing new characters’ voices, back stories, and possible relationships to pre-existing characters — all with the aim of bringing them to the stage for her Lincoln Center commission.

Joseph Keckler, New York, NY, finished writing a new performance piece to be presented at Performance Space 122.

John Kelly, New York, NY, worked on a script revision for a revival of a group dance theatre work, Find My Way Home, to be performed at New York Live Arts.

Steph Kese, Seattle, WA, investigated the nature of non-toxic cast-able materials that melt by creating and filming a series of small-scale experiments with common materials such as butter, sugar, plant and animal waxes (carnauba, beeswax, etc.), ice, soap, tallow, oil, chocolate, and salt.

Ginger Krebs, Chicago, IL, developed a new, collaborative movement performance work with fellow resident Andy Braddock. She also constructed sets and did critical planning for her in-progress ensemble performance, Myth & Continent.

“HAVING DAILY CONTACT WITH OTHER CREATIVES ADDED A MUCH NEEDED PRESSURE-COOKER EFFECT TO THE TASK OF GETTING A HANDLE ON A COMPLEX PROJECT AND ARTICULATING IT.” —Interdisciplinary artist Christopher Green Bundith Phunsombatlert, Brooklyn, NY, worked on drawings and prints for three projects: one about migratory birds, one called Digital House, and one called Glasses of Water.

Heidi Kumao, Ann Arbor, MI, worked on Time Release, a series of video sculptures about surviving confinement.

Amanda Maddock, Brooklyn, NY, designed and built puppets and developed the script for her show Do Elephants Dream of Eclectic Sheep?.

Naomi Miller, Brooklyn, NY, continue work on Iron Maiden Artist Tours, an art project in guise of a tour company that commissions local New York artists to create and lead tours around the city based on their art practice or knowledge base from the front seat of my 1978 Volvo station wagon, the Iron Maiden.

Jan Mun, Brooklyn, NY, completed the first iteration of BeeSpace, a project focused on the observation of beehives that replicate human dwellings. Through the observation of bees inside BeeSpace, viewers reflect on their own needs for space and resources that are needed for survival.

Tyler Myers, Chicago, IL, in collaboration with Stephen Fiehn, worked on the pair’s fifth interdisciplinary body of work for premiere at the National Theater in Mannheim, Germany. The duo, working under the title Cupola Bobber, also completed work on a video piece, Studio for a Performance (Inside/Outside); tested and started shooting a 205-plus-hour monumental video piece installation; and completed the initial work for an evening-length touring performance for Black Box Theaters.

Jason Nein, Middletown, OH, focused on the video and film component of his work experimenting with different ways of working with the snow as both a medium and a substrate.

Itty Neuhaus, Fishkill, NY, worked on a large-scale drawing in the snow by Shop Studio that will become an animation.

Sungyeon Park, Sungnam, South Korea, interviewed many of the other artists in residence and collaborated on pieces of their work.

Erin Pollock, Anchorage, AK, investigated the nature of non-toxic cast-able materials that melt by creating and filming a series of small-scale experiments with common materials such as butter, sugar, plant and animal waxes (carnauba, beeswax, etc.), ice, soap, tallow, oil, chocolate, and salt.

David Prince, Los Angeles, CA, created hot-air balloons made from biodegradable, potato-based plastic, to be launched at the Institute for Sustainable Living, Art, and National Design in Bellaire, Michigan. He also began work on a multimedia performance/installation to be shown at Ben Maltz Gallery in Los Angeles.

Zoe Scofield, Seattle, WA, worked with collaborator Juniper Shuey on their current dance and sculptural video installation piece, A Crack in Everything. She also developed and edited choreography for performances to premiere at Jacob’s Pillow and Bates Dance Festival.

Karen Sherman, Minneapolis, NY, worked on several new solos and conducted preliminary research on an experimental group project. She also created music, performance sound scapes, and visual installations.

Juniper Shuey, Seattle, WA, completed several photographic and video works with Zoe Scofield. The pair also worked extensively on their new evening-length dance performance to premiere at Jacob’s Pillow.

Karina Aguilera Skvirsky, New York, NY, worked on two video projects: Learning to Swim, which navigates the psychological space and geological distance of going back and forth from the U.S. to Ecuador; and an as-yet-untitled video performance that vocalizes an adulterous affair from the 1970s.

Luis Tentindo, Brooklyn, NY, worked on the development of the third installation of his Mud Angels Trilogy entitled “The Drop,” a nomadic puppet/object play. The Mud Angels Trilogy will premiere as a mini-festival in New York City.

Diane Torr, Glasgow, Scotland, worked in collaboration with two of the other members of DISBAND, an all-girl art band/performance group, on developing four new songs.

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“THE GREATEST GIFT MACDOWELL GAVE ME WAS THE SPACE TO BREATHE. AT HOME, IT IS EASY FOR MY CREATIVE WORK TO BECOME JUST ANOTHER URGENCY OF DAILY LIFE. AT MACDOWELL, I REDISCOVERED A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY IN REGARD TO MY PROCESS AND A FEELING OF OWNERSHIP

BY FINDING JOY IN MY WORK.” —Playwright Lucy Gillespie

THEATRE ARTISTS Liz Duffy Adams, Greenfield, MA, began and completed the full first draft of a new play, Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World.

David Adjmi, Brooklyn, NY, worked on a book for HarperCollins, a memoir entitled An Insignificant Man. He also worked on a draft of a television pilot, and edits to his collected plays.

Hui Y. Tsai, San Francisco, CA, worked on Trophy, a series of sculpture and photography that investigates the violence behind beauty and ownership, to be shown in a solo show in Mooney Center Gallery at the College of New Rochelle.

Brent Watanabe, Seattle, WA, worked on a computercontrolled gallery installation, incorporating custom programming, sculpture, robotics, animation, and sound. A systems-based environment, the installation will be presented in a solo show at 4CULTURE in Seattle.

Rachel Perry Welty, Gloucester, MA, made two new large-format photographs for her Lost in My Life series.

She also created seven medium-format photographs for a new untitled series, and worked on a talk to be delivered at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

Martha Wilson, Brooklyn, NY, collaborated with the other members of DISBAND to produce new songs in preparation for their performance at the National Review of Live Art in Glasgow, Scotland.

Pinar Yoldas, Los Angeles, CA, finished a series of drawings and worked on sculptural objects and an interactive animation revealing curious truths about the evolution of species inhabiting the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Marina Zurkow, Brooklyn, NY, made significant headway on a 72-hour animated landscape work entitled The Friend Feeder, the first in series of landscapes devoted to a site-specific reconsideration of our notions of “nature.”

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David Auburn, New York, NY, completed work on The Columnist, a play to be produced by Manhattan Theater Club.

Brian Bauman, New York, NY, completed a new draft of his play A Crucible, set in a Christian high school outside of Salem, Massachusetts. He also worked on F**G*T (Vanish), an interdisciplinary piece based on the life and work of conceptual artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres.

Jesse Bonnell, Los Angeles, CA, completed a new performance work to be presented at the South Coast Repertory Studio Series. He also further developed Dionysia Dionysia, a new work commissioned by the Getty Museum and Empac (Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center).

Jonathan Ceniceroz, Pasadena, CA, completed a revised draft of his play Burning Palms — a response to the 20-year anniversary of the L.A. riots — for production at Company of Angels in Los Angeles.

Paul Charlton, London, England, completed his new play Something to Hold, as well as a new pilot episode for a comedy-drama television series entitled Stacked.

Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, New York, NY, began writing a solo autobiographical music theatre piece called Unprotected.

Tom Cole, New York, NY, worked on a new play, Total Knock Out.

Kara Lee Corthron, New York, NY, completed a draft of her untitled Mormon play commissioned by South Coast Repertory.

Kia Corthron, New York, NY, worked on a new play that addresses big oil spills in Alaska, the Gulf of Mexico, and Nigeria. She also continued work on a novel.

Gordon Dahlquist, New York, NY, finished a short novel, Indigo, and did research for and began writing a new play, The Very Rich Hours.

LaShea Delaney, Brooklyn, NY, worked on a play with songs that will take place over a weekend at Chuck E. Cheese’s.

William di Canzio, Philadelphia PA, advanced his work on the first draft of a new script for theatre about Bayard Rustin, one of the original Freedom Riders, mentor of Martin Luther King, and architect of the great march on Washington in August of 1963.

Christine Farrell, Cliffside Park, NJ, completed the first five scenes of a theatre piece focusing on the women’s rights movement in America in 1890s and its connection to current women’s issues in the third world.

Dorothy Fortenberry, Los Angeles, CA, began and completed a first draft of her new play Partners, to be work shopped at Page 73’s Summer Residency in New Haven.

Lucy Gillespie, New York, NY, completed a final draft of Outfoxed, her play inspired by the trials of Amanda Knox to be produced at Fullstop Collective in New York City.

Amanda Green, New York, NY, completed a draft of the score for the musical Hands on a Hardbody, which she’s collaborating on with MacDowell Fellow Doug Wright.

The piece was commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego.

Joel Horwood, Suffolk, United Kingdom, wrote a new full-length play.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Brooklyn, NY, completed the new plays Comeuppance and Appropriate, and began two new projects, Slaves and War. Laura Jacqmin, Chicago, IL, completed the first draft of a commissioned play for Ensemble Studio Theatre, an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project tentatively titled Before You Ruin It. John Jesurun, New York, NY, continued work on his new play Stopped Bridge of Dreams to be presented at La MaMa in New York. He also continued editing a serial video, Shadowland.

Stephen Karam, New York, NY, completed rewrites for two projects: Dark Sisters (a chamber opera) and Son of the Prophet (a play). He also began a new play and a new television project.

Sibyl Kempson, New York, NY, continued research for and wrote several new projects for the stage, completed the first two acts of a translation of the Knut Hamsun play At the Kingdom’s Gate: Prelude from the original Norwegian/Danish version, and continued preparations for a production of her play The Secret Death of Puppets at Dixon Place.

Kait Kerrigan, New York, NY, in collaboration with composer Brian Lowdermilk, wrote the libretto for the first act of a new musical set in Northern Ireland during “The Troubles” based on Shakespeare’s Henry V. Nancy Keystone, Los Angeles, CA, continued research and development of a multidisciplinary theatre project to be produced with her company, Critical Mass Performance Group.

Sarah Hammond, Brooklyn, NY, began work with Kathryn Hathaway on The Romancers, a musical about Mary Shelley, in preparation for workshops at New Dramatists and Overturn Theater Ensemble.

Joshua Elias Harmon, Atlanta, GA, worked on a new play to be work shopped at Actor’s Express.

“MY RESIDENCY AT MACDOWELL ALLOWED ME TO COMPLETE A GREAT DEAL OF NEW WORK AND ENABLED ME TO TACKLE MY CREATIVE DEMONS IN A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT.” —Composer Missy Mazzoli

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“MACDOWELL GAVE ME THE FREEDOM TO EMBRACE CREATIVE ASPECTS OF MY ARTISTIC PRACTICE THAT WOULD BE TOO RISKY TO EXPERIMENT WITH IN THE REAL WORLD.” —Painter John Gonzalez Brian Lowdermilk, New York, NY, in collaboration with playwright and lyricist Kait Kerrigan, completed a first-act treatment and eight new songs for their musical adaptation of Henry V, set in Northern Ireland in the 1970s. He also began orchestrating The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown for premiere at the Goodspeed Opera House.

Kara Manning, New York, NY, worked on the first draft of her verbatim play Proposed Closure, about the near-shutdown of United Kingdom’s digital radio station BBC 6 Music in 2010 and its remarkable salvation.

Caden Manson, New York, NY, completed editing documentary video to be incorporated into his sitespecific production of The People, a serial trans-media live performance project commissioned by Yerba Buena Arts Center.

Kevin Kling, Minneapolis, MN, worked on Scarecrow on Fire for premiere at the Fitzgerald Theater. He also worked on Seven Fables for Open Eye Theater.

Charles Kondek, Hudson, NY, began constructing a two-act libretto for an opera version of Diary of Anne Frank for Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Shulamit Ran for premiere during the 2014–2015 season at the Atlanta Opera.

Michael Korie, New York, NY, began a new collaboration on a musical with composer Scott Frankel and playwright Doug Wright, and completed librettos for upcoming operas at English National Opera with composer Michael Torke and Minnesota Opera with composer Ricky Gordon.

Young Jean Lee, Brooklyn, NY, completed the first draft of a screenplay for Plan B/Paramount Pictures and did research for her show Untitled Feminist Multimedia Technology Show at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.

Dan LeFranc, Brooklyn, NY, continued to develop a play about his nomadic adolescent upbringing for Yale Repertory Theatre. Additionally, he reworked several other more complete projects.

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Ian McDonald, Providence, RI, completed a first draft of a new play, as well as a first draft of a new screenplay.

Terrence McNally, New York, NY, worked with soprano Deborah Voigt and director Francesca Zambello on a 90-minute theatre piece in which reflections of life and art are interspersed with arias. He also worked on Golden Age for the Manhattan Theatre Club.

Cassandra Medley, New York, NY, completed a draft of her new play, Cell, a portrait of African-American guards working in an immigration detention center.

Alexandra Napier, Toronto, Canada, completed a first draft of a new play entitled Please Forever Please.

Sylvan Oswald, Brooklyn, NY, completed revisions to Nightlands, which was originally conceived at MacDowell in 2006. The play received a commission from New Georges through Full Stage NYC, administered by New Dramatists.

Robert Plowman, Halifax, Canada, completed the third draft of his haunted house play, Electricity Comes from Other Planets, and began work on a new as-yetuntitled play.

Brian Quirk, New York, NY, completed a draft of his play Summerland, and began research on a new play, Margaret and Danny.

Jacquelyn Reingold, New York, NY, wrote many scenes for a new untitled play.

Janine Salinas, Los Angeles, CA, completed a 10-minute play that will be produced in Los Angeles, as well as a second draft of her newest full-length play, The Anatomy of Gazelles.

Emily Schwend, Brooklyn, NY, developed a full-length play documenting the true story of Barbara Newhall Follett, a former child prodigy who disappeared in the early 20th century. This project is an exploration of the price of fame at an early age through an investigation of two events in Follett’s life.

Jordan Seavey, Brooklyn, NY, wrote a rough draft of his full-length play Who’s Afraid of George C. Wolfe, inspired by Edward Albee’s similarly titled play, the state of theatre in America today, and gay marriage. He also revised his first screenplay, an adaptation of his play Children at Play.

Betty Shamieh, New York, NY, completed a play The Strangest, an absurdist murder mystery set in French Algiers.

Justin Sherin, Philadelphia, PA, worked on his play White Noise about the legacy of the CIA’s mind control experiments in the 1950s and 1960s Jackie Sibblies Drury, Brooklyn, NY, worked on a theatre piece for the outdoors, set at night, around a campfire, surrounded by woods. The presentation, unfolding as a version of stories about the current natural environment and the previous natural environments, will reveal the imagined mythology of the Monadnock region.

Jen Silverman, Astorra, NY, completed the first drafts of two full-length plays, one of which was commissioned by InterAct Theatre in Philadelphia. She also completed the first draft of a screenplay commissioned

by The Red Ballet Company in Chicago.

Deborah Salem Smith, Providence, RI, revised her play-in-progress Aftermath, a medical malpractice drama.

Peggy Stafford, Brooklyn, NY, completed the first draft of a new play, The Jewel Casket, which is inspired by a Joseph Cornell box.

Yekaterina Stanislavskaya, New York, NY, completed a draft of her musical theater piece Poetry and Prose, which focuses on the artistic, political, and personal struggles of Soviet poets Anna Akhmatova and Osip Mandelshtam. She also worked on a piece commissioned by Playwrights Horizon Theater School in New York.

Rebecca Taichman, New York, NY, created a theatre piece in collaboration with Paula Vogel. The piece chronicles the stormy life of Sholem Asch’s play God of Vengeance, and provides a provocative lens through which to explore the history of American Jewish identity in the 20th century, alongside tidal waves of anti-Semitism, sexualrepression, and censorship.

Marilee Talkington, San Francisco, CA, worked on her latest experiential theatre piece, Sticky Time, to be produced in San Francisco. In addition to doing research, she designed, built, and tested a threedimensional video projection workstation that will be utilized in the show.

Kate Tarker, Brooklyn, NY, completed a new draft of her play The Cutting Floor, a comedy about criticism. She also worked on the preproduction of five short films.

Darrah Teitel, Montreal, Canada, finished the rehearsal draft of her new play The Apology, which will be produced at Toronto’s Factory Theatre. She also completed a first draft of a new play called The Omnibus Bill about abortion politics in Canada in 1969.

Cori Thomas, New York, NY, began work on her play In the City of Arthropods, a Sloan Commission for Ensemble Studio Theatre that focuses on the pest control industry. She also spent time expanding her short play His Daddy.

Paula Vogel, Providence, RI, working with Rebecca Taichman, completed a first draft of a play about God of Vengeance.

Deborah Voigt, New York, NY, with fellow collaborators Terrence McNally and Francesca Zambello, created a one-woman autobiographical performance using original text by Terrence McNally and music by the Carpenters, Brahms, Strauss, and Rogers and Hammerstein, among others.

Mac Wellman, Brooklyn, NY, worked on a short play, 3 2’s or Afar.

Gary Winter, Brooklyn, NY, worked on a new play, Captain Mike. He also worked on his first young adult novel.

Bess Wohl, Los Angeles, CA, completed work on her new play, Barcelona, and began work on another play, The Omega, which focuses on American spirituality.

Doug Wright, New York, NY, in collaboration with lyricist and composer Amanda Green, completed the first draft of a new musical, Hands on a Hard Body, based on the cult documentary of the same name.

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“AS A CRITIC, MY POEM-WRITING HAS ALWAYS BEEN FUGITIVE, HAPPENING IN STOLEN HOURS AT THE ENDS OF DAYS. MY MACDOWELL RESIDENCY GAVE ME TIME TO DWELL IN A POEM FROM DAWN TO DUSK, AND THEN DO IT AGAIN THE DAY AFTER.” —Poet Jeff Dolven Susan Yankowitz, New York, NY, nearly completed a new draft of her play, The Mind-Boggling, TragicalComical Trial of Madame P. She also began work on Deepness, her play about women who explore the ocean.

duration found sounds.

Francesca Zambello, New York, NY, with Deborah Voigt and Terrence McNally, developed a working first draft of a one-woman recital that features different forms of music connected by a running commentary on the life of the artist.

Tamara Bogolasky, Brooklyn, NY, worked on an ongoing project of night landscapes and nature photographs called What Lies Beneath. She also experimented with new project ideas, including a three-channel stop-motion video and a new installation.

VISUAL ARTISTS Becca Albee, Brooklyn, NY, worked on the continuation of a project based on author and actress Joan Lowell.

She created cyanotypes and digital images, and worked on a video. She also initiated a photo series, On a Person’s Person, that consists of photographs of what people carry in their pockets and purses.

Michael Ashkin, Ithaca, NY, completed several cardboard architectural models that integrate elements of set design, Russian Constructivism, and prison architecture to be shown at Galerie Erna Hecey in Paris.

Alice Attie, New York, NY, focused on a body of work called Red Weather in a Quiet World, which consists of drawings done in red ink on paper. Envisioned as a large single body of work, these drawings explore variations on a theme embodied both in the color red and in the idea of gradual and ongoing repetition.

Kim Beck, Pittsburgh, PA, worked on a series of drawings using images of empty billboards and banners.

Jesse Bercowetz, Brooklyn, NY, completed sculptures and paintings and began developing new work for a project at Religare in New Delhi, India.

Lorna Bieber, New York, NY, completed part one of a five-part mixed media installation, The Life of Christ.

Christie Blizard, Lubbock, TX, worked on large-scale paper cutouts of spectrograph patterns based on short

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Nancy Bowen, Brooklyn, NY, worked on a series of large-scale collages that combine imagery and text.

Sources include various alphabets, grave rubbings, spiritual symbols, and historic almanacs.

Nataliya Bregel, Somerville, MA, started a large series of strip paintings from video stills based on footage she gathered in Russia.

Clayton Campbell, Los Angeles, CA, completed 24 digital images to be exhibited as projections as part of the Los Angeles Opera’s festival celebrating its production of The Ring Cycle. He also wrote the introduction for an upcoming book on his work, Context: Clayton Campbell.

Kate Carr, Santa Fe, NM, completed a series of constructed drawings that explore materiality, perspective, and compression.

Eric William Carroll, New York, NY, completed a series of photographs and videos, The Experience of Light and Time in the Natural World.

Bonnie Collura, Bellefonte, PA, worked on the construction of balloon films and color transfer drawings for a project called “Seven,” a quadrant of The Prince Project.

Matthew Connors, Brooklyn, NY, completed a series of manipulated photographs depicting fictional public interactions in a constellation of global urban centers.

He also printed and assembled a handmade book maquette of these images.

Lily Cox-Richard, Ann Arbor, MI, continued research and made studies for her current body of work, The Stand/Possessing Powers. She also worked on California, a carved plaster sculpture for this series.

Zoe Crosher, Los Angeles, CA, completed the first of four books to be released by Aperture Ideas, New York: The Reconsidered Archive of Michelle du Bois. This book is part of Aperture Ideas: Writers and Artists on Photography, a series devoted to “the finest critical and creative minds exploring key concepts in photography.”

Ian Davis, Saugerties, NY, worked on paintings for his third solo show, Jewel Sermons, to be shown at Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects in New York City.

Amy Ellingson, San Francisco, CA, worked on an ongoing series of 100 interrelated gouache drawings based on the skeletal or “MRE-frame” versions of the forms that comprise the vernacular of her paintings.

Barbara Ess, Elizaville, NY, shot and printed a series of photographs about remote viewing. She also shot video footage and developed ideas for extending the scope of the project.

Tannaz Farsi, Eugene, OR, worked towards an installation to be exhibited at Disjecta Interdisciplinary Art Center in Portland, Oregon. Her projects consider the activity of cultural uprising and use liminal moments in our current landscape of events to speak to individual agency.

Marcella Faustini, San Francisco, CA, produced more than 50 images that are part of the open-ended and ongoing project, housewithoutanend.

Amy Feldman, Brooklyn, NY, worked on a series of paintings titled Other Imperfect Provisions.

Mia Feuer, Washington D.C., began a large-scale sculptural installation made out of styrofoam, found objects, steel, and other materials to be shown in a solo exhibition at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.

Anne Gilman, Brooklyn, NY, completed a group of eight-foot drawings to be exhibited in her solo show, Anne Gilman: Paper Line Edit, at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She also did work for her upcoming exhibit at the Center for Book Arts in New York, The Jolly Balance.

Maximillian Goldfarb, Hudson, NY, completed work on a book, Deep Cycle, an investigation of a speculative ‘post-oil’ landscape.

John Gonzalez, Boston, MA, completed various works inspired by the effects of time and light on the architecture and area surrounding Alexander Studio.

Kathy Grove, New York, NY, continued work on two series of composited photographs — one exploring slippages of memory using found photographs and drawing, the other using collaged flower images.

Joan Grubin, New York City, began new installation work toward an upcoming solo exhibition at the Kentler International Drawing Space in Brooklyn.

Annie Han, Seattle, WA, with Daniel Mihalyo, compiled and registered 40 New York City site survey data sets from a laser scanning project. The pair also completed prep drawings and written material for a solo exhibition at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Sarah Hardesty, Brooklyn, NY, started a new body of work consisting of small-scale installations with reclaimed wood and larger paintings that were influenced by weightlessness, construction/deconstruction, and notions of fear, safety, and freedom.

Anthony Hawley, Lincoln, NE, completed a large-scale installation and series of double-sided drawings called Rerites for two solo exhibitions at Dolphin Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri, and the Museum of Nebraska Art.

“I TRULY COULD NOT HAVE ANTICIPATED THE IMPACT MY TIME AT MACDOWELL WOULD HAVE ON ME — BOTH PERSONALLY AND AS AN ARTIST. THE LOCATION (PARTICULARLY THE VANTAGE POINT OF MT. MONADNOCK) AND THE SPACE TO WALK AND BREATHE WERE EXTRAORDINARILY INSPIRING.” —Composer Martha Mooke

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“MY RESIDENCY WAS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING AND POSITIVE EXPERIENCES I’VE EVER HAD. THE FEELING AT MACDOWELL IS MAGICAL; IT IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO THINK ABOUT ONE’S WORK PROCESS AND TO CREATE NEW WORK.” —Installation artist Sarah Hardesty Lisa Hein, Brooklyn, NY, collaborated with Bob Seng to complete the first working version of Water Flag, an installation in development since 2006. Using the exterior of Heinz Studio, along with local and salvaged materials, she created a circulating water display.

Nene Humphrey, Brooklyn, NY, completed a series of drawings to be shown as part of a solo exhibition at the Lesley Heller Gallery in New York. She also worked on a new video/performance piece that is part of her collaborative work Circling the Center with Roberto Laing, Julie Delano, and Chris Keohane.

Scott Ingram, Atlanta, GA, began a body of work examining modern architecture in churches. He also finished numerous drawings and a scale model for a large sculpture to be shown at Auburn University.

Gisela Insuaste, Brooklyn, NY, worked on a series of drawings and small sculptural pieces for an exhibition in Chicago. The work explores personal and public histories and places that have influenced her concepts of home.

Mimi Kato, Huntsville, AL, worked toward the completion of a nine-panel digital collage that critically depicts the daily routine of people in an ordinary town in Japan.

Bill Jacobson, Brooklyn, NY, continued a series of still lifes to be exhibited at Julie Saul Gallery in New York.

Tricia Keightley, Brooklyn, NY, developed drawings and paintings for future shows.

Matthew Jensen, Brooklyn, NY, completed work on two photographic collections, Just Before the Thaw and Hometown Stones, both of which focus on the recurrence of natural elements (snowdrifts and stones) in two small American towns.

Lisa Kereszi, New Haven, CT, edited recent work, as well as a book of photographs from a series shot from 1998–2003.

Aaron Johnson, Brooklyn, NY, worked on a body of large paintings that engage a socio-political critique.

These works focus on the crushing of the individual by the military industrial complex, the failures of capitalism as financial systems collapse, and the horrors of contemporary warfare.

Kristin Jones, New York, NY worked on the conception of a new ongoing project called Behold, a series of ceremonials intended to bring attention to great trees.

Finding inspiration in the forest and working with ink on paper and wind, she “harvested” gestures of plants and trees.

Farrah Karapetian, Los Angeles, CA, initiated three related photographic projects to be exhibited in Los Angeles; El Paso, Texas; and Juarez, Mexico.

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Darina Karpov, Brooklyn, NY, did a series of works on paper in preparation for the Special Editions Residency Program at the Lauer East Side Print Shop in New York and her next solo show at Hales Gallery in London.

Selena Kimball, Brooklyn, NY, completed a series of large-scale collages constructed from the “bible” of the occult sciences, Phenomena of Materialization by Baron Von Shrenck Notzig, for solo shows in Frankfurt, Germany, and Wroclaw, Poland.

Lynn Koble, New York, NY, created Brood, a group of movable sculptures with sound and light Nicholas Kramer, Los Angeles, CA, completed a series of gouache and watercolor drawings to be shown in conjunction with his sculpture at the Marc Wolfe Gallery in San Francisco.

Larry Krone, New York, NY, worked on his long-term project Then and Now (Cape Collaboration), and developed related, smaller-scale work. He also started a new body of work that brings elements of his hair drawings, traditional crafts, and embroidery together with his Refexxxions mirror series.

Gwenessa Lam, Vancouver, Canada, developed a series of paintings to be shown at Republic Gallery in Vancouver. She also began drafting new work for a subsequent series.

Lindsey Landfried, Brooklyn, NY, completed a series of drawings made by the repetition of thousands of small loop marks accumulating into color fields and textiles.

The drawings will be included in a group show at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago.

Lori Larusso, Lexington, KY, completed several pieces exploring the complexity of individual situations in contemporary American culture. She also began and completed a series of 30 paintings exploring political and personal issues in regards to isolated food items.

Ellen Lesperance, Portland, OR, completed an essay “The Fine Art of Protest: The Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp, 1981–2000” for PAJ Journal.

She also completed two paintings for her ongoing series of activist-worn sweaters.

Dan Levenson, Brooklyn, NY, completed a series of Swiss student monochrome paintings, as well as a video showing how they were made, for an upcoming installation that tells the story of the Staaliche Kunstakedemie Zurich.

Marcelyn McNeil, Houston, TX, completed several large-scale works on paper to be included in her upcoming solo exhibition at Anya Tish Gallery.

Katie Merz, Brooklyn, NY, did several comic hieroglyphic scrolls to be installed in the back of a moving van, which will be stationed around New York City.

Daniel Mihalyo, Seattle, WA, with Annie Han, compiled and registered 40 New York City site survey data sets from a laser scanning project. The pair also completed prep drawings and written material for a solo exhibition at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.

Jiha Moon, Atlanta, GA, prepared for future shows in S outh Korea and Switzerland by completing large paintings on Korean mulberry paper with ink and acrylic.

Carrie Moyer, Brooklyn, NY, completed paintings for her upcoming solo at CANADA Gallery in New York City.

Nicholas Muellner, West Danbury, NY, worked on the composition, editing, and sequencing of his new book of photographs and writing, The Amnesia Pavilions.

Leslie Murray, Brooklyn, NY, continued work on a series of paintings that depict miniature landscapes within imagined worlds.

Mamiko Otsubo, New York, NY, completed a new series of drawings and painted masks to be shown at Lullin + Ferrari in Zurich, Switzerland. She also continued research and work on a large-scale sculptural work modeled from worn museum staircases Leigh-Ann Pahapill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, developed and constructed three sculptural elements for an installation at the Walter Phillips Gallery in Alberta, Canada. Video and sculptural elements were also developed for a solo exhibition at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum in Winter Park, Florida.

Mary Ann Peters, Seattle, WA, made a series of drawings investigating her Arab-American heritage through themes of territory, cultural memory, and the overlap between disparate spaces (deserts and labyrinths). These drawings will serve as blueprints for an installation entitled impossible monument.

Jen Plaskowitz, Baltimore, MD, printed photographs from her recent trip to Jerusalem, which focus on the construction of and human interaction with sacred space.

Genevieve Quick, San Francisco, CA, developed 3-D anaglyph colored pencil drawings of Victorian dive suits and modern astronaut suits as part of her continuing investigation of optics and science-fiction/space exploration.

Erin Riley, Philadelphia, PA, completed eight tapestries that explore the causes and effects of addiction and substance abuse to be exhibited at the Guerrero Gallery in San Francisco.

“THE SUPPORT GIVEN TO ME BY MACDOWELL ALLOWED ME FOUR OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE WEEKS OF MY CREATIVE LIFE. GROUP DINNERS GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET A WONDERFUL ARRAY OF FELLOW ARTISTS.” —Playwright Ian McDonald

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“I HAVE NEVER FELT SO PRIVILEGED AND MY WORK SO VALUED AS I DID AT MACDOWELL. I LEFT FEELING REINVIGORATED, REFOCUSED, AND STRENGTHENED AND INSPIRED BY THE PEOPLE I MET.” —Architect and installation artist Ronit Eisenbach Audrey Hasen Russell, Queens, NY, completed new mixed-media sculptures and drawings that mined her ongoing themes of rural landscape, DIY, nostalgia, and fantasy narratives.

Heidi Schwegler, Portland, OR, worked on pieces for two bodies of work: Wrest, an installation of sound, video, and sculpture that speak of a moment of anguish (for exhibition at Disjecta in Portland); and a series exploring the alteration of cheap, mass-produced objects in order to situate them in the context of precious works of art.

Bob Seng, Brooklyn, NY, collaborated with Lisa Hein on Water Flag, a water “action” piece for which Heinz Studio provided the architectural basis.

Susan Silas, Brooklyn, NY, completed four essays on the artwork Hambrecht’s Walk, 1998–2003. She also edited images and shot a new video with stills entitled Thaw.

Sumakshi Singh, New Delhi, India, worked on a series of stop-motion animations in three-dimensional space related to frescoed illustrations of religious characters in churches, the movement through real and fictional landscapes, and the passage of time marked by light moving through Alexander Studio.

Gretchen Skogerson, New York, NY, edited her video, Night Shift, to be shown at “Views from the Avant-Garde” at the New York Film Festival. She also continued experimenting on her recent light sculptures, and fleshed out the script and scenarios for a new video.

Polly Lanning Sparrow, Austin, TX, created wooden maquettes and studies on paper for a new series of large-scale work that explores the intersection of painting and sculpture.

David Storey, New York, NY, produced a series of charcoal drawings and small paintings as part of his project plan for a 2010 Guggenheim fellowship in painting. Two works from this series will be shown at Lesley Heller Gallery in New York.

Youngsuk Suh, Davis, CA, worked on editing a photo book, In Search of Nature; proofed a photo project, Let Burn; and completed a test video on time and light called Three Sunrises, Three Sunsets.

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Millee Tibbs, Detroit, MI, began work on two projects: Persona and Constellations.

Barry Underwood, Cleveland Heights, OH, continued photographing installations constructed in the landscape, and developed ideas and work for exhibitions at the Sculpture Center and MoCA in Cleveland, Ohio Kimetha Vanderveen, San Francisco, CA, completed several suites of ink and watercolor drawings and a set of special surfaces on panels (under paintings), and started a new series of oil paintings. These works were inspired by views of nature from her studio and walks taken in the woods.

Claudia Weber, New York, NY, continued the work on The Inquisitive Stage, an ongoing project that she began in 2011. She also created a new photo series tentatively titled Arms & Armor that addresses the paradoxical use of materials within the cycle of attack and defense.

Robin Williams, Brooklyn, NY, began a new body of work exploring her position as a female figurative painter and the implications of being both the subject and object of the work.

WRITERS Nawaaz Ahmed, Ann Arbor, MI, completed the first draft of his first novel Sings Like A Bird.

Robert Akeret, New York, NY, completed the final chapter, “If It Be Love,” for his book What the Hell Happened? Pushing the Boundaries of Psychotherapy.

Chloe Aridjis, London, United Kingdom, wrote the first 100 pages of her second novel, Asunder, and mapped out the rest.

James Arthur, St. Louis, MO, wrote poems toward a second, currently untitled book. His first book, Charms Against Lighting, is forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press.

Rosecrans Baldwin, Chapel Hill, NC, continued work on his second novel. His memoir, Paris I Love You, But You’re Bringing Me Down, is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Cynthia Barton, Brooklyn, NY, completed a first draft of her novel Weathering, a love story about a plot to control the weather.

Rachel Basch, Sandy Hook, CT, worked on finishing her third novel, The Listener, a serious meditation on identity and the consequences of concealing and revealing personal and family history.

Joshuah Bearman, Los Angeles, CA, made significant progress on his memoir St. Croix, a tale of a troubled family that is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Mark Binelli, New York, NY, worked on writing and editing a nonfiction book about Detroit to be published in June 2012 by Metropolitan/Henry Holt.

Malachi Black, Austin, TX, completed his first booklength poetry manuscript, tentatively entitled Storm Toward Morning.

Kate Blakinger, Philadelphia, PA, wrote new stories for her collection-in-progress, Swimming in the Flood.

Amy Bloom, Durham, CT successfully took her TV pilot script through a few more network loops; tweaked another script so it’s ready to go; created a timeline for, and the first sentence of, her novel.

Jonathan Blunk, Cortlandt, NY, continued work on the authorized biography of the American poet James Wright. He also completed an essay on the work of Jean Valentine, which will appear in a collection of essays on her poetry forthcoming from the University of Michigan.

Nicholas Boggs, Brooklyn, NY, worked on his first book, a personal account of his search for the untold story of the collaboration between James Baldwin and the French artist Yoran Cazac.

Maria Borja, Oslo, Norway, wrote several chapters of her next book and first novel, Hell’s Kitchen (language: Norwegian). She also worked on some short stories, and made a series of mini books consisting of two short stories from her 2010 debut, Voksenting (Grown-Up Things), translated into English.

Rose Bunch, Elkins, AR, worked on a novel featuring a narrator and setting derived from her story “Sustainability.”

Sarah Burghauser, Los Angeles, CA, revised and composed more than 200 pages of writing, and erected crucial narrative scaffolding for her book.

Susan Burton, Brooklyn, NY, worked on the first draft of her memoir, The Invention of the Teenage Girl. The book, which intertwines the story of her adolescence with a cultural history of teenage girlhood, will be published by Random House.

Rachel Cantor, Philadelphia, PA, began a new project, a novel-in-stories.

Suzanne Carbonneau, Fairfax, VA, worked on an authorized biography of choreographer Paul Taylor, to be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

“MY EXPERIENCE WORKING IN NEF STUDIO WAS ONE OF THE MOST PERFECT WORKING CONTEXTS I HAVE EVER FOUND MYSELF IN. IT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE AND INSPIRING, AND I FEEL CHARGED TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THE NEW PROJECTS I STARTED.” —Photographer Katja Mater

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“THE NATURAL SURROUNDINGS AND CREATIVE ATMOSPHERE AT MACDOWELL ARE INCREDIBLY CONDUCIVE TO MAKING ART. EVEN THOUGH I HAD A SHORT RESIDENCY (TWO WEEKS), I WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE — PERHAPS MORE SO THAN I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN TWO MONTHS ELSEWHERE.” —Video, installation, and performance artist Angie Eng Lisa Carey, Portland, Maine, wrote a significant chunk of her fifth novel, The Stolen Child, inspired by a documentary about an Irish island that was forcibly evacuated by the government in 1960.

Wiley Cash, Morgantown, WV, completed the opening section of his novel, which is tentatively titled Safe at Home. His first novel, A Land More Kind Than Home, was released in April of 2012 by William Morrow/ HarperCollins.

Eduardo Corral, Casa Grande, AZ, completed his first collection of poems, to be published by Yale University Press.

Cecil Castellucci, Los Angeles, CA, completed a first draft and revision of her graphic novel, The Adventures of Soupy and Ramshackle, a tale of a girl riding the rails in 1932 disguised as a boy hobo. She also continued work on her first conceptual art piece, The Literary Diaspora, and completed a short story about a zombie invasion.

Patty Crane, Windsor, MA, translated a full-length selection of poems from the oeuvre of 2011 Nobel laureate, Tomas Tranströmer. She also began compiling her own manuscript of poems written during the three years she lived in Sweden.

Michael Chabon, Berkeley, CA, continued to work on his novel, Telegraph Avenue.

Katie Crouch, San Francisco, CA, completed the final essays in her collection, Welcome to the Party, to be published by Little, Brown in 2013.

Leland Cheuk, San Francisco, CA, completed his first novel, The Misadventures of Sulliver Pong. He also completed a draft of his second novel, Who Killed Sirius Lee?, a fictionalized memoir about a breakthrough Asian-American standup comedian.

Susan Choi, Brooklyn, New York, completed final revisions of her fourth novel, Nicholas and Martha, to be published by Viking in 2013.

Harriet Clark, San Francisco, CA, reconceived and redrafted her novel The Afterlife, which follows a group of children whose mothers are in prison together.

Matthew Clark, Laramie, WY, worked on a book of portraits titled Millions Now Living Will Never Die. Ta-Nehisi Coates, New York, NY, completed the initial chapter of his novel The Walkers, the story of a Civil War-era family in Virginia.

Andrea Cohen, Watertown, MA, worked on new poems.

Don Colburn, Portland, OR, worked on new poems and some dramatic monologues based on his newspaper reporting about a pregnant woman being treated for breast cancer.

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Lydia Conklin, Madison, WI, wrote more than half a draft of her first novel. She also completed four first drafts of short stories and edited a few other stories.

Meghan Daum, Los Angeles, CA, completed two essays: “Haterade,” which explores how the ethos of contemporary electronic media affects the public’s ability to hear and understand complex ideas; and “Unspeakable,” which examines the death of her mother and grandmother, as well as her own neardeath experience.

Ruth Davis Konigsberg, Pelham, NY, completed the final chapter and conclusion of her first book.

Benoit Denizet-Lewis, Boston, MA completed a lengthy New York Times Magazine piece and worked on two chapters for his upcoming book about dog people.

Christopher Dickens, Nashville, TN, worked on a memoir related to his struggle to piece together his family’s history.

Kerry Dolan, San Francisco, CA, worked on her novel The Girls in the Band, as well as a collection of short stories.

Jeff Dolven, Brooklyn, NY, completed a collection of poems, Speculative Music.

Caitlin Doyle, East Hampton, NY, worked on her debut manuscript of poems.

Stephen Dunn, Frostburg, MD, finished an essay called “In Parting Defense of Sentimentality: ‘MacArthur Park’ Poetry, and Those Moments in Our Lives.” He also wrote poems for a new collection.

Cristian Flores Garcia, Hemet, CA, revised and completed new poems for her manuscript, Diaries of a Brick Eater.

Tonya Foster, New York, NY, worked on the final draft of A Swarm of Bees in High Court, a manuscript of interconnected haiku poems.

Andrea Dupree, Denver, CO, finished revisions on a collection of short stories. She also drafted a new essay, and revised the first part of her novel-in-progress tentatively titled Incident at Yates.

John Fox, Boston, MA, made progress on his second work of nonfiction, a social history of the ball and the games that have come to define us. This work is expected to be published by HarperCollins.

Anna Evans, Hainesport, NJ, worked on a series of epistolary poems referencing her childhood in England.

She also worked on translations of poems by French symbolist, Saint-Pol Roux.

Darcy Frey, Cambridge, MA, worked on a draft of his nonfiction book, George Divoky’s Planet: The Future as Seen by a Lonely Scientist at the End of the Earth, to be published by Random House.

Anne Fadiman, Whately, MA, worked on “The Oenophile’s Daughter,” an extended essay for Harper’s about her relationship with her father.

Gabriel Fried, Columbia, MO, completed a draft of his second poetry collection, tentatively titled Heartland.

Sarah Falkner, Hudson, NY, worked on her second novel, Quarry.

Melissa Febos, Brooklyn, NY, completed the first and second parts (of three) of a novel that deals with themes of friendship, art-making, and mental illness.

Larry Feign, Hong Kong, China, completed a significant portion of his novel, Pirate Queen, as well as two magazine pieces.

Hali Felt, Portland, OR, worked toward completion of her first book, Soundings, a biography of oceanographic cartographer Marie Tharp to be published by Henry Holt.

Sheri Fink, Washington, DC, wrote part of a book about disaster medical care, which grew out of her reporting on disasters, including “The Deadly Choices at Memorial,” a New York Times Magazine and ProPublica story that was recognized with a 2010 Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting and a National Magazine Award in reporting.

Lisa Garrigues, Ridgewood, NJ, generated new material and re-imagined old for a memoir set in the cooperative community where she grew up, which was founded in the 1940s by Quaker pacifists.

Vanessa M. Gezari, Washington, DC, wrote and revised portions of her forthcoming book, tentatively titled Human Terrain, which examines the gray area between violence and humanitarian work that social scientists who work with the U.S. military in Afghanistan occupy.

Gary Giddins, New York, NY, worked on the second volume of his Bing Crosby biography, Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star, to be published in 2012.

Eugene Gloria, Greencastle, IN, revised and wrote new poems for his third poetry collection.

Glen Gold, San Francisco, CA, finished several chapters of his memoir about 1970s San Francisco, and a script for DC Comics.

Matt Grasso, Bayonne, NJ, worked on a collection of short stories. He also prepared material for a second collection of stories and a novel.

"THE BEST ASPECTS OF MY RESIDENCY WERE THE CONNECTIONS I MADE WITH OTHER ARTISTS AND THE NEW WAYS I LEARNED TO LOOK AT MY OWN AND OTHER PEOPLE’S WORK. I ALSO STARTED A FEW COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS THAT WILL EXPAND MY HORIZONS.” —Fiction writer Nawaaz Ahmed

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“I WOULD LIKE TO THINK MY FILMS WILL BE MORE CONNECTED TO THE INVISIBLE HEART OF THE UNIVERSE FOR MY HAVING BEEN AT MACDOWELL. AT THE VERY LEAST, THEY WILL HAVE A MORE ACCURATE RHYTHM, TUNED TO THE FLOW OF TIME IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE WOODS.” —Experimental filmmaker Denise Iris Jean Harper, Hagerstown, IN, worked on her book manuscript, Horses and Divorces.

John Haskell, Brooklyn, New York worked on a long story based, in part, on Robert Bresson’s Pickpocket. In addition, he completed the first draft of a novel set in New York in the near future.

Carol Hebald, New York, NY, completed her first full-length novel Jokers, about a group of actors from UTA Hagen’s professional class of 1954, of which she was a member.

Elizabeth Graver, Lincoln, MA, worked on final revisions of her as-yet-untitled novel, which is forthcoming from HarperCollins in 2013. She also wrote a piece for an image/text performance at the Williams College Art Museum.

Eric Green, Berlin, Germany, wrote new poems in his Belief Systems series, and recorded a collaborative performance featuring texts from this series with composer and fellow MacDowell resident Gabriel Kahane.

Andrew Sean Greer, San Francisco, CA, worked on redrafting his novel entitled Many Worlds. He also worked on a collaboration with artist Paul Madonna.

Bruce Guernsey, Bethel, ME, worked steadily on a long personal essay about the disappearance of his bipolar daughter in Venice Beach, California, in July of 2006.

Meron Hadero, Seattle, WA, worked on a draft of her first novel set mostly in Ethiopia, where she was born.

Among other themes, the novel examines exile/ Diaspora and draws upon family history and her family’s experiences as refugees.

Alex Halberstadt, Brooklyn, NY, worked on the manuscript for his second book, Young Heroes of the Soviet Union, a nonfiction account of three generations of his family to be published by Random House.

James Hannaham, Brooklyn, NY, worked on short prose pieces and a draft of a novel.

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Erin Hogan, Chicago, IL, worked on two projects during her residency: restructuring an existing manuscript on amateur musicianship, and outlining and drafting a nonfiction book on solitude. The latter will consist of approximately 30 essays between 2,000 and 5,000 words each; she drafted about a third of these at MacDowell.

Chloe Honum, Fayetteville, AR, worked on her first collection of poems, tentatively titled The Tulip-Flame.

Megan Hustad, New York, NY, completed edits on a work of narrative nonfiction to be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Lewis Hyde, Cambridge, MA, worked on a proposal and early chapters of a book about mythologies of memory and forgetting.

Sherril Jaffe, San Francisco, CA, nearly completed the first draft of a new novel, The Reversal.

Chelsey Johnson, Oberlin, OH, worked on the middle section of her first novel, tentatively titled Double Helix, which is about people making bad decisions for good reasons, unlikely relationships, and family.

Jeff P. Jones, Moscow, ID, completed work on a short story collection.

Sheri Joseph, Atlanta, GA, completed the revision of her third book, a novel titled The Cloud Forest.

Kathryn Joyce, New York, NY, completed work on several chapters of a journalism book on religion and adaptation, which is forthcoming from Public Affairs Press.

Lauren Joyce, Boston, MA, continued working on her manuscript, Five, about growing up as a quintuplet in New Jersey during the 1980s. She revised her current draft and made substantial progress on polishing the manuscript and rewriting the last several chapters.

Heidi Julavitis, New York, NY, worked on finishing and polishing up the final draft of her fourth novel to be published by Doubleday.

Rachel Kadish, Newtonville, MA, worked on a novel, Kindness, which is set in 17th-century London. She also completed an essay about the anonymous use of an Israeli’s artwork in Iran.

Jaime Karnes, New York, NY, worked on the first draft of a historical novel set in mid 20th-century Quebec at the time of “The Great Darkness” — a time when orphans, due to collusion of the Catholic Church, were transferred to psychiatric insane asylums.

Eugenia Kim, Washington D.C., worked on her second novel, which follows the family introduced in her award-winning debut novel, The Calligrapher’s Daughter.

Joseph Kim, San Francisco, CA, completed several chapters of a novel-in-progress. He also completed the first act of a screenplay.

Suki Kim, New York, NY, worked on a novel and a group of essays.

Colleen Kinder, Buffalo, NY, drafted a chapter of her book Americans Elsewhere, a nonfiction book about Americans who live abroad. She focused mainly on expats in Cair, o, Egypt, where she was living prior to her stay at MacDowell.

Joy KMT, Pittsburgh, PA, completed the first draft of an as-yet-untitled collection of poetry focusing on the theme of black women, their bodies, their environment, and the recreation of myth as the “astonishing word.”

Perri Knize, Missoula, MT, worked on a memoir of her experiences as a wilderness ranger in southwest Montana. She also worked on a historical novel set in New York and the Rockies during the fur-trade era.

Jonathan Lackman, Hatfield, MA, finished editing three short stories and commenced writing his first novel Molly Laich, Missoula, MT, worked on her first novel.

Olivia Laing, Brighton, United Kingdom, began The Trip to Echo Spring, a nonfiction book about writers and alcoholism. Supported by the Arts Council UK and the Authors Foundation, the book will be published by Canongate in 2013.

Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, New York, NY, worked on her nonfiction book Give It Up, which concerns the world of standup comedians.

Eric Gabriel Lehman, New York, NY, completed a draft of his fourth novel, German Fall.

Rebecca Lindenberg, Salt Lake City, UT, worked on a series of poems tentatively titled Sense of Direction, which borrows formal structures from various texts associated with travel or journey, including Internetgenerated driving directions, maps, travel guidebooks, and hotel reviews.

Samuel Lipsyte, New York, NY, worked on some short stories for a collection to be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Bojan Louis, Philadelphia, PA, completed and published a book review, finished three short stories and began two others, wrote six new poems, worked on translating the poetry of Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, and began work on an essay.

Bridget Lowe, St. Louis, MO, completed her first book of poetry.

Kelly Luce, Santa Cruz, CA, completed her first novel, Things Handed Down, which she began at MacDowell in 2008.

Alexander Lumans, Boulder, CO, worked on a draft of his first novel.

Fiona Maazel, Brooklyn, NY, finished her second novel, Woke Up Lonely.

Anne Marie Macari, Lambertville, NJ, continued work on her fourth collection of poems, which are based in part on caves, Paleolithic cave paintings, descent, and the underground.

James Magruder, Baltimore, MD, completed a draft of his second novel, Love Slaves of Helen Hadley Hall, a comic look at Reaganomics and sexual abandon.

Ben Marcus, New York, NY, worked on short stories to be included in his next book, an as-yet-untitled collection of stories.

Sara Marcus, Brooklyn, NY, worked on her second book, a lyric consideration of political commitment and creative production based on the lives of feminist poet Adrienne Rich, peace activist and short story writer Grace Paley, and 1930s labor journalist Tillie Olsen.

Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, Jamaica Plain, MA, wrote several new chapters of Any One of Us, a manuscript of combined memoir and literary journalism about a Louisiana death penalty case. She also finished two essays and drafted a short story.

Wyatt Mason, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, worked on a novel.

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“THIS RESIDENCY WAS CRUCIAL TO MY FIRST COLLABORATIVE WRITING PROJECT. THE UNFETTERED CONCENTRATION AND SPACE HAS MEANT A CREATIVE PRODUCTIVITY I’VE NEVER KNOWN ELSEWHERE.” —Playwright Paula Vogel (far right), shown here with collaborator Rebecca Taichman in Veltin Studio Katy McAulay, Glasgow, Scotland, worked on the first draft of a novel, Gift Horse, which explores the rituals and implications of giving and receiving presents and the theme of watching and/or being watched.

Sarah McCarry, New York, NY, completed the first draft of a new manuscript, and worked on a memoir project about female adolescence and rock music.

Anna McDonald, New York, NY, completed writing and editing a travel feature for The New York Times, and worked on a manuscript of poems.

Mary Ann McFadden, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, completed several sketches and poems for her newest book, The Gentle Man, and completed extensive revisions for Letter from Paradise.

Maureen N. McLane, New York, NY, finished the manuscript of her third book of poems, tentatively titled Embroidered Earth. She also completed several essays to be included in her book My Poets, which is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Phillipp Meyer, Austin, TX, completed significant work on his novel American Son. Craig Mod, Palo Alto, CA, began and completed the first draft of his forthcoming debut novella on identity and the role of genetics in relationships. He also completed an essay on the shifting role of physical books in our day to day lives, and their special power to become souvenirs and emotional scaffolds.

Kevin Moffett, Claremont, CA, in collaboration with Matthew Derby and Eli Horowitz, finished work on a narrative app for mobile devices.

Feliz L. Molina, San Diego, CA, worked on a first collection of poetry and began a chapbook of poems.

Rod Moore, Los Angeles, CA, completed a novel, Brittle Star, to be published in 2013 by What Press. He also began work on a new fiction project.

Michael Morse, Brooklyn, NY, revised poems from a manuscript-in-progress entitled Void and Compensation, which explores how we process (and perhaps distill) change and loss, and borrows themes (and its title) from the French social activist/Christian mystic Simone Weil.

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Quince Mountain, Mountain, WI, worked on a book about sex change and evangelical Christianity. He also continued work on his investigative memoir, You Are a Prince, and designed an experimental horoscope column, “Hindsight by the Stars,” which is slated for an online launch in 2013.

Meaghan Mulholland, Durham, NC, worked on revising her novel about a family of Sicilian puppeteers.

Nami Mun, Chicago, IL, completed three short stories and worked on her second novel.

Joan Murray, Old Chatham, NY, wrote 20 new poems for a project she is doing with the George Eastman House photography museum. She also wrote and revised short stories for a collection.

Ariana Nadia Nash, Kaunakakai, HI, completed her second manuscript of poetry, tentatively titled The Book of Night. She also began to experiment with work for future projects.

Clare Needham, Summit, NJ, completed the second draft of her agented first novel, which is set in the near future in an imaginary Middle Eastern city. She also began work on a series of nonfiction pieces about Jerusalem.

Sierra Nelson, Seattle, WA, finished the last edits for her book I Take Back the Sponge Cake: A Lyrical Choose-Your-Own Adventure, which combines her poems with drawings by visual artist Loren Erdrich.

She also generated new writing, photographs, and plans for her next collaborative project with Erdrich, as well as a new series of prose-poems, a fairy tale, and a revision of her full-length poetry manuscript.

Danica Novgorodoff, Brooklyn, NY, worked on her graphic novel titled The Undertaking of Lily Chan.

D. Nurkse, Brooklyn, NY, worked on new poems, a long historical persona series, and a series based on the evolution of signs and languages.

Stephen O’Connor, New York, NY, wrote five short stories, did a very light revision of his novel Nobody Here Knows Anything, and began sorting his poetry into two independent book manuscripts.

Susan Orlean, Pine Plains, NY, completed work on a cultural biography of dog actor Rin Tin Tin to be published by Simon & Schuster.

Meghan O’Rourke, Brooklyn, NY, worked on a series of poems about wealth and identity in 21st-century America. She also worked on an essay about animal videos.

Eugene Ostashevsky, Queens, NY, worked on his next book of poems, The Pirate Who Does Not Know the Value of Pi. He also edited and translated work by contemporary Russian poet Arkadii Dragomoshchenko.

Renie Oxley, Los Angeles, CA, completed her novel, The Initiation. She also began a new novel and a book of essays.

ZZ Packer, Princeton, NJ, worked on the final revision and edits of her novel The Thousands, about Reconstruction and the Buffalo Soldiers. She also worked on a book of craft and criticism entitled The Art of Voice.

Shin Yu Pai, Conway, AR, wrote work for a new collection, drafted a children’s picture storybook, and began work on several personal essays.

Cecily Parks, Cambridge, MA, wrote poems for Birdlands, a collaboration she is working on with visual artist (and MacDowell fellow) Ken Buhler.

Elena Passarello, Grand Rapids, MI, completed a series of essays for her manuscript on the human voice in performance.

Michael Paterniti, Portland, ME, finished the last phase of his book The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World’s Greatest Piece of Cheese, a work of nonfiction set in Guzman, a tiny village of north-central Spain.

Janet Peery, Norfolk, VA, completed 12 chapters of a memoir titled Above Us Only Sky, about coming of age in the Great Plains in the 1950s.

Stacy Perman, Brooklyn, NY, wrote an early draft of the opening chapters and an outline for the arc of the narrative for her nonfiction book, A Grand Complication, to be published by Free Press/Simon & Schuster. She also wrote a proposal for a magazine article based on the book’s research.

Jayne Anne Phillips, Jamaica Plain MA, continued work on her as-yet-untitled fifth novel.

Tom Piazza, New Orleans, LA, completed work on his nonfiction collection, Devil Sent the Rain, to be published by Harper Perennial. He also continued work on an untitled novel-in-progress.

Karen Palmer, Los Angeles, CA, completed a revision of the first half of her memoir and started work on the second half.

Carolie Parker, Los Angeles, CA, completed a series introducing image and text into paradoxical environments, suggesting ways in which we rig the natural world.

Carolyn Parkhurst, Washington, D.C., continued work on her novel-in-progress, Let’s Pretend It’s Just a Rose, which explores what happens to a family before and after they join a New Age cult run by a self-styled parenting guru.

“MY RESIDENCY CHALLENGED ME TO EXCAVATE WHAT IS CREATIVELY POSSIBLE WITHIN ME. MACDOWELL PUSHED ME TO CREATE, SHOWED ME THAT SOLITUDE IS A MUST, AND HELPED ME TO CLARIFY MY CREATIVE DIRECTION AND TO FOCUS ON WHAT LIES AHEAD.” —Jazz bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma

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“THE GENEROUS SPACE OF NEF STUDIO LED TO BIG WORK THAT SURPRISED ME — AND A LOT OF IT. THIS WAS BALANCED WITH NEW INSIGHTS ABOUT MY WORK, WHICH I ATTRIBUTE THIS TO AN ESPECIALLY WARM AND BRILLIANT GROUP OF FELLOW COLONISTS.” —Painter, draftsman, and designer Richard Griswold Ruth Reichl, New York, NY, completed the first draft of her first novel, Delicious, to be published by Random House.

Anzhelina Polonskaya, Moscow, Russia, worked on her new poetry book Paul Klee’s Boat, which will allow the reader to appreciate all sorts of nuances and influences on the authorial voice and to appreciate the time and place in the consciousness.

Hanna Pylvainen, Boston, MA, drafted the first part of her new novel, The End of Drum Time.

Christopher Robinson, Seattle, WA, completed the first draft of a poetry manuscript, Breakdown; the first draft of his novel War of the Encyclopedists; and several short stories.

Kirstin Quade, Palo Alto, CA, worked on her first novel, which centers on a family in northern New Mexico.

Elisabeth Robinson, New York, NY, completed a draft of a novel to be published by Knopf.

Jamie Quatro, Lookout Mountain, GA, worked on the manuscript The Talkers, a four-part novel loosely based on John Coltrane’s album A Love Supreme.

Robin Romm, Las Cruces, NM, finished three short stories toward her second story collection, The Healing Room. She also generated one chapter of a novel, and drafted the first in a series of essays on the New Mexican economy.

Lawrence Raab, Williamstown, MA, wrote a number of poems to be included in his eighth collection, tentatively titled Or So It Seemed to Me Then. He also completed an essay entitled “Ghosts and Their Discontents,” and began two other essays: “Should Poems Tell the Truth?” and “Poetry and Stupidity.”

Octavia Randolph, Nahant, MA, completed the revision of her novel about eminent Victorian John Ruskin.

Julia Reckless, Sheffield, United Kingdom, made significant progress on her first poetry collection, as well as a selection of poems to be set to music by Juilliard professor Philip Lasser.

Spencer Reece, Madrid, Spain, completed his second collection of poems, The Road to Emmaus, to be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2013. He also completed a 30,000-word, 110-page manuscript entitled The Little Entrance: 25 Devotional Meditations.

Margaret Reges, Iowa City, IA, completed extensive revisions of her first book, wrote new poems, and drafted a short story.

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Nancy Reisman, Nashville, TN, structured and completed the first major section of a novel, planned and began the remaining sections, and sketched the initial plans for two short stories.

Andrew Roth, Roanoke, VA, completed the bulk of his first novel, American Gypsy Doctor Magic.

Mary Ruefle, Bennington, VT, completed a book-length manuscript of poems and six miniature erasure books.

Domenica Ruta, Beverly, MA, completed a fourth draft of a memoir, The Pretenders. She also completed applications for further fellowships and residencies, and began a first draft of The Virgin of Edgewater, Mass, a novel-in-progress.

Julie Salamon, New York, NY, worked on the final chapters of a biography of playwrightWendy Wasserstein, who was an artist-in-residence at MacDowell in 2003 and 2004.

Mary Jo Salter, Baltimore, MD, completed work toward her seventh book of poems.

Britt Salvesen, Los Angeles, CA, continued research on photography and cognition for an exhibition and catalogue. The exhibition is scheduled to take place at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2013.

Mark Salzman, La Canada Flintridge, CA, worked out the plot for a novel, completed a rough draft for it, and began the second draft.

Annita Sawyer, North Branford, CT, completed the first draft of her book, Smoking Cigarettes, Eating Glass: A Psychologist’s Memoir. She writes about careless psychiatric diagnosis and mistreatment, shame and secrets, repressed early trauma encountered late in life, and healing in psychotherapy.

Anthony Schneider, New York, NY, worked on short stories and a novel.

Anna Solomon, Providence, RI, began her second novel, which is set in Prohibition-era Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Patrick Somerville, Chicago, IL, worked on his next novel, Good Sense.

Martha Southgate, Brooklyn, NY, worked on the early stages of a new novel and some short stories.

Evelyn Spence, Brooklyn, NY, worked on her novel-inprogress, Bliss.

Yolaine St. Fort, Brooklyn, NY, completed two short stories and several poems, and edited a collection of short stories and a poetry manuscript. Her work mainly focuses on issues affecting Haiti and Haitians living in the Diaspora, such as immigration, natural disasters, poverty, resilience, and sadism.

Greta Schuler, Washington, DC, worked on revising a novel and writing a series of essays about her experiences in rural Zimbabwe.

Susan Steinberg, San Francisco, CA, worked on her third collection of short fiction.

Emma Schwarcz, Melbourne, Australia, worked on some short stories and on her first novel, for which she was awarded a creation grant from Arts Victoria.

Gerald Stern, Lambertville, NJ, wrote five songs and three poems, and finished editing a 225-page prose manuscript of a year-length diary (November 2009– November 2010).

Beth Schwartzapfel, Brooklyn, NY, began work on State of Pardon, a book-length work of narrative nonfiction about wrongful conviction and posthumous exoneration in Texas.

Jessica Shattuck, Brookline, MA, worked on her third novel set in post-war Germany.

Brenda Shaughnessy, Brooklyn, NY, completed the manuscript for her first novel, Vanisher, as well as her third book of poems, Our Andromeda, which is forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press.

Joshua Wolf Shenk, Santa Monica, CA, shot photographs and wrote pages on two projects: 1 + 1 = ∞, a study of creative pairs for a book forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; and a study of money and meaning for a book-length personal essay with the working title The Humbling.

Jaspreet Singh, Banff, Canada, started a new novel.

Hasanthika Sirisena, Rocky Mount, NC, finished an entire revision of her novel-in-progress. She also finished a short story to be published in The Kenyon Review.

Mairead Small Staid, Andover, MA, completed several poems to be included in her debut collection, tentatively titled The Rhythm of Pain. She also began work on stories for her first book of prose, Calamity.

Jessica Stern, Cambridge, MA, wrote two articles: “Terror and Mortality” (to be published in the Journal of Democracy), and “Can Google Make Non-Violence Cool?” (to be published in Defining Ideas).

Nova Ren Suma, New York, NY, made final touches to her debut young-adult novel, Imaginary Girls, forthcoming from Dutton Books. She also continued work on her next novel for Dutton.

Manil Suri, Silver Spring, MD, completed a first draft of The City of Devi, a novel he started during a MacDowell residency in 2000. This will be the final part of his trilogy that includes The Death of Vishnu (2001) and The Age of Shiva (2008).

Daniel Swift, Brooklyn, NY, wrote three chapters of a book about Shakespeare to be published by Oxford University Press. He also wrote an essay on John Berryman.

Catherine Taylor, Ithaca, NY, wrote a series of essays and prose poems that will form the core of her next book, tentatively titled Inanimate Subjects. She also completed final edits on her previous book, Apart, which will be published by Ugly Duckling Presse.

Jackie Thomas-Kennedy, Needham, MA, wrote most of the first draft of her novel-in-progress, You Cannot Lie About a Mountain.

Timothy Sohn, Brooklyn, NY, continued work on his nonfiction book about a natural resources battle in Alaska.

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“I WAS ABLE TO FOCUS AND WORK VERY HARD AT MACDOWELL BECAUSE I FELT SO SUPPORTED IN MY ART PRACTICE. MY COLLABORATOR AND I DEEPENED OUR PROCESS SIGNIFICANTLY AND BUILT IMPORTANT GROUNDWORK FOR A NEW DUET PIECE.” —Movement and dance artist Ginger Krebs, who is depicted at work with collaborator Andrew Braddock Joan Wickersham, Cambridge, MA, worked on a new project, a book that straddled the genre line between fiction and memoir.

Lynne Tillman, New York, NY, worked on a novel tentatively titled Clouds and Apparitions. She also spent time editing an essay on Gertrude Stein to be published in The New York Times Book Review.

Alexander Tilney, Brooklyn, NY, continued work on a novel and several short stories.

Megan Williams, Rome, Italy, worked on a collection of stories, and completed a radio documentary.

Catherine Wing, Cleveland, OH, worked toward the completion of her second book, Gin & Bleach.

Abigail Ulman, San Francisco, CA, completed a significant portion of her debut short story collection.

Anne Marie Wirth, Missoula, MT, completed the first draft of her first novel, Inversion. She also completed several short stories for submission to literary journals.

Corinna Vallianatos, Claremont, CA, completed three chapters of her first novel, tentatively titled Brave Motion.

Joy Wood, Ann Arbor, MI, worked on revising a collection of short stories.

Vint Virga, East Greenwich, RI, completed work on his first book, The Soul of All Living Creatures, which explores common traits shared by humans and animals. The book will be published by Random House/ Broadway Books in 2013. He also began research on his second book, Touched by the Spirit of Creatures.

Matthew Yeager, New York, NY, reworked the pilot for a historical drama about the 18th-century American fur trade.

Ellen Dore Watson, Conway, MA, revised and polished her translations of Brazilian poet Adelia Prado’s poems, from O Pelicano (1987) and A Faca No Peito (1988). She also began work on new poems of her own.

Josh Weil, Sinking Creek, VA, wrote nearly 200 pages of an extensive revision of his new novel, The Great Glass Sea. Set in contemporary Russia, the book deals with the affects of cowboy capitalism in the era after the Soviet Union. He also started a new novella, tentatively titled The Keeper.

Colson Whitehead, New York, NY, worked on a novel called Zone One. Paula Whyman, Bethesda, MD, researched and wrote more than 100 pages of the first draft of her first novel, Mysteries of the Silk King. She also worked on a draft of the short story, “It Never Entered My Mind,” for inclusion in a collection of linked stories called You May See a Stranger.

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Susan Wicks, Kent, United Kingdom, worked on new poems.

James Yeh, Brooklyn, NY, completed a new draft of a novel manuscript entitled I Love and Understand You and Would Be Perfect to You Now. He also completed several short stories.

Rolf Yngve, Coronado, CA, worked on a draft of a novel about the influence of political-military considerations upon individuals given the responsibility to carry out the will of governments and peoples. The novel centers on a small warship engaged in counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia.

Monica Youn, New York, NY, completed poems for her third collection of poems, tentatively titled Kathay. One of the themes of the collection will be how first-generation Asian immigrants experience their “home” culture primarily through Western texts and perspectives.

Events NATIONAL COUNCIL EXPLORES THE ARTS IN THE BERKSHIRES AND SAN FRANCISCO The National Council, a leading group of MacDowell patrons, takes members on an annual trip to an arts destination. Over a long weekend in September of 2010, the group gathered in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts.

Participants toured MASS MoCA, the Clark Art Institute, and the homes of contemporary art collectors in the region. Colony Fellows joined the group for a reunion brunch, followed by a tour of MASS MoCA ’s exhibition Material World: Sculpture to Environment, which featured the collaborative work of MacDowell Fellows Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen B. Nguyen.

In October of 2011, the National Council explored a combination of San Francisco’s arts scene and the sustainable food world. Hosted by Colony Fellows Ayelet Waldman and Chairman of the Board Michael Chabon, the trip included tours of some of the Bay Area’s most coveted art collections, restaurants, gardens, and vineyards. Highlights included a discussion on food sustainability with chef and food activist Alice Waters and journalist and author Michael Pollan at Waters’ Chez Panisse; a tour of Waters’ nonprofit, the Edible Schoolyard; a visit to the gardens and site-specific art installations at the University of California Berkeley’s Blake Estate led by Colony Fellow landscape architect Chip Sullivan; a champagne reception with more than 40 Colony Fellows from the Bay area; curator-led visits to the private art collections of Frances Bowes, Chara Schreyer, and Ron and Anita Wornick; and a visit and luncheon at the Fraenkel Gallery and Pier 24. The last stop was Napa Valley, where participants visited the Hess Collection Winery and enjoyed a wine tasting and a walk through the art gallery.

THE MOST IMPORTANT REACH A MORE INTENSI RATIO: 1 DAY OF WORK ELSE). I CAN’T SEEM TO

Top: The Experience of Green, red Kraft paper and wood, 2009,

by Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen B. Nguyen. Center: Executive Director Cheryl Young, Stephen B. Nguyen, President Susan Davenport Austin, Rick Stone, Eleanor Briggs, and Wade Kavanaugh at MassMoCA for the installation of White Stag, 20092010. Above: The National Council treated to lunch and gallery talk on photography at the Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco.

ASPECT OF MY RESIDENCY WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VE PLANE OF CONCENTRATION. IT’S THAT COMPELLING AT MACDOWELL = 4 IN NEW YORK CITY (OR ANYWHERE FINISH A BOOK WITHOUT A RESIDENCY AT MACDOWELL! —Nonfiction writer Peter Godwin

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2010 NATIONAL BENEFIT IN NYC CELEBRATES NEARLY 18 YEARS OF MACNEIL LEADERSHIP

STEVE TUCKER

III served as benefit co-chairs. Honorary chairs included James Casebere, Stephen Daldry, Philip Glass, Isaac Mizrahi, and Lorna Simpson. The event raised more than $374,463 in support of the artist residency program at MacDowell.

STEVE TUCKER

The 2010 National Benefit, held at TheTimesCenter in New York on Monday, December 6, 2010, celebrated Robert MacNeil’s more than 17 years of leadership as MacDowell’s chairman and the introduction of Michael Chabon as his successor. More than 300 guests attended as Lisa Kron hosted an all-star tribute featuring writers Jonathan Franzen and Calvin Trillin. The program explored the work of MacDowell Fellows Donald Byrd (via a dance performed by the Ailey II dance company), Colson Whitehead (who read an excerpt from one of his essays), Willa Cather (with an excerpt read by Emmy-winning actress Cherry Jones), Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (with a screening of an excerpt from their film It’s Kind of a Funny Story), and Paul Moravec (whose Ariel Fantasy was performed by violinist Maria Bachmann and pianist Stephen Gosling). To conclude the program, Michael Friedman joined Kron in an original sketch about life in residence at MacDowell, featuring themselves along with Byrd, Moravec, Trillin, and Michael Chabon. Stephanie and Robert M. Olmsted, Barbara and Andrew Senchak, and Theresa and Charles F. Stone

Top: Writers Jonathan Franzen, Calvin Trillin, Chairman Michael Chabon and former Chairman Robert MacNeil at TheTimesCenter. Above: The Alvin Ailey II dance company performs a piece by choreographer Donald Byrd for benefit guests.

Mac ’n’ Cheese is a subscription series of unique salon-style events that pairs readings, talks, and musical performances with specially selected wines and cheeses. This exclusive program captures the informal spirit of open studio exchanges that artists share at the Colony. The 2010 season in New York City featured artists Elizabeth Brown, Jane Brox, Bill Jacobson, David Lang, Amanda Stern, Maureen McLane, and Andrew Ginzel. The series was also expanded in 2010 to include two Boston events that featured Dan Hurlin, David Soll, Steve Tourlentes, and Amie Siegal. The 2011 Mac ’n’ Cheese season included presentations by Aki Ishida, Anthony Schneider, Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, Julie Orringer, Ryan Harty, and a special “pop-up” event at the studio of Keith Haring with John Kelly and Julia Gruen, executive director of the Keith Haring Foundation. In Boston, Joe and John Fox, Bert Seager, and Sue Standing presented their work, and a special summer program was held in Martha’s Vineyard with James Lapine and Honor Moore.

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DEAN KLINGLER

MAC ’N’ CHEESE

Above: The first Mac ‘n’ Cheese on Martha’s Vineyard took place in July 2011 at the home of Steve Judge and Jim Skelton with a reading by James Lapine and Honor Moore. Right: Architect Aki Ishida talked about her work in the New York garden of Louise Eastman.

MICHAEL NEFF

2011 NATIONAL BENEFIT SHOWCASES DIVERSE TALENTS OF FELLOWS chairs were Ann Patchett, Faith Ringgold, Oliver Sacks, and Ayelet Waldman. The event raised more than $347,000 in support of artist residencies at MacDowell.

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More than 300 guests packed TheTimesCenter for the 2011 National Benefit on Monday, December 5, 2011, to enjoy a unique program tracing the various incarnations of three works involving Colony Fellows: The Invention of Hugo Cabret, The Bonesetter’s Daughter, and Porgy and Bess. Hosted by MacDowell Chairman Michael Chabon, the program opened with a performance by songwriter and composer Duncan Sheik from his musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson tale The Nightingale. Brian Selznick introduced his book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, followed by a reading by TV and film actor Fisher Stevens and a clip from Martin Scorcese’s film adaptation of the book, Hugo. The exploration of Amy Tan’s novel The Bonesetter’s Daughter was introduced by composer Stewart Wallace, who turned it into an opera, and filmmaker David Petersen, whose documentary film showcased the making of the opera. Porgy and Bess was celebrated with performances, readings, and talks by Suzan-Lori Parks, Carmen de Lavallade, Fred Hersch, and Nikki Renee Daniels.

Benefit co-chairs were Stephanie and Robert M. Olmsted, Elizabeth and Russell Gaudreau, Pia Alexander-Harris and Larry Harris, Barbara and Andrew Senchak, and Theresa and Charles F. Stone III. Joining Sheik and Scorcese as honorary

Top: Song writer and composer Duncan Sheik (right) performs at the National Benefit. He is joined by Jay Bianchi, Joyce Hammann, Debbie Shufelt-Dine, Jeff Carney, and Emily Brausa. Above: Mezzo-soprano Qian Yi and percussionist Theo Metz perform an excerpt from the opera The Bonesetter’s Daughter composed by Stewart Wallace.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE BENEFIT On March 31, 2012, the Colony hosted its New Hampshire Benefit to raise local support for the residency program. The sold-out evening began with a cocktail reception in Savidge Library and continued in Colony Hall with a seated dinner prepared by Colony chef Scott Tyle for 120 guests. The program included a video greeting from The Invention of Hugo Cabret author Brian Selznick and a tour-de-force performance by interdisciplinary artist Joseph Keckler. The event — which was organized by the New Hampshire Benefit committee and chaired by Robert Larsen, Mollie Miller, Lisa Neville, and Jamie Trowbridge — raised more than $30,000 for MacDowell’s residency program.

President Susan Davenport Austin and board members Thomas P. Putnam, and Eleanor Briggs at the benefit dinner at The MacDowell Colony.

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Medal Day

FIRST GIVEN IN 1960, the Edward MacDowell Medal is a national award presented annually by The MacDowell Colony to an artist for outstanding contributions to the arts. The artistic discipline in which the award is given rotates in order to celebrate all of the creative fields practiced at the Colony.

2010 MEDALIST

Sonny Rollins On August 15, 2010, the 51st Edward MacDowell Medal, and the first in jazz, was presented to the great saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins.

MacDowell’s long-time chairman, Robert MacNeil — who retired from his leadership post later that year — delivered his final Medal Day address before an audience of more that 1,500. Picnic lunches, open studios hosted by artists-in-residence, an art show by local students, and a live jazz concert by the Fred Hersch Trio rounded out the day’s festivities, offering visitors the chance to experience a unique and uncommon blend of community and creativity.

Above: Jazz great Sonny Rollins; MacDowell Fellow and preeminent jazz writer and critic Gary Giddins; MacDowell Chairman Robert MacNeil; President Susan Davenport Austin; and Executive Director Cheryl Young share a light moment during Resident Director David Macy’s comments. Top: Sonny Rollins shows his MacDowell Medal to the crowd. Center: The Fred Hersch Trio with Hersch on piano, bassist John Hérbert, and drummer Eric McPherson, performs under the tent. Right: Chairman Robert MacNeil congratulates Sonny Rollins on his award.

I’M PROUD AND PLEASED TO BE SELECTED TO RECEIVE THIS VERY SPECIAL PRIZE. EDWARD MACDOWELL’S SPIRIT ENGAGED ME MANY YEARS AGO WHEN, AS A CHILD, I WAS INSPIRED BY HIS COMPOSITION TO A WILD ROSE. LATER, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT A PART OF MY REPERTOIRE, PERFORMING IT ON MANY OCCASIONS AND EVENTUALLY RECORDING IT. SOMEHOW I FEEL I’M GETTING TO MEET HIM AGAIN. —Sonny Rollins

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2011 MEDALIST

Edward Albee For only the third time, the Edward MacDowell Medal was given in tribute to a playwright on August 14, 2011 — a giant in the field who has made an indelible impact on American theatre: Edward Albee. More than 1,500 guests made their way to the Colony to celebrate Albee and his work, including acclaimed film and theatre director Mike Nichols, who introduced Albee to the crowd. Michael Chabon gave his first Medal Day speech as MacDowell’s new chairman, and a special “Make Art: Make a Scene” program — created in partnership with Andy’s Summer Theater and sponsored by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation — was presented as part of the Medal Day offerings.

MEDALISTS 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003

2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997

Edward Albee, playwright Sonny Rollins, composer Kiki Smith, visual artist Thom Mayne, architect Les Blank, filmmaker Alice Munro, writer Steve Reich, composer Nam June Paik, visual artist Merce Cunningham, interdisciplinary artist Robert Frank, photographer Philip Roth, writer Lou Harrison, composer Ellsworth Kelly, visual artist I.M. Pei, architect Chuck Jones, filmmaker

1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978

Joan Didion, writer George Crumb, composer Jasper Johns, visual artist Harry Callahan, photographer Richard Wilbur, writer David Diamond, composer Louise Bourgeois, visual artist Stan Brakhage, filmmaker William Styron, writer Leonard Bernstein, composer Lee Friedlander, photographer Robert Motherwell, visual artist Mary McCarthy, writer Elliott Carter, composer Isamu Noguchi, visual artist John Updike, writer Samuel Barber, composer John Cheever, writer Richard Diebenkorn, visual artist

Above: Playwright Edward Albee with his Edward MacDowell Medal. Far left: Edward Albee, Mike Nichols, and Diane Sawyer leave historic Savidge Library after a tour.

Center left: Medal Day picnickers enjoy their lunches. Below left: A group of local child actors from Andy’s Summer Playhouse present a scene as part of a special community program. Below: (Standing) Resident Director David Macy, Chairman Michael Chabon, Presentation Speaker Mike Nichols. (Seated) President Susan Davenport Austin, Edward Albee, Executive Director Cheryl A. Young.

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Virgil Thomson, composer Lillian Hellman, writer Willem de Kooning, visual artist Walter Piston, composer Norman Mailer, writer Georgia O’Keeffe, visual artist William Schuman, composer Eudora Welty, writer Louise Nevelson, visual artist Roger Sessions, composer Marianne Moore, writer Edward Hopper, visual artist Edgard Varese, composer Edmund Wilson, writer Alexander Calder, visual artist Robert Frost, writer Aaron Copland, composer Thornton Wilder, writer

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Community Programs

EACH YEAR, MACDOWELL CREATES OPPORTUNITIES that enable the local community to engage with the art and artists at the Colony. From April of 2010 through March of 2012, 61 Colony Fellows volunteered to share their work in the community. These efforts reached roughly 2,500 adults and children in groups large and small in the Monadnock region.

In addition to the formal community programs outlined below, the Colony maintains a partnership with the Peterborough Town Library through its MacDowell Collection, which consists of donated works by MacDowell Fellows. Via this collection, members of the public enjoy access to music, films, books, and other media created at the Colony.

MACDOWELL DOWNTOWN Launched in 2002, MacDowell Downtown is a series of free presentations by MacDowell artists that takes place on the first Friday of the month from March to November in downtown Peterborough. Each season of MacDowell Downtown features a wide array of programming, including film screenings, readings, visual presentations, performances, talks, and more. The following artists shared their work with the public at MacDowell Downtown during fiscal years 2011 and 2012: Puppet and movement artist Luis Tentindo, composer Larry Polansky, writers Heidi Julavits and Ruth Davis Konigsberg, interdisciplinary artist Hasan Elahi, filmmaker Laura Poitras, interdisciplinary artist George Higgs, interdisciplinary artist Anna Schuleit, singer and performance artist Joseph Keckler, documentary filmmaker Jessica Oreck, poet Andrea Cohen and fiction writer Nancy Reisman, writer Robert Akeret, filmmaker Shelly Silver, composer and keyboardist Missy Mazzoli, journalist Sheri Fink, and composer and bass guitarist Jamaladeen Tacuma.

Clockwise from above: Composer Larry Polansky plays guitar and MacDowell employee Andrea Larsen sings at an event at Bass Hall in Peterborough; MacDowell Resident Director David Macy introduces MacDowell Downtown once a month from March through November; Performance artist Joseph Keckler entertains the local crowd with his voice and the piano during MacDowell Downtown.

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MICHELLE ALDREDGE

MacDowell in the Schools, begun in 1996, brings the excitement of the creative process to classrooms in the Monadnock region. Students in grade school, high school, and college all benefit from the time and expertise of MacDowell Fellows as they share their passion and their work with the next generation of artists and art lovers. The following MacDowell Fellows volunteered time during their residencies in 2011 and 2012 to go into a local school to share their expertise and work with students: Painter Gwenessa Lam, filmmaker Jesse Epstein, playwright Christine Farrell, writer Darcy Frey, composer David Rakowski, painter Lori Larusso, architect Ronit Eisenbach, writer Cecil Castelluci, filmmaker Denise Iris, performance artist Cynthia Hopkins, composers Angel Lam and Elizabeth Nonemaker, visual artist Alice Attie, visual artist Anne Gilman, fiction writer Danica Novgorodoff, filmmaker Sam Zalutsky, and composer David Rakowski.

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MACDOWELL IN THE SCHOOLS

Top left: Visual artist Anne Gilman visited ConVal High School to share images of her work and talk about the concept of artistic limitations. Top, right: Nonfiction writer Darcy Frey paid a visit to ConVal, where he led a discussion about his award-winning book The Last Shot with 75 ConVal students from various classes. The book’s publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, donated 150 copies of the book so it could be incorporated into the school’s curriculum. Above: Writer, composer, and performance artist Cynthia Hopkins shared her most recent project, which integrates film footage of the Arctic with live music for the voice and accordion.

OTHER OUTREACH Throughout the year, members of MacDowell’s staff — acting as representatives of the Colony — participate in meetings, events, and conferences around the world in an effort to sustain and further develop the Colony’s image as an important cultural institution.

MacDowell Fellows also host visitors to their studios, share their work at local venues, and present their work at meetings MacDowell holds with other community-based organizations in New Hampshire. Below, we share highlights of a few of these efforts that took place during fiscal years 2011 and 2012.

June, 2010: Resident Director David Macy spoke about MacDowell and the role of artist residency programs at “Be

Our Guest: Finding Creative Time + Space,” a public panel held at Rhode Island’s Newport Art Museum organized by the Alliance of Artists Communities.

DECEMBER, 2010 The Colony opened its doors to host a roundtable discussion about cultural tourism held in Savidge Library by New Hampshire State Department of Cultural Resources Commissioner Van MacLeod.

JANUARY, 2011 Macy hosted a meeting at the Colony for Arts Alive! — a nonprofit organization working to advance arts and culture in the Monadnock region, for which Macy serves as a board member.

MARCH, 2011 MacDowell Fellow Bridget Lowe read her poetry at the Sharon Arts Center as part of the event “Words for Water on World Water Day, a Literary and Musical Celebration.”

JULY, 2011 Eleanor Whitney from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) visited MacDowell to share information with staff, artists-in-residence, and local artists about NYFA’s resources.

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GIFTS TO UNDERWRITE FELLOWSHIPS for artists and to maintain studios and residency buildings are essential in helping MacDowell continue its mission in its second century. With major gifts designated for Fellowships, the Colony is able to carry on its tradition of accepting artists solely on the basis of talent. In all, 68 annual and endowed Fellowships and 11 annual and endowed studio maintenance grants were given in FY11, and 73 Fellowships and 11 maintenance grants were given in FY12, thanks to the generosity of many friends of the Colony.

ANNUAL FELLOWSHIPS Annual Fellowships are contributions designated by the donor to help offset the cost of one or more residencies in the year the gift is made.

The ASCAP Foundation Composer Fellowship Yotam Haber and Andrew Norman The ASCAP Foundation partnered with MacDowell to support the 2010 and 2011 residencies of two composers who are members of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).

Barbara and Andrew Senchak Fellowship Matthew Wolf and Alice Attie In recognition of board member Andrew Senchak and his wife Barbara for their generous 2010 and 2011 gifts to The MacDowell Colony’s National Benefit, these fellowships supporting artist residencies in any discipline were named in their honor.

Charles F. and Theresa M. Stone Fellowship Suzanne Carbonneau and Stephen Karam In recognition of board member Charles F. “Rick” Stone and his wife Theresa for their generous 2010 and 2011 gifts to The MacDowell Colony’s National Benefit, these fellowships supporting artist residencies in any discipline were named in their honor.

The Concordia Foundation Fellowships Christine Farrell, Mary Jo Salter, Lorin Wertheimer, Rose Bunch, Anthony Hawley, and Steph Kese The Concordia Foundation provided these fellowships with generous grants in 2010 and 2011 to support three annual residencies for artists from regions underrepresented in the residency program.

The Fledgling Fund Fellowship Natalia Almada and Yance Ford The Fledgling Fund established this fellowship with generous grants in 2010 and 2011 to support residencies for filmmakers engaged in documentary work that explores critical social issues.

Graham Foundation Fellowship in Architecture Jennifer Harmon and Nathalie Rozot This Fellowship with financial aid support, funded by generous grants from The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts in 2010 and 2011, supported residencies for architects of need whose work explores intersections between art and architecture.

The Heinz Endowments Fellowships Kim Beck and Joy KMT Through generous grants from The Heinz Endowments in 2010 and 2011, these fellowships support two residencies annually for artists of all disciplines from the Greater Pittsburgh region.

Mary Carswell Fellowship Heidi Julavits and Lewis Hyde In recognition of board member Mary Carswell and her husband Robert Carswell for their generous 2010 and 2011 gifts to The MacDowell Colony’s National Benefit, these fellowships supporting artist residencies in any discipline were named in their honor.

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships Jesse Epstein, Lisa Kereszi, Dan LeFranc, Ricardo Lorenz, Jiha Moon, Hasanthika Sirisena, Luis Tentindo, Marshall Brown, Jen Wang, Ellen Watson, Bruce Guernsey, Meron Hadero, Joyce Hwang, Tannaz Farsi, Ian McDonald, Kirstin Quade, Danny Rubin, Barry Underwood, Monica Haller, and Wang Xi The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Artist Communities grants to MacDowell in 2010 and 2011 to help support residencies for emerging artists who had not previously worked at the Colony.

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Residencies Kara Crombie In 2011, The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage formed a partnership with The MacDowell Colony to fund residency opportunities for Philadelphia-area artists who have received Pew Fellowships in the Arts.

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship Mary Ann Peters and Kimetha Vanderveen The Pollock-Krasner Foundation established this Fellowship with generous grants in 2010 and 2011 to support residencies and financial aid for mid-career visual artists.

Robert and Stephanie Olmsted Fellowship Joseph Keckler and Sarah Jones This Fellowship supporting the residency of one creative artist honors board member Robert Olmsted and Stephanie Olmsted for their generous 2010 and 2011 gifts to The MacDowell Colony’s National Benefit in New York City.

Robert Motherwell Fellowship in Painting Katie Merz and Amy Feldman The Dedalus Foundation renewed this Fellowship in 2010 and 2011 to support residencies for painters who follow the evolution of the abstract-expressionist tradition of innovation embodied by the work of Robert Motherwell. Mr. Motherwell was awarded the Edward MacDowell Medal in 1985.

The Tavitian Fellowship Alexandra Grimal In recognition of Aso Tavitian’s generous gift to The MacDowell Colony’s 2010 National Benefit, this Fellowship to support an artist residency in any discipline was named in his honor.

ENDOWED FELLOWSHIPS These Fellowships, based on investment income from gifts held in the Colony’s endowment fund, provide support in perpetuity for one or more residencies each year.

Nadya Aisenberg Fellowship, est. 1999 Christian Flores-Garcia and Rebecca Lindenberg Friends and family of Nadya Aisenberg, a poet, author, scholar, and Colony Fellow, established this Fellowship in her memory to support the residency of a female poet.

Milton and Sally Avery Fellowships, est. 1983 Gwenessa Lam, Lori Larusso, Ian Davis, and Marcelyn McNeil The Milton and Sally Avery Foundation, in tribute to the memory of Milton Avery, a Colony Fellow, endowed a Fellowship for a painter of outstanding ability. In 1990, Mrs. Avery, also a Colony Fellow and a board member from 1989-2003, expanded the fund to provide for two Fellowships.

Cathrine Boettcher Fellowship, est. 1991 Anzhelina Polanskaya and Brent Watanabe Cathrine Boettcher Felding, a longtime supporter and friend of the Colony, established through her will a fund to support residencies at MacDowell.

Stanford Calderwood Fellowships, est. 1998 Nami Mun, Mac Wellman, Kelly Luce, Eugenia Kim, Amy Bloom, Anna Solomon, Nancy Keystone, David Adjmi, Betty Shamieh, Susan Wicks, Shin Yu Pai, Andrew Sean Greer, Stephen Dunn, Patty Crane, Cynthia Barton, Andrew Roth, and John Jesurun To repay writers for the joys of a lifetime of pleasurable reading, Stanford Calderwood, a member of the board of directors from 1968-1978 and its treasurer from 1971-1977, established a fund to support the residencies of all writers who work in Calderwood Studio.

Chubb LifeAmerica Fellowship, est. 1990 Eugene Uman and Michael Paterniti Chubb LifeAmerica made a grant to establish a Fellowship to support artists from New Hampshire or northern New England.

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Josephine Mercy Heathcote Fellowship, est. 1989 Leslie Murray and Robin Williams The Heathcote Art Foundation, in tribute to its founder and benefactor, Josephine Mercy Heathcote, an 18th-century decorative arts scholar and collector, endowed a Fellowship for an artist of exceptional ability.

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Ernest and Red Heller Fellowships, est. 2004 Zoe Scofield, Juniper Shuey, Robert Akeret, and Cecil Castellucci Rose “Red” Heller, a longtime friend of the Colony, board member from 1980-2002, and director emerita from 2002-2003, established through her will a fund to support Fellowships for two creative artists each year.

Margaret Lee Crofts Fellowship, est. 1985 Zibuokle Martinaityte and Angel Lam The Margaret Lee Crofts Fellowship for composers was established by the board of directors in recognition of Mrs. Crofts’ very generous support of the Colony, her devotion to music, and her commitment to helping provide creative opportunities for modern composers.

MacDowell Poetry Fellowship, est. 1990 Gerald Stern and Yolaine St. Fort Edwin C. Cohen, member of the board of directors from 1984-1999, established this fund to support the residency of a poet of exceptional ability.

Marian O. Naumburg Fellowships, est. 2011 Becca Albee and Susan Silas This fellowship providing residencies for photographers was established by a generous 2011 gift from the Estate of Marian O. Naumburg to the Campaign for the Second Century.

Patricia and Jerre Mangione Fellowship, est. 2002 Terrence McNally and John Kelly A bequest from Colony Fellow Patricia Mangione established a Fellowship to support the residencies of senior writers and artists who have worked at their crafts for at least 30 years.

Ewing Fellowship, est. 2003 Ta-Nehisi Coates and Shelly Silver A Fellowship for a creative artist at MacDowell was endowed by Ruth Ewing, a longtime friend of the Colony and board member from 1975-2000, and her husband, Jim Ewing, a member of the board of directors from 1961-1975 and its vice president from 1966-1974.

Robert Maxwell Fellowship, est. 1989 Timothy Sohn and Erin Pollock In recognition of Robert Maxwell’s generous legacy to the Colony, the board of directors established this Fellowship for an artist of any discipline.

Gerald Freund Fellowship, est. 1996 Josh Weil and Matthew Clark Friends of Gerald Freund, an advisor to and longtime friend of the Colony, established a Fellowship for emerging writers in honor of his 40-year career in philanthropy and his commitment to funding exceptionally creative individuals in the arts and sciences.

Isabella Gardner Fellowship, est. 1982 Chloe Honum and Cecily Parks The family and friends of Isabella Gardner, as a tribute and a memorial, established this Fellowship for a young female poet.

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Kate and George Kendall Fellowships, est. 1990 Selena Kimball, Vint Virga, Martha Mooke, and Mark Salzman Friends of the Kendalls established this Fellowship as a tribute to George Kendall, general director of the Colony from 1951-1971. In 1999, the fund’s endowment received a generous bequest from George Kendall.

Philip Morris Company Fellowship, est. 1991 Sam Lipsyte and Joshuah Bearman The Philip Morris Company, in recognition of MacDowell’s contribution to the arts, established this Fellowship in literature.

Evelyn Stefansson Nef Fellowship, est. 1990 Jen Plaskowitz and Matthew Jensen This Fellowship to support the residency of a photographer was given by Evelyn Stefansson Nef, who has been a member of the board of directors since 1991 and also serves as a vice chairman.

New Hampshire Committee Fellowship, est. 1991 Larry Polansky and Amanda Maddock The New Hampshire Committee raised funds from 1987-1991 to establish an endowed Fellowship for an artist from New Hampshire.

Bernardine Kielty Scherman Fellowship, est. 1975 Colson Whitehead and Jayne Anne Phillips In recognition of Bernardine Scherman’s long association with the Colony and her love of good writing, the Scherman Foundation established a Fellowship in her name for a writer.

Elodie Osborn Fellowship, est. 1984 Laura Poitras and Anne Aghion In honor of Elodie Osborn’s efforts to establish film as a discipline at the Colony, her friends created a film Fellowship. Ms. Osborn was a member of the board of directors from 1969-1986 and president of the Colony from 1975-1977.

Frances and William Schuman Fellowship, est. 1990 Huang Ro and Scott Frankel The Schuman Fellowship was established as a loving tribute to the composer William Schuman, MacDowell Medalist in 1971, board member 1972-1979, chairman 1980-1983, and honorary chairman 1984-1990; and Frances Schuman, board member 1977-1994.

Gardner Read Fellowship, est. 2007 Patrick Stoyanovich and Laura Schwendinger In memory of Gardner Read, a composer and Colony Fellow, and Vail P. Read, his wife, a Fellowship for a composer was established in his name by their daughter, Cynthia Read.

Barbara and Andrew Senchak Fellowship in Poetry, est. 2009 Maureen N. McLane and Lawrence Raab This Fellowship to support the residency of a poet was given by board member Andrew Senchak and Barbara Senchak, his wife.

Rona Jaffe Foundation Fellowship, est. 2008 Bridget Lowe and Caitlin Myer In memory of best-selling novelist Rona Jaffe, the Rona Jaffe Foundation endowed a Fellowship for an emerging woman writer. The Fellowship carries a stipend of $2,500.

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Norton Stevens Fellowships, est. 1975 Gabriel Kahane, Eun Young Lee, Tina Davidson, Rufu Reid, Henry Hehmsoth, Jerome Kitzke, Missy Mazzoli, and Andreia Pinto-Correia In honor of Colony Fellow Aaron Copland’s 75th birthday, the Norlin Foundation established an endowment to provide Fellowships for composers.

DeWitt Wallace/Reader’s Digest Fellowships, est. 1978 Ruth Davis Konigsberg, Gary Giddins, Susan Orlean, ZZ Packer, Sheri Fink, Lisa Carey, Ben Marcus, and Glen Gold DeWitt Wallace/Reader’s Digest Fund established an endowment to provide Fellowships for writers.

Thornton Wilder Fellowship, est. 1990 Kevin Kling and Jackie Sibblies Drury In recognition of Thornton Wilder’s generous legacy to the Colony, the board of directors established a Fellowship in his name for an artist of any discipline.

Wilder was a nine-time Colony Fellow, as well as the first recipient of the Edward MacDowell Medal in 1960.

Wilder Green Fellowship in Architecture, est. 2006 John Lee and Michelangelo Sabatino In tribute to Wilder Green, an architect and a member of the board of directors from 1980-2005, a Fellowship for an architect was endowed by The Wilder Green Art Fund.

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New Hampshire Studio In 1990, the Gilbert Verney Foundation established an endowed fund to maintain and improve New Hampshire Studio. In 1992, through a generous bequest given in memory of Colonist Victor Candell, the studio was renovated, enlarging and improving the space available for use by visual artists.

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New Jersey Studio The New Jersey Studio (1920-1921) was funded by the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs, which has continued as a longtime contributor to its maintenance. In 2010 and 2011, Federation contributions helped meet studio expenses.

STUDIO AND FACILITY GRANTS Studio and facility grants, whether endowed or annual gifts, help provide for the upkeep of individual studios and residence buildings.

Stanford Calderwood Studio In 1999, Stanford Calderwood funded the construction of a new studio for writers and established an endowed fund to cover the annual costs of maintaining the studio.

Valli Dreyfus Firth Studio In 1993, Barn Studio was dedicated to Valli Dreyfus Firth, who supported the Colony generously for many years. In her memory, the Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation funded extensive renovations to the visual artists’ studio and established an endowed maintenance fund for its upkeep.

Heinz Studio In 1996, Drue Heinz, a vice chairman of the Colony, donated funds to re-create the old icehouse as a sculpture studio and establish a studio maintenance fund.

Evelyn Stefansson Nef Studio In 1992, Vice Chairman Evelyn Stefansson Nef funded the construction of a new photography studio and established an endowed fund to cover the annual costs of maintaining the studio. It was the first new studio built on Colony grounds since 1936.

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Delta Omicron Studio Members of Delta Omicron, an international music club, funded the building of Omicron Studio in 1927. In 1996, the Delta Omicron Foundation made a gift to refurbish a Mason & Hamlin grand piano, dedicated in memory of Roxine Beard Petzold and Adelaide Louise Collyer, two past presidents of the fraternity. In 2010 and 2011, Delta Omicron contributed to a pledge to help meet annual maintenance costs and to initiate fundraising for a renovation of the studio.

Pan’s Cottage Built as a men’s residence in 1919, Pan’s Cottage was given by Sigma Alpha Iota, an international fraternity for women in music. Sigma Alpha Iota made contributions in 2010 and 2011 to help meet expenses for utilities and upkeep.

Phi Beta Studio Phi Beta Fraternity, a national organization for professionals in music and speech, provided for the construction of Phi Beta Studio (1929-1931) and continued to help support its upkeep with grants in 2010 and 2011.

Star Studio Since 1971, Alpha Chi Omega, the first organization to contribute a studio to the Colony, has helped to maintain Star Studio, which was built in 1911-1912. In 2010 and 2011, the organization made contributions to help meet the studio’s expenses.

Sorosis Studio Sorosis Studio was built in 1924-1926 with funds provided by the New York Carol Club of Sorosis, which made contributions in 2010 and 2011 toward the studio’s maintenance.

TRAVEL AND FINANCIAL AWARDS Two major gifts make travel grants possible for artists to help pay domestic and international transportation costs, respectively. Financial aid for writers, based on need, is provided through grants from several foundations. Annual stipends for composers are supported by a recent endowed gift.

MacArthur Transportation Fund In 1990, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation awarded the Colony a $200,000 grant that has been set aside to establish an endowed transportation fund for artists who cannot afford domestic travel to and from the Colony. For the 2011 fiscal year, 70 grants totaling $33,771 were awarded to enable artists to come to MacDowell from 23 states. For the 2012 fiscal year, 62 grants totaling $29,160 were awarded to enable artists to come to MacDowell from 22 states.

The David and Rosamond Putnam Transportation Fund This endowed fund was established in 1989 by Mr. and Mrs. David F. Putnam, longtime friends and generous benefactors of the Colony, to provide financial assistance for international travel to and from the Colony for artists who could not come at their own expense. For the 2011 fiscal year, 15 grants totaling $12,285 were awarded to enable artists from nine countries to come to MacDowell. For the 2012 fiscal year, eight grants totaling $9,610 were awarded to enable artists from eight countries to come to MacDowell.

The Lesher Fund for Composers The Lesher Fund for Composers, created in 2007 with an endowed gift from Dr. Tom Lesher, provides annual stipends to cover living and travel expenses for two composers.

The Leon Levy Grants The Leon Levy Foundation has generously provided a three-year grant to support financial aid for artists of every discipline. In addition to covering living expenses that continue during a residency, these funds may be used for equipment and supplies for artistic projects. This support began with Fellows admitted in the Winter-Spring 2008 period.

The Marsyas Fund Stipends The Marsyas Fund generously provided five stipends for visual artists during the 2011 and 2012 fiscal years year.

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Residencies at The MacDowell Colony In 2011, the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage began funding Fellowships for artists from the Greater Philadelphia area who have participated in its fellows program and who are accepted for a MacDowell residency.

The Rona Jaffe Foundation Fellowship In 2008, the Rona Jaffe Foundation endowed a Fellowship for emerging women writers. Named in memory of best-selling novelist Rona Jaffe, this Fellowship carries an enhanced stipend to help recipients cover travel and costs of living that continue during the residency. Emergent writers are defined as those who have yet to publish a standard trade edition of their work.

Writers’ Aid Fund Through a gift from the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation, the Colony awards grants of up to $1,000 each to writers needing financial assistance in order to attend The MacDowell Colony. This program, made possible by the foundation’s generous support since 1998, provides a significant benefit to writers at MacDowell and serves as a model for stipend programs in other disciplines for which funding is being sought.

ALPERT/MACDOWELL FELLOWSHIP The Alpert Awards in the Arts, administered by the California Institute of the Arts and funded by the Alpert Foundation, seeks to identify those artists who contribute “something significant — even visionary — to contemporary life.” In our hope of spreading the word about MacDowell to non-New York artists in the interdisciplinary, film-video, and playwriting fields, The MacDowell Colony and The Alpert Awards in the Arts have collaborated to bring a number of outstanding artists to MacDowell. During FY11 and FY12, the following fellowship recipients were recommended by the Alpert Awards panels and selected by MacDowell admissions panels for a residency: 2012 Kirk Lynn 2011 Caden Manson Hasan Elahi James Hong Zoe Scofield

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Contributors

Campaign for the Second Century Donors Inspired by MacDowell’s centennial, the Colony embarked on The Campaign for the Second Century to invest in MacDowell's residency program and facilities in support of artists and their creative pursuits. Groundbreaking projects include an expansion and transformation of the Colony’s library, a full renovation of Colony Hall, multiple improvements to studios and the capital reserves that support them, new stipend funds for artists, and expanded fellowship support. In all, the Campaign raised $13,236,671, surpassing a $13 million goal.

Savidge library serves an essential purpose as an archive of donated work by Colony Fellows and presentation space. A new building designed by renowned architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien joins the existing stone structure to become a multidisciplinary center for contemporary arts presentation, research, and discourse. Williams and Tsien designed a series of intimate spaces where artists can work with the collection, show their own work, and collaborate more freely. Restoration of the original building renews its primary use as a reading and presentation room. Construction began in 2011 with the help of the library design steering committee led by Fred Clarke with oversight by David Macy, resident director.

The Campaign also made possible a complete renovation to Colony Hall in 2008. This project dramatically improved the building’s main hall, dining area, and kitchen, opening up more communal space for recreation, community events, and artistic dialogue. New offices, laundry facilities, and a separate maintenance building have enhanced service to artists.

A dedicated Building and Equipment Reserve Fund (BERF) was endowed with a portion of The Kresge Foundation’s $1 million grant—the remainder being designated for library construction. Additional Campaign gifts have revitalized the Log Cabin, refurbished the Music Room in the MacDowells’ home at Hillcrest, and endowed specific studio maintenance funds.

Nearly $5 million in new Fellowship endowment will continue to ensure that residencies are provided at no cost to artists. Nearly $1 million has been committed to expanding the Colony’s financial aid program thanks to the Leon Levy and the David and Rosamond Putnam Foundations to help replace lost income and cover travel, rent, and other continuing expenses. Extraordinary and early leadership gifts were received from Evelyn Nef, the Calderwood Foundation, Louise Eastman, and Eleanor Briggs.

Shop Studio will be named after painter, Colony Fellow, and longstanding board member Louise Eastman, and the Anna Baetz studio will become the Mary and Peter Garland Studio thanks to the Garland family, who have been active supporters for many years.

The new Library will feature special spaces acknowledging generous gifts. The Stone Garden, named for Rick and Terry Stone, will offer a tranquil outdoor space for contemplation. The Dr. Arnold T. Schwab Reading Room will provide ample workspace.

Memorial gifts will honor Colony Fellow Amanda Davis, longtime board member James Ewing, and friend Margaret Turner Lee. Other spaces honor the aid of The Pinetree Foundation and Galway Kinnell.

Endowed Fellowship funds have been established by Eleanor Briggs, Robert and Stephanie Olmsted, John Hargraves and Nancy Newcomb, the Estate of Marian Naumburg, and Mary Carswell. In addition, future residents of the Rosamund and David Putnam Studio will be recognized as recipients of Barbara and Thomas Putnam Fellowships. We thank the Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund for their continuing vital support.

And lastly, none of this would have been possible without the hardworking and committed Campaign Steering Committee, led by Mary Carswell, Robert Olmsted, and Rick Stone, with enthusiastic members Sandy Cortesi, Edmée Firth, John Hargraves, and Paul Moravec. Key additional support was lent by so many others. Thank you one and all.

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$1 million + Eleanor Briggs The Calderwood Charitable Foundation Louise Eastman The Kresge Foundation Evelyn Stefansson Nef

$500,000 - $999,999 Mary and Robert Carswell The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Robert M. and Stephanie Olmsted David and Rosamond Putnam Thomas and Barbara Putnam

$250,000 - $499,999 Anonymous Sarah Garland-Hoch and Roland E. Hoch John Hargraves and Nancy Newcomb Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. The Leon Levy Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert MacNeil Dr. Arnold T. Schwab Theresa M. Stone and Charles F. Stone, III

$100,000 - $249,999 Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund The Andrews Humphrey Family Foundation Gerald and Teresa Gartner Drue Heinz Estate of Marian O. Naumburg The Rona Jaffe Foundation Barbara and Andrew Senchak The Wilder Green Art Fund

$50,000 - $99,999 Fred W. Clarke and Laura Weir-Clarke Alexander Cortesi and Wendy Mackenzie DIRECTV The Gilbert Verney Foundation David W. Heleniak Dr. Tom Lesher John and Olivia Parker Pine Tree Foundation of New York Amy Baker Sandback Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc. Ilse G. Traulsen Francis H. Williams

$10,000 - $49,999 William N. Banks David Baum and Terry Reeves Barbara K. Bristol and Galway Kinnell Ken and Julie Burns Carnegie Corporation of New York Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman Francois and Rosamond Delori Ruth Ewing in memory of James Ewing Mary Teal Garland Daniel Handler and Lisa Brown in memory of Amanda Davis The Hurlin Foundation Michael I. Jacobs Pamela J. Joyner The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. George M. Nicholson Sylvia T. Pope Peter and Suzanne Read RiverStone Resources, LLC Susan Sollins-Brown Mrs. Virginia Cabot Wood in memory of Margaret Turner Lee Cheryl A. Young

$1,000 - $9,999 Anonymous (3) Alchemy Foundation Jane Alexander and Ed Sherin Susan and Kenneth Austin Mr. and Mrs. William Beekman Wendy Belser Roger and Brook Berlind Peter Cameron Arthur D. Clarke and Susan P. Sloan George and Ann Colony Tom and Ellen Draper Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Feder Edmée de M. Firth David V. Foster Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gaudreau Vartan Gregorian Lawrence Harris Elizabeth Ives Ed and Ann Kania Dona Lee Kelly and John Denninger Knafel Family Foundation Carol H. and Robert D. Krinsky Sylvia and Robert Larsen Eric Lax and Karen Sulzberger Monica and Michael Lehner Sharon and Bradford Malt Gudrun Mirin-Orloff Wendy Lamb and Paul Moravec Dennison Nash Richard E. Oldenburg The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation James and Ellyn Polshek Adolfo Profumo Leslie E. Robertson and SawTeen See David Schneider The Solow Art and Architecture Foundation Anne Stark Locher and Kurt Locher Stacey Steers and David Brunnel Helen S. Tucker / The Gramercy Park Foundation Joan Wickersham Carter and Eileen Wiseman Doug Wright

Up to $999 Anonymous (12) Pat Adams Becca Albee Elizabeth Albert Robert B. and Lucy D. Allardice Michael and Joyce Askenaizer Deborah E. Babson Judy Badot on behalf of New Hampshire Deborah Baker and Amitav Ghosh Diantha Barstow Harriet Bart Rachel Basch Myron Beldock and Karen Dippold Ted Bent Marina Berio Alan Berks Amy Bloom Stephen G. Bloom Anna Boden Varujan Boghosian Debbie and Dwight Bowie Henry Braun Helena Brett-Smith and Jan Cunningham Margaret Brouwer Michael Dennis Browne Jane Brox Joan Jacobs Brumberg Susan Brynteson Walter and Barbara Burgin Gabrielle Burton Mary Ellen Bushnell Pauline Ho Bynum Ann Marie Callaway Ann Cameron

Margaret L. Cantor Catherine Castellani Mr. Philip G. Cavanaugh and Mrs. March A. Cavanaugh CGI Employee Benefits Group Aurore Chabot Adrienne and Sid Chafetz Karen Chase Jeanmarie and Jonathan Chenette Robin Clark Don Colburn Vivien Abrams Collens Martha Collins Maurice Colton Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas David Cote Robyn Creswell C. Michael Curtis Lorraine Dagostino Madeline M. Dale Suellen and Stuart Davidson Nicholas Dawidoff Robert and Takie Dean Stephen Dixon Roberto Doati C.J. “Jonty” Driver Susanna Einstein Ronit Eisenbach Amy Ellingson Robert and Alfrieda Englund Brenda S. Falcone Peter Falion Cecelia Feld Lewis M. Feldstein Peter Filkins Wendy Flanagan Kristin and Charles Flood Richard Foerster Liza Folman Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Forbes Joe Fox Joslin Kimball Frank Cheri and Stan Fry Alice M. Gabriel Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gabriel, Jr. Deta S. Galloway Vallejo Gantner Marita Garin Tara Garland-Dalton and Sand Dalton Aaron Garland in honor of Mary Garland Sara and Ed Germain Vito Giacalone Hugh D. Gibson Thomas Gilroy Mr. and Mrs. Filson H. Glanz David Goldes Elliott Goldkind George Griffin Alexandra Grimal Calvin Grimm Richard Griswold Rachel Hadas Meron Hadero Judson D. Hale, Sr. Virginia Hallock Evie Hammerman Bonnie and Baxter Harris Eileen J. Harrison Sherry Hayne Lisa Hein David Hellerstein Kathleen Hill Jane Hirshfield Hubert Ho Victoria Hochberg Mike Holober Nancy Holt Stuart Horodner Megan Hustad Julia Jacquette and Dan Carlson Sherril Jaffe Jytte Jensen John and Evelyn Kossak Foundation, Inc. Mary Johnson and Lucas Lund Michael G. Kaehr and

Nancy Olmsted Kaehr David Kamp and Michael Rubin Larry Karush Nancy Kates Marcia Kayser Brian Kellman Lisa Kereszi Eugenia S. Kim Verlyn Klinkenborg Jessica Kogan and Cameron Hughes Edith Konecky Timothy Kramer Darlene Krato Lisa Kron Sarah Lambert Jules N. LaRocque Lead Pencil Studio Cath LeCouteur Lanie Lee Tania León Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Deane Leonard Robert Lombardo Ruth Lomon John Lorence Andrea Louie The Lyceum Agency Susan Maakestad David Macy and Rebecca Rothfusz Tim Main Dave and Louise Malcolm Caroline Mallonée M. Joel Mandelbaum Scott Manning Ben Marcus Sara Marcus John Marks and Debra Immergut Brad Matsen Deirdra McAfee Gardner McFall Lynda Reeves McIntyre Stephen and Amy Meyers Martha Mooke Carman Moore Paul Moravec and Wendy Lamb Charles Morey Ben Frank Moss, III Carrie Moyer Judith Taylor Joan Murray National Philanthropic Trust / Robert Beaser and Catherine Banat Susan and Jeffrey Newcomer Bonnie Newman James Niblock Ann Nietzke Julia Older Julie Orringer and Ryan Harty Penguin Group (USA) Vivian Perlis Anna Mae Petrusha Tony Phillips John Pielmeier Diane Pieri Barbara A. Pike Patricia Pine Nancy Potter Ed Praczukowski Mr. and Mrs. A. Purves Jamie Quatro Marylin Quint-Rose David C. Rakowski Cathryn Ramin Octavia Randolph Bertha Rogers Jeff L. Rosenheim Judith Ruderman Marjory Ruderman Gabriela Salazar Mary Jo Salter Hilary Sample Richard Sargent Marc Satterwhite Yoelene and Bob Schaefer Mack Schlefer Anthony Schneider

Ben Schrank Bert Seager Marlene Sellers Alex Shapiro in honor of Courtney Bethel Priscilla J. Sherwood Marilyn Shrude Edmund J. Siennicki Herbert Simon Anjali Singh and Chuck Wooldridge Alvin Singleton Martha Southgate and Jeffrey Phillips Kathleen Spivack Dr. David G. Stahl Sue Standing Nancy Starks-Cheney Ronald Steel Scott C. Steward Isabelle and Jim Storey Robert Storr William Stroup Chip Sullivan and Elizabeth Boults Nancy Sullivan Kunal J. Suryavanshi Annagreta and Glen Swanson Allison Taylor Elizabeth Taylor Lynne Tillman Sara Timmons Ed Tomey and Maich Gardner Jamie Trowbridge George Tsontakis Memye Curtis Tucker Nan Tull Paul Tuller and Mary Loftis Valta Us Doris Vila Vint Virga Sixto Wagan Melinda Wagner G.C. Waldrep Susan J. Waldrop David and Anna Mary Wallace Kathryn Waugh Mac Wellman Paul W. Whear Donald Wheelock Betty J. Winberg Mark Winges Meg Wolitzer Dana Woody Rae C. Wright Mr. and Mrs. David Wristen Robert Wykes Susan Yankowitz Marilyn J. Ziffrin

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Annual Donors ANNUAL DONATIONS PROVIDED CORE SUPPORT for MacDowell’s general operations, helping to fund residencies for more than 280 artists in both FY11 and FY12. Categories of giving are named in honor of distinguished Colony Fellows.

THE NATIONAL COUNCIL CONTRIBUTORS WHO SUSTAIN MACDOWELL’S MISSION by making an annual commitment of $2,500 or more are recognized as members of the National Council and thereby enjoy access to many exciting opportunities featuring Colony Fellows.

THORNTON WILDER CONTRIBUTORS $10,000 and over The Andrews Humphrey Family Foundation Susan Davenport Austin and Kenneth Austin* William N. Banks* Eleanor Briggs* Ken and Julie Burns* Robert and Mary Carswell* The Honorable Anne Cox Chambers* Fred W. Clarke and Laura Weir-Clarke* The Concordia Foundation* Alexander Cortesi and Wendy Mackenzie* The Dedalus Foundation* Drue Heinz Trust* The Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund* The Fledgling Fund* Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gaudreau* Helen S. Tucker / The Gramercy Park Foundation, in honor of Robin MacNeil* Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Grantham John Hargraves and Nancy Newcomb* Larry Harris and Pia Alexander The Heinz Endowments* Leon Levy Foundation Artists Grants Fund* Lincoln Financial Group* Mr. and Mrs. Robert MacNeil* Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation* National Endowment for the Arts* Estate of Marian O. Naumburg New Hampshire Charitable Foundation* Robert M. and Stephanie Olmsted* The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage The Pollock-Krasner Foundation* Thomas and Barbara Putnam* Mary Lou and Joe Quinlan Ruth Reichl Andrew and Barbara Senchak* Theresa M. Stone and Charles F. Stone, III* Szilvia Szmuk-Tanenbaum* Assadour O. Tavitian* Ilse G. Traulsen*

AARON COPLAND CONTRIBUTORS $7,500 and over The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Barbara K. Bristol and Galway Kinnell* Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts* Erich Mauff and Adele Griffin* Random House, Inc.*

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WILLA CATHER CONTRIBUTORS $2,500 and over Anonymous The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.* The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation* The ASCAP Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William Beekman* Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman Charles F. Christ* Arthur D. Clarke and Susan P. Sloan* Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. Barbara Foshay Louise Eastman* Ruth and Arthur Feder* Edmée and Nicholas Firth Wendy Flanagan Sarah Garland-Hoch and Roland Hoch Gerald and Teresa Gartner Price and Isobel Glover Fund* Joel Harleman Pamela J. Joyner Keith Kearney and Debby McLean Senator Sylvia and Robert M. Larsen* Monica and Michael Lehner* Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lehrer* Honorable Samuel K. Lessey, Jr. and Ms. Christine Joosten* David and Susan Lord* Mr. and Mrs. John M. Lord, Jr.* MacDowell Colony Fellows* The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.* Anne Meistrell* David Meyer* Mollie Miller and Robert K. Rodat* Iris Mink John and Olivia Parker* The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation Diane Posnak Peter and Suzanne Read* Riverstone Resources, LLC Leslie E. Robertson and SawTeen See* Cynthia Strauss and Harry Sherr* Susan Sollins-Brown* Anne Stark and Kurt Locher* Jacqueline and Julian Taub* Marsyas Fund of the Tides Foundation* TIG Insurance Company / RiverStone Resources Lisa Tung and Spencer Glendon* John and Barbara Vogelstein in honor of Robert and Stephanie Olmsted Anthony Kiser / The William and Mary Greve Foundation Inc.* Doug Wright* Cheryl A. Young and Robert I. Carswell*

THE MACDOWELL CIRCLE THE MACDOWELL CIRCLE recognizes contributors who have made gifts at other levels. The Colony is grateful to all contributors for their belief in the importance of investing in creative talent.

MILTON AVERY CONTRIBUTORS

Cindy Kleine* Carol H. and Robert D. Krinsky* Sandra and Bill Lehman Macy’s Department Store Foundation $1,000 and over Jon and Rosemary Masters* Anonymous (5) Nancy and Richmond Mayo-Smith Jane Alexander and Ed Sherin* McLane Law Firm Alpha Chi Omega, Mu Pi Mu Alumnae Melanson Heath & Company, PC Chapter Charles E. Merrill, Jr. David Baum and Terry Reeves* Paul Merrill Elizabeth Benson Ketly Michel, MD, PC* Hayes Biggs Paul Moravec and Wendy Lamb Helen Bing Renate Ponsold Motherwell Sallie Bingham Annie and Steve Pleshette Murphy Amy Bloom Dennison Nash, Ph.D. Joseph Caldwell* Katharine Olmsted and John Peter Cameron* Grossman John Cetra Whitney Wing Oppersdorff / WOW Fund Ronay and Richard Menschel of the Maine Community Foundation* Cincinnati MacDowell Society* I.M. and Eileen Pei Andrea Cohen Jessie Pollock* Patty and Tim Crane Fran and Mark Posnick Michael Dennis and Katherine Elena Quevedo* Wenning* Lawrence Raab Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Anna and Martin Rabinowitz U.S. Matching Gift Program Alan and Joan Reische* Jodie and John Eastman RiverMead* Foscue Foundation Linda L. Robinson Brandon Fradd Roxana Robinson* Franklin Pierce University* Lynne and Victor Rosansky Leslie J. Garfield Janet C. Ross Granite Investment Advisors, Inc. James L. Sacksteder, M.D.* Patricia Green David Schneider Agnes Gund* Arnold T. Schwab Fred Hersch Brian Selznick and David Serlin* John and Jean Hoffman* Sarah Shively and Marilys Ernst Jeffrey and Bettysue Hughes Mona Simpson* Nene Humphrey* Riva Ariella Ritvo Slifka and Alan B. Lee J. Hyla Slifka* Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson, II, M.D. Edward and Charlotte Smallwood Peter and Martha Karoff William G. Spears Victoria Jones Patricia and David Kenneth Specter* Jane and Gerald Katcher Sulloway & Hollis, P.L.L.C.

David Teiger* TransCanada Elsie P. Van Buren* Paula A. Vogel Anne Wardwell Londa Weisman and Sidney Knafel Mac Wellman Joan B. Wickersham Michel and Caroline Zaleski

HELEN FARNSWORTH MEARS CONTRIBUTORS $500 and over Anonymous (3) David Auburn Ricardo Barreto and William Chapman* Cecily Bastedo* George Beane Bellows-Nichols Insurance* Martha and Bob Bennett Del Bryant Deborah Butler* John and Ann Clarkeson Hal and Margot Close* Virginia H. Cogger* George and Ann Colony* Mariana Cook Sebastian Currier Tom and Ellen Draper* Stephen Dunn* Judith and Charles Dunne Hasan M. Elahi Jeb Embree* Margot H. Feely* Clare Ferraro Jonathan Franzen* Stan and Cheri Fry* Mary Laura Gibbs Kathy and Bill Gillett Marguerite and Richard Giordano Gerald Goldsmith Winifred P. Gray Vartan Gregorian George Griffin* Mark Hage* Law Office of Thomas R. Hanna Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Hart Robert Schenkkan and Maria Dahvana Headley Priscilla P. Hurlin* Elizabeth S. Ives Peter and Eileen Jachym John and Evelyn Kossak Foundation, Inc. Dorothy D. Johnson Daniel and Jill Johnston Stephen Judge and James Skelton* Heidi Julavits Ed and Ann Kania Bruce Karlin and Evelyn Love Marcia Kayser* Ernest and Nancy Keet* Suki Kim Michael Sam Korie Posey and Philippe Krakowsky Victoria LaFortune James Lapine Ruth Lord Anne Marie Macari Norman and Judy Makechnie* Scott Manning and Frank Guerra* Richard Mayhew Sarah McCoubrey and Michael Olmsted Paul J. McKibbins Maureen McLane* Stephen and Amy Meyers* Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc.* Jeffrey and Lisa Neville* George Nicholson* Northeast Delta Dental Nina D. Nyhart

Martha Patricof Nicholas and Sheila Platt* Frederic and Penny Putnam Betty and Michael Rauch in honor of Robin MacNeil Jackie Reingold Phyllis and Jim Rogers* Jeff and Kellye Rosenheim Amy Sandback* Janet U. Schaefer* The Segal Company* Jason Shell William A. Shutzer Jessica Stern Elizabeth Taylor* TD Bank Lynne Tillman Sara R. Timmons* Jamie and Laura Trowbridge* Joan M. Warburg* Rachel Perry Welty Bess Wohl

FRIENDS OF MACDOWELL Up to $500 Anonymous (10) Joan Acocella Pat Adams William D. Adams* David Adjmi Nawaaz Ahmed Robert M. Aitken Robert Akeret Alchemy Foundation* Janet Allard Lucy D. and Robert B. Allardice Mary Stewart Hammond Mara Alper Alpha Chi Omega, Eta Phi Eta Chapter Alpha Chi Omega, Iota Upsilon Iota Alumnae Chapter* Rebecca Alston, Inc. Caroyln Anderson Earl K. Anderson and Gareth R. Williams* Selena G. Anderson* T.J. Anderson Edith V. Antunes James Aponovich and Elizabeth Johansson Aponovich Mr. and Mrs. David E. Aprato Frieda Arkin Lee Arnold James Arthur* Louis S. Asekoff* Cristina M. Ashjian Michael and Joyce Askenaizer Toby Atlas Dr. Jennifer M. Bahng Dina Baker Dr. and Mrs. Wilmot C. Ball, Jr.* Kathleen Barger* David Barker Claire Barwise* Rachel Basch Russell and Linda Bastedo* Claire and Christopher Bean Kim D. Beck John Beckmann* Gordon L. Beeferman Mark A. Behm Norton Belknap Derrick Bell*† Belletetes, Inc.* Wendy Belser* in honor of Robin MacNeil Helen Benedict* John and Shelley Benjamin Robert P. and Martha Bennett Ted Bent* Carolyn and Randy Benthien Suzanne E. Berger

Alan M. Berks Brooke Berman and Gordon Haber Vivian Berman Brenda Berry Paula Berry in honor of Andy Senchak Jen Bervin Douglas Beube Lorna Bieber* Hayes Biggs Claudia K. Bissett David Blair Sondra Blewer Theresa Bloise Kathryn Bloom Matt Bloom Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck* Nicholas Boggs Varujan Boghosian* Carol Bonow James Boorstein* Sidney Boquiren Luette Bourne Nancy Bowen* Hayg Boyadjian Robert and Patricia Boyd Tina Boylan David and Jane Braddock in honor of Andrew Braddock and Abigail Ulman Michele M. Brannan* Courtney Brecht and Chad MacDermid* Helena Brett-Smith and Jan Cunningham Marco Breuer Kate Briggs in honor of Barbara and Andy Senchak David Bristol* Rosa and Herb Bromberg* Ellen K. Brooks Margaret L. Brouwer* Brenda J. Brown* Rosellen Brown and Marvin Hoffman* Jane Brox* Susan Brynteson* Brent Buck and Kathleen M. Barthmaier* Donald Bump* Alan Burdick James Burgess Walter and Barbara Burgin* Heather Bursch Stephen Burt Gabrielle Burton Pauline Ho Bynum Sandy Taylor and Meade Cadot Joseph Cady* Kathryn A. Calder* Ann Callaway Ann Cameron Daniel Cannizzaro James H. Cañon Rachel Cantor* Suzanne Carbonneau Jerry Carniglia David Carpenter Tracey and Charles Carrier Purcell Carson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Carter Wiley Cash Catherine Castellani Cecil Castellucci Catherine Cauthorne Philip G. Cavanaugh and March A. Cavanaugh CGI Employee Benefits Group* Aurore Chabot Rebecca Chace Evan K. Chambers Andrea Chapin Eric Chasalow* Karen Chase Martha and Neil Chayet* Leland Cheuk Katy Chevigny

Brian R. Christian* Edward Chudacoff* Catherine Chung* Stephanie and Frederick Clark* Harriet Clark John and Ann Clarkeson Lee P. Claro Andrea Clearfield Suzanne Cleary Cathleen Cleverly Kimberly Cloutier Green* Angela Co Jim Coates and Michele Gagnon Scott Coffel Eleanor Cogswell* Helen D. Cohen Susan Cohen Donald Colburn* Tom Cole Alexandra J. Collier Mrs. Abram T. Collier Richard Connerney Matthew C. Connors* Chris Conroy Chris and Ann Conway Chris Cooke and Kyle Oliver John C. Cooper Kara Lee Corthron Kia Corthron Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas* Eleanor Cory* Lisa Crafts Robyn Creswell* Meehan J. Crist* Crotched Mountain Foundation Anna E. Crouse Jeff Crowley, Crowley Test & Balance Brian Culhane Megan Cump Douglas J. Cuomo Virginia Cuppaidge C. Michael Curtis Madeline Dale Jack Damer Thomas Dart / Books of New England* Meghan Daum Judith and Ronald Davenport Suellen and Stu Davidson* Christina Davis* Dorothy Davis Harold Davis Lisa Selin Davis Nicholas Dawidoff and Kaari Pitkin* Jean Day* Susan Daykin Anne Seban and Alessandro De Giorgis Barbara R. de Marneffe Deborah de Peyster and James Morris Takie W. and Robert H. Dean Mr. and Mrs. Michael Del Balso Edward Del Rosario Edward T. Dell, Jr. Caitlin Delohery Stephen Dembski* Michael Dennis Browne* Christine Destrempes Uday K. Dhar William di Canzio Jamie Diamond Jane Leone Dickson Catherine Dill Stephen Dixon Kerry Dolan* Michael Dolan Sharon Dolin Jeffrey Dolven Mark Doten Mrs. Myron H. Downs* Caitlin Doyle* Ellen Driscoll M. Driver and T. Rhodes Eleanor and Emily Drury Amy Dryansky Richard G. Dubugnon* Andrea Dupree *donors who gave in both years

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Jeanne M. Duval M. Christine Dwyer and Michael Huxtable Katama and Jay Eastman W. Dean Eastman Karen Ebel Erik Ehn Angie Eng Sandra Englert Saugeron Amy Epstein Jesse Epstein Marilys Ernst Nicolas D. Estevez John Fago* Lauren Faria* Robert Sargent Fay* Melissa Febos Emily Feinstein Amy Feldman Fernald, Taft, Falby & Little, PA Ruth P. Fields Peter Filkins Sheri Fink Emilie Jacobs and Rowan Finnegan Sarah FitzSimons Peter A. Flaherty Hilda W. Fleisher* Alan Fletcher Robert Flynt* Liza Folman Leigh Fondakowski Lisa and George Foote* Tonya Foster John Fox Joseph Fox Joslin Kimball Frank* Barbara Fraser* Kermit G. Frazier* Thomas Fredrickson Jan Freeman Jonathan B. Friedman Dr. William F. Fritz Maryjane and Jerry Fromm* Lise Funderburg* Joshua Furst Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gabriel, Jr. Barbara Gallucci Linda Ganjian Cliff Gayley and Mari Garcia-Moliner* Lilian Garcia-Roig* Barbara S. Gard Robert Gardner* Mary T. Garland* Charlotte Garrett Currier* Lynn B. Geesaman* Jacqueline H. Gendel Mary Gentes Madeleine George Gregory T. Gerard Sara and Edward Germain* Patience Haley and Panos Ghikas†Raymond Ghirardo and Megan Roberts* Hugh D. Gibson Gary Giddins Jane Gilman* Thomas Gilroy* Andrew Ginzel* Paul Glass Eugene Gloria Neil Goldberg* Barry and Lorrie Goldensohn David Goldes* Charles Goldman Florence K. Goldman Andi Axman and Mark Goldstein Tatiana Golovnya Ms. Amelie Gooding Google Matching Gift Program Alice Gordon Samantha Gorman Pauline Gottschalk* Robert F. Gould* Dorothy Graham Janet S. Grant Matt Grasso

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Elizabeth Graver John L. Gray in honor of Robert Rodat and Mollie Miller Amanda D. Green L.B. Green Arielle Greenberg Gael Greene Thayer and Anita Greene Mark Greenside Eamon Grennan Alexandra Grimal Richard M. Griswold Julie Gross Stewart Gross in honor of Stephanie and Bob Olmsted Joan Grubin Polly W. Guth Yotam M. Haber* Daron A. Hagen Gail Albert Halaban and Boaz Halaban Alex Halberstadt Judson D. Hale, Sr.* Michael and Susan Haley Barbara Hall* Robert Hamburger, Jr. Sydney K. Hamburger* Mary Stewart Hammond Rick and Patti Hance Thomas and Elke O. Hanna Don Hannah James Hannaham Bethann Hardison Danielle M. Harleman Pagan Harleman Mark Harman Joshua E. Harmon Baxter and Bonnie Harris John Hartmann Samantha Harvey Adam Haslett* Julia W. Haslett* Richard William Hayes Sharon Hayne Carol Hebald* Lisa Hein* Mary Heller Sarah Heller David Hellerstein Kit Henry and Henry Sanders* William K. Henze and Gael Grant* Alexandra Hermentin Robin Hessman* Charles K. Hoag Rolaine Hochstein* Allen Hoffman Dr. David Hoffman and Deborah Friedman Joel Hoffman Katherine Hoffman Mrs. Carl T. Hoffman

Cynthia Hogue Richard Holmes Mike Holober Nancy Holt* Prudence Hopkins Larry Horodner Stuart Horodner Peter and Gladys Howell* Lisa Howorth Ching-chu Hu Anne and Joel Huberman* Immy Humes Michelle Huneven Dianne Hurley Valerie Hurley Dan Hurlin* Megan Hustad Simeon Hutner Samuel Hynes* Mary A. Ijichi Important Gifts, Inc.* Catherine T. Ingraham* Gisela E. Insuaste* Denise Iris Aki Ishida Jack Daniels Motor Inn* Major L. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. Jacobs* Bill Jacobson* Julia Jacquette Michelle JaffĂŠ* James Thomas Salon* Ms. Irene F. Jankowski* Alison Jarvis Maya Jasanoff Mrs. Paula K. Jeffries Diana Jensen Jytte Jensen* Matt Jensen Chris Jerome Bettina Johae* Chelsey Johnson Mary C. Johnson Kristin Jones Hillary B. Jordan Kathryn A. Joyce Michael G. Kaehr and Nancy Olmsted Kaehr Gus Kaikkonen Luise Kaish Louise Kalin Daphne E. Kalotay Susan Kander Amy Kao Peter Kaplan and Katharine Hanson Stephen Karam Bruce Karlin and Evelyn S. Love Peter Karoff Darina Karpov Nancy Kates

Jeff Kaylor Celine Keating The Keene Sentinel / SentinelSource. com* Tricia C. Keightley* Susan Keizer* Brian Kellman Tatana Kellner Dona Lee Kelly and John Denninger John Kelly Barbara Kendrick John and Patricia Kenny* Nancy Keystone in honor of Lanie and Jay Keystone Lalita Khosla and Paul F. Ochs, III Mark Kilstofte Eugenia S. Kim* Lucy Kim Stellar Kim Callie Kimball Selena Kimball John S. King* Justin King The Kingsbury Fund* Jerome P. Kitzke Adam L. Klein Mason J.O. Klinck, Sr. Dean Klingler and Matt Barolo Verlyn Klinkenborg* Knights Autobody Perri Knize Lindsay Knowlton Joann Kobin Lynn Koble Peter Koenig Terrie Koles Edith Konecky Zane Kotker* Julia Kots Darlene Rae Krato* Arthur Kreiger* Michael and Jenny Krinsky Lawrence Krone David Kurtz Paul LaFarge Olivia Laing Lake Sunapee Bank* the lakes gallery at chi-lin* Samuel W. Lambert, III* Sarah L. Lambert Kim G. Lambright Jessica Lamb-Shapiro William Lamson Ray A. Landy in honor of Robert Rodat and Mollie Miller Margaret Lanzetta Jules N. LaRocque* Julie Larsen Stephen R. Lawson* Frank and Lenesa Leana

Adrian N. LeBlanc Cath LeCouteur Joan and Henry Lee* Lanie Lee Mary Leed Katie Leede Eric G. Lehman Susan Leidy Michael and Marjorie Lennon Tania J. León* Mr. and Mrs. Deane Leonard* Michael Leslie Dan Levenson Daniel Levin Judith Levin Peter S. Lewis Glenn Lieberman Andrea C. Lippke Andrea Loefke Ruth Lomon* John Lorence Ricardo Lorenz in honor of Fredda Hyman, Director of Music in the Loft Bridget Lowe Dr. Margery Morgan Lowens Thomas and Dale Lowery Colette H. Lucas and Paul Lucas Kelly Luce The Lukas Community* Mary Lum Erik Lundborg* Joanne Lyman in honor of Helen Tucker* Donald Lystra Fiona Maazel Anne Marie Macari Heather L. MacDonald MacDowell Club of Chattanooga, Tennessee* MacDowell Club of Flint, Michigan* The MacDowell Club of Green Bay* MacDowell Club of Providence MacDowell Ensemble Ogden, Utah Thessia Machado Eila Mackenzie Charlton and Diana MacVeagh David Macy Nancy Green Madia James Magruder Dale D. Maharidge Tim Main* Anne Makepeace Caroline Mallonée R. Bradford Malt and Sharon H. Malt* Sarah Manguso Nancy Manter Ben Marcus Sara Marcus Pamela Marshall Joshua Marston John Martin and Kate Bishop* John and Amy Martin in honor of J.E.B. Martin Susan Martin Martinaityte Ziboukle Monica Martinez Rosemary Masters Eric Masterson Britton Matthews and Benjamin Cockerham* Paula Matthusen Alice Mattison Edward Mattison in honor of Alice Mattison Christian M. Maychack Douglas and Priscilla Maynard Katy McAulay David H. McConnell Estate of Susannah McCorkle Anna McDonald Mary McDonnell Gardner McFall Tracey McGrath and Ross Gale Kathleen A. McGuire Frances McKay Julie McKee

Jane McNichol Charlotte Meehan Mary C. Mehlman Andrew Meisel Harold Meltzer Paul N. Merrill Elizabeth and Richard Meryman Julie A. Metz* Frank Meuschke Rebecca Hoogs and Larry Benesh* Jennifer Mills Katherine Min Anne E. Minich* Rick and Duffy Monahon Stephen Montague Howard Mansfield and Sy Montgomery* Martha Mooke Holly Moore Amey Moot and Kem Stewart Charles Morey* Richard and Barbara Morgan Andrew and Elizabeth Morison* Franklin E. Morris Ron and Marianne Mortara Ben Frank Moss, III Devin S. Moss Moira Forbes Mumma Judith N. Taylor Janine V. Nabers Alexandra Napier Jean Nathan* Joan Nathan Shelly and Ofer Nemirovsky in honor of Monica Lehner Matthias Neumann The New Hampshire Philharmonic The Arcadia Fund of the New Mexico Community Foundation* Aimee Nezhukumatathil James Niblock* Lea Nisenbaum in honor of Susan Becker Nisenbaum Elizabeth Nonemaker Andrew Norman Dennis Nurkse Tom Nussbaum O Live Fund Michael Oakes and Jennifer Wells Stephen OConnor Patrick and Kendra ODonnell Morgan OHara* Patricia Oleszko Suzanne and David Oliver Karen M. Olsson Ellen C. Oppler* Susan Orlean Christina ORourke and P.J. ORourke* Orr & Reno, P.A.* Julie Orringer and Ryan Harty Frank Ortega Raquel Ortiz Jena Osman Karen Ostrom Ilana L. Ozernoy James Packard David W. Packer Carter Pann Rajesh Parameswaran* Diego Daniel Pardo Diana K. Park Carolie Parker Robert E. Parks Kathryn Paulsen Adriana Payne Ted and Wendy Pearre* Anne S. Pelletier Louis Pelosi* Ronald C. Perera Peter Pap Oriental Rugs, Inc. Mary Ann Peters David J. Petersen* Dorothy Peterson and Walter Peterson † Arnaud Petit* Anna Mae Petrusha Anthony Phillips

Tom Piazza Mary Pickett in honor of Sarah Shively and Marilys Ernst Captain and Mrs. Ray E. Pierce, USN/ RET Jonathan R. Pieslak Debora and Michael Pignatelli* Barbara A. Pike* Jen Plaskowitz Charles and Joan Platt Mary and Bruce Plummer Judith Podell Larry Polansky Vincent Pomilio* Sylvia T. Pope Spence Porter Nancy Potter* Ed Praczukowski David J. Pressgrove Public Service of New Hampshire* Alec and Drika Purves Susan and Fred Putnam Sharon L. Pywell* Jamie Quatro Genevieve Quick* Mary Ann and Bruno A. Quinson M. Quint-Rose Brian M. Quirk* Lawrence Raab Emily C. Raabe Daniel Raeburn* David Rakowski Benita Raphan Kjersti A. Reed Marie Regan* Steve Reich Nancy Reisman Belinda Reynolds James Rhein Kym B. Richardson Mabel C. Richardson* Sue Ries Erin M. Riley Sarah Ritchie in honor of Meghan and Colinns new marriage Sally Heath Rives* Christopher W. Robbins Nancy B. Roberts* Ann Robinson* Elisabeth Robinson* John and Carol Rodat Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Roesch Jay Rogoff Jean Rohe Jennifer Romine Connie Rosemont George and Julie Ross Roy's and Maggie's Market* Danny Rubin Helen B. Rubinstein Julian Rubinstein L. Phillips Runyon* Peter Ruof Robert J. Russett Lynne A. Sachs Oliver Sacks* Julie Salamon Gabriela Salazar* Mary Jo Salter Hilary Sample Joel Sanders Architect, PLLC Tanu Sankalia* Eduardo Santiere* Richard Sargent Yoelene Schaefer Gary Schiro* Mack Schlefer Joan and Paul Schlieben Anthony Schneider* Warren Schomaker Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schour* Bill Schuck Annamaria Schuleit Sarah Schulman Tony Schuman* Adrienne Schwartz

Zoe Scofield Dan Scully / Daniel V. Scully Architects Stephanie Seacord Marlene Sellers Bob Seng Lidia Shaddow Brooke N. Shaffner Ravi Shankar* Activist Music / Alex Shapiro Myra Shapiro* Jeff Sharlet and Julia Rabig Kevin Shea Duncan Sheik C. James Sheppard Roger Sheppard Martha P. Sherman Priscilla J. Sherwood* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shields Lydia B. Shire Stephen Shore Elizabeth Shultis Jacquelin Sibblies Lisa Sieverts Susan Silton Shelly Silver Herbert Simon Judith Simonian* Alvin E. Singleton and Lisa D. Cooper* Gretchen L. Skogerson* Michael Smith* Rheta Smith* Robert H. and Sharon W. Smith Tom Smith and Anne McMenamin Stephanie Snider* Timothy F. Sohn* Octavio Solis David Soll Andrew Solomon Anna Solomon* Rosalind Solomon* Sandy Solomon* Patrick Somerville Hoyun Son Maya Sonenberg and John C. Robinson Peter Sourian Martha Southgate Mr. and Mrs. Richard Southgate Polly L. Sparrow Anne Marie Spidahl Kathleen Spivack Lewis and Melinda Spratlan* Dr. David G. Stahl* Scott Stark David and Sharon Steadman* Ronald L. Steel Teresa Steer* David M. Stein Penny Steinberg Sterling Design & Communications Jessica Stern Robert L. Stern and Judith S. Glaser* Craig Stockwell and Sarah Jane Mustin Kirk M. Stoller Brittain and Rina Stone Jeffrey and Lynne Stone* Lewis and Eve Stone David Storey Isabelle and James M. Storey Robert Storr and Rosamund Morley Storr* Judith Stout* Ginger Strand* Susan Strickler Caitlin Strokosch Ben Stroud Isabel C. Stuebe James Sturm* Elisabeth Anne Subrin* Youngsuk Suh James M. Sullivan Andrew R. Supplee Kunal J. Suryavansh* Rachel Sussman* Annagreta and Glen Swanson*

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Joan and Bob Sweeney* Karl Swenson John Swope Sam Swope Lulu L. Sylbert* Robert Taft* Steven K. Takasugi Marilee Talkington and Andrew Meisel Jean Tatge and Phil Collis* Tess Taylor Pamela Tepolt Louisa Thomas* Maryann Thompson Architects Suzanne D. Thompson Nancy Ticktin* Dr. Abe and Jessica Timmons Gioia Timpanelli Mary Ting* Sally Tittmann The Toadstool Bookshops* Stephanie Torbert Memye Curtis Tucker Nan Tull* Jo Turville Anne D. Twitchell* Tom and Chris Tyrie Kim Uchiyama* Eugene Uman Deb O. Unferth Helen Hill Updike Upton & Hatfield, LLP Andrew Uriarte Daria H. Vaisman* Mary Vallier Kaplan Kimetha L. Vanderveen Vint Virga Patricia Volk Jacek von Henneberg Frances Von Mertens* John C. Voss, Jr. Aleksandra Vrebalov Kristen Wainwright G.C. Waldrep Susan Jolley Waldrop Joy Walker Butch and Lorraine Walker* Suzanne Walters Marian J. Ware* Jane E. Washburn Ellen Watson Anne Webb* Arlene Weitz Weiner Elaine Weiss Thomas and Alice Welden Rachel Perry Welty Susan Westaway Bradley Wester Dr. Lennard Wharton Thomas Whitman* Susan Wicks Jenifer L. Wightman* Wilder Family LLC / Tappan Wilder* Jane Williams* Suzanne Williamson Dylan Willoughby Mabel O. Wilson William and Alice Wimer* Betty J. Winberg Charles† and Ellen Winchester Gary Winter Joe Winter Joanne H. Wise Carter and Eileen Wiseman Jennifer Wochner Bess Wohl Rosemary Wolpe Hae-Won Won Kristina Wong Carolyn and David Wood Joy M. Wood Mark Woods* Dana D. Woody* Karla E. Wozniak* Mark Wright David and Rita Wristen Yankee Publishing, Inc.*

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Jo Yarrington Dr. Byron K. Yasui James Yeh Clinton B. Yeomans Christopher C. York* Monica Youn Alan and Lois Young Jane S. Young Penny Yunuba Ellen Zachos Kimon and Anne Zachos Chester Zaneski Lucien Zayan Josh Zeman Emna Zghal Marilyn J. Ziffrin Christine Lee Zilka Marina Zurkow* Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

BEQUESTS

Estate of Bernice Grohskopf Estate of Harvena Richter Estate of Rose F. Heller Estate of Susannah McCorkle

STUDIO MAINTENANCE

Alpha Chi Omega Foundation for Star Studio* Delta Omicron Foundation, Inc. for the Delta Omicron Studio and the Petzold-Collyer Memorial Piano* New Jersey State Federation of Womens Clubs of GFWC for New Jersey studio* Phi Beta Fraternity: National Professional Association for the Performing and Creative Arts for Phi Beta Studio* Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc. for Pans Cottage* Sorosis, Inc. for Sorosis Studio*

IN-KIND DONATIONS

Fellows generously donate hundreds of books, recordings, monographs, films, and other publications to the Savidge Library collection each year. In addition, gifts of artwork, equipment, supplies, and in-kind services were received from the following donors.

Anonymous (2) Anthony Alofsin The Andrews Humphrey Family Foundation James Arthur Lorna Bieber Boughs of Holly Katherine Bowling Chronicle Books / The McEvoy Group Fred W. Clarke Thomas Dart / Books of New England Vallejo Gantner Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Sarah Jones Heidi Julavits Marlene and Jerry Karush Mimi Kato Perri Knize Abby LaRock Adrian N. LeBlanc Thomas and Dale Lowery Mitch McCabe Anna McDonald Honor Moore Joanna Morrissey Julia Older Robert M. and Stephanie Olmsted Mamiko Otsubo

Karen Palmer Palmetto Records Jayne Anne Phillips RiverMead Alvin Singleton Special Events of New England, LLC Marilee Talkington W. W. Norton & Company

MEDAL DAY SPONSORS

GIFTS IN MEMORY

Philip and Cecilia Andrews in memory of Panos Ghikas Daniel Asia in memory of Hilda and Benjamin Asia Doug Beube in memory of Howard Washington William Coble in memory of Margaret and Ralph Coble James and Nancy Coghlin in memory of Rosamund Putnam Judith Collier in memory of Abram Collier Judith Dupre in memory of Louise Dupre Cunningham John David Earnest in memory of Mervyn Goldstein Ruth Ewing in memory of James Ewing Corrie Francis in memory of Karen Aqua Doris Friedensohn in memory of Elias Friedensohn The Gartner Family Fund in memory of Rosamond Putnam Rachel Hadas in memory of George Edwards Patience Haley Ghikas in memory of Panos Ghikas Daniel Handler and Lisa Brown in memory of Amanda Davis Patricia C. and Kennett R. Kendall, Jr. Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, in memory of Rosamond Putnam Tania León in memory of Oscar Leon de los Mederos Elizabeth Lloyd-Kimbrel in memory of William Kimbrel* The MacDowell Club of Allied Arts of Oklahoma City in memory of Olga Zaffos The MacDowell Club of Green Bay in memory of Sue Basche Gudrun Mirin in memory of Neil Orloff Wendy Lamb and Paul Moravec in memory of Craig Virden Davia Nelson in memory of Sheila Ballantyne John and Madeleine Peterson in memory of Panos Ghikas Gail and Henry Poler in memory of Rosamond Putnam Michael and Ellen Sandler in memory of Rosamond Putnam Justin Sherin in memory of Helen Merrill Nicola Smith in memory of Colin Mitchinson Gerald and Elizabeth Tipper in memory of Rosamond Putnam Mrs. Roslye Ultan in memory of Lloyd Ultan Mrs. Virginia Cabot Wood in memory of Margaret Turner Lee Helene Zindars in memory of Earl Zindars

PUBLIC FUNDING

NATIONAL BENEFIT SPONSORS

NEW HAMPSHIRE BENEFIT SPONSOR

RESTRICTED GIFTS

THE CONCORDIA FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS

THE POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP

FINANCIAL AID STIPEND FUNDS

Writers Aid Fund / The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation Leon Levy Foundation

*donors who gave in both years

deceased

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Significantly, our endowment at year-end is at a record high of $29.209 million, we have successfully completed the Campaign for the Second Century raising over $13 million, all studios and facilities are in great shape­—including a newly renovated Colony Hall—and and the Savidge Library renovation and expansion underway.

Our staff is experienced and committed, and, core to our mission, we served a record number of artists with our highest-ever occupancy at 8,635 artist days.

We have made the transition to a new generation of leaders with Susan Davenport Austin as president and Michael Chabon as chairman.

MacDowell’s recognition as the leading arts residency program in the world endures, and our fellows continue to produce leading works of art in all disciplines.

However, we are not without concerns. Last year saw us dip into our unrestricted investments at a record level. Operations were funded only 31% from contributions, which is far from our 50/50 target ratio. While we can justify this situation, and some of the causes are non-repeating, this and other issues have caused us to look seriously into the financial structure of the Colony. A special committee of the Board, the Sustainability Committee, has been formed and charged with the responsibility of developing a plan for insuring the Colony’s financial health while staying true to its long-established mission.

A copy of the audited financial statements, which include the unqualified opinion of Melanson Heath and Company, PC, may be obtained by writing to: The MacDowell Colony, 163 E. 81st Street, New York, NY 10028.

SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION For Fiscal Years Ending March 31, 2012 & 2011

FY12 FY11 Number of artists-in-residence 275 289 Total number of artist days 8,635 8,502

Investments at Fair Value 29,208,916 27,905,267 Total Assets 34,667,114 35,131,242 Total Liabilities 339,540 130,950 Total Net Assets 34,327,574 35,000,292 Total Support & Revenue 1,814,357 5,198,677 Total Expenses 3,482,897 3,471,151 Difference Before Investment Return (1,668,540) 1,727,526 Net Investment Return 995,822 2,941,433 Change in Total Net Assets (672,718) 4,668,959

FY12 EXPENSES Program

2,059,030

60%

Administration

750,545

22%

Development

618,404

18%

3,427,979

100%

Operating Expense subtotal (Nonrecurring) Campain expense Total expenses

54,918 (3,482,897)

OPERATING EXPENSES $3,482,897

SOURCES OF FUNDS

Development

18%

Program

60%

Unrestricted Transfer Contributions

50%

Administration

22%

48%

Admissions, Royalties, & Other

FY12 SUPPORT and REVENUE 2% Contributions

1,002,076

Application Fees, Royalties and Other Subtotal Campaign contributions Total support and revenue Excess (Deficiency)

Gerald J. Gartner Treasurer

Treasurer’s Report

AS THE WORLDWIDE FINANCIAL CRISIS CONTINUES, MacDowell finds itself in strong financial condition, but not without challenges.

29%

75,193

2%

1,077,269

31%

737,088

21%

1,814,357

52%

(1,668,540)

Net Investment Return 995,822 Change in Total Net Assets (672,718)

29% 19% 100%

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Board of Directors as of June, 2012 Michael Chabon Chairman

Susan Davenport Austin President William N. Banks Mary Carswell Drue Heinz Helen S. Tucker Vice Chairmen Gerald J. Gartner Treasurer

Staff

as of June, 2012

Robert M. Olmsted Secretary Cheryl Young Assistant Secretary David Baum Robert Beaser William B. Beekman Cheryl A. Young Executive Director David Macy Resident Director

HOUSEKEEPING Deborah Marsh House Manager

Beth Brousseau Housekeeper

Julia Jacquette Jytte Jensen Verlyn Klinkenborg Carol Krinsky Lisa Kron Robert M. Larsen Monica Lehner Tania León Robert MacNeil Scott Manning Paul Moravec George M. Nicholson Olivia Parker Thomas P. Putnam Peter C. Read Leslie E. Robertson Jeff L. Rosenheim Hilary Sample Amy Baker Sandback Anthony W. Schneider Andrew M. Senchak Alex Shapiro Seasonal Maintenance Staff: Taylor Adolphson Jack Rodat Stephen Solito

Jennifer Case Cook

The MacDowell Colony would like to thank the following departed staff members for their work: Michelle Aldredge Tim Anderson Sheena Burgess Cody Carlson Nick Fournier Dona Lee Kelly Parker LaRock Caleb Lehner Terry Martorano Britton Matthews Julie McAdoo Teresa Steer Ryan Thaing Dan Thayer Sam Thompson Dylan White

ADMISSIONS

Maryel Chabot Cook

VOLUNTEERS

Courtney Bethel Admissions Director

Andrea Larson Cook and Kitchen Assistant

Karen Keenan Admissions Assistant

Susan Moody Cook

Colette Lucas Admissions Assistant

Samantha Rule Cook

COMMUNICATIONS

Dean Klingler Events and Marketing Manager

Kitchen Assistants: Chloe Brett Tammy Grenier Meghan Kirshneur James Morse Mackenzie Stone Emeric Szep Randy Thaing Gabe Thompson Caroline Trowbridge

John Martin Development Officer

MAINTENANCE

ADMINISTRATION

Courtney Brecht Office Manager and Development Database Assistant Cynthia Fallows Administrative Assistant Jody Garnick Technology Coordinator Colette Lucas Librarian Amy McLaughlin Manager of Administration and Board Relations Dan Millbauer Program Assistant Kyle Oliver Senior Program Administrator

Karen Sampson Communications Manager

DEVELOPMENT

Melissa Higgins Development Associate

Elena Quevedo Director of Individual Giving and Special Events

FINANCE

Cheryl Carlson Housekeeper Linda Griffing Housekeeper Andrea Kierstead Housekeeper Winnie McCormack Housekeeper Blake Tewksbury Fellows’ Services Coordinator

KITCHEN Scott Tyle Chef

John Sieswerda Maintenance Foreman Brady Banks Gardener’s Assistant

Judy Jones Parker, CPA Financial Administrator

Jeromy Brett Maintenance Assistant

Alex Inglis Finance Assistant and Human Resource Manager

Gillan Doty Gardener’s Assistant

Tammy Lester Assistant Financial Administrator

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Varujan Boghosian Eleanor Briggs Barbara K. Bristol Ken Burns Peter Cameron Anne Cox Chambers Fred Clarke Alexander Cortesi Nicholas Dawidoff Louise Eastman Erik Ehn Ruth M. Feder Edmée de M. Firth Mary Garland Elizabeth F. Gaudreau Vartan Gregorian George Griffin John A. Hargraves Larry Harris Stuart Horodner Dan Hurlin Peter Jachym

Emily Drury Gardener Jamie Sargent Assistant to the Maintenance Foreman

Library Interns: Lauren Thompson Carolyn Saari Special thanks to: Emma Adler Grace Aldrich Kira Appelhans David Baum Laura Bedard Alex Belser Eleanor Briggs Peter Carlson Tom Carswell Olivia Chigas Chris Cooke Bea Corriveau Bruce Dennis Joanne Donoghue DeCenzo Tim Donovan Charles Farinella Kathy Farinella Ruth M. Feder Carli Genet Mike Gordon Betty Gray Steve Gray Barbara Harlow Lawrence Harris and Pia Alexander Harris Ben Haubrich Robin Haubrich Gisele Hebert Rachel Hollander Ruth Holmes

Alvin Singleton Susan Sollins-Brown Charles F. Stone III Robert Storr Elizabeth Taylor Ilse Traulsen Jamie Trowbridge Sixto Wagan Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Mrs. David F. Putnam† Director Emerita The MacDowell Colony would like to thank the following directors, who retired from the board during 2010–2012: Pamela J. Joyner Carter Wiseman Deceased

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Brooke Hubner Devon Hubner Lindsay Johnson Christine B. Joosten Sean Lamoureux Tammy Lenski Paul Lucas Rowan Macy Melinda Maguire Sara Marcus Clare McCarthy Anne Meistrell Robert M. Olmsted Stephanie Ligon Olmsted Anne Pelletier Martin Rejtman Rebecca Rothfusz Carolyn Saari Maude Salinger Casey Sampson Andrew Senchak Barbara Senchak Lori Shepard Anne Stark Locher Rory Steer Charles F. Stone III Mackenzie Stone Theresa M. Stone Winifred Sullivan Szilvia Szmuk-Tanenbaum Doug Ward Semela Xanthopoulos Original editor Karen Sampson, original designer John Hall Design Group. The report was completed by Jonathan Gourlay as editor and Melanie deForest Design and published June 2016.

Joanna Eldredge Morrissey Photographer (unless otherwise credited) For more information about MacDowell, including application instructions, go to www. macdowellcolony.org.

The MacDowell Colony is a member of the Alliance of Artists Communities, a nationwide consortium and professional organization for the field; and ResArtis, a worldwide network of artist residency programs.

Each year, a significant portion of the Colony’s operations is funded by planned giving, including cash bequests, stocks, real estate, the rights to and royalties from works of art, and useful items such as books, equipment, and furnishings. The Marian MacDowell Society is a group of artists, patrons, and board members who have chosen to remember MacDowell in their wills or other estate plans. The legacies created by these gifts help guarantee that the Colony can offer the same transformative experience to future generations of artists.

Please consider expressing your commitment to MacDowell through an annual contribution, endowed gift, or planned gift. We would be pleased to assist you and your legal or tax advisors. To discuss ways in which your gift can help artists and to learn about possible significant tax savings in planned giving, please call Director of Individual Giving, Elena Quevedo, at 212-535-9690.

The MacDowell Colony is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation founded in 1907 under the laws of the state of New York “to promote the arts.” The Internal Revenue Service has certified that The MacDowell Colony is not a private foundation, as defined in section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code as revised in 1969. MacDowell is an organization described in Code Section 509(a)(2), therefore, all gifts and bequests to the Colony are fully deductible to the extent provided by law for income and estate tax purposes.

A Gift to MacDowell

AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, The MacDowell Colony relies on gifts to sustain the excellence of its residency program and its leadership among artist communities. The Colony gratefully accepts donations of cash, property (such as securities and real estate), and gifts-in-kind from individuals, foundations, and corporations. Gifts may be left unrestricted for general operating use or designated for a specific purpose, such as a studio endowment or a Fellowship. Unique naming opportunities are available for studios, rooms, special equipment, landscaping elements, Fellowships, stipends, and endowment funds.

The MacDowell Colony staff from left: Colette Lucas, John Sieswerda, Jeromy Brett, Andrea Kierstead, Karen Keenan, Winnie McCormack, Blake Tewksbury, Cheryl Carlson, Alex Inglis, Kyle Oliver, Scott Tyle, Karen Sampson, Courtney Bethel, Dean Klingler, Michelle Aldredge, Amy McLaughlin, David Macy, Jody Garnick, Courtney Brecht, Cynthia Fallows, Tim Anderson, Cheryl Young, Jamie Sargent, Maryel Chabot, Emily Drury, John Martin, Melissa Higgins.

YOUR BEQUEST TO THE MACDOWELL COLONY WILL HELP TO GUARANTEE THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS OF ARTISTS CONTINUE TO HAVE AN IDEAL PLACE IN WHICH THEY CAN CREATE ENDURING WORKS OF THE IMAGINATION.

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over images (front and C back): Brush Brook, 40"x50", Pigment Print, 2013, and Rock, Archival Pigment Print , 2013, Barry Underwood

The MacDowell Colony 100 High Street Peterborough, NH 03458 Telephone: 603-924-3886 Fax: 603-924-9142 The MacDowell Colony 163 East 81st Street New York, NY 10028 Telephone: 212-535-9690