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Report from the Co-Chairs 3 President’s Report 4 Guests 2018 6 Sponsored Residencies 9 MISSION STATEMENT Variations 11 Saratoga Summer Benefit 12 Yaddo’s mission is to further the creative process by providing an opportunity Artist Reunion 13 for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment. Chosen on Highlights 14 Financial Information 15 a competitive basis by panels of widely recognized artists, guests work in both Yaddo Contributors 16 traditional and nontraditional media. They include emerging and well-known Special Gifts 22 The Trask Society 23 artists, reflecting a broad range of contemporary styles and creative perspectives. Directors and Members 24 They are welcomed to Yaddo without regard for their financial circumstances. Staff 24

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e write to you in our first year as fundamental role in the creative hope you saw the “Yaddo Firsts” Co-Chairs with a deep sense of process as much now as at any film we premiered at the Artist Wgratitude and responsibility for point in its century-long history. XUE TAN Reunion where we stated our carrying on Yaddo’s important mission. We renewed commitment to ways are so grateful to our predecessors, A.M. In 2018, we were able to offer of thinking, works of aesthetic Homes and Susan Unterberg, for their six residencies to 219 artists (86 daring and creative sanctuary for years of tireless dedication shepherding writers, 59 visual artists, 22 artists of all career stages and Yaddo through a crucial period of growth , 21 performance backgrounds. and change and steering us to this point. artists, 20 filmmakers, and 11 artists in collaborative In keeping with the priority of We are excited about the opportunities ahead, teams) from 35 states as well Janice Y.K. Lee renewing and invigorating our thinking about Yaddo’s evolution in this 21st as Barbados, Canada, Croatia, board membership, we welcome century, building on the great achievements France, Germany, Ireland, new Members Laura Karetzky Mexico, Pakistan, Poland, and Lisa Warren and note with We’ve renewed Portugal, and Spain. great sadness the passing of our commitment to longtime Board Director and In combination with our increased Vice-Chair Nancy Sullivan. creative sanctuary capacity, we are working hard for artists of all to ensure that we are better We are deeply grateful to suited to benefit underserved Yaddo’s dedicated and hard- career stages and communities, while continuing working staff, in particular our to increase the racial, social, and Peter Kayafas President, Elaina Richardson, for backgrounds. economic diversity of our artists. all that she does for Yaddo. of the Capital Campaign, and continuing to do the essential work of providing time, With thanks to our longtime chair of the Finally, thanks to all of you, our dedicated space, and good working conditions for the Finance Committee, Candace Weir, and a Yaddo community, for your support. As most talented artists in the world. team of similarly financially savvy Board always, we would love to hear from you about Members and Directors, we are happy to your good ideas and suggestions for how we The centerpiece of Yaddo’s history and say that Yaddo’s endowment is stable and can continue to improve and strengthen our its grounds, the Mansion, is undergoing a sustaining. And, with our new development beloved institution going forward. core stabilization which will guarantee the team in place—Lisa Dierbeck and David long-term viability of a national treasure. Falk in City, and Cheryl Martin With sincere gratitude, Its reopening in 2019, in combination with and Robyn Iovinella-Waterston in Saratoga the five recently built live/work studios, will Springs—we are well-positioned to increase Yaddo’s capacity substantially, at a strengthen our endowment and ensure the critical time in our history when the quality, future financial health of the organization. diversity, and number of applications, in all disciplines, is at a historic high. In 2019, we It was a year in which we worked to support will see a more than 30 percent increase in new initiatives such as “The Year of Yaddo the number of artist visits—an extraordinary Firsts.” Sixty-eight percent of artists in 2018 measure of the success of our programs, were first-time guests, and it was a banner and a clear indication that Yaddo plays a year for new initiatives and partnerships. We Janice Y.K. Lee and Peter Kayafas

3 President’s Report

e spent much of 2018 in a but would also transmute personal loss, state of heady anticipation— of which the Trasks would have more than Wwatching the mansion reemerge their share, into public good. from under the carapace of scaffolding As Micki McGee eloquently explored that had wrapped it for almost 18 months. in her introduction to Yaddo: Making As craftsmen meticulously restored the American Culture, Yaddo was consciously ironwork, reinstalled the —all 338 fashioned as a place apart, a place of of them—and fixed the foundation, it was silence and retreat. Its 400 acres, with hard not to think of our founders, Spencer woods and ponds, a formal garden and and Katrina Trask, and what they would stunning views would form a protective have thought of this work, of its cost, of bubble around the Trasks themselves, the evident dedication to continue their initially, and then the generations of legacy and give all we can to the most artists who became their heirs. “Art was talented writers and artists in the world. considered the antidote to the failures of The Trasks were, of course, fairly typical urbanization. The poet was the hero of this Gilded Age Romantics: progressive, world, and the bucolic countryside was the socially active, prone to a sort of site of social transformation.” pre-Raphaelite nostalgia. They shared Katrina Trask was especially concerned an abiding faith in creativity as a about what she called “the wretched transformative force that would improve inequality of life.” The Trasks’ fortune at life for humankind. Art would not only the turn of the century was around $15 ameliorate the conflicts and hardships million (about $1.3 billion today). Social brought about by modernity’s ingenuity justice and personal responsibility lay at

4 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Together, we have done a remarkable thing—we have guaranteed the long-term viability of a national cultural treasure.

the heart of Yaddo’s emergence and shed artists to retreat to knowing that they can It’s fitting also to take a moment now to light on many of the traditions that were trust us to do all we can to support the acknowledge the strong vision and tireless established from the start, such as the value of what they do. Given that, I think energy our co-chairs, Peter Kayafas shelter of artists at risk and the insistence the Trasks would have applauded our 21st and Janice Lee, gave to us in this their on a communal dinner. But key among century iteration of their now well-tested first year at the Board’s helm. I thank the rules that evolved for Yaddo, was the and undoubtedly necessary solution to the them wholeheartedly. Now, let’s raise a insistence on Quiet Hours. The benefits needs of the artist. celebratory glass as we cut the ribbon on of silence for contemplation and creative Most of all, over this past year of Yaddo Renewed! work were, to be sure, nothing new. Think reconsidering what Yaddo is and who of Monasticism, illustrated manuscript it is for, I’ve been buoyed again and production, and so forth. But they were again by the remarkable continuum of rearticulated as an explicit response to the community that is its spine: From the cacophony of early-20th century city life. artists in residence to my hard-working It’s stating the obvious to point out and incredible colleagues on staff, to our that we’ve entered a time when income supporters, strategists and allies of many Elaina Richardson, inequality is more extreme, more tangible, kinds. I feel fortunate each time I drive President than it has been since the 1900s. up that curving path to the mansion and Unfortunately we could also say ditto to I send my thanks for their energy and that in terms of air quality, noise pollution, commitment to the Yaddo Members and and the uncertainty and stress of a volatile Directors and to all of you who underwrite marketplace. All of which, to my mind, us. Together, we have done a remarkable increases the need for Yaddo, the urgency thing–we have guaranteed the long-term of this remarkable place for writers and viability of a national cultural treasure.

5 Yaddo Guests

Interdisciplinary artist Yanira Castro at Yaddo; Photo: Elizabeth Haynes

Hadar Ahuvia, a performance artist Yaddo welcomed 219 extraordinary artists in 2018, chosen from Brooklyn, NY Rosa Alcala, a writer from El Paso, TX by our admissions committees from almost 1,300 applications Howard Altman, a writer from New York, NY from 47 states and 29 foreign nations. The group included 11 Maess Anand, a visual artist from Warsaw, Poland collaborative teams working across disciplines, 22 composers, Laurie Anderson, a performance artist from New York, NY 20 filmmakers, 21 performance artists, 59 visual artists, and 86 Donald Antrim, a writer from Brooklyn, NY writers. Even with the Mansion closed for crucial stabilization Kevin Augustine, a performance artist from Brooklyn, NY work, we maintained our capacity and strengthened our Omer Aziz, a writer from Toronto, Canada commitment to hosting a wide range of artists, including first-time Annie Baker, a writer from Brooklyn, NY Ivy Baldwin, a performance artist guests who comprised 68 percent of our total. In 2018, twice from Brooklyn, NY Amelia Bande, a performance artist as many collaborative teams applied than in previous years, and from Brooklyn, NY Ilisa Barbash, a film and video artist we hosted our first collaborative team of three artists working from Cambridge, MA Matthew Barnson, a together on a cross-cultural documentary series. from New York, NY Ron Baron, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

6 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Harriet Bart, a collaborative artist from Minneapolis, MN Anne Beal, a film and video artist from Chicago, IL Artists in residence, December 2018 Dianne Bellino, a visual artist from Astoria, NY Jay Bernard, a writer from , Great Britain Illana Boltvinik, a collaborative artist from Mexico City, Mexico Julian Talamantez Brolaski, a writer from Santa Barbara, CA Judith Broughan, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY Jessica Bruder, a writer from Brooklyn, NY Brook Bullman, a writer from Huntsville, AL Tom Burkhardt, a visual artist from New York, NY Sharon Butler, a visual artist from New York, NY Esy Casey, a film and video artist from Brooklyn, NY Kathleen Cash, a visual artist from Morgantown, WV Yanira Castro, a performance artist from Brooklyn, NY Anne Ferrer, a visual artist Will Hermes, a writer from Colleen Kinder, a writer Christopher Cea, a visual artist from Paris, France New Paltz, NY from Buffalo, NY from Chile Yalitza Ferreras, a writer Orlando Hernández, a performance Mark King, a visual artist from Henry Chapman, a visual artist from San Francisco, CA artist from Providence, RI Navy Gardens, Barbados from Brooklyn, NY Sheri Fink, a writer from New York, NY Allie Hirsch, a writer from Ann Arbor, MI Darya Kiper, a writer from New York, NY Jayoung Chung, a performance artist from Harrington Park, NJ Leigh Fondakowski, a collaborative Wayne Horvitz, a composer from Taisia Kitaiskaia, a writer from artist from Brooklyn, NY Seattle, WA Austin, TX Andrea Clearfield, a composer from , PA Isabel Fonseca, a writer Maja Hrgovic, a writer Karla Knight, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY from Zagreb, Croatia from Redding, CT Liz Collins, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY Colette Fu, a visual artist Jibade-Khalil Huffman, a visual artist Daniela Lamas, a writer from from Philadelphia, PA from New York, NY Cambridge, MA Emily Cooley, a composer from Landsdown, PA Moko Fukuyama, a visual artist Tristan Hughes, a writer from Salome Lamas, a film and video artist from Brooklyn, NY Llangoed, United Kingdom from Lisbon, Portugal Cesar Cornejo, a visual artist from Tampa, FL Anthony Gatto, a composer Swan Huntley, a writer from Taylor Lannamann, a writer from from Brooklyn, NY Kailua Kona, HI Brooklyn, NY Sloane Crosley, a writer from New York, NY Michelle Geoga, a writer Adam Hurwitz, a visual artist James Lapine, a writer from Hinsdale, IL from New York, NY from New York, NY Erica Daborn, a visual artist from Mexico Carl George, a film and video artist Jowhor Ile, a writer from Laura Lappi, a visual artist from Ann Burke Daly, a visual artist from Dearborn, MI Essex, United Kingdom Ridgewood, NY from Poughkeepsie, NY Rachel Gerrard, a visual artist Carol Jackson, a visual artist Tori Lawrence, a performance artist Meredith Davenport, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY from Chicago, IL from Lawrence, KS from Rochester, NY Violeta Gil, a writer from Madrid, Spain Luma Jasim, a visual artist from Shayla Lawson, a collaborative artist Kyle deCamp, a performance artist Boise, ID from Portland, OR from New York, NY Baris Gokturk, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY John Jesurun, a performance artist Linda Levinson, a visual artist , a composer from New York, NY from La Crosse, WI from New York, NY Glenn Goldberg, a visual artist from New York, NY Sara Jimenez, a collaborative artist John Liberatore, a composer from Regina DeLuise, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY South Bend, IN from Baltimore, MD Sheree Greer, a writer from Tampa, FL Taylor Johnson, a writer from Anya Liftig, a performance artist from David Deschamps, a collaborative artist Gail Gregg, a visual artist Washington, DC Westport, MA from Brooklyn, NY from New York, NY Beena Kamlani, a writer Elizabeth Lo, a film and video artist Sunny Drake, a writer Susan Gubernat, a writer from New York, NY from Los Angeles, CA from Toronto, Canada from Oakland, CA Jonathan D. Kane, a film and video Melody London, a film and video artist Abby Ellin, a writer from New York, NY Alex Halberstadt, a writer from artist from Miami Beach, FL from New York, NY Brooklyn, NY Rodney Evans, a film and video artist Joseph Keckler, a performance artist Patte Loper, a visual artist from from Brooklyn, NY James Hannaham, a writer from Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY from Brooklyn, NY Peter Fahey, a composer Victoria Keddie, a performance artist Benjamin Lorr, a writer from Tipperary, Ireland Trish Harnetaux, a writer from Queens, NY from New York, NY from Brooklyn, NY Laurel Farrin, a visual artist Sawool Kim, a visual artist from Claire Luchette, a writer from from Iowa City, IA Michael Harrison, a composer Boston, MA Burr Ridge, IL from Yonkers, NY Daniel Felsenfeld, a composer Susan (Suji) Kim, a writer from , a composer from Brooklyn, NY Sara Hendren, a writer from Milton, NY from Philadelphia, PA Cambridge, MA continues 7 Alex O’Neal, a visual artist from Cooperstown, NY Monica Ong Reed, a writer from Trumbull, CT Keija Parssinen, a writer from

Columbia, MO ELIZABETH HAYNES Margaret Pearce, a writer from Rockland, ME Beatrice Pediconi, a visual artist from Long Island City, NY Rachel Peters, a composer from Brooklyn, NY Kala Pierson, a composer from Bryn Mawr, PA Boomer Pinches, a writer from Yaddo Guests North Hampton, MA (continued) John Pipkin, a writer from Austin, TX

Alison Maclean, a film and video artist Russell Platt, a composer from from Brooklyn, NY New York, NY Danna Singer, a visual artist Megan Vossler, a visual artist from Dale Maharidge , a writer from a writer from Philadelphia, PA Minneapolis, MN from New York, NY Julia Slavin, a writer from Autumn Wallace, a visual artist from Elizabeth Malaska , a visual artist Washington, DC Philadelphia, PA from Portland, OR Lucia Small, a film and video Jeff Wallace, Isaac Mann , a visual artist from artist from Jamaica Plain, MA a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY ELIZABETH HAYNES Michael Snediker, a writer Stewart Wallace, a composer Sarah Mantell , a writer from Houston, TX from New York, NY from Rochester, NY Tom Snelgrove, a film Laura Walter, a writer from James Marcus , a writer from and video artist from Cleveland, OH New York, NY Long Island City, NY Margeaux Walter, a visual artist Erin Markey , a performance artist Suzanne Snider, a from Brooklyn, NY from Brooklyn, NY performance artist from Lisa Warren, a visual artist Greg Marshall Edward Porter, a writer Hudson, NY , a writer from Austin, AL from Greenwich, CT from Oakland, CA Sara Martin Steven Snowden, a composer from , a writer from LaToya Watkins, a writer from Jami Porter Lara, a visual artist Waltham, MA New Orleans, LA Rowlett, TX from Albuquerque, NM Kristina Martino Dalia Sofer, a writer from New York, NY , a visual artist Annie Weatherwax, a writer from Eric Puchner, a writer from from Southerland, MA Mahreen Sohail, a writer from Roslindale, MA Los Angeles, CA Mitch McCabe Islamabad, Pakistan , a film and video artist Robin F. Williams, a visual artist Sahana Ramakrishnan, a visual artist from New Haven, CT Jessica Stern, a writer from from Brooklyn, NY from Brooklyn, NY Courtney McClellan Cambridge, MA , a visual artist Stephanie Williams, a film and video Jonno Rattman, a visual artist from from Atlanta, GA Gray Stewart, a writer from Atlanta, GA artist from Alexandria, VA Stroudsburg, PA Brian McCorkle , a composer from Maud Streep, a writer from Kevin Wilson, a writer from Katie Redell, a collaborative artist Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY Sewanee, TN from Altadena, CA Glendalys Medina , a performance artist Steven Subotnick, a film and video Lana Wilson, a film and video artist Erin Riley, a visual artist from from New York, NY artist from Providence, RI from Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY Shari Mendelson , a visual artist from Carolyn Sun, a writer from Mark Winegardner, a writer from Margaret Ross, a writer Brooklyn, NY Garnerville, NY Tallahassee, FL from New York, NY Alice Miceli , a visual artist Shubha Sunder, a writer Amanda Wojick, a visual artist Jacob Rubin, a writer from Dallas, TX from New York, NY from Boston, MA from Eugene, OR TD Mitchell Joanna Ruocco, a writer from , a writer from Brooklyn, NY Jeff Talman, a composer from Yu-Wen Wu, a collaborative artist from Winston-Salem, NC Moon Molson, a film and video artist New York, NY Boston, MA Catherine Rush, a writer from Philadelphia, PA Mika Tanner, a writer from Eugene, OR Jenny Xie, a writer from Oakland, CA from Seattle, WA John Monaghan , a film and video artist Sam Taylor, a writer from Wichita, KS Chin Chih Yang, a performance artist Tina Satter, a performance artist from Washington, DC from New York, NY from Brooklyn, NY Guinevere Turner, a film and video artist Azita Moradkhani , a writer from from Los Angeles, CA Matthew Yeager, a writer Joshua Shores-Arguello, a writer Roslindale, MA from Cincinnati, OH from Waco, TX Vadis Turner, a visual artist from Angela Morales , a writer Pasadena, CA Gallatin, TN Faye Zhang, a visual artist from Laura Schwendinger, a composer Eliza Myrie Cambridge, MA , a visual artist from Madison, WI Jamie Vasta, a visual artist from from Chicago, IL Alameda, CA Jenny Zhang, a writer from Chet’la Sebree, a collaborative artist Maude Newton Forest Hills, NY , a writer from from Middletown, DE Sugar Vendil, a performance artist Woodhaven, NY from New York, NY Christopher Zuar, a composer Normandy Sherwood, a performance Benjamin Nugent from New York, NY , a writer from artist from New York NY Fay Victor, a composer from Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY Emily Zuch, a visual artist from Nathan Shields, a composer from Anna Noyes Leipzig, Germany , a writer form Fishers Brooklyn, NY Rodrigo Viñas, a collaborative artist Island, NY from México City, Mexico Arabelle Sicardi, a writer from Dennis Nurkse, a writer Jersey City, NJ Gabrielle Vitollo, a visual artist from CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: from Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY Bennett Singer, a collaborative artist Writer Jowhor Ile; visual artist Eliza Emily Oliveira , a performance artist from Brooklyn, NY Laura Von Rosk, Myrie; composer Brian McCorkle from Brooklyn, NY a visual artist from Schroon Lake, NY

8 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Sponsored Residencies

Sponsored residencies support Yaddo’s fundamental mission by underwriting the cost of visits by creative artists. Through this program, foundations, corporations, and individual donors enable artists to enjoy the opportunity to work without interruption in the supportive environment that Yaddo provides.

LEFT: Playwright Annie Baker (photo: MacArthur Foundation) ABOVE: Collaborative ENDOWED RESIDENCIES artists Ilana Boltvinik and Rodrigo Viñas (photo: Regina DeLuise)

Elizabeth Ames Residency Eli Cantor Residency for Writers Curtis Harnack Residency for Writers Established in 2006 for an artist working Established in 1984 in honor of the Yaddo Established in 1984 in honor of the Yaddo in any discipline. Offered every other year writer. Designee in 2018: James Marcus. writer and former Yaddo President. Designee in honor of Yaddo’s first Executive Director. in 2018: Benjamin Lorr. Designee to be named in 2019. Linda Collins Endowed Residency for Writers Dorothy and Granville Hicks Milton and Sally Michel Avery Established in 2016 by The Morris and Residency in Literature Residency for a Visual Artist Alma Schapiro Fund in honor of the late Established in 1983 by Stephanie Craib in Established in 1985 by Yaddo artist Sally writer and Yaddo Director Linda Collins, honor of her mother, Dorothy, and father, Michel Avery in honor of her late husband, to support a writer. Designee in 2018: Granville Hicks, who served as Acting Milton, who was also a Yaddo artist. Marja Hrgovic. Executive Director of Yaddo in 1970, to Designee in 2018: Moko Fukuyama. support young and promising writers. David Del Tredici Residency Designee in 2018: Allie Tova Hirsch. Louise Bourgeois Residency for a Composer, funded by the for a Sculptor Fund for Music Patricia Highsmith-Plangman Residency Established in 1995 by Louise Bourgeois to Established in 2013 by the Aaron Copland Established in 1995 by Yaddo artist Patricia support young sculptors. Designee in 2018: Fund for Music. Designee in 2018: Fay Victor. Highsmith. Designee in 2018: Annie Baker. Eliza Myrie. Philip Guston and The LeSage-Fullilove Residency Abigail Angell Canfield and Cass Musa McKim Residency for a Writer Canfield Jr. Residency for Writers Established in 2004 by Musa Guston Established in 2004 in honor of Dr. Alain Established in 2004 by Mr. and Mrs. Cass Mayer in honor of her parents, Yaddo LeSage and Dr. Roland (Jack) Fullilove Canfield Jr. to support one writer, preferably artists Philip Guston and Musa McKim, to to support a young or emerging writer of from Latin America, every other year. support a visual artist or a poet. Designee exceptional talent and promise. Designee in Designee in to be named in 2019. in 2018: Henry Chapman. 2018: Claire Luchette. continues

9 Wallace Foundation Residency for Sponsored Residencies (continued) Distinguished Writers Established in 1983 by The Dewitt Wallace John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Nora Sayre Residency for a Fund/Reader’s Digest Foundation. Designee Foundation Residencies Nonfiction Writer in 2018: Omer Aziz. Established in 1990 by The MacArthur Established in 2006 in honor of the Yaddo Foundation. Designees in 2018: Mitch writer Nora Sayre and awarded every third The White Flowers Residency McCabe and Suki Kim. year. Designee in 2018: Colleen Kinder. for Composers Established in 2001 by Chris Flowers Meredith S. Moody Residency Alma B.C. Schapiro Residency for a and Mary White to support a composer. Established in 1997 by the Moody family Woman Painter Designee in 2018: Michael Harrison. for a female photographer in honor of the Established by the M.A. Schapiro Fund late Meredith S. Moody. Designee in 2018: in honor of the late painter Alma B. C. Bernard V. Winebaum Residency Regina DeLuise. Schapiro. Designee in 2018: Robin Williams. Established in 1995 by the estate of poet and visual artist Bernard V. Winebaum to Carson McCullers Residency James Silberman and support creative artists, with a preference for Established in 2014 in honor of Mary Selma Shapiro Residency those from northern New England. Designee Mercer for artists in any discipline. Established in 2004 by Selma Shapiro in 2018: Kristina Martino. Designee in 2018: Alison Maclean. and James Silberman to support a writer and awarded every other year. Designee in Howard Moss Residency in Poetry 2018: Jessica Bruder. SINGLE YEAR RESIDENCIES Established in 1991 in honor of the late poet and Yaddo Board member. Designee in Janet Sloane Endowed Residency Amazon Literary Partnership 2018: Dennis Nurkse. Established in 1996 by Alfred Z. Solomon Residency in honor of his late sister, a Member of the Established in 2013 in support of Yaddo’s Ann Wadsworth Olberg Residency Corporation. Designee in 2018: Alice Miceli. Benefit. Designee in 2018: for Creative Writers Edward Porter. Established in 2006 by Yaddo poet and Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger Residency Member of the Corporation Gardner Established by The Ford Family Foundation Residency McFall and Peter Olberg in memory of Foundation in honor of Iphigene Ochs Established in 2016 by The Ford Family his mother, Ann Wadsworth Olberg, for Sulzberger. Designee in 2018: Donald Antrim. Foundation to support visual artists residing a poet or fiction writer having a special in Oregon. Designees in 2018: Elizabeth relationship to the State of Iowa through Michael and Nina Sundell Residency Malaska and Amanda Wojick. birth, residence, or education. Designee to Established in 2001 in honor of Michael be named in 2019. Sundell, former President of Yaddo, and his National Endowment for wife, Nina, to support a creative artist in any the Arts Residency Plumsock Endowed Residency medium. Designee in 2018: Moon Molson. Established in 2015 by the NEA to support Established in 1995 to support creative residencies for mature artists in literature, artists, preferably from Central America. The Sundell Residency for visual art, msic composition, performance, Designees in 2018: Ilana Boltvinik and Special Assistants and film and video. Designees in 2018: Rodrigo Viñas. Established by Nina Sundell in 2013, in Yu-wen Wu/Harriet Bart, Shayla Lawson/ honor of Michael Sundell, to support the Chet’la Sebree, and David Deschamps/ Yvonne Porter Endowed Residency visits of four creative artists, working in any Bennett Singer/Leigh Fondakowski. Established in 2000 by the Louisa Stude medium, who served as Special Assistants Sarofim Charitable Trust to honor Yvonne to the President. Designees in 2018: Ron Martha Walsh Pulver Residency Porter, and awarded every other year to an Baron, Beena Kamlani, Boomer Pinches, and for a Poet artist working in any discipline and residing Michael Snediker. Established in 2001 by the family of in Texas awarded every other year. Designee Martha Walsh Pulver in her honor, to in 2018: John Pipkin. Harriet and Esteban Vicente Residency support a female poet. Designee in 2018: Established by Harriet and Esteban Vicente Margaret Ross. Donald and Genie Rice Residency in 2001 to support a painter, preferably from Established in 2001 by Donald and Genie Spain. Designee in 2018: Violeta Gil. The Sendak/Glynn Narrative Rice to support a filmmaker. Designee in Illustration Residency 2018: Lynne Sachs. Jane Adams Wait Residency Established in 2018 by the Maurice Sendak Established in 1996 by The Adirondack Foundation to support one artist whose George Rickey Endowed Residency Trust Company to honor the dedication primary media is work on paper through the Established by the artist in 2000 to support and service of Jane A. Wait to the use of non-digital tools. Designee in 2018: young visual artists. Designee in 2018: Corporation of Yaddo, to support a Autumn Wallace. Isaac Mann. composer or choreographer. Designee in 2018: Rachel Peters.

10 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Variations

A NEWLY EXPANDED YADDO host of superstar Yaddo artists from multiple Cale, Joseph Keckler, Eisa Davis and more. VARIATIONS 2018 unfolded over several disciplines. Guests of honor included Laurie With the support of all attending and our evenings in May with 16 events in five cities. Anderson and A.M. Homes, Lisa Cortés and corporate sponsors, Variations raised over In New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Victor LaValle, Jonathan Ames and Jason $254,000 for our artist residency program. Los Angeles, and Dallas, 330 guests were Reitman, Alfred Leslie and Alexi Worth, Yaddo extends special thanks to our generous treated to dinner and conversation with a Michael Cunningham, Philip Gourevitch, David hosts and all our artist guests of honor.

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11 Summer Benefit ON JUNE 28, over 300 supporters celebrated a magical gathering Benefit Planning Christine Fox Sponsorship Committee Committee under the stars at the annual Summer Benefit on the grounds Beth Harker Stacie Arpey, here at Yaddo. Guests enjoyed a lively, conversation-filled evening Patricia McBride Friesen, Co-Chair Chair Sally King with Pulitzer Prize-winner and former Yaddo resident Elizabeth Michael Phinney, Co-Chair Strout, author of such bestsellers as Olive Kitteridge, The Burgess Sue Allerdice Jean L. Maloy Wallace Allerdice Ellen Beal Boys, My Name is Lucy Barton, and her most recent novel, Robb Moore M. Bruce Cohen Anything is Possible. Barbara Bennett Daniel Fortier Christianne Smith Potts Patricia McBride Friesen Susan Bokan Thanks to the generosity of the Saratoga and Capital Region Judy Soukup Elizabeth Giblin Lisa Clark Elizabeth Haynes communities, the sold-out event raised more than $156,000 in Elizabeth Straton Jennifer Leidig support of our artist residency program. As always, we owe a large Susan DePaula Tamara Backer Tepper Jason Lynch measure of the evening’s success to our dedicated volunteer Tamie Ehinger Peter Nemer Joyce Ure committee members: Our gratitude to all of them for their tireless Brendan Flanigan Frederick Partyka support of Yaddo and advocacy for the arts. Candace Weir

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10 11 12 1. Alfred and Kelly Hollis 2. Calum d’Oelsnitz and guest; Stephanie and Justin Hogan 3. Beth Massiano and Ellen Beal 4. Elizabeth Strout, Savannah Passaretti-Fina 5. Benefit auction 6. Evan deJonghe, Wendy Trager, Stacie Arpey, Dennis deJonghe 7. Mike and Marci Phinney; Erin and Mike Mucci 8. Yaddo artists Luma Jasim, Mitch McCabe and Hadar Ahuvia, with Tess Palma-Martinez 9. Bill and Christianne Potts, Catherine Hover, Colleen Grassi 10. Domenique and Dmitry Yermolayev 11. Mr. and Mrs. Niral Patel; Farzad and Karen Sani 12. India and Ben Adams

12 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Artist Reunion

THE YADDO ARTIST REUNION on November 7 brought together over 150 guests for a festive celebration of the Yaddo community and the presentation of 2 the 2018 Yaddo Artist Medal to author Amy Hempel. The evening’s theme of “Yaddo Firsts” included the premiere of a short film—made 1 possible by a grant from The Maurer Family Foundation— highlighting Yaddo’s commitment to supporting diverse and groundbreaking talent in all disciplines. Author Rick Moody presented the Artist 3 4 Medal (designed by Yaddo Artist James Siena) and the Dog House Band, led by David Gates and other professors and alumni of the Bennington College Writing Seminars (where Amy

Hempel has taught for 5 6 many years) brought down the house. Many thanks to the individual and corporate sponsors whose generous donations helped make this evening possible.

7 8 9 1. Amy Hempel, Patricia Towers 2. Harlem Stage 3. Adam Hurwitz, Kenseth Armstead, Alex Halberstadt 4. Dog House Band: Peter Trachtenberg, David Gates 5. Rebecca Donner 6. Sugar Vendil (right) and friend 7. Ben Taylor, Gardiner Hempel 8. Harry Leigh, Manuel Sosa 9. T Kira Madden, Hannah Beresford 10. Lily Tuck, Rick Moody 11. Mary Gaitskill (left) 12. Alexi Worth, Bob Klitzman 10 11 12

13 Highlights Vibrant Partnerships addo produced a robust Yschedule of public programs in the fall, beginning with “Cocktails & Conversation” in partnership with the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, underwritten by a generous grant from The Maurer Family Foundation. Three Yaddo in the evenings on the subject of creativity featured panels of Yaddo Community artists debating questions of art and ideas, specifically “Creativity he successful “Yaddo & Aging,” “Creative Resistance: Art and Activism,” and “Creativity & TPresents” partnership with Commerce.” In December, Yaddo artist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tim Northshire Bookstore continued Weiner and Oscar-winning Director Alex Gibney gave a behind-the- with a number of author scenes glimpse into their Showtime documentary series, Enemies: events in 2018: Jonathan The President, Justice & the Santlofer, Russell Banks, Sigrid FBI in a lively discussion Nunez, and Lorrie Moore (in at The Century club. All of conversation with Joe Donahue of WAMC these programs offered Northeast Public Radio) drew capacity audiences from the Capital the chance to convene the region to readings and discussions of their work. The other signature Yaddo community, draw in Saratoga community initiative, Yaddo Club—our cultural enrichment new friends, highlight the program with Saratoga Springs High School—again saw students work of our artists, and pursue Yaddo-facilitated research projects, conduct research at the underscore Yaddo’s support Yaddo archive in the , engage with Yaddo of groundbreaking art. artists and staff at performances and events throughout the year,

TOP: Cocktails & Conversation: and ultimately present their finished projects to the Saratoga Springs Kenseth Armstead, Mitch Board of Education and to the public in a gallery walk-though. A McCabe, Mary Frank, Jacki generous grant from Stewart’s Shops/The Dake Family supported Lyden RIGHT: Alex Gibney and Tim Weiner this “Access to Yaddo” community initiative. Mansion Renewed ur preservation project continued throughout 2018, Owith an extensive scope of work and specially engineered scaffolding enveloping the building. The Mansion’s intricate metalwork, including the iconic weathervane, was painstakingly refurbished, and the exterior was sealed against the elements, with stonework restored to its original splendor. Yaddo’s architectural centerpiece will welcome back the first wave of artists in May 2019, ushering in an invigorated era for Yaddo after seven-plus years of strategic planning, strenuous fundraising, and very hard work!

RIGHT: First glimpse of the Mansion, sans scaffolding LEFT: The refurbished weathervane returns!

14 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2018 2018 Selected Financial Information

FOR FISCAL YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2017 & 2018

Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Other Changes in Net Assets (Unrestricted & Temporarily Restricted Fund Classes) 2018 2017 REVENUES AND GAINS TOTAL TOTAL Contributions Individuals 1,274,491 602,720 Estates & Bequests 51,560 66,848 Foundations & Corporations 85,730 126,115 Government Grants 80,000 50,000 Events 459,866 393,989 Royalties 264,344 437,256 Application Fees 34,597 35,747 Income on Investments 835,308 1,344,741 Other 117,317 0

Subtotal 3,203,214 3,057,416 Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments (2,205,574) 3,172,940

Total Revenues, Gains, and Other Support 997,640 6,230,356

EXPENSES Artistic Program Services 1,971,417 1,520,177 Administration and Development Services 1,287,355 1,309,924 Garden Expenditures 119,907 48,514

Total Expenses 3,378,679 2,878,615

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets ($2,381,039) $3,351,741

ENDOWMENT FUNDS at 12/31/18 at 12/31/17 Unrestricted Funds $18,152,798 $23,605,579 Temporarily & Permanently Restricted Funds 6,714,048 7,552,453

Total Endowment Funds $24,866,846 $31,158,032

15 Yaddo Contributors Collaborative artists Yu-Wen Wu and Harriet Bart

e are especially grateful to Yaddo’s leadership, our WBoard of Directors and Members of the Corporation, for providing one of the high points of our 2018 annual fund drive, with their total gifts exceeding goal. Artists and former residents also expressed their appreciation for the time they spent at Yaddo by generously supporting the Annual Fund. We are grateful for the many artists who rallied around our 2018 Giving Tuesday campaign, which the iconic Yaddo mansion. We received support for our residency program, and surpassed last year’s total by 51 percent. many gifts and pledges in support of the together raised more than $390,000. Together, the generosity of many campaign’s priorities, bringing us close As always, we wish to thank the Yaddo artists, individuals, foundations, to our campaign goal of $10 million. many volunteers of the Yaddo Garden corporations and government agencies Among the many generous campaign Association for their unwavering helped us encourage and underwrite gifts was a $500,000 donation from support and upkeep of our beautiful the creative process. Musa and Tom Mayer. With dedicated rose gardens. In addition to Annual Fund and committed event leadership and All of us at Yaddo are pleased to contributions, many individuals provided organizing committees, our annual salute those who joined us through their crucial support to Yaddo’s Capital benefit events—Variations 2018 and generous donations to the annual fund Campaign. Launched in 2015, the the Summer Benefit in Saratoga and capital campaign in recognizing the Capital Campaign entered its final Springs—enjoyed great success. These power and importance of investing in phase in 2018 with the restoration of gatherings are vital in generating the creative process.

Performance artist Sugar Vendil

Visual artist Anne Ferrer

16 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Yaddo Capital Campaign Donors: 2014 - 2018

Anonymous (6) Richard Ellsworth Jan Heller Levi* and Susan Scher Christoph Keller Andre Aciman* Blair England and Karen Schiff* Peter Carlin Ms. Amy Grace Loyd* Pat Adams* Richard and Laurel Farrin* Robert and Leslie Schmidt American Express Doris Fischer Malesardi Foundation Bridget Fawcett James Siena* and John Mannino Jo Andres* and David and Victoria Foley Katia Santibañez* Steven Buscemi Jeffrey Marchand John and Terry Forester Julia Simet Stacie and Michael Cathy and Elliott Masie Helen Frankenthaler* Mona Simpson* Arpey Hilary Masters* Foundation Christian R. Sonne Balsamo Byrne Cipriani Jacob Matthews Artwork by & Ellsworth Laura Furman* Dena M. Steele Richard McCann* Luma Jasim Abigail and Elizabeth Gaffney* Steeltoes Dance Joseph Baratta Danielle Ganek Joseph and Studio, Inc. Anne McCann John* and Penny Barr Catherine Gellert Stacey Steers* Public Funding Peter C. Gould Gardner McFall* and Martin Bax* Gerry Charitable Trust Peter Olberg Hume R. Steyer The Greenwich Collection Ltd. Kathryn Beal, MD Andrew Ginzel* Heather McGowan* Robert V. Storr* Gail Gregg* Deborah Berke Gina Gionfriddo* Stuart McGregor Elizabeth Strout* Mary Stewart Hammond* Barbara Berntsen Paul Gluck Beverly McIver* Nancy Sullivan* and Arthur Yorke Lisa and Jeff Blau Amy Godine* / Bernice Vital Projects Fund Natasha Sweeten* Allen/The Walbridge B. Godine Family Mona and Simon Brown Melissa Meyer* Fund, LTD. Foundation Judith Taylor* Mona Wakim Brown Anne Cooke Mitchell Richard and Kathy Goldman Marion Taylor Elizabeth Howe Susan Brynteson Rick Moody* Corporate Willis J. Goldsmith Jean Marie Hitchen and Sponsors Madelyn Pulver Jennings Steven Burke* Geoffrey Movius Robert Thompson Peter C. Gould Joni and Kevin Kimberlin Janet Lee Burnet Kathryn Murdoch The Tocci Group Christopher Gow Vital Projects Fund James and Joan Murray* Barbara Toll Jennifer Cacioppo Gail Gregg* Mrs. Giles Whiting Scott and Amie Nuttall The Evelyn Toll Family Joseph Caldwell* Mary Jo Ann Guinchard Foundation NYS Office of Parks, Foundation Allan Gurganus* National Endowment Laura Callanan Recreation and Patricia Towers for the Arts The Philip Guston Fund Historic Preservation Peter Cameron* in cooperation with The Tube Museum Newman’s Own David and Jamie Caro * and Governor Andrew New York Gilda Lyons Foundation Cuomo and State July 2016 Tuxedo Park Gifts of $100,000 Marianne Carroll Senator Kathy Marchione Brenda R. Potter Elizabeth Hazan* or more Melinda and Brian Josette Urso* Jane Hirshfield* Colleen Olson Genie and Donald Rice/ Carroll Helen Vendler* Estate of Patricia The Genie and Donald James Opinsky* Highsmith John L. Cassis A. M. Homes* Rice Charitable Trust Tarik O’Regan* Margo and Susan Cheever* Richard and Anthony Viscusi Donald and Elizabeth Howe David Packer* $50,000 to $99,999 Jean Richards Ann and Paul Chen Patricia Volk* Hudson River Bank Anne Palamountain Stacie and Michael Arpey The Maurer Family Marilyn Chin* & Trust Company Mary Stewart Hammond* Perri Peltz and Arthur Yorke Allen/ Janice Y.K. Lee*+ and Foundation Thomas Cipullo* Foundation The Walbridge Fund, LTD. Joseph Bae Sheila Pompan The Maurice Sendak Marcelle Clements* Mary-Beth Hughes* and Amanda and Ann Tenenbaum* and Foundation Duke Beeson Jill Posnick Maureen Coen John Waldron Thomas H. Lee Candace King Weir/C.L. The Hyde and Prime Buchholz Bruce and Ellen Cohen Stewart Wallace* King & Associates, Inc. Watson Foundation Lawrence Raab* and Paradigm Capital Tony Cokes $25,000 to $49,999 Meredith and David Rakowski* and Candace King Weir/C.L. Management Inc. Benjamin Jenkins King & Associates, Inc. Anonymous (2) Henri Cole* Beth Wiemann* Nanar and and Paradigm Capital Michael and Tamara Jenkins* Susan Brynteson Anthony Yoseloff Genie and Donald+ Management Inc. Mary Louise Coleman Barry Johnson Rice/The Genie and New York State Council Donald Rice Charitable Paula Whyman * Consulting For on the Arts Dana Wallach Jones Trust $3,000 to $9,999 Architects, Inc. Joan Wickersham* Beena Kamlani* Nathaniel Rich* Nancy Sullivan* Anonymous (2) Donald Crawshaw/ Jaime Wolf The Donald Crawshaw Peter Kayafas+* and Elaina Richardson Allerdice Building Charles R. Wood and Matthew Hoffman Dorothy Blackmun $10,000 to $24,999 Supply, Inc. Julie Richardson Foundation Charitable Fund Joseph Keckler* Anonymous (2) Milton and Sally Avery * Alexi Worth* and Susan Crile* Arts Foundation John Kelly* Erika Belsey Worth Amazon Literary Amy and Pamela Bock Cromey Partnership Adam Bartos and Elizabeth Kojima Alexander Rotter Douglas Wright* and Mahnaz Ispahani- Sebastian Currier* Nancy Lampton Steven Sacco* David Clement John* and Penny Barr Bartos/Pannonia Lisa Corinne Davis* Chen Yi * and Ann and Paul Chen Foundation Starling R. Lawrence* Theresa Salierno Aubrey DeBordenave Zhou Long* EHA Foundation, Inc. Barbara K. Bristol Anne LeBaron* Matthew Santirocco* Whitney deBordenave Shay Youngblood* Isabel Fonseca * Chronicle Books Katherine Lederer* Jonathan Santlofer* John and Mary Yrizarry David Del Tredici* Alicia Zarou Scanlon Goldman Sachs & Co. Deborah Chun Janice Y.K. Lee* and Joseph Bae Sara and Nat Zilkha Rackstraw Downes* The Morris and Willis J. Goldsmith continues Stephen Dunn* Young Jean Lee* Alma Schapiro Fund Tom Zoellner * 17 Jeanne Moutoussamy- Ashe * National Grid W.W. Norton & Co., Inc. Olde Bryan Inn/ ELIZABETH HAYNES Photographer and Longfellows Inn visual artist Richard Prince Studio Regina DeLuise David Rakowski* and Beth Wiemann* Lawrence and Lucy Ricciardi Christopher Ritzert Frank A. Rogers Bruce Rosenblum and Lori Laitman Saratoga Arms, Ltd. Julia Slavin* Jessica Stern* Nancy Sun David Sutter John J. Thomas Barbara Toll Pauls Toutonghi Joe and Barbara Tyler Ms. Kate Walbert* and Mr. Rafael Pelli Charlotte Weber Mac Wellman* Renee Dake Wilson/Red Green Blue Fund of the Yaddo Contributors (continued) Liberty Hill Foundation Jeffrey Wodicka and Bruce+ and Ellen Cohen Walter Robinson * Wallace and Jean Dugan and Sally and Larry King Neil Castro Sue Allerdice Ben Ford Aaron Copland Fund for Joseph Ehrlich and Victoria Kopke Alexi Worth*+ and Erika Music, Inc. Katherine Rosman* Heather Althoff and Sheri Fink * Belsey Worth Lacey Thaler Reilly Donald Bailey Stewart’s Shops Isam Salah Flynn, Walker, Diggin Wilson Architecture & Zanetti Architectural Associates of Glens C.P.A., P.C. Preservation, LLP Millwork Susan and Dr. Farzad and Falls, Inc. Anthony DePaula Karen Sani GE Foundation Nancy Lampton John A. Zanetti, Sr. Maiken Baird DePaula Chevrolet Matthew Santirocco* Michelle Geoga * James Lapine Noah Baumbach* $500 to $999 Ann and Gordon Getty Saratoga Casino Hotel Abby Goldstein Richard Levin and Foundation Leslie C. Berlowitz* Ronna Levin Anonymous (5) Jim Silverman/Opaleye Kelly and Lou Gonda/ Allan Gurganus* Management, Inc. Dorothy Berwin The Gonda Family Teresa Lindsay 1st National Bank Foundation of Scotia Amy Hempel * Simon & Schuster, Inc. Claudia Wilsey Bright Little Brown and Hardscuffle, Inc. Company/ Hachette Denny Abrams Peter Hempel The Lee and Diane and Book Group, Inc. Juliet Folger Fund Clyde Brownstone Beth and Gary Harker Pat Adams* Brian and Tania Higgins Dale Maharidge* The Swyer Companies/ Tyson Burks HarperCollins Publishers Donald Akenson* Linda Hoyt Stuyvesant Plaza, Inc. Michael Maher Joseph Caldwell* Gardiner Hempel Ben Arno Jones Day Patricia Towers Alexander Maksik* Peter Cameron* James and Alberta Arthurs Peter Kayafas* and Towne, Ryan & Heather Higgins Lenore Malen* Dorothy Blackmun Jonathan and Aztech Environmental Partners, P.C. Susan Colby Hoffman Car Wash & Robert and Technologies, Inc. Louis C. Allegrone, Inc. Margo and Jiffy Lube Doris Fischer Malesardi Rachael Combe and balzer + tuck Gardner McFall* and Anthony Viscusi Orlando Knauss Alan Hollinghurst* Jean and Peter Maloy architecture, PLLC Peter Olberg The Estate of Joel Conarroe* Timothy Hurst Cathy and Elliott Masie Elisabeth Bentley* Myrtle Street Obstetrics Aileen Ward & Gynecology, PC Consigli Construction International Creative Christina and Eliot and Renee Jaime Wolf NY, LLC Management, Inc. Anthony Mason Birnbaum Nemer Motor Group Douglas Wright* and Courtyard by Jaeger & Flynn Kathy Mattes and Sharon Butler * New York Magazine David Clement Marriott-Saratoga Associates, Inc. Andy Marsh Capital District The New York Racing D.A. Collins Barry Johnson Mark Meltzer Physicians Health Association, Inc. $1,000 to $2,999 Construction Co. Plan, Inc. Doug Kaden and William Morris Endeavor Thomas Newkirk Anonymous (2) Marsha Dammerman Merritt Tilney Cardiac RMS Stacey and Bob Morse Penguin Random Marilyn Abildskov* Michael Del Giudice Anne Kaiser Marilyn Chin* House, LLC Ellen Morton India Waitt and Ken Dornstein* Laura Karetzky* Priscilla Clapp Phinney Design Group Benjamin Adams Adam Moss Susanna Kaysen* Daniel Collins

18 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Colonie Mechanical Jan Heller Levi* and Kim and Robert Swidler Contractors, Inc. Christoph Keller Sanjay and Dan and Mary Conboy David Ludwig* Shweta Taneja Willard Cook Andrew and Jennifer Marrus Jane and John Corrou Judith Taylor* Terry McMillan* Susan Crile* Tamara and Jason Tepper Pat Meaney and Sebastian Currier* Annie Totah Joseph Zarzynski Susan and Cudney’s Cleaners John and Joanne Meyer Stephen Dorsey John Vinci Melissa Meyer*+ Tamie and Jane Adams Wait George Ehinger David and Allison Meyers Jeffrey Wallace * Blair England and Rick Moody* Peter Carlin Stewart Wallace* James Morrissey Geoffrey Etnire Frederick Wertheim Geoffrey Movius David Falk Lynette and Northshire Bookstore Daniel Whaley Laurel Farrin* Old Saratoga Workman Publishing Four Winds-Saratoga Restorations, Inc. Company, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fox Tarik O’Regan* Domenique and Lynn Freed* Frederick A. Partyka Dmitriy Yermolayev Avram and Lucilo Pena Shay Youngblood* Rhoda Freedberg William and Mary Perez Dori Friedman Writer Rachel Person and $250 to $499 Patricia McBride Friesen Steve Sheinkin Jenny Xie Anonymous (3) Tom Fruin Deborah Reynolds and Carol J. Kautzman Ayad Akhtar* George and Dorothy Ftikas Sheila Johnson Robbins Bart and Jeff Altamari Laura Furman* Amy Godine* / Bernice B. Godine Family Foundation Lynn C. Goldberg

Michael and ELIZABETH HAYNES Bill Blando David and Darren Legere Carolyn Hampton Anne Golden Susan Bokan Rebecca Loiselle Kendell Harvey Nan Graham Molly Brindle Ashley Lubak Patty Hasbrouck/ HA2F Consultants in Rose Bunch * Kathryn Ma * Engineering Madison Healthcare Steven Burke* Advisors Kristin Maki Paul Hale Priscilla Caldwell Dr. and Mrs. Cheryl and Patrick Martin Hampton Inn and Suites Donald Haswell Saratoga Springs Aifric Campbell* Lydia Martin * Richard Hayes * James Hannaham* Sandra and Winston Lee Thomas Caulfield Michael and Mascarenhas Susan Haswell Patricia Haynes Helen Chase R. Paul and Elizabeth Hazan* John and Claudine Kathleen A. McCarty Rachel Cline* Hedbring/The Hedbring Anne Higgins* Jay McInerney* Lisa Cortes+ Foundation Milton Higgins III Crystal Mckinney Ellen-Deane Cummins Barbara Hefter Alfred and Kelly Hollis Carmen Milligi Poet Michael Snediker Kristin Davis * Heritage Group Planners A. M. Homes* Maggie Moss-Tucker Mary A. De Bare Jane Hirshfield* Long Island Community Liz Anderson Guna S. Mundheim Jay Rogoff* and Jahan Honardoost Foundation/Susan David Del Tredici* Penny Howell Jolly William and Christina Napoletano Isaacs and Elkan Ms. Lisa Dierbeck Bruce Jordan Patricia Arpey Abramowitz Elizabeth Rosenman Gerald A. Novack Josh Dorman* Betsy Joyce Charitable Fund Sohyun Bae* Saratoga National Bank Ravien Noyes Dr. Mina Dunnam Donald Keene* Tamara Jenkins* & Trust Co. Peter Balakian* Peter and Betsy Olmsted John Freer John Kelly* Bradford Johnson* and Saratoga Paint and Matthew and Susan Orlean* Jacquelyn VanderBrug Sip Studio Eileen Battle Mary Freeze The Honorable Meg Kelly Thomas Osborne Wesley J. Johnson, Jr. Elizabeth Schwartz Philip Bazicki Grace Frisone James K. Kettlewell John Parris* Beena Kamlani* Tanya Selvaratnam* Ellen Beal Joan Giordano* Perri Klass* Gina Peca Erica Klein Elizabeth Ann Simmons Andrea Belag* and Philip and Charles and The LA Group, PC Kevin and Judy Soukup William R. Hardin Marie Glotzbach Margaret Kuenzel Sara and Matthew Diller Jeremy Lansford and Patricia Brown Specter Aimee Bender* David and Reese Kwon * Tony Phillips* and Nancy Gonzalez Judith Raphael* Laura Faulk Steven and Pam Stiansen Barbara and MaryEllen Lacy William Bennett Sarah Gray Elena Porter Richard and Emily Lee Joanne Sullivan Gerry Laliberte Niki Berg* Susan Gubernat Cheryl Quigley Marc and Jennifer Leidig Margaret Sundell Darlene Langkua Richard Bieber Nan Guslander continues 19 Yaddo Contributors (continued)

Suzanne Redmond Michael and Renee Butler* Rebecca Donner * Katharine Hackett * Adam Klein* Nancy Swire Arons Cheri Reynolds Sandra R. Butler Matthew J. Dorsey Daron Hagen*+ and Kim Klopstock Christopher J. Arpey Gilda Lyons Charles and David Cale* Ellen and Todd Downing Karla Knight * Katie Richman Barbara Baciewicz Alex Halberstadt* Jane Ellen Dwyer Nancy Downing Barbara J. Kolapakka Denise Rotunda Blake Bailey and Camenga Trish Harnetiaux* Nancy Doyle Zane Kotker* Mary Brinkmeyer Catherine Rush * Florence Campion Dorothy and Susanna Doyle Margo Kren* Ivy Baldwin * Stephen Harran Freshteh Salehi Abigail Angell Canfield Victoria Doyle Anne Kusnierz Charles and Megan Harris Jonathan Santlofer*+ Sarah Canright* Michael Ballew-Paque John Duell Eric Lane* Michael Harrison * George D. Schwab Robert Carioscia* Judith Banks Charlotte Eaton Laura Lappi * Molly Haskell* Paul and Kathy Schwartz Claudia Carman Kristen Barkenhagen Rachel Eddey Kirsten LaVigna Dean Haspiel * Jeselle Serravento Jamie Caro Ferenc Barnas* Margaret Condon Elting Joseph Leahy George Hauenstein Mark Shalonis Carlos Carrillo Ron Baron* Scott Erickson Anne LeBaron* Mellicent and Dee Shapiro * Kieran Carroll * Mark Barr * George Essayian* William Hawke Young Jean Lee* Lorraine Shemesh* Pelle Cass* John Barrow* Patricia Falk Jon and Louise Haynes Natalie Robins* and Marion and Rex Smith James Cerniglia Christopher Lehmann- Harriet Bart * Lynn M. Farenell Erin Healy Haupt Elizabeth Sobol and Margaret Cezair- Richard and Donna Bates Teresa Fazio * Mary Jo and Jorge Gomez Thompson* Harry Leigh* William Hebert Laurie Beckelman Franklin Feldman* Manuel Sosa* Susan Cheever* Deirdre Leland Kylie Heidenheimer * Susan Nisenbaum Molissa Fenley * Michael Stanko Herb and Tania Leon* Becker* Nate Heiges Kathy Chesbrough Joyce Fillip* Susan Steinberg* Daniel Levenson* Dan Bellm*and Yoel Kahn Brianna Herman Peter Child* Rosemarie Fiore* Melody Stevens Murray and Tina Levith Judith Belzer * and Will Hermes* Audrey Christensen Robert Fleisher * David Storey* Michael Pollan Sydney Licht* and Marcie Hershman* Rachel Christiansen Martine Fougeron * Tom Summer Robert V. Storr* Suzanne Bennett* Katherine and Nancy Church and Robert Franca * Laurence Lieberman Vanessa Suris Ted Bent* William Hickey Stephen Buonome Barbara Friedman* Lyn Lifshin* Beverley Talbott Marina Berio* Sally Higgins Diane Churchill* Donald Furst* Joan Linder * The Golub Foundation Zeke Berman* Maggie Hill * Gloria Ciejka Mary Gaitskill* Deena Linett* George Tsontakis* Anne Bertram* Field Horne* Catherine A. Clarke Patricia Gallagher Mark Lipman* and Vadis Turner * Brian Bevelander* Patricia and Robert Hoyt Andrea Clearfield* Helen Cohen Kathleen Galligan Shirley and Dr. and Mrs. David Huddle* Marcelle Clements* Dr. Robert Klitzman* Robert Voelker James L. Biffer Gay Gamage Lissa Hunter* and Mr. Charles Lloyd Judy Coburn Patricia Volk* Hayes Biggs* Danielle Ganek Bieber Adam Hurwitz * Gerald Cohen* Joy Walker* Corinna Bishop Linda Garramone Peter Locascio Andrew Huston* Thomas Colbert* Amelia and Terry Weir Lydia Blaisdell Brunner * Anthony Gatto* M. G. Lord * Mala Iqbal* Michael and Victoria Westhead Gillian Blake Gail E. Gerber Benjamin Lorr * Mary Louise Coleman Elizabeth Ireland Barry Whistler Jayne Blankenship * Wendy Gifford and Devin Lydecker Vivien* and David Collens Kiyomi Iwata* Gerald Degenhardt Thomas Whitman * Suzanne Bocanegra* Jacki Lyden* Don and Donna Colosimo Nicolette Jones Charlotte Gilet Ashleigh Wick Terri Cosma Boor Kathryn Lynch Janice Conners * Shaun Kadlec * Gail Gilliland* Joan Wickersham* Bruce Boston* T. Kira Madden * Diane Cook * Jennifer Karady* Sarah Ginand Word on Fire Catholic Katherine Bourne Audrey Ellsworth Maehl Carrie Cooperider Vincent Katz * Ministries Gina Gionfriddo* Nancy Bowen* Tim Main* Celeste Cornell Anne Kauth Glenville Hills Eleanor Boyle Marilyn J. Malina Up to $249 Jean-Marie Crocker Garden Club Jonathon Keats* Margaret Bradley Patricia Mangini Anonymous (18) Ann Daly * Paul and Joseph Keckler* Peg and Jerry Bradley Barbara Glotzbecker Alison Manheim* Mike Albo* Alice Dark * John Keene* Stephan Brigidi* Gerard J. Glowniak Madalyn Marcus * Margaret Albrecht Daniel Thomas Davis* Darra Keeton* Colette Brooks* Neil Goldberg * Regina Marler* Phyllis and Lisa Corinne Davis* Lt. Col. Edward Kelly and Judith Broughan * William Goldstein* Phyllis Kelly Steve Marston Alexander Aldrich Kyle deCamp*+ Debra Brown Patricia Goldstone Nancy Kelly* Randy and Alice Martin Julia Alvarez* Philip and Judith Amdur * Ellen Brown Lenore DeFliese Guido Golüke * Mark Kendall * Nancy Martinez Jonathan Ames* Jessica Bruder * Ellen M. deLalla Linda Gottesfeld* Jane Kent* Pearson Marx Stuart Anthony Suzanne and Marilyn and Holly K. Grande Frances*+ and Beverley Mastrianni Daniel Brunelle Dominick DeLorio Howard Kiernan Applied Materials Geoffrey Graser Cleopatra Mathis* Rosanna Bruno * David Derish * Dave King * Foundation Elliott Green* Mary Mattes Brooke Bullman * John Dilg* Eleanor King * Michele Araujo* Jeannette Green Alice Mattison* Austin Bunn * Stephen Dixon* Mara King Jeffrey and Mark Greenside* Nyla Matuk * Teresa Armon Irene Buszko* Gregory Djanikian* Darya Kiper * Leah Guadagnoli * Susan May Tell * Kenseth Armstead * Katy Butler * Sharon Dolin* Jerome Kitzke* Sandrine Guerin* Laura McBride *

20 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Michelle McCabe* Richard McCann*+ Brian McCorkle * Sarah McEneaney*

Beverly McIver* ELIZABETH HAYNES Harold* and Hilary Meltzer Penelope Mermall Ryan Lewis Merritt John Mesch T.D. Mitchell Martha Moffett* Anna Monardo* James Montford* Elizabeth B. Moore* Honor Moore* Nancy Pierce Morgan Mary N. Morrow Jennifer Moses * Mary Muraski Eileen Murphy * Peter E. Murphy* Sarah Murray* Sheila and Donald Nelson Visual artist Katherine Newbegin* Sharon Butler Mary Anne Newhall* Laura Newman * Mark Newport* Thomas H. Pierce Barnet Schecter* Rebecca Soderholm * True North Jason Weiss * Financial Services Maud Newton * Jason Pirozzolo David Scheinert Tony Solitro * Vera and Marvin Weiss Lily Tuck Judith Nies Russell Platt* Victoria and Segovia Spelbrink Dan Welcher* Frank Schepps Maria Tuller Dianne Niklaus Francesca Giuliana Polo Sue Standing* Susan M. Wendelgass Robyn Schiff * Evelyn Twitchell* Kathleen Nolte Randy Polumbo* Jeff Stark* Scott Wheeler* Elizabeth Wix Schmid* Aynsley Vandenbrouke* Stephen O’Connor* Edward Porter * Charles Steckler* Paula Whyman * Tobias Schneebaum Jennifer Vanderbes* Odili Odita * Helen Porter Connie Stone Daniel Wiener Carrie Schneider * Chloe Vaughn Virginia Snyder O’Donnell Jill Posnick Patricia Storace* Nancy and David Wilder John Schuetz* Sugar Vendil * Margaux Ogden * Jaime Quatro* Martha Strohl Jamie and Christine Schutt* Helen Vendler* Shane Williams-Ness Julia Older* Jane Quinn Steven Subotnick * Susan Schwalb* Gabrielle Vessa Heather Willig Nancy and Tracy Quinn Rita Jean Sutcliffe* Edward O’Leary Margaret Scott Gabrielle Vitollo * Kevin Wilson* Mary Quirk Barbara Sutherland Will and Tabitha Orthwein Stephanie Sellars* Teal Vivacqua Sari Wilson* Lawrence Raab* M. Beverly Swan David Packer* Courtney Sender * Beth and Mark Winegardner* Kora Radella * Beatrice Sweeney George Vodapivc Faith Palma Julie Shapiro * Rebecca Witkop and Mahmud Rahman* Kathleen Sweet Laura Von Rosk* Craig Smith Richard Panek* and Deirdre Shaw* Phyllis Raphael* Pamela Talese Meg Wolitzer* Jean Vong* Carrie Woerner Shenendehowa United Kevin Ray Jeff Talman* Richard Parker Methodist Church Megan E. Vossler Ruth Wolf* Beth Reisman* Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan* Paul and Audrey Janine Shissler Mary Joan Waid * Margaret Wolitzer* and Parobeck Temple Richardson Tango Fusion Richard Panek* Lynne and Dan Shorey G.C. Waldrep* Dance Company Barbara Parrish Martin Ries* Mark Woods* James Shrosbree * Irene Wanner* Robert and Diane Taylor Vincent L. Passaro* Elizabeth Riggle * Chin Chih Yang * James Siena*+ and Candace Crocker Warren Hannah Thomas Kathryn Paulsen* Nick and Donna Ripley Katia Santibañez* Barbara Young * Rebecca Thomas Bari Pearlman* Kathy Robbins Mary Taylor Simeti* James E. Zabala Kathryn Waters* Jane and Gordon and Gelah Penn * Mary Robison * Danna Singer * Peter Zakrewski Jane Thompson Ms. Annie Weatherwax Susanne Petitto-Egielski Dana Roeser* Carla H. Skodinski Susan Zampier Maureen Torrens Warren Wechsler Leila Phililp Christine Root Edward Smaldone* Joseph and Lucy Tower Tim Weiner* and Joyce Zanchelli Gregory Phillips Suzanne Rucinski Christianne Smith- Katharine T.L. Doyle Peter Trachtenberg * Designsmith Studio Deborah Zlotsky* Lisa Phillips* and Michael Ryder Annette Weintraub* Nancy Trimbur William Mead Michael Snediker * Steven Sacco* Londa Weisman* *Denotes Yaddo Artist William Trowbridge* Roger Phillips * Jenny Snider*

21 ELIZABETH HAYNES

Sheila S. Klass Gifts Gifts Perri Klass 2018 Gifts for the Yaddo Made in Made in Medal Fund Melisande Kopp Honor Memory Frank A. Rogers Christopher J. Arpey Catherine A. Barnett Ina Barker Wendy B. LaNoue Sarah Ginand Stacie and Michael Arpey Margaret Bradley William J. Hickey III James L. Biffer Lynn M. Farnell Naomi Baron Benita Mindenbergs A. M. Homes Ron Baron Pauls Toutonghi Sandra R. Butler Peter Cameron Jane Ellen Dwyer Camenga Ann Bergen Doris Moss Lucy Grande Maureen N. McLane Maggie Moss-Tucker Matthew J. Dorsey Kim Klopstock Linda Collins Howard Moss Erin Healy Margaret Cezair- Beena Kamlani Anonymous Thompson Lt. Col. Edward J. Kelly Megan E. Vossler Nancy Sullivan Audrey Ellsworth Maehl John Di Carlo Susan Brynteson Janice Y.K. Lee James Hannaham Nancy Lampton Nancy Pierce Morgan Janine Shissler Marilyn J. Malina Caroline and John W. James Morrissey M. Beverly Swan Jaime M. Wolf Duncan Virginia Snyder O’Donnell Stuart Anthony Suzanne Rucinski Mike Sundell Victoria Kopke Thomas H. Pierce Dora Ferran Jeff Talman Tania J. Leon Candace Crocker Warren Stephen and Mary Zabala Katherine Tidball James E. Zabala Curtis Harnack Kirsten LaVigna Renee Dake Wilson/Red Green Blue Allan Gurganus Fund of the Liberty Hill Foundation David Vereano Mark M. Meltzer John A. Zanetti, Sr.

22 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2018 The Trask Society TRASK SOCIETY MEMBERS Planned Giving to Sustain Yaddo Anonymous (7) Lenore Malen Helene Aylon Susan R. Malloy+ John Barrow Alison Manheim David Loren Bass Adrianne Marcus+ Leslee Becker Cleopatra Mathis + Richard McCann

ELIZABETH HAYNES Susan Bokan Susannah McCorkle + Mrs. Edward Milan Boor Gardner McFall Daniel Brewbaker+ Mark Meltzer Jamie Brisick Mary Mercer+ Susan Brynteson Melissa Meyer J. Byrne + Rick Moody Eli Cantor+ John and Lee Nelson+ Marilyn Chin Acosta Nichols+ William Claire Anne Palamountain+ Jane M. Cooper+ Andras Petocz Allen Davis Sidney Phillips + Louis DeMattei Denise Polit Katharina Denzinger Nancy Potter Garry DuFour Harold Reed+ Stephen Dunn Louise Reisman+ Janice Eidus Donald S. Rice Laurel Farrin Katherine Russell Rich+ Alice Fellows Donald Richards+ Lynn Freed Harvena Richter+ Robert Garis + Leonard Roberts+ Gail Gilliland Thomas Rogers + Amy Godine Jay Rogoff Jane Goldberg Taney Roniger Morris Golde + Andrew Rudin Julius Goldstein+ Jonathan Santlofer Peter Davison+ atrina and ’s into consideration in their financial planning, Sapphire Peter C. Gould extraordinary philanthropic vision through a bequest, a charitable remainder Rudy Shackelford Julie Gross created Yaddo and has helped trust, a gift of tangible or real property, or Rachel Shteir Daron Hagen keep its doors open for more than by naming Yaddo as a beneficiary in their Eileen Simpson+ Priscilla Haley Alfred Z. Solomon+ Ka century. Many have followed the example retirement plan or insurance policy. Curtis Harnack+ J. Jason Stewart of their transformative gift by becoming Yaddo works with donors and their Nanette Heiman+ Jancey Stockly + Patricia Highsmith+ a member of The Trask Society, Yaddo’s representatives to structure individual Nancy Sullivan+ A.M. Homes planned giving program. planned gifts that can offer substantial tax Karen A. Sulzberger Cyrus Jabarzadeh One person who has sustained Yaddo’s and estate benefits, particularly if funded Michael+ and Nina+ Madelyn Pulver Jennings Sundell mission in this inspired way was the late through gifts of appreciated stock or real Buffie Johnson + Amy R. Tan Nancy Sullivan. Nancy, who died March 18, estate. There is no minimum bequest Beena Kamlani Elizabeth Thompson 2018, was a celebrated poet, editor, and required. Restricted gifts can memorialize Leslie Katz+ and Jane Martha Tinker + Katz+ educator at Brown University and Rhode relatives or friends, or perpetuate donors’ Patricia Towers Beth Kissileff Island College, as well as a tireless advocate names by endowing artists’ residencies Anne Truitt + Mary Alice Kremp+ Esteban Vicente+ for the arts. She served as a Director and and restoration of the historic estate. Rosette Lamont+ Aileen Ward+ Vice-Chair of Yaddo’s board for many years Finally, many former guests have Ingeborg Lauterstein+ Gerald Weales+ and was a resident at Yaddo 14 times. designated works of art as a gift, with Sharon Lerch George W.S. Wen Maurice Alain LeSage+ Nancy’s staunch support of our mission specific arrangements made for their care Anita Weschler + Jan Heller Levi carries on in her legacy gift to Yaddo. and eventual disposition. For additional Holly Woodward Marshall and Debra We are pleased to recognize here the information, contact Cheryl Martin, Levin Nancy Wilson-Ross Young+ individuals, many of them artists, who have Development Manager, at 518-584-0746 Estate of Romulus Linney+ thoughtfully and generously taken Yaddo or [email protected]. Bernard Malamud + +Indicates deceased

23 Directors and Members of the Corporation of Yaddo

As of December 31, 2018

OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACTIVE MEMBERS

Janice Y. K. Lee, Co-Chair Ayad Akhtar Pat Adams Peter C. Gould Geoffrey Movius Stacie H. Arpey Jonathan Ames Gail Gregg Tarik O’Regan Peter Kayafas, Co-Chair Ann Chen Jo Andres Allan Gurganus Odili Odita Alberta Arthurs Daron Hagen Donald S. Rice Alexi Worth, Vice Chair Bruce Cohen John W. Barr James Hannaham Ned Rorem Lisa Cortés Candace K. Weir, Treasurer Deborah Berke Richard Howe Jonathan Santlofer Willis Goldsmith Susan Brynteson, Leslie C. Berlowitz Tamara Jenkins James Siena A.M. Homes Recording Secretary Blair Brown Barry E.A. Johnson James H. Silberman Madelyn P. Jennings Susan Brynteson Laura Karetzky Robert Storr Peter Cameron, Corporate Secretary Ellen Morton Steven Burke Joseph Keckler Barbara Toll Elaina H. Richardson, President Katherine Rosman Joseph Caldwell John Kelly Patricia Towers Alex Castro Kevin Kimberlin George Tsontakis Matthew Santirocco Christine A. Holle, Susan Cheever Nancy Lampton Margo Viscusi Vice President/Assistant Treasurer Marilyn Chin Young Jean Lee Huberta von Voss-Wittig Susan Unterberg Marcelle Clements Jan Heller Levi Lisa Warren Jill Viney Susan Crile Richard McCann Jaime Wolf Stewart Wallace Sebastian Currier Gardner McFall J. Stanley Yake Doug Wright Kyle deCamp Beverly J. McIver Shay Youngblood David Del Tredici Melissa Meyer Laura Furman Rick Moody

Staff As of December 31, 2018

Michael Blake, Head Chef Nancy Robertson, Housekeeping Design Beth Rowen Laura Blunt, Dining Room Attendant Aaron Shelton, Dining Room Attendant

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