Vol. 38, No.1 Summer 2009

In this Issue Artists 2 Remembering 5 Medal Day at Fifty 6 The Global Colony 8 News 14 Events 15

architects | composers | filmmakers | interdisciplinary artists | theatre | visual artists | writers

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Artists recipients withasmuchcreativefreedompossible. receive amonetarygrantforsixto12months,whichisintendedprovide and exceptionalpromiseforcontinuedaccomplishment,Guggenheimfellows Myenne Ng,andJessicaStern.Appointedonthebasisofstellarachievement Stacey D’Erasmo,FrancesFitzGeraldSusanGriffinJohnHaskellFae Laura Kasischke;visualartistsHeidiKumaoandMedrieMcPheewriters Henry ills;photographerSuzanneOptonplaywrightAnneWashburnpoet MacDowell artists:composersMichaelGordonandAnnaWeesner;filmmaker ents ofits2009fellowshipawards.Amongthosenamedwerethefollowing14 artists, scholars,andscientistsfromtheUnitedStatesCanadaasrecipi- In earlyApril,theJohnSimonGuggenheimMemorialFoundationnamed180 Guggenheims forF February 13th-22nd. in DuffySquarefrom purples —wasondisplay pulsing inreds,pinks,and steel withLEDlights latterwork ofstainless tall sculpture—a Architects. The10-foot- firm, Gage/Clemenceau architect MarkGage’s Art Projectdesignedby Square AlliancePublic to TimesSquare,aTimes Pictured rightisValentine NEW YORK I HEART hope youwilljoinusforarelaxedpicnicandstudiovisitonAugust9th! You canrevisitMedalDay’sspecialhistoryonpage6,andreadaboutour50thedalist15.We me, toseepasttheuncertaintyremarkableresultsofsomuchcreativeenergy. newsletter isawayforyoutoseethatworkandgenerosityinaction.Ihopeitwillhelpyou,ashelps a waytokeepworking,anditisgreattestamentoursupportersthatMacDowellwillbethere.This With applicationsup18percentforthefirstquarterof2009,weknowthatmanyartistsarelooking that whichmakesusthesame. residency inPeterboroughprovidesanintimatesettingforexplorationbeyondwhatmakesusdifferentto mission, theseinternationalartistsbringvibrancytothedialogueofourcommonculture.Indeed,a artists togetherwithsomeofthebrightestfromrestworld.AlwaysapartColony’s A Colony ofConversation LETTER FROMTHEDIRECTOR Executive Director Cheryl A.Young In thatspirit,weinviteyoutoattendourannualopenhouseonMedalDay.Thisyearis50th! The feelingofcommunity,beinginthistogether,isevermoreimportantthesechallengingtimes. ourteen tion thathappensatMacDowelleachyear,onebringsAmerican image. Inthisissue,wehighlighttheextraordinaryglobalconversa- world, notingthechillingeffectofwarandpoliticsonAmerica’s the UnitedStatesto“restartconversation”withrestof chairman, saidWorldVoiceswasstartedbecauseitseemedtimefor Festival. Attheopeningreception,SalmanRushdie,festival’s but alsofromthespectrumofpeopleanddisciplinesacrosscultures. from theirparticularpointofviewandthatspecificdiscipline MacDowell isaperfectplaceforartiststoexploreculture,notonly build uponourtraditions,theybecomerecognizableasculture. it isacollectionofhumnexpression. me wh of perspective the from seen often is Art This year,MacDowelltookpartinthefifthPENWorldVoices a ns to us us to ns a s individu s a ls, but t but ls, a ken ken a s s When we a Visual artistandGuggenheimwinnerHeidiKumaoatworkMacDowell. whole, whole, a t it it t O A P Lynne Tillman,amongmanyothers. Manrique, Evenson, NickFlynnJonathanFranzenJaime Jonathan Ames,BenjaminAnastasBrian participated inthefestivalthisyear,including New York.AlargecontingentofMacDowellFellows from 40countries,washeldApril27th–May3rdin celebration ofworldliteraturefeaturing160writers The PENWorldVoicesFestival,aweeklong Colony FellowDianeMoserandherquintet. and BillZavatskywasaccompaniedbymusicfrom poet JayneCortezandolonyFellowsGaryGiddins composer CarmanMoore,theconversationwith Moderated byMacDowellboardmemberand Brooklyn aspartofthePENWorldVoicesFestival. The RevolutionofBeat,washeldatDUMBOin Arts ClubofhicagoonMay19th. conferred toHoweatanawardsceremonythe change thewayyouthinkofyours.”Theprizewas magazine. “Liveinherworldforawhile,anditcan earth,” saidChristianWiman,editorofPoetry whose workmakesyoumorealertandalivetothe since 1986.“FannyHoweisareligiouswriter Foundation —publisherofPoetrymagazine prize hasbeenpresentedbythePoetry warrant extraordinaryrecognition,”the$100,000 American poetwhose“lifetimeaccomplishments Poetry PrizeinApril.Givenannuallytoan announced asthewinnerof2009RuthLilly Two-time MacDowellFellowFannyHowewas H n

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The MacDowell Colony 5 The MacDowell Colony 6 “‘So hard atbest isthelot ofmenandsogreat isthe the composed energy ofart.’” intellect; self-recollection orprayer; andthepeace, the quest for exact truthinlanguageandaffairs ofthe on to: love and mercy (andhumor) ineveryday living; there are afew things everyone can humbly tryto hold before whichthemindquails. Butitseemsto me case. Ourlifetimes have seentheopeningof abysses tion ofthingscan take intheextremes andmeetthe beauty hecan apprehend thatonly areligious concep- “I came here whenIhadnothingpublishedatall,but[ MacDowell’s] kindness found meout,andoh,how Ineededit.” Medal D —Writer Thornt —1998 Medalist, WriterWilliamStyo n (pictured here wit1981Medalist JohnUpdike) on Wilder,Pictured abo quo ting poetRobertFizgera ld

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“Merce continually disruptsourassumptions.Now might live more fully.” letting goofafixed and static construct, sothat we work becomes akindofantidote, anaffirmationof more fear andresistance to theunexpected, Merce’s that we are livinginatimewhere there ismore and t o beawarded theMeda l in1998

Bernice Perry “No matter how great acountry maybescientifically, commercially …if the creative maninourtime.” seems to me,isimbuethegreat American publicwiththeimportance of ously there’s somethingwrong inthewaywe live. Whatwe must do,it tial innercore ofawhole civilization,thereason we’re alive, then obvi- it isunable to setdown insomepermanentform theabsolutely essen- —1982 Medalist, VisualartiIsamuNo guchi, awarded theMedal innterdscplinaryart Merce Cunningham,tefrstartst —Speaker andCOMPSERMeredithonk, pictured leftwithamedal da pictured belo

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The MacDowell Colony 7 Since 1907, artists from 50 nations — from American Samoa to Zambia — have found their way to The MacDowell Colony. It’s a stunning statistic for an organization That originally focused on the cultivation of American art and artists, and yet these 260 international Fellows have not Been so different from the Colony’s founders themselves. Both Edward and Marian MacDowell studied abroad and keenly understood the importance of exchange in order to advance culture. Indeed, MacDowell became a refuge for many artists during turbulent times in their own countries, such as Japan’s antiwar activist Makota Oda and one of communist China’s celebrated writers, Eileen Chang. But no matter the period or the circumstances, what remains unsurprising is how the sincerity and vitality of the MacDowell mission resonates beyond any and every border, just as art does. In the following pieces, we take a snapshot look at all but one of the seven continents (we’re still waiting for an artist from Antarctica), and profile a few of the many who have made international pilgrimages to this corner in New Hampshire. Their stories are powerful reminders that culture can 8 describe so much more than where one comes from; rather, it can illuminate the infinite truths of where we may be going. THE The MacDowell C olony Gl b al Colony CHINA This past spring, Chinese artist Qin Feng unveiled a new and exciting collection of work at Pace Prints Chelsea in New York. Known for their intriguing pairing of traditional Chinese calligraphy with abstract expressionism, Feng’s canvases are bold and haunting meditations on the delicate harmony between humans and nature. “I use symbolic expressions to represent the integration between China and the West. This expression represents the vast, harsh natural world of my homeland, its tragic and brilliant history, and the murky and inexplicable reality of today. In one brushstroke is a soulful cry to heaven, a jab, an ax swing splitting traditions asunder, and a representation of the tangled web of human emotions.” A MacDowell Fellow in 2000, Feng splits his time between Beijing and Boston. As global cultural exchange becomes more the rule than the exception, Feng believes a proportional responsibility accompanies such scale. “To sell traditions is an offense to civilization and history,” he cautions. “In the world today, where culture is increasingly shared globally, we need to care more about the contribution we make to world civilization.” C o urt esy I M A G E Untitled, silkscreen in 15 colors, 1 1 77 ⁄2" x 40 ⁄2”, 2008, by Qin Feng. ISRAEL “I’m really interested in the crossbreeding of the arts — the group of people and hosts events based on themes and ideas offered pollination that can take place between the disciplines,” says Evan by other artists. One such workshop leader was MacDowell Fellow Fallenberg, who is currently “pollinating” his award-winning novel, Joan Leegant, who devised and taught a master class on literary Light Fell, into a play. “I don’t think I would have said that before structure. MacDowell.” When Fallenberg describes his studio, it’s hard not to feel the Fallenberg, who lives in Western Israel and came to the Colony seven power of its purpose. Many who come are dispossessed — Jews of the years ago, still remembers vividly the conversations at breakfast and various diasporas (American Jews, South African Jews, Iraqi Jews), as open studios at night, both of which played pivotal roles in his creative well as international diplomats stationed in Israel — but many are process. The first introduced him to fellow countryman Lior Navok everyday citizens who drive distances to come together for what (a composer with whom he’s since collaborated); the latter found him Fallenberg says was a benefit of his time at the Colony: fellowship. solving an issue with a scene in his book based on a visual artist’s instal- And the result is as rich with community as it is enriching to the lation. “These experiences opened up a breadth for me. When you start founder; it seems to have emboldened Fallenberg to take his own talking with other artists, they’re dealing with the same things, but their interdisciplinary risks. Not only is he a novelist but these days he is tools are different. And that can shift your vision.” also a translator and a playwright. While many artists mention the multidisciplinary experience as a “I think writers are used to being in control, and part of writing an key advantage of a MacDowell Fellowship, for Fallenberg it has led adaptation has been about letting go. Revisiting my characters, but to a way of life. Late last year, he opened a studio in his home where bringing them to life in a different way. I think an artist should only artists from all over Israel come together to learn about and discuss put something out there when you have something to say, and I have

literature. He conducts three workshops every two weeks for a core come away from this fired up, wanting to know even more forms.” C o urt esy I M A G E

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10 The MacDowell Colony FRANCE > GERMANY>GUATEMALA >HUNGARY > INDAREL AND >ISRAEL TALY >JAPAN >K NIGERA Karen ing-AribisalalivesinNigeria,wheresheiscurrentlyaprofessorat the UniversityofLagos.Herfirstbook,OurWifeandOtherStories,won1991 Commonwealth PrizeforBestFirstBook(Africanregion)andhernovel,The Hangman’s Game,wasaprizewinnerin2008.Shehasreceivedgrantsfromthe Ford FoundationandtheBritishCouncil,amongothers.Hernextbook, Shakespeared Black,isforthcoming.ShewasaMacDowellFellowin2001.We spoke withherviae-mailthisspring. Q: CanyoudescribeShakespearedBlack? A: Yes.EquatingherselfwithShakespeare’sCalibanofTheTempest, Afro-Guyanese teenagerCandaceainegoestoaBritishboardingschool and colonizesher“subjects”—classmatesteachers

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bid toinfluencetheBritishherwayofseeingthings.ThepointI’m making hereisthatperhapsthemostperniciousaspectofcoloniza- felt asifIwaspartofagreatforcetryingtomaketheworldbetter. creativity —AliceWalkerandJamesBaldwinhadusedmystudioI tion processderivesfromeducationalsystemsthathavesocolonized the mindsofvariouspeoplesthatcolonizerandcolonizedareforever artistic levels.Eventheplaquesonmystudiowallinstilledasenseof how America’sfirstartistresidencyprogrambeganand it hasevolved. Greece, amongothers.ThesevisitorscametotheColonybetter understand hosted membersofResArtisfromTurkey,China,Finland,England, and The Colonyitselfbecameacenterofinternationalexchangein Aprilwhenit visit theirWebsitesatwww.resartis.organdwww.artistcommunities.or g. exchange. To programs worldwideandholdsannualmeetingsintheinterest ofcultural 1993, ResArtisrepresentstheinterestsofmorethan200artist residency MacDowell isamemberofResArtis,itsinternationalequivalent.Foundedin tion devotedtoadvocacyonbehalfofAmericanartistresidencyprograms, In additiontotheAllianceofArtistsCommunities(AAC),anationalorganiza- ARTISTS WITHOUTBORDERS linked inakindofsymbioticrelationship.Ironically[inthebook], divisions oftimeandplace.Ilearnedagreatdealonbothpersonal colonized usethecolonizer’slanguageandperspectivetoberate Japanese divisions.Yourstrulywaswritingaboutracialdivisions, latter andassertherindependence. encounter; SoonMiYoo,aphotographer,wasexploringKoreanand was writingamemoirontheJewish/German Q: A other artists—forinstanceMimiSchwartz your work? to combinesolitudewithinteraction A: Injusticeandprejudiceinallitsguises,whethertheyhavetodo positively affectedmyworkinthatIwasable A: IhadamarveloustimeatMacDowell.t with suchdivisionsascolonizer/colonized,gender,race,orculture.I your workandlife? want toseeanendit,andthem.Iwouldlikeaworldinwhichwe Q: DidspendingtimeatMacowellaffect Q: DoyoufeelbeingawriterfromAfricagivesrichperspec- celebrate ourdifferenceswithinsameness. same time! thetic towardscertainthings—allatthe A: Iamawriterfromfrica;also tive andheritagefromwhichtodraw? certain thingsandaminlovesympa- places andculturesfeeloutragedby Nigeria, Iamacompositeofallthese Wales, Guyana,Barbados,Italy,and I waseducatedandgrewupinEngland, their generaluniqueness.Perhapsbecause Guyanese, awoman,andblack,whichhave re there themes you continue to go back to and explore in in explore and to back go to continue you themes there re learn more about Res Artis and its international

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12 The MacDowell Colony PUERT O RIC> RUSSIA >SC O than $100,000andassistedmore than130artistsfrom30-pluscountries. international traveltoartists.Over thepast20years,fundhasprovidedmore of MacDowell,establishedanendowedfundtoprovidefinancial assistancefor In 1989,Mr.andMrs.DavidF.Putnam,longtimefriendsgenerous benefactors for artistsacceptingaresidency—particularlythoselivingoverseas. ongoing expensesandthecostoftravelhavesometimesproven difficultobstacles financial barriersforartists.ThoughtheColonychargesnoresidency fees, Throughout MacDowell’shistory,theColonyhasbeencommitted toremoving “I didsomeofthebestwork ofmylifehere. There at MacDowell wasanairofconfidenceandsupport thatallowed metorisemy own bestpotential.” THE DAVID ANDROSAMONDPUTNAM INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL FUND MEXICO places asTheMuseumofModernArt,theGuggenheimMuseum,and has beenscreenedatfilmfestivalsaroundtheworldandsuch and thepurposesitservesforanindividual,Almada—whosework By usingthelanguageoffilmtoexaminefabricationmemory be broadcastonthePBSaward-winningseriesP.O.V.laterthisyear. completed attheColonyin2007and2008.ElGeneralisscheduledto competition inJanuaryatthe2009SundanceFilmFestival—was which shewonanExcellenceinDirectingAwardthedocumentary believe inmywork,”shesays.Subsequentworkonthefilm—for thoughts andthejudgmentsthatmakeitdifficulttotakerisks leaving behindallthechaosthatmakesitsodifficulttohearmyown at MacDowellin2006.“WhenIarrivedMacDowell,feltthatwas City,” saysAlmada,whobeganworkingonthefilmwhileinresidence Mexico’s history,andmypresent-daywanderingsthroughMexico mother’s fracturedmemoriesofherfather,acontentiousfigurein president ofthecountryin1924.“Thefilmmovesbetweenmygrand- Plutarco EliasCalles,ageneralintheMexicanrevolutionwhobecame inspired byaudiotapesabouthergreat-grandfather,ElGeneral Her mostrecentfilm,thefeature-lengthdocumentaryElGeneral,was absent orwhereoneisneededfortomorrow.” films isawayofrememberingandcreatingmemorywhereone the elusivesubjectivityofhumanexperience.“Forme,making films notonlytoexploreherroots,butalsopreserveandcapture Memory, AlOtroLado(TheOtherSide)andElGeneral—shemakes her culturalheritageandfamilyhistory—AllWaterHasaPerfect of art.Thewriter/directorthreefilmsexploringvariousaspects For MexicanfilmmakeNataliaAlmada,memoryisthewellspring Town Library. inspired bythePeterborough 20”, oilonlinen,2006), Tree inFrontoftheLibrary(24”x Studio. Right:Herpainting,The Above: ArtistNicolaSmithinFirth TLAND > SERBIA >SINGAPORE > SOUTHK

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Outreach Events 15 The MacDowell Colony 16 The MacDowell Colony Emily DeVoti, Providence, RI Carolyn Chute, Iowa City,A Katie Chase, Washington, DC Dorinda Clifton, Brooklyn, NY Jonathan Blunk, Durham, CT Euclid, OH Sarah FitzSimons, New York,N Maggie Dubrs, Brooklyn, NY Thomas Doyle, Brooklyn, NY Kevin Doyle, St. Louis,MO Jill Downen, Brooklyn, NY Jo Dery, New York,N Gordon Dahlquist, Altadena, CA Patricio daSilva, New York,N Kara LeeCorthron, Lake Worth,F interdisciplinary artist C. RyderCooley, Sunnyside, NY Kenneth Collins, Brownsville, OR Jan Clausen, Porter, ME Maud Casey, New Haven,CT Sandra Burns, Hastings-on-udson, NY Alan Burdick, Brunswick, ME Jane Brox, Lubbock, TX Bill Brown, Berkeley, CA Elizabeth Boults, Crompond, NY Amy Bloo, Croton-on-Hudson, NY Megan Biddle, Bixby, OK interdisciplinary artist Anthony Barilla, New York,N Michael Attias, New York,N filmmaker Michael Almereyda, Mexico City,Mexico Natalia Almada, New York,N Liz DuffyAdams, Brooklyn, NY Lauren Acampora, countries. From Novemberof2008throughApril2009,TheMacDowellColonywelcomedatotal131artistsfrom29statesandseven William Cordova, Chatham, NY Elisabeth Benjamin, Mitrovice, Kosov artists, sevenfilmmakers,andsixarchitects. filmmaker Siegal, architectRichardGriswoldandphotographerMariaLevitsky. FClockwise fromtopleft:visualartistJinnieSeo,KirktollerpoetGregoryPardlowriterNina ellowships T writer writer his filmmaker writer theatre writer theatre visual artist writer writer visual artist visual artist

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composers, Emily Raboteau, Harriet Salmon, Bennington, VT Chip Sullivan, Ann Arbor,MI Jeffrey ThomasSkinner, Amsterdam, Netherlands Jen Shyu, Brooklyn, NY Erin Shirreff, Boston, MA David Shanks, Seoul, SouthKorea Jinnie So, San Francisco,CA Alice Sebold, Brighton, MA Bert Seager, Brooklyn, NY Ryan Schroeder, Brooklyn, NY Mary Ruefle, New York,N Kirk Stoller, Boston, MA Jessica Stern, Madison, WI Jeffrey Stanek, New York,N Andrew Solomon, Brooklyn, NY Suzanne nider, Exeter, NH writer Nina Siegal, Bronx, NY New York,N Cynthia Zarin, Busan City,SouthKorea Lauren Yee, Charlotte, NC Kim Wright, Pittsburgh, PA Arlene Weiner, New York,N Jason VanNest, Dallas, TX visual artist Philip VanKeuren, New York,N Damian Venburgh, Brattleboro, VT Letita Trent, Brooklyn, NY Kathleen Tolan, Providence, RI Daniel Talbot, Brooklyn, NY Lulu Sylbert, Berkeley, CA Ben Stroud, San Francisco,CA Ralph Sneeden, Prospect, KY Maeung GyunYou, San Francisco,CA

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