Annual Report YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 2018

1 Passages AN APPRECIATION  Mission

THE MISSION OF THE MACDOWELL COLONY is to nurture his page is typically reserved the arts by offering creative individuals of the highest talent for the chairman’s personal an inspiring environment in which they can produce enduring works of the imagination. The sole criterion for acceptance is reflections on the year recently artistic excellence, which The MacDowell Colony defines in a passed, but Michael Chabon pluralistic and inclusive way. We encourage applications from Thas graciously granted me his space artists representing the widest possible range of perspectives to frame this moment of transition and demographics, and who are investigating an unlimited array of inquiries and concerns. between executive directors. Beginning on the next page, Cheryl Young provides Edward and Marian MacDowell established the Colony in 1907 a comprehensive overview of the in Peterborough, New Hampshire, to stimulate creativity and enhance expression in American culture. Since then, the Colony tremendous accomplishments and has supported the work of more than 8,300 artists from around progress experienced during her more the world. Fellows have earned 90 Pulitzer Prizes and scores than two decades of leadership of The of MacArthur, Guggenheim, GRAMMY, Emmy, Sundance, Tony, MacDowell Colony. So in this, my second and National Book Awards. Artists who experience a residency month as Cheryl’s successor, allow me to at MacDowell cite the pivotal difference it makes not only in their work but also in their ability to innovate and take creative reflect on this potent concept of change. risks. A registered National Historic Landmark, the Colony was When the passing of the torch is afforded time and grace it ensures By glancing at it, one can see one’s history, where you have been, awarded the National Medal both the honoring of what has come before and the potentiating of as well as imagine what’s to come. It’s a visual map of time. In this of Arts in 1997. the future. Cheryl has been a strong and steady mentor for me. Over way, I hold on to the core values that frame the foundation of many weeks last spring, she offered invaluable insights and allowed MacDowell and position myself to lead the organization into a MacDowell offers 32 studios to artists in seven disciplines: me to pose endless questions. In an enlightened democracy we stable and vibrant future. architecture, film/video, literature, theatre, music composition, expect the smooth transition of power; at MacDowell it was also visual art, and interdisciplinary art. Each year, more than compassionate and creative. I am thankful to Cheryl and David and to the extraordinary MacDow- 300 artists, both emerging and established, are awarded Table of Contents ell Board of Directors for their willingness to work with me this past Fellowships that last from two weeks to two months to come I first set foot in Peterborough last January – to walk the literal ter- spring during the hand-off; to make sure that the charge of caring Passages (an appreciation)...... 1 to Peterborough to focus on their work. Accepted artists are rain of this fabled place. The woods were white and my footsteps for one of the nation’s most important arts institutions continues in provided with a studio, accommodations, and all meals. President and Executive Director’s Report...... 2 crunched on hard snow and ice. For the first time, I felt the spirit of a clear and balanced manner. There are no fees and anyone may apply. MacDowell and the responsibility of stewardship. Fellows Executive Committee...... 7 As you peruse the report in your hands detailing 2018, we’ll keep a I visited again in early May, when spring was glorious, and engaged watchful eye turned to our heritage as we embrace the future. We To continue to provide an ideal working environment for Artists-in-Residence...... 8 with the dedicated staff in conversations. That was when it became will ensure that the MacDowells’ grand and important experiment gifted artists, The MacDowell Colony depends on public Events...... 13 clear that this transition would be embraced by a team of individ- stays dynamic and relevant: that creative artists from all land- interest and generosity, and is grateful to the many who have Medal Day...... 16 uals who deeply understood and lived the MacDowell mission. scapes and backgrounds find an idyllic setting in which to create art given their support. Resident Director David Macy, along with his remarkable cohort, that influences and invigorates our world. Community Engagement...... 18 possesses unique insights into what makes an artist residency a Gifts for Residencies and Studios...... 20 productive place for creative souls. MacDowell remains the model Sincerely, for art makers because a dedicated staff – in New Hampshire and Contributors...... 26 New York – stays alert and open to innovation. Treasurer’s Report...... 31 I wear on my wrist an old-fashioned analog watch, where the hours Board and Staff...... 32 and minutes are represented by hands that sweep across the face Philip Himberg, Executive Director A Gift for MacDowell...... 33 of time. Unlike digital time keepers, the analog design tells a story.

1 President+ Executive Director’s REPORT 

The highlights included the opening of the brand new Calderwood Studio in 2000. It became the third new studio along with the Nef photography studio and Heinz sculpture studio, which were built during the last two campaigns. We renovated Schelling, Wood, and New Jersey, and made over Mixter for film. We also expanded the office at East 81st Street, purchasing an adjacent unit in the building.

The vision to improve the residency experience included expanding our library and adding staff to manage the collection. In 2001 we began by defining what should be in the MacDowell collection, and we hired a library consultant to create a new multidisciplinary digital catalog of Fellows’ work that could accommodate sound, websites, images, and film, in addition to books. The first librarian was hired in 2003 to work with 9,000 items. Today, two part-time staff and a host of volunteers help manage the 15,000-item collection.

Our mission and one of our stated Centennial goals was to increase appreciation of the arts as a national value. To do this we ramped Cheryl Young with current President of the Board of Directors Andrew Senchak in the summer of 2017. up our communications efforts and adopted technologies so that artists and the public would learn about us. We worked on making An all-Fellows picnic in Central Park in New York was one of the events in a nation-wide celebration of the Colony’s Centennial in 2007. the online application form easier to use and as word spread, national and international applications increased dramatically. We A Short History of Two Decades established a communications department to expand our reach 2001 to create a long-range financial model capable of illustrating through upgrades to our pioneering website and regular dispatches changes in the endowment 20 years into the future. Still in use, via our e-News. Our technology coordinator set up a proprietary the model is a critical tool in setting strategic goals. Development  1997 to 2007 database of all Fellows and individual residency records. The efforts during this decade were spent building our capacity for the MacDowell benefited greatly from the outstanding leadership of Carswell, I learned a great deal. Beginning my tenure as executive admissions office moved all of our communications with incoming next campaign to bring us a step closer to sustainability without Chairman Robin MacNeil, President Carter Wiseman, Treasurer director in the wake of two capital campaigns, I was tasked with artists to a portal that provides details from acceptance to sacrificing quality. We retained a consultant to conduct a feasibility Gerry Gartner, and an array of devoted board members eager to preparing a strategic plan to boost the quality of the residency departure. We also strengthened our feedback loop for exiting study and assembled a campaign steering committee. The quiet help artists achieve their best work. Tom Putnam filled numerous program. Our goal was to provide the best possible residency artists to help us identify areas where we could improve the phase for the Campaign for the Second Century began. critical roles, including treasurer, board president, and chairman of experience to the best artists. At the same time, we would plan residency experience. the Centennial Steering Committee. Through it all, Resident Director for a Centennial worthy of our remarkable history, simultaneously Centennial planning began four years ahead as Centennial David Macy helped make the board’s vision become a reality. restoring and improving all of our 40 buildings. Being an economist by training, I recognized we needed better Coordinator Anne Stark Locher worked to assemble more than 50 financial systems and reporting. Tom Putnam and Gerry Gartner presenting and educational partners in an ambitious nation-wide During my first nine years with MacDowell (1988-1997) as We pursued a top-to-bottom review of admissions policies collaborated with Chief Financial Officer Judy Jones Parker in celebration. Highlights included a MacDowell exhibit at the Library development director and deputy to Executive Director Mary with the goal of increasing artists from under-represented of Congress, an all-Fellows picnic in Central Park, a Centennial communities, playwrights, filmmakers, architects, and artists book, a suite of short films, and a year of artists’ projects built in from a wider geographic reach. I introduced a discipline review partnership with the Peterborough community. The Centennial process to periodically convene admissions panel chairs with activities supplemented regular community programs curated by unaffiliated experts within each discipline. These sessions David Macy with MacDowell in the Schools – beginning in 1996 helped identify artists in communities that were not aware of – and MacDowell Downtown – beginning in 2001 – that reach MacDowell as a resource and uncovered aesthetic biases. With thousands of children and adults. the help of Bobbie Bristol, Dan Hurlin, and Peter Cameron, we examined the operations of the panels and made improvements. MacDowell was recognized with the National Medal of Arts in 1997 To remove financial barriers we created a writers stipend and ten years later Chairman Robert MacNeil delivered the Nancy program with help from the Whiting Foundation in 1998. The Hanks Lecture at the Kennedy Center. With continuing support from Leon Levy Foundation expanded aid to all disciplines. When the National Endowment for the Arts, MacDowell raised the profile the September 11th tragedy occurred, the board voted to use of like-minded organizations across the country that play a critical part of the proceeds of the National Benefit to support artists role in the arts ecosystem. Jane Alexander, former NEA Chairman, in the affected areas. Since then, MacDowell has strived to joined MacDowell’s Board of Directors and actively participated. support Fellows in the aftermath of natural disasters and crises. While excellence is and has always been our mission, at Jane’s In 2004, we created a theatre panel distinct from poetry and urging, the Colony eliminated voluntary residence fees for artists to In 1996, leadership of The MacDowell Colony included (from left) In July of 1999, poet Jean Valentine read on the occasion of a dedi- Cheryl Young, Tom Putnam, Mary Carswell, David Macy, prose to focus more attention on playwriting, and doubled such cation of Calderwood Studio just as framing was being finished. Its eliminate confusion about whether donating impacted admissions Jane Alexander, and Robert MacNeil. residencies over a five-year period. opening the following year was a highlight of Cheryl Young’s tenure. and to acknowledge the acute financial need of many artists.

2 3 We fully renovated Colony Hall, added a maintenance building, and Andy Senchak was elected president in 2017 after a year as upgraded several studios including Eastman, Garland, and Delta interim president and focused the board’s attention on four Omicron, and Putnam is underway. We installed a solar array and essential goals: 1) sustainability 2) making the MacDowell NYC other environmentally friendly systems. Fred Clarke led a design space a success 3) institution-wide diversity, equity, and inclusion, committee to work with architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien to and 4) leadership succession planning as part of overall board craft a glorious new library that opened in 2013, with landscape development. While steadfastly pursuing donors and marshalling designed by Reed Hilderbrand. I am especially proud that the goodwill, Andy chaired the search committee for a new executive Baldwin family welcomed the proposed dedication of the library director after I announced my retirement in May 2018. A in James Baldwin’s name. MacDowell Fellows Kevin Young and nationwide search led to the selection of Philip Himberg, artistic Florence Ladd spoke eloquently at the dedication in the fall of 2018 director of Sundance Institute’s Theatre Program. and this spring, trustees of the Drue and Henry J. Heinz II Trust underwrote the naming and operations of the library with a grant of To date we have increased Fellowships by 35% with a new high $2 million, the largest gift in MacDowell’s history to date. water mark of 316 artists-in-residence. We doubled the number of artists from underserved communities to one third annually with Post-campaign development efforts focused on stewarding major about 10 percent from other nations. The endowment has more Part of the 2007 celebration included an art installation on Medal Day donors by providing first-hand opportunities to understand the than doubled to about $34 million; $68.5 million was expended that was part of a multistage event called Landlines. It included 100 mission and meet with artists. This format paved the way for the providing 5,579 residencies to 3,996 artists. In addition we invested telephones linking Fellows around the world with the Colony. The National Council that evolved into the current Friends program more than $10 million in capital improvements to the studios, under the leadership of Barbara Senchak. After 18 years Helen common buildings, and infrastructure. When Peterborough challenged MacDowell’s charitable tax Tucker and Ruth Feder retired as the co chairs of our national exemption from property taxes in 2007, the board resolved to benefit in 2008. In 2013, Michael Chabon introduced the Chairman’s What drove these achievements? The board, staff, artists, donors, defend the merit of our mission in court. When MacDowell won Evening wherein he would engage two artists from different Leadership 2016: (from left) David Macy; Susan Davenport Austin, who and volunteers too numerous to mention here all deserve credit and this landmark case in Superior Court and again, on appeal, in disciplines in conversation before an audience of MacDowell succeeded Carter Wiseman as president in 2008; Cheryl; and Michael thanks. But it was the MacDowells’ brilliant idea that spurred us on. New Hampshire’s Supreme Court, nonprofits across the nation supporters. Recalling the huge impact of the Louise Talma bequest Chabon, who would follow Robert MacNeil as chairman in 2010. Jud Hale, who served on the committee to review the long-range expressed a collective sigh of relief. in 1998, we established the Marian MacDowell Society to recognize plan I was to develop, summed it up by saying MacDowell should those individuals who had included MacDowell in their estate to re-engineered into the new web site as a searchable compendium become “the national champion of the arts.” Those words excited During this period we continued to work on building the Alliance of encourage planned giving crucial to MacDowell’s sustainability. of more than 8,380 artists. At the urging of board member Anne and inspired me and everyone else to do our best. I know the work Artist Communities. MacDowell was a founding member, being one Stark Locher, Digitas designed a colorful new visual identity and will continue as long as each generation keeps that sincere vision of 18 programs to receive funding from the MacArthur Foundation’s The Colony has awarded The Edward MacDowell Medal since 1960, web site pro bono. Scott Manning led communications strategies in mind. groundbreaking initiative. Mary Carswell was founding chairman and we worked diligently to raise the significance of this national and we hired an engagement editor for our social media channels. of the Alliance. I became active early on and attended the very first program to honor creative work during the one day of the year convening. Later, I was elected chairman. After hosting two national that the studios are open to the public. In 2000, to better represent In 2015, I began hearing that journalists’ livelihoods were suffering symposiums on creativity, the alliance grew to 45 members. David the disciplines practiced at MacDowell, we added a wild card slot and local newspapers were folding or contracting at an alarming Macy served on the Alliance board thereafter. The field of residency into the rotation, with the first going to I.M. Pei in architecture, and rate as a result of the disruption caused by free online content. programs grew globally and the Alliance celebrated its 25th the latest being Art Spiegelman in comic art. The 50th medal was The Art of Journalism Initiative was set into motion with the idea anniversary in 2016 with hundreds of members. awarded in 2009 and we added a special “Make Art” program to of doubling the number of Fellowships for journalists producing the day’s activities. The largest crowd in memory arrived for Toni long-form works. The Calderwood Foundation provided an initial  2008 to 2018 Morrison in 2016 with nearly 2,400 people on the grounds. grant of $1 million to leverage funds and endowed a special project Susan Davenport Austin succeeded Carter Wiseman in the fund (the first of its kind at MacDowell) to reimburse journalists’ president’s role in 2008 and in 2010 Michael Chabon would follow Ever mindful to embrace technology, I imagined a web application research expenses. Robert MacNeil as chairman. The Campaign for the Second that allows artists to post work samples and events taking place Century began with a boost from the Centennial Celebration anywhere. Portable MacDowell went live in 2014 and has just been Michael Chabon refreshed the energy behind finding a new and until the recession’s effects suppressed the national economy larger office space in Manhattan. Fred Clarke and Susan Austin in 2009. That same year we saw a double-digit increase in the led the effort with Jason Van Nest, myself, and staff member percentage of applications received to a total of 2,051. As a result Amy MacLaughlin. Once the former gallery on West 23rd Street we implemented a policy of limiting applicants to applying once in Chelsea was in our sights, it quickly attracted lead gifts from every two years. We deferred some plant projects and reined in Tom Putnam and Eleanor Briggs. A substantial supporting gift our fundraising goals. Under the astute and persuasive leadership from Andrew and Barbara Senchak gave the project a boost, as did of Mary Carswell, Rick Stone, and Bob Olmsted, and an active Fred Clarke’s (and Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects) donation of design committee of board and Fellows, the Campaign for the Second services and office furnishings. MacDowell moved into its new Century concluded in 2012 with more than $13 million in hand. home in August of 2017, and over the next twelve months about 2,000 people made use of the space for administrative, program, In November of 2018, MacDowell dedicated the James Baldwin Library and development events. A great team effort refreshed by Michael Chabon led to a new and larg- with the help and words of author and Fellow Florence Ladd and poet er office space on West 23rd Street in Chelsea. and Fellow Kevin Young (seated left).

4 5 Get Fellows Social Update  

hroughout 2018, the FEC continued Fellows Executive to conduct its business in the 23rd Committee Members: Street office. We continued to focus OFFICERS: on our primary mission to generate President Tand communicate the ideas, opinions, Rosemarie Fiore, visual artist and suggestions of MacDowell Fellows to Vice President: MacDowell’s executive director and board Paula Whyman Frazier, writer members. We have also continued to expand our reach through other initiatives. Treasurer: Michael Harrison, composer During 2018, many standard tasks proceeded with a new business-as-usual pacing. The four meetings with MacDowell’s executive director resulted in discussions of larger Colony Secretary: initiatives, such as the dedication of the James Baldwin Library, and enabled a forum for Dionne Ford, writer questions concerning grounds improvements, outreach, applications, and administration. These meetings also were an opportunity to plan the annual Fellows Party held in New York MEMBERS: City at Little Airplane in Lower Manhattan. The event was robustly attended by close to 200 Scott Adkins, writer Fellows, and generated lots of love for MacDowell and a modest donation to the Colony. Theresa Hackett, visual artist Larry Krone, This year’s work reflects a new standard for the FEC. Since our 2014 initiative to begin electing interdisciplinary artist regional liaisons, we now have far-flung volunteers willing to throw events in Boston, Phoenix, Zibuokle Martinaityte, composer Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Liaison efforts saw two additional reunions Martha Mooke, composer held in Boston and Philadelphia. The FEC also used 2018 meetings to continue to develop our Emily Noelle Lambert, visual artist podcast initiative. Three podcasts have been edited and were shared with a few members of Wendy Richmond, the MacDowell community as they continue to go through creative iterations. Our members interdisciplinary artist suggested it might be wise to apply for federal grants (NEH) and start a Fellow-centric crowd Seamus Scanlon, writer sourcing campaign to fund the podcasts, and purchase editing and technical equipment. Scott Wheeler, composer Connect with MacDowell While we are not sure where the podcast initiative will lead, it reflects and illuminates the Nene Humphrey, visual artist committee’s hard work and deep commitment to new initiatives. Brian Arnold, visual artist Instagram Follow for a window into MacDowell in We continue to be focused on improving our social media (Facebook and Instagram) and Web  EMERITUS MEMBERS: Peterborough and around the world. presence by working with Colony administration to more robustly promote the committee by Jason Van Nest, architect way of FEC exit information packets given to all Fellows as they complete their residencies. Brandon Neubauer, Twitter interdisciplinary artist The FEC also resolved to explore hosting additional NYC-area events, focusing on helping  Follow for the most up-to-date news Fellows address 21st Century artist needs. We hope to continue to interface with and support about MacDowell Fellows and events. REGIONAL LIASONS: the board’s 23rd Street Program Committee, focusing on Fellows events to add to the Phoenix: programming of the space and help to define how the space is used. These expanding projects Facebook Rashaad Thomas, writer Follow on Facebook for news and a cu- reflect long-held desires from past FEC members “to do more.” The years ahead will likely  Philadelphia: provide lessons from our 2018 efforts and produce ideas for still better ways to serve. rated look at work created by Fellows. Kerry Dolan, writer Gainesboro, FL: YouTube / Vimeo Meghan Moe Beitiks, visual artist  Our videos offer a unique look at the Boston: biggest developments from MacDowell. Barbara Trachtenberg, Rosemarie Fiore, visual artist @MacDowellColony FEC President #MacDowellColony #MadeAtMacDowell

6 7 Artists -in- Residence 

acDowell attracts the highest caliber of artists from the broadest range of perspectives and demographics from among the seven disciplines practiced at the Colony. More thanM 2,300 artists applied for MacDowell Fellowships for residencies from January to December of 2018, 316 of whom received Fellowships. They included 11 architects, 27 composers, 25 film and video artists, 21 interdisciplinary artists, 36 theatre artists, 53 visual artists, and 143 writers of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Twenty-eight arrived from 12 countries, and the rest traveled from 37 states. Details about their MacDowell projects and other work can be found at macdowellcolony.org/artists.

 ARCHITECTS

Edward Ford, Charlottesville, VA Kurt Rohde, San Francisco, CA Kai Franz, Providence, RI Laura Schwendinger, Madison, WI Zaneta Hong, Charlottesville, VA Kate Soper, Northampton, MA Timothy Hyde, Cambridge, MA Octavio Vazquez, New York, NY Aleksandr Mergold, Ithaca, NY Scott Wheeler, North Reading, MA Anthony Morey, Los Angeles, CA Conrad Winslow, Brooklyn, NY Bryony Roberts, Princeton, NJ Pete Wyer, London, UK Karla Rothstein, Brooklyn, NY Maxi Spina, Los Angeles, CA  FILM/VIDEO ARTISTS Hans Tursack, Ann Arbor, MI Andrew Witt, Boston, MA Cecilia Aldarondo, Mechanicville, NY Zia Anger, Hudson, NY  COMPOSERS Theo Anthony, Baltimore, MD Sharlene Bamboat, Pittsburgh, PA Kris Allen, West Hartford, CT Kanu Behl, Mumbai, INDIA Ingrid Arauco, Wilmington, DE Alexandra Cuesta, Miami, FL Byron Asher, New Orleans, LA Arisleyda Dilone, Brooklyn, NY Armando Bayolo, Laurel, MD Janie Geiser, Los Angeles, CA Carl Wilson worked in Putnam Studio. Eugene Birman, Oakland, CA Christopher Harris, Coralville, IA Evan Chambers, Ann Arbor, MI Margaret Honda, Los Angeles, CA Rebecca Dale, Wimbledon, UK Salomé Lamas, Lisbon, PORTUGAL Anthony De Ritis, Boston, MA Alexis Mitchell, Berlin, GERMANY Mark Dresser, Encinitas, CA Jenni Olson, San Francisco, CA Michael Fiday, Cincinnati, OH Lee Anne Schmitt, Altadena, CA  INTERDISCIPLINARY Kate Levy, New York, NY  THEATER ARTISTS Darrel Holnes, New York, NY Arthur Gottschalk, Houston, TX Justin Sherin, Bronx, NY ARTISTS Tara Mateik, Little Neck, NJ Jessica Huang, Minneapolis, MN Ofir Klemperer, Decatur, GA Fern Silva, Brooklyn, NY Helina Metaferia, Silver Spring, MD Christina Anderson, New York, NY Sukari Jones, Brooklyn, NY Tonia Ko, Chicago, IL Julia Solomonoff, New York, NY Nichole Canuso, Philadelphia, PA Kaj-anne Pepper, Portland, OR Lee Breuer, Brooklyn, NY Alison Lawrence, Toronto, CANADA Emily Koh, Athens, GA Stacey Steers, Boulder, CO Robin Deacon, Chicago, IL Erik Ruin, Philadelphia, PA John Caswell Jr., Astoria, NY Daniel Lazour, New York, NY Mikel Kuehn, Toledo, OH Brett Story, Toronto, CANADA Carmina Escobar, Los Angeles, CA Tom Sellar, Brooklyn, NY Steven Cosson, Brooklyn, NY Patrick Lazour, New York, NY Andrew May, Denton, TX Haruko Tanaka, South Pasadena, CA John Kelly, New York, NY Ling Sepúlveda, México City, MEXICO Fiona Doyle, Tralee, Kerry, IRELAND Ethan Lipton, Brooklyn, NY Grace McLean, New York, NY Jennifer Taylor, San Francisco, CA Starlee Kine, Brooklyn, NY Carlos Sirah, Charleston, MS Rinde Eckert, Nyack, NY Casey Llewellyn, Brooklyn, NY Javier Moreno Sanchez, Madrid, SPAIN Christin Turner, Temecula, CA Autumn Knight, New York, NY Jeff Sugg, Philadelphia, PA Georgina Escobar, New York, NY Cordelia Lynn, London, UK Koji Nakano, Boston, MA Calum Walter, Chicago, IL Chelsea Knight, New York, NY Morgan Thorson, Minneapolis, MN Anna Fox, West Hollywood, CA David Mallamud, Katonah, NY David Rakowski, Maynard, MA Lauren Wolkstein, Brooklyn, NY Larry Krone, New York, NY Basil Twist, New York, NY Madeleine George, Bronx, NY Mona Mansour, Brooklyn, NY David Zellner, Austin, TX Abigail Levine, Los Angeles, CA Takahiro Yamamoto, Portland, OR Morgan Gould, New York, NY Sarah Mantell, Rochester, NY

8 9  Artists-in-Residence Left: (Clockwise from top left) Filmmaker Alexandra Cuesta in Sorosis Studio, playwright Darrel Holnes in Sorosis, playwright Shontina Vernon in New Jersey Studio, and nonfiction writer Philip Clark in Banks Studio.

Alistair McDowall, Manchester, UK Ester Partegas, New York, NY Katrina Dodson, New York, NY Ellen McLaughlin, Nyack, NY Jami Porter Lara, Albuquerque, NM Jeremy Eichler, Newton, MA Bonnie Metzgar, Chicago, IL Pablo Rasgado Quintanar, México City, Andrea Elliott, New York, NY Maude Mitchell, Brooklyn, NY MEXICO Bernadette Esposito, Bath, ME Jiehae Park, New York, NY Erin Riley, Brooklyn, NY Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Arvada, CO Christina Quintana, New York, NY Nadia Sablin, Poughkeepsie, NY Ayokunle Falomo, Houston, TX Len Schiff, Little Neck, NY Heidi Schwegler, Yucca, CA Amity Gaige, West Hartford, CT Brian Selznick, Brooklyn, NY Alexandria Smith, Wellesley, MA Amy Gall, Brooklyn, NY Rebecca Taichman, Brooklyn, NY Michael Stamm, Brooklyn, NY Amanda Galvan Huynh, Middletown, NY Kate Tarker, Brooklyn, NY Joni Sternbach, Brooklyn, NY Jenny George, Santa Fe, NM Cressandra Thibodeaux, Houston, TX Sarah Welch, Houston, TX Peter Gizzi, Holyoke, MA James Tyler, Brooklyn, NY Margaux Williamson, Toronto, CANADA Guinevere Glasfurd-Brown, Waterbeach, UK Max Vernon, Brooklyn, NY Carl Wilson, Eastpointe, MI Hallie Goodman, Hudson, NY Shontina Vernon, Seattle, WA Fo Wilson, Chicago, IL Andrew Greer, San Francisco, CA Eric Aho, Saxtons River, VT Letha Wilson, Brooklyn, NY Jennifer Grotz, Rochester, NY Jayoung Yoon, Beacon, NY Simon Han, Tulsa, OK  VISUAL ARTISTS Eva Heisler, Landstuhl, GERMANY  WRITERS Sarah Hepola, Dallas, TX Andrea G Artz, London, UK Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles, CA Jonathan Berger, New York, NY Ayọ̀bámi Adebáyọ̀, ILe-Ife, NIGERIA Jane Hirshfield, Mill Valley, CA Nayland Blake, Brooklyn, NY Mike Alberti, Minneapolis, MN Jean Ho, Los Angeles, CA Julia Bland, Brooklyn, NY Kathleen Alcott, Brooklyn, NY Cathy Park Hong, Brooklyn, NY Elizabeth Bonaventura, Fleischmanns, NY Candace Allen, London, UK Lewis Hyde, Gambier, OH Sebastiaan Bremer, Brooklyn, NY Sara Allen, Ipswich, MA Wil Hylton, Baltimore, MD Becky Brown, Bronx, NY Eloisa Amezcua, Tempe, AZ Debra Jo Immergut, Northampton, MA Victoria Burge, Philadelphia, PA Lesley Arimah, Saint Louis Park, MN David Johnson, Stratham, NH Dawn Clements, Brooklyn, NY Louise Aronson, San Francisco, CA Juleen Johnson, Belchertown, MA Liz Collins, Brooklyn, NY Uchenna Awoke, Nsukka, NIGERIA Paul Kaiser, New York, NY Mike Crane, Brooklyn, NY Latifa Ayad, Columbus, OH David Keane, Dublin, IRELAND Erik den Breejen, Brooklyn, NY Susan Barba, Cambridge, MA Azmat Khan, New York, NY Rose Dickson, Portland, OR Elif Batuman, Brooklyn, NY Emily Kiernan, Pittsburgh, PA Marie Yoho Dorsey, Tierra Verde, FL Joshuah Bearman, Los Angeles, CA Roger King, Leverett, MA Daniel Duford, Portland, OR Chaya Bhuvaneswar, Newton, MA Edgar Kunz, Baltimore, MD Dahlia Elsayed, Palisades Park, NJ Burkhard Bilger, Brooklyn, NY Stephen Kuusisto, Syracuse, NY Adriana Farmiga, Kerhonkson, NY Destiny Birdsong, Nashville, TN Carrie Laben, Astoria, NY Laurel Farrin, Iowa City, IA Jayne Blankenship, Palm Beach, FL Sarah Ladipo Manyika, San Francisco, CA Rashawn Griffin, Olathe, KS Dexter Booth, El Segundo, CA Daniel Levin Becker, Oakland, CA Pinkney Herbert, Memphis, TN Marianne Boruch, West Lafayette, IN Luljeta Lleshanaku, Tirana, ALBANIA Elana Herzog, New York, NY Taylor Brorby, Gettysburg, PA Benjamin Lorr, Brooklyn, NY Christine Hiebert, Brooklyn, NY Carolyn Byrne, Minneapolis, MN Kelly Luce, Knoxville, TN Jess Johnson, New York, NY Maud Casey, Washington, DC Claire Luchette, Burr Ridge, IL Vishal Jugdeo, Los Angeles, CA Jesús Castillo, Oceanside, CA Clair MacDougall, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Jennifer Karady, Brooklyn, NY Lan Samantha Chang, Iowa City, IA James Magruder, Baltimore, MD Dawn Kim, Brooklyn, NY Susan Choi, Brooklyn, NY Magogodi Makhene, Pawling, NY Selena Kimball, Brooklyn, NY Matthew Clark, Bath, ME Emily Maloney, Evanston, IL Perla Krauze, México City, MEXICO Philip Clark, Falls Church, VA James Marcus, New York, NY Annette Lawrence, Denton, TX Carin Clevidence, Northampton, MA Greg Marshall, Austin, TX Michael Lazarus, Portland, OR Brian Cochran, St Louis, MO Carole Maso, Germantown, NY Tod Lippy, Brooklyn, NY Ama Codjoe, Bronx, NY Yvonne McBride, Pittsburgh, PA Mary Lum, North Adams, MA Christina Cooke, Tillson, NY Dennis McFadden, Ballston Spa, NY Tanya Marcuse, Barrytown, NY Eduardo Corral, Casa Grande, AZ Rachel Monroe, Marfa, TX Shari Mendelson, Brooklyn, NY Deirdre Coyle, Brooklyn, NY Tanwi Nandini Islam, Brooklyn, NY Marc Ohrem-Leclef, Brooklyn, NY Meehan Crist, Brooklyn, NY Pamela Newkirk, New York, NY Kambui Olujimi, Brooklyn, NY Mary Crow, Fort Collins, CO Ricardo Nuila, Houston, TX Clifford Owens, Jersey City, NJ Shira Dentz, Menands, NY Matthew Olzmann, Hanover, NH

10 11 Events   Artists-in-Residence

Shelly Oria, Brooklyn, NY Edward Porter, Oakland, CA Eric Puchner, Baltimore, MD Hanna Pylväinen, Richmond, VA Ethel Rackin, Perkasie, PA Misha Rai, San Diego, CA Mary Ruefle, Bennington, VT Lauren Sandler, Brooklyn, NY Benjamin Schaefer, Rochester, NY Marianne Shaneen, High Falls, NY Solmaz Sharif, Oakland, CA Marie Silkeberg, Stockholm, SWEDEN Emily Silverman, San Francisco, CA Avtar Singh, New Delhi, INDIA Rebecca Skloot, Berkeley, CA Annie Sloniker, Lolo, MT Sarah Smith, Pittsburgh, PA Susan Steinberg, San Francisco, CA Nell Stevens, London, UK Pitchaya Sudbanthad, Brooklyn, NY Jia Tolentino, Brooklyn, NY João Tordo, Lisbon, PORTUGAL Alia Volz, San Francisco, CA Amy Waldman, Brooklyn, NY Caroline Walker, Rock Island, IL Kara Wang, San Francisco, CA Xuan Wang, New York, NY LaToya Watkins, Rowlett, TX

Joe Watson, Tucson, AZ (2) TUCKER STEVEN David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Denver, CO The 2018 National Benefit in New York City in May raised more than $620,000 for the program and offered a chance for Fellows who had been in Alison Wellford, Catasauqua, PA residence together to catch up at Gotham Hall. It was a night of performances, good food, and much fun and laughter. Julia Wertz, Napa, CA Dorothy Wickenden, Bronxville, NY hroughout the year, MacDowell hosts 30 years of creative leadership at Mac- Eley Williams, London, UK fundraising events, free presentations to Dowell. Laura Esther Wolfson, New York, NY Other program participants in the eve- Jenna Wortham, Brooklyn, NY the public, informal gatherings, and is an ning’s festivities included Eisa Davis, Ato Es- Khaty Xiong, Columbus, OH enthusiastic partner in bringing local students sandoh, Robin Macatangay, David Petersen, Joshua Yaffa, San Diego, CA Ttogether with the art and artists at MacDowell to Victor Rosario, and Andréa Burns and the Sophie Yanow, San Anselmo, CA NYC Master Chorale. Monica Youn, New York, NY expand art appreciation and inspire creative pursuits. Jung H Yun, Baltimore, MD Tatsiana Zamirouskaya, Brooklyn, NY National Benefit in NYC raised MacNeil, and Thomas Putnam and the event Courtney Zoffness, Brooklyn, NY more than $620,000 to fund 2019 was co-chaired by Christine Fisher and Anne Joyce Zonana, Brooklyn, NY residencies Stark Locher. Rachel Zucker, New York, NY A star-studded group of artists performed Actress, author, former MacDowell and read from works by MacDowell Colo- Board member, and former Chairman of ny Fellows at our annual National Benefit the National Endowment for the Arts Jane in NYC. The May 7 event raised more than Alexander hosted. The evening featured $620,000 for critical operating support. All performances from Hamilton’s Javier proceeds from the National Benefit support Muñoz, and MacDowell Fellows Joseph Right (top and bottom): Fellowships for residencies and directly aid Keckler and Shaina Taub. The evening Nonfiction graphic writer the more than 300 artists who come to Mac- also featured readings from Fellow Tayari Mimi Pond worked in Phi Beta Studio; Fiction writer Dowell each year from all parts of the globe. Jones’ An American Marriage. Fellow Su- The National Benefit honored retiring Executive Daniel Hernandez worked The evening’s honorary chairs were Su- san Blackwell served as emcee. Executive Director Cheryl Young who was joined by three in Wood Studio. san Davenport Austin, Mary Carswell, Robert Director Cheryl Young was honored for her of her brothers at the festive evening.

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Carrie Mae Weems and Tony Kush- Stars Begin to Fall.” Afterward, poet, Fel- Friends Trips & Outings low, and Schomburg Center for Research ner Join Michael Chabon on Stage 3/13/18 – A trip to Stephen Karam’s The in Black Culture Director Kevin Young (MF for Dynamic Chairman’s Evening Humans, Boston On Tuesday December 4, MacDowell Chair- 6x 93-13) talked about his experiences at MacDowell and read from Baldwin’s man and author Michael Chabon spoke 4/18/18 – MacDowell Now exhibition opens autobiographical notes that accompanied about art and culture with BET Award-win- with Curator Gallery, NYC ning photographer and MacDowell Fellow Notes of a Native Son. The New Hamp- shire Benefit is held at the Colony each Carrie Mae Weems and Tony Award-winning 4/26/18 – Young Collectors with curatorial year and brings together artists-in-resi- playwright Tony Kushner in The Refectory team from JPMorgan, NYC Room at The High Line Hotel in front of 100 dence, MacDowell supporters, and busi- ness leaders for an intimate community of our supporters. This annual event is an 5/31/18 – Celebrating Leonard Bernstein celebration of art and artists. exclusive opportunity to sit in on an intimate private concert and dinner, Boston wide-ranging conversation modeled on On Sunday, November 4, almost 100 dinner banter between artists at MacDow- people from around the Monadnock re- The crowd braved a chilly but sunny day to 6/6/18 – A trip to Joshua Harmon’s attend the dedication and listen as Executive ell. Past participants have included Stephen gion joined artists-in-residence and staff Skintight, NYC Director Cheryl Young told them each genera- Sondheim, Paul Simon, Zadie Smith, Ira as we named our library for author and tion needed to insure this national treasure. Glass, Martin Scorsese, Lin-Manuel Miran- MacDowell Fellow James Baldwin. The 6/7/18 – MacDowell’s Poetry Salon with da, Lena Dunham, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Patti dedication ceremony marked the first Vijay Seshadri, Nicole Sealey and Dennis Smith, and Salman Rushdie in conversation Dowell in 1954, 1958, and 1960. His res- time a national arts organization has Nurkse, NYC with Michael Chabon. More images and a idencies helped bring into being some of dedicated a building in his name. Kevin video of this conversation are available at his most seminal works, including Notes Young also spoke at the dedication, 6/9/18 – Trip to Philadelphia with Hyperal- of a Native Son, Giovanni’s Room, and An- macdowellcolony.org/events. lergic to see Taylor Mac, John Schlesinger, as did educator, writer, and MacDowell other Country. MacDowell dedicated The Fellow Florence Ladd, recipient of a Megan Biddle, Jesse Herrod, and Gabriel NH Benefit Celebrates James James Baldwin Library to honor both his 2018 Du Bois Medal, overseer of the Martinez. Baldwin’s Legacy CARASELLA MATTHEW work and continued enormous impact on From Left: Michael Chabon, photographer Carrie Mae Weems, and playwright Tony Kushner Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and friend the public imagination as a novelist, poet, One hundred twenty generous MacDowell 7/9/18 – Private dinner and playreading share a laugh on stage at The Chariman’s Evening. of Baldwin. activist, essayist, playwright, social critic, supporters and friends joined artists-in-res- with Boo Killebrew, Martha’s Vineyard idence at the annual New Hampshire Baldwin was in residence at Mac- and cultural leader. Benefit on November 3 to raise more than 10/23/18 – Architecture Salon with Mabel $41,000 for our program. The evening was a Wilson and New York City Department of celebration of James Baldwin’s (MF ’54, ’58, Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom ’60) contributions to American society and Finkelpearl, NYC. culture as a prolific writer and artist, and was the first half of a weekend dedicated 10/25/18 – Young Friends Cocktail Party to Baldwin at MacDowell. Saturday evening hosted by Max Vernon featuring: T Kira included a stirring performance by baritone Madden, Kate Levy, Dennis Norris II, Becky Phil Lima singing Baldwin’s Poem “Some Brown, and The Lazour Brothers, NYC Days” as well as the spiritual “When the 11/7/18 – Animation Salon with Gina Kamensky and Luke Jaeger, Boston

12/13/18 – MoMA Screening of Barry Jen- kins’ adaptation of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk, NYC

12/18/18 – Young Friends private tour of JPMorgan Art Collection, NYC JONATHAN GOURLAY (2) GOURLAY JONATHAN

The New Hampshire Benefit provides the Baritone Phil Lima sang for guests at the New Hampshire Benefit in November, which raised opportunity for supporters and their guests to $41,000 for MacDowell’s program. Special guest speakers Kevin Young and Florence Ladd share a laugh prior to the ceremony at meet and get to know artists. The James Baldwin Library dedication.

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Comic artist Art Spiegelman Clockwise from top left: MacDowell was delighted to be the first leadership gathers with Medalist Art Edward MacDowell Medalist Spiegelman and introductory speaker Hillary practicing in his discipline. Chute before the ceremony; Spiegelman greets a fan after receiving the Medal; despite the threat of rain, 1,200 arts lovers rt Spiegelman, whose masterful Holocaust the pathways of MacDowell’s 450 wooded came to Medal Day and enjoyed a picnic narrative Maus earned the Pulitzer Prize in acres to visit 32 open studios. The annual lunch, and free open studios with 30 artists- event offers the public the rare opportunity in-residence in the afternoon; painter Mary Lum talks about her work with a Medal Day 1992, accepted the 59th Edward MacDowell to visit with artists-in-residence to experi- visitor during her open studio in the Valli Medal from Chairman Michael Chabon before ence what’s happening on the leading edge Dreyfus Firth Studio. aA crowd of 1,200 at The MacDowell Colony on August of contemporary arts around the world. 12, 2018, saying he was happy to be “the sacrificial red Since 1960, The MacDowell Colony has ribbon who could be cut to allow the horde of comics awarded the Edward MacDowell Medal to MEDALISTS artists in.” an artist of enduring vision and creativity who has made an outstanding contribution 2018 Art Spiegelman, comic artist 1998 I.M. Pei, architect 1977 Virgil Thomson, composer * In welcoming the crowd to Medal Day, Spiegelman accepted the medal after to American culture. The artistic discipline 2017 David Lynch, filmmaker 1997 Chuck Jones, filmmaker 1976 Lillian Hellman, writer Chabon explained that it was an historic introductory remarks by Hillary Chute, a in which the award is given is rotated to 2016 Toni Morrison, writer 1996 Joan Didion, writer 1975 Willem de Kooning, visual artist moment. “We are here to award the first Spiegelman friend and collaborator who is celebrate all fields practiced at MacDowell. 2015 Gunther Schuller, composer 1995 George Crumb, composer 1974 Walter Piston, composer MacDowell Medal ever given to an artist a literary scholar and author focusing on 2014 Betye Saar, visual artist 1994 Jasper Johns, visual artist 1973 Norman Mailer, writer working in the discipline of...” he said, comics and graphic novels. Chute served 2013 Stephen Sondheim, composer 1993 Harry Callahan, photographer 1972 Georgia O’Keeffe, visual artist and hesitated for effect before the crowd on the panel that selected Spiegelman for 2012 Nan Goldin, photographer 1992 Richard Wilbur, writer 1971 William Schuman, composer laughed. “See what I mean? Do we call it the honor. The panel was chaired by Alison 2011 Edward Albee, playwright 1991 David Diamond, composer * 1970 Eudora Welty, writer Comics? Comic Art? Graphic Storytelling? Bechdel, best-selling author of the graphic 2010 Sonny Rollins, composer 1990 Louise Bourgeois, visual artist 1969 Louise Nevelson, visual artist Cartooning? Cartoon Art?” memoir Fun Home, cartoonist, and a MacAr- 2009 Kiki Smith, visual artist 1989 Stan Brakhage, filmmaker 1968 Roger Sessions, composer thur Fellowship winner. The panel also 2008 Thom Mayne, architect 1988 William Styron, writer 1967 Marianne Moore, writer Chabon went on to note that it was about included visual artist, graphic memoirist, 2007 Les Blank, filmmaker 1987 Leonard Bernstein, composer * 1966 Edward Hopper, visual artist time someone working in Spiegelman’s and MacDowell Fellow and board member 2006 Alice Munro, writer 1986 Lee Friedlander, photographer 1965 Edgard Varese, composer medium was honored with the MacDowell Julia Jacquette; graphic novelist, co-found- 2005 Steve Reich, composer 1985 Robert Motherwell, visual artist 1964 Edmund Wilson, writer Medal since artists calling themselves er of the Center for Cartoon Studies, and 2004 Nam June Paik, visual artist 1984 Mary McCarthy, writer 1963 Alexander Calder, visual artist graphic novelists and cartoonists have MacDowell Fellow James Sturm; and Gene 2003 Merce Cunningham, 1983 Elliott Carter, composer 1962 Robert Frost, writer been working at the Colony for decades, Yang, a cartoonist, MacArthur Fellowship interdisciplinary artist 1982 Isamu Noguchi, visual artist 1961 Aaron Copland, composer * and because comics are “arguably the most winner, and last year’s Library of Congress 2002 Robert Frank, photographer 1981 John Updike, writer 1960 Thornton Wilder, writer * effective and powerful narrative tool ever Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. 2001 Philip Roth, writer 1980 Samuel Barber, composer devised.” A discipline, he said, “of which Art 2000 Lou Harrison, composer 1979 John Cheever, writer *MacDowell Colony Fellow Spiegelman is unquestionably and indisput- Following the award ceremony, visitors 1999 Ellsworth Kelly, visual artist 1978 Richard Diebenkorn, visual artist ably the most important living practitioner.” enjoyed a picnic lunch and then toured

16 17 Community Engagement  ANN HAYASHI (2) HAYASHI ANN Top: Photographer Tanya Marcuse opened Heinz Studio to a class of ConVal art students during her residency. Bottom: Takahiro Yamamoto led ConVal students in a performance clinic at the school’s Lucy Hurlin Theater.

MacDowell in the Schools and Misha Rai; cartoonist Julia Wertz; play- The Toadstool Bookshop in Peterborough wrights James Tyler, Christina Quintana, to read from their works. Playwright Ethan Since 1996, this program has been bringing and playwright/screenwriter Justin Sherin; Lipton spoke with statewide civic group the creative process to the classroom, and poets Amanda Galvan Huynh, Ayokunle Fa- Leadership New Hampshire in the James has invited the classroom into the studio. lomo, and Matthew Olzmann; visual artists Baldwin Library. Nonfiction writer Lauren Students in grade school, high school, and Marie Yoho Dorsey, Jami Porter Lara, Carl Sandler gave a brief presentation of her college in the Monadnock Region all benefit Wilson, and Daniel Duford; composers Mi- work to a group from the New Hampshire from the time and expertise of MacDow- chael Fiday and Kate Soper; interdisciplin- Charitable Foundation-Monadnock. Writ- ell Fellows as they share their passion ary artists Jeff Sugg and Takahiro Yama- ers Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Amanda Petrusich, and their work with the next generations moto; and photographer Tanya Marcuse. and Rage Hezekiah shared their work, and of artists and art lovers. The following composer Sam Moss performed on the Marie Yoho Dorsey opened Cheney Studio to a group of Well School fifth graders and directed them in an art project. MacDowell Fellows volunteered their time Mariposa, Leadership NH & More spur of the moment at Thing in the Spring. during their residencies in 2018 to meet The Monadnock Music String Quartet with student artists: Juleen Johnson, Destiny Birdsong, Greg ach year, MacDowell artists engage members MacDowell Downtown played a concert at Temple (NH) Congre- Writers Greg Marshall, Susan Steinberg, Marshall, and Rachel Zucker appeared at of the local community in numerous Launched in 2002, MacDowell Downtown is gational Church featuring the music of programs and venues that offer a way a series of free presentations by MacDowell MacDowell Fellow Ingrid Arauco. Writers artists that takes place on the first Friday of Andrew Sean Greer and Pamela Newkirk to meet our Fellows and experience the the month from March through November presented 10-minute readings of their Eart created at MacDowell. In 2018, 61 MacDowell in downtown Peterborough. Each season of work and took questions from members Fellows volunteered to share their work at various MacDowell Downtown features a wide array of the Monadnock Writers’ Group. Fellow locations. These efforts reached more than 3,300 of programming, including film screenings, Joan Grubin was in Peterborough to set readings, visual presentations, perfor- up an installation of her art in the window adults and children throughout the Monadnock mances, talks, and more. The following of the Sharon Arts Center gallery. Andy’s Region. In addition to the programs outlined below, artists shared their work with the public at Summer Playhouse in Wilton, NH present- the MacDowell Collection at the Peterborough Town MacDowell Downtown in 2018: collabora- ed Froggy, written by Jennifer Haley. Inter- Library is a compilation of donated works by Fellows tors and interdisciplinary artists Erik Ruin disciplinary artist Amy Jenkins screened and Carlos Sirah; journalist Azmat Khan; her film Instructions on Parting at multiple and offers additional access to music, films, books, composers Byron Asher, Evan Chambers, regional locations. Interdisciplinary artist and other media created at the Colony. and Grace McLean; architect Kai Franz; and Aurora Nealand performed with her group writers Rebecca Skloot and James Sturm. The Royal Roses at Harlow’s Pub.

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Fellowships, established in 2012 in support Walter M. Robinson Fellowship  ENDOWED FELLOWSHIPS of New York-based interdisciplinary per- Chaya Bhuvaneswar received this Fellow- forming artists. ship supporting a residency in any disci- These Fellowships, based on investment in- pline. come from gifts held in the Colony’s endow- The Ford Family Foundation Fellowship ment fund, provide support in perpetuity for Rose Dickson, Daniel Duford, Michael SPAIN-USA Composers Fellowships one or more residencies each year. Lazarus, Takahiro Yamamoto, and Heidi Javier Moreno Sanchez and Octavio Schwegler received these Fellowships Vazquez received these Fellowships, Nadya Aisenberg Fellowship, est. 1999 established in 2016 for visual artists from established in 2018 to support emerging or Khaty Xiong received this Fellowship Oregon. established Spanish composers working in established by friends and family of the any musical genre. poet, author, scholar, and Colony Fellow to The Todd and Christine Fisher Fellowship support the residency of a female artist. Dawn Clements received this Fellowship The Wunderkinder Foundation Fellowship established for a visual artist. Zia Anger and Margaux Williamson re- Benny Andrews Fellowship, est. 2012 ceived these Fellowships supporting artists Carl Wilson received this Fellowship to sup- Ed & Kathy Ludwig Fellowship of exceptional talent in any discipline. port visual artists who advance the diversity Kurt Rohde received this Fellowship, estab- of MacDowell’s residency program estab- lished in 2018 for a composer working at lished by the Andrews Humphrey Family MacDowell. Foundation.

The National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships An artist brings their lunch Karla Rothstein, Arthur Gottschalk, basket back to Colony Hall at Alexandra Cuesta, Helina Metaferia, Kaj- the end of the workday. anne Pepper, Anna Fox, Kambui Olujimi, Jami Porter Lara, Latifa Ayad, and David Weiden benefited from an NEA Artist Communities grant to support emerging Interdisciplinary Artist John Kelly artists from diverse backgrounds and disciplines who have not previously been to the Colony. ifts to underwrite Fellowships and to The Patricia Brown Spector Fellowship Mary Lum received this Fellowship, estab- Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Fellowship maintain studios and residency buildings lished in 2018 to support a residency at Nicole Canuso received this Fellowship are essential to help MacDowell continue MacDowell for an outstanding visual artist. established via a 2011 partnership between its mission. With major gifts designated for MacDowell and The Pew Center to fund res- John S. Carroll Fellowship GFellowships, we are able to continue our tradition idencies for Philadelphia-area artists who Joshua Yaffa received this Fellowship, have received Pew Fellowships. of accepting artists solely on the basis of talent. established in 2015 by Norman Pearlstine in honor of the late veteran editor of The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship  ANNUAL FELLOWSHIPS ing fields, The MacDowell Colony and The Baltimore Sun and Los Angeles Times, Marie Yoho Dorsey, Perla Krauze, and Alpert Awards in the Arts have collaborated supporting MacDowell’s Art of Journalism Pablo Rasgado Quintana received these Annual Fellowships are contributions des- to bring a number of outstanding artists Initiative. Fellowships, established in 2018 to support ignated by the donor to help support one or to MacDowell. During 2018, filmmakers emergency MacDowell residencies for art- more residencies in the year of the gift. Christopher Hayes, Margaret Honda, and Clarkeson Family Fund Fellowship ists impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irene, Jennifer Taylor, playwright Ethan Lipton, Elif Batuman received this Fellowship, and Maria. Herb Alpert/MacDowell Fellowship and performer Shontina Vernon were established in 2016 for a nonfiction writer The Herb Alpert/MacDowell Fellowship, recommended by the Alpert Awards panels working in long-form journalism. The Riverstone Resources Fellowship administered by the California Institute and selected by MacDowell admissions Vishal Jugdeo received this Fellowship, of the Arts and funded by the Herb Alpert panels for a residency. Aaron Copland Fellowship established in 2017 to support artists of Foundation, seeks to identify those artists Scott Wheeler received this Fellowship color at MacDowell. who contribute “something significant — Amazon Literary Partnership Fellowship established in 2014 by the Aaron Copland even visionary — to contemporary life.” Azmat Khan and Jia Talentino received Fund for Music in support of composers. Thomas and Barbara Putnam Fellowship In our hope of spreading the word about these Fellowships, established in 2018 to Hans Tursack received this Fellowship sup- MacDowell to non-New York artists in the support MacDowell residencies for two Jean & Louis Dreyfus Foundation Fellowships porting an artist residency of a printmaker interdisciplinary, film-video, and playwrit- creative nonfiction authors. John Kelly and Basil Twist received these or other visual artist.

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Milton and Sally Avery Fellowships, est. er who is a woman over the age of 45. 1983, expanded 1990 Erik den Breejen and Michael Stamm Jim and Ruth Ewing Fellowship, est. 2003 received these Fellowships for painters of Patrick Lazour is the recipient of this year’s outstanding ability. Fellowship named for two past members of the board of directors. Cathrine Boettcher Fellowship, est. 1991 Daniel Lazour received this Fellowship from Gerald Freund Fellowship, est. 1996 this fund established in the will of a long- Kelly Luce was awarded this Fellowship for time supporter to fund residencies. emerging writers that honors its name- sake’s 40-year career in philanthropy and Eleanor Briggs Fellowships, est. 2005 commitment to funding exceptionally Brian Cochran, Jessica Huang, Marc creative individuals in the arts and sciences. Ohrem-Leclef, and Brett Story were the recipients of this Fellowship established for Isabella Gardner Fellowship, est. 1982 artists of all disciplines. Juleen Johnson received this Fellowship established as a tribute and memorial to the Calderwood Fellowships for Journalism arts benefactor given every year to a female Matthew Clark, Clair MacDougall, and poet. Lauren Sandler all received this Fellowship established for long-form journalists. Wilder Green Fellowship, est. 2006 Bryony Roberts was awarded this Fellow- Stanford Calderwood Fellowships, ship established in tribute to an architect est. 1998 and past board member that goes to an Lee Breuer, Fiona Doyle, David Keane, architect of exceptional ability. Rebecca Skloot, La Toya Watkins, Benja- min Lorr, Lesley Arimah, Carole Maso, and John Hargraves and Nancy Newcomb Fel- Maude Mitchell all received this Fellowship lowships, est. 2005 established to repay writers for a lifetime Eva Heisler and Grace McLean received of pleasurable reading. This fund supports these Fellowships for artists of all disci- the residencies of all writers who work in plines established by outstanding support- Calderwood Studio. ers of the Colony.

Mary Carswell Fellowship, est. 2006 Josephine Mercy Heathcote Fellowship, Sarah Ladipo Manyika received this Fellow- est. 1989 ship established to support the residency of Shari Mendelson received this Fellowship an artist working in any discipline. designated for an artist of exceptional abil- ity endowed by the Heathcote Art Founda- Anne Cox Chambers Fellowships, est. 2015 tion in tribute to its founder and benefactor. Nonfiction writersLouise Aronson, Pamela JOANNA ELDREDGE MORRISSEY ELDREDGE JOANNA Newkirk, and Ricardo Nuila were awarded Ernest and Red Heller Fellowships, these Fellowships endowed to seed our Art est. 2004 MacDowell Poetry Fellowship, est. 1990 Robert Maxwell Fellowship, est. 1989 of Journalism Initiative. Max Vernon and Christina Quintana were Kate and George Kendall Fellowships, this Fellowship providing residencies for Marianne Boruch was this year’s recipient Conrad Winslow received this Fellowship awarded these Fellowships established by a est. 1990 photographers. of this award established by former board established for an artist of any discipline Margaret Lee Crofts Fellowship, est. 1985 past board member’s will to fund residen- Eric Aho and Theo Anthony received the member Edwin C. Cohen to support the in recognition of a generous legacy to the Kate Soper was named to this Fellowship cies for two creative artists each year. Fellowship established as a tribute to the Evelyn Stefansson Nef Fellowship, residency of a poet of exceptional ability. Colony. for composers established by the board of past executive director of the Colony, sup- est. 1990 directors in recognition of a supporter’s de- Rona Jaffe Foundation Fellowship, plemented in 1999 by a generous bequest Nadia Sablin received this Fellowship given Patricia and Jerre Mangione Fellowship, Musa McKim Guston Fellowship, votion to music and providing opportunities est. 2008 from George Kendall. by a former member of the board of direc- est. 2002 est. 2018 for modern composers. Carolyn Byrne received this Fellowship tors established to support the residency of Mary Crow received this Fellowship estab- Dahlia Elsayed received this Fellowship established in memory of the best-selling Lincoln Financial Fellowship, est. 1990 a photographer. lished with a bequest from a Colony Fellow providing residencies for a woman artist. Nancy Decker Dougherty Fellowship, novelist for an emerging woman writer. It Bernadette Esposito received this year’s to support senior writers and artists who est. 2013 includes a stipend of $2,500. award of a Fellowship originally named for New Hampshire Cmte. Fellowship, est. 1991 have worked at their crafts for at least 30 Marian O. Naumburg Fellowships, Laura Esther Wolfson is the recipient of this Chubb LifeAmerica to support artists from Matthew Olzmann received this Fellowship years. est. 2011 Fellowship named for a nonfiction writer New Hampshire or northern New England. endowed by the committee for an artist Dawn Kim and Sebastiaan Bremer received and Fellow established for a nonfiction writ- from New Hampshire.

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Robert and Stephanie Olmsted Fellowships, Barbara and Thomas Putnam Fellowships ship, named for the composer, 1971 Mac- construction of a new studio for writers and international fraternity for women in music. The Lesher Fund for Composers est. 2005 Hans Tursack and Lee Anne Schmitt Dowell Medalist, and former Chairman of established an endowed fund to cover the Sigma Alpha Iota contributed in 2016 to The Lesher Fund for Composers, created Tanya Marcuse, Pinkney Herbert, Letha received these Fellowships for artists who the Board of Directors, and board member. annual costs of maintaining the studio. help meet expenses for utilities and upkeep. in 2007 with an endowed gift from Dr. Tom Wilson, and Julia Wertz received these work in the Rosamund and David Putnam Lesher, provides annual stipends to cover Fellowships for artists of all disciplines in Studio. Arnold T. Schwab Fellowship Valli Dreyfus Firth Studio Phi Beta Studio living and travel expenses for composers. honor of board member Robert Olmsted Jésus Castillo is the recipient of this Fellow- In 1993, Barn Studio was dedicated to Valli Phi Beta Fraternity, a national organization In 2018, two grants totaling $3,400 were and his wife Stephanie Olmsted for their Gardner and Vail Read Fellowship, ship awarded annually to a poet and named Dreyfus Firth, who supported the Colony for professionals in music and speech, awarded. outstanding support of MacDowell. est. 2007 for a three-time Fellow who wrote many generously for many years. In her memory, provided for the construction of Phi Beta Koji Nakano received this Fellowship for a poems and scholarly articles, many of them the Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation Studio (1929-1931) and continued to help The Leon Levy Grants Elodie Osborn Fellowship, est. 1984 composer established in honor of a Mac- chronicling the lives of Edward and Marian funded extensive renovations to the visual support its upkeep with grants in 2016. Beginning in 2008, the Leon Levy Founda- Haruko Tanaka received this film Fellow- Dowell Fellow. MacDowell. artists’ studio and established an endowed tion has generously provided three-year ship created in honor of a former board maintenance fund for its upkeep. Star Studio grants to support financial aid for artists of member’s success in establishing film as a Bernardine Kielty Scherman Fellowship, Barbara and Andrew Senchak Fellowship in Since 1971, Alpha Chi Omega, the first every discipline. In addition to covering liv- discipline. est. 1975 Poetry, est. 2009 Heinz Studio organization to contribute a studio to the ing expenses that continue during a residen- João Tordo is the recipient of this Fellow- Jane Hirshfieldis the recipient of this In 1996, Drue Heinz, a vice chairman of the Colony, has helped to maintain Star Studio, cy, these funds may be used for equipment Philip Morris Company Fellowship, ship established for a published writer. award, established by board member Colony, donated funds to re-create the old which was built in 1911-1912. In 2016, the and supplies for artistic projects. In 2018, est. 1991 Andrew Senchak and Barbara Senchak, his icehouse as a sculpture studio and estab- organization made contributions to help 45 grants totaling $42,506 were awarded. Peter Gizzi received this Fellowship in litera- Frances and William Schuman Fellowship, wife. lish a studio maintenance fund. meet the studio’s expenses as did its Iota ture established in recognition of MacDow- est. 1990 Upsilon Iota Alumnae association. The Marsyas Fund Stipends ell’s contribution to the arts. Andrew May is the recipient of this Fellow- Charlotte Sheedy Fellowship, est. 2015 Evelyn Stefansson Nef Studio The Marsyas Fund generously provided five Jenna Wortham received this Fellowship In 1992, Vice Chairman Evelyn Stefans- Sorosis Studio stipends for visual artists in 2018 totaling supporting writers whose work explores cul- son Nef funded the construction of a new Sorosis Studio was built in 1924-1926 with $4,425. tural differences, established in honor of the photography studio and established an funds provided by the New York Carol Club literary agent’s achievements in cultivating endowed fund to cover its maintenance. of Sorosis, which made contributions in Pollock-Krasner Foundation diversity in contemporary literature. 2016 toward the studio’s maintenance. The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Stipend is New Hampshire Studio an award first established in 2015 to enable Norton Stevens Fellowships, est. 1975 In 1990, the Gilbert Verney Foundation  TRAVEL AND FINANCIAL AWARDS visual artists of need to benefit from a Mac- Tonio Ko, Eugene Birman, Ofir Klemperer, established an endowed fund to maintain Dowell residency. In 2018, we distributed and Michael Fiday received this Fellowship and improve New Hampshire Studio. In Calderwood Project Grant Fund 150 grants totaling $20,000. established by the Norlin Foundation in 1992, through a generous bequest given in The Calderwood Fund for Project Grants honor of Colony Fellow Aaron Copland’s memory of Fellow Victor Candell, the studio to Journalism Fellows, established in 2015 Rona Jaffe Foundation 75th birthday. was renovated, enlarging and improving the through a grant of $500,000, provided In 2008, the foundation endowed a Fellow- space available for use by visual artists. four 2018 grants totaling $8,374 to writers ship for women writers with an enhanced DeWitt Wallace/Reader’s Digest Fellow- demonstrating need to fund travel, research, stipend to help recipients cover travel and ships, est. 1978 New Jersey Studio and other project-based work. costs of living that continue at home. In Eric Puchner, Amy Waldman, Annie Sloni- The New Jersey Studio (1920-1921) was 2018, one stipend was awarded in the ker, and Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ received these funded by the New Jersey State Federation MacArthur Transportation Fund amount of $2,500. Fellowships established to provide residen- of Women’s Clubs, which has continued as In 1990, the John D. and Catherine T. cies for writers. a longtime contributor to its maintenance. MacArthur Foundation awarded the Colony The Whiting Writers’ Aid Fund a $200,000 grant that has been set aside Through a gift from the Mrs. Giles Whiting Thornton Wilder Fellowship, est. 1990 Delta Omicron Studio to establish an endowed transportation Foundation, the Colony awards grants of up Bonnie Metzgar is the recipient of this Members of Delta Omicron, an internation- fund for artists who cannot afford domestic to $1,500 each to writers needing finan- Fellowship established by the Board of Di- al music club, funded the building of the travel to and from the Colony. In 2018, 51 cial assistance to attend MacDowell. This rectors for an artist of any discipline. Wilder studio in 1927. In 1996, the Delta Omicron grants totaling $27,673 were awarded to program, made possible by the foundation’s was a nine-time Colony Fellow, as well as Foundation made a gift to refurbish a enable artists to come to MacDowell. generous support since 1998, provides a the first recipient of the Edward MacDowell Mason & Hamlin grand piano, dedicated significant benefit to writing Fellows and Medal in 1960. in memory of Roxine Beard Petzold and The David and Rosamond Putnam serves as a model for stipend programs in Adelaide Louise Collyer, two past presidents Transportation Fund other disciplines for which funding is being  STUDIO AND FACILITY GRANTS of the fraternity. In 2016, Delta Omicron This endowed fund was established in 1989 sought. In 2018, we awarded 36 grants contributed to an ongoing pledge to help by Mr. and Mrs. David F. Putnam, longtime totaling $31,378. Studio and facility grants, whether endowed meet annual maintenance costs and helped friends and generous benefactors of the or annual gifts, help provide for the upkeep initiate renovation of the studio. Colony, to provide financial assistance for Anonymous Gift of studios and residence buildings. international travel to and from the Colony An anonymous gift of $600 to our stipend Pan’s Cottage for artists who could not come at their fund in 2018 benefited two Fellows. Painter Mary Lum Stanford Calderwood Studio Built as a men’s residence in 1919, Pan’s own expense. In 2018, 16 grants totaling In 1999, Stanford Calderwood funded the Cottage was given by Sigma Alpha Iota, an $16,104 were awarded.

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Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc. Catherine Tenney Welch + Forbes LLC Cheryl Young and Robert I. Carswell Mary N. Young lthough space precludes us from listing all of Monica and Michael Lehner Michael Zilkha the generous gifts that we received in 2018, Honorable Samuel K. Lessey, Jr. and MacDowell is truly grateful for donors of all Christine Joosten Galway Kinnell Contributors A MacDowell Colony Fellows $1,000 or more levels who believe in the importance of investing in Robert MacNeil Anonymous artists and the creative process. We received contribu- halley harrisburg and Michael Rosenfeld/ Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn tions from 737 donors in the past year, 41% of whom Michael Rosenfeld Gallery Alchemy Foundation are MacDowell Fellows. Thank you. Bethany Millard in honor of Anne Jane Alexander and Edwin Sherin Stark Locher Alpha Chi Omega Foundation. Inc. Aaron Copland Contributors The Gramercy Park Foundation Mollie Miller and Robert Rodat The Arnold T. Schwab Living Trust $50,000 or more Eric and Anne Harrison Gudrun Mirin-Orloff Brent Buck and Katie Barthmaier Carnegie Corporation of New York Robin and Darrell Harvey John and Olivia Parker Brenda Berry Todd and Christine Fisher Drue Heinz Trust Penguin Random House, Inc. Jeffrey C. and Suzanne Bloomberg The Leon Levy Foundation Nene Humphrey Donna Raftery BMI Mary Teal Garland† and Family Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. Les Robertson and SawTeen See Russ Brewer During Medal Day, visitors gathered at Tod Lippy’s studio. Musa and Tom Mayer Michael and Jenny Krinsky Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. Deborah Butler The MacDowell Colony Fund of the New Robert and Sylvia Larsen Harry Sherr and Cynthia Strauss Elizabeth Cafferty Scott Manning and Frank Guerra Wendy Wasserstein Contributors Hampshire Charitable Foundation Lincoln Financial Group Amy Davidson Sorkin and David J. Sorkin Cincinnati MacDowell Society McLane Middleton $500 or more Tom and Babs Putnam Ed and Kathy Ludwig Michael Stamm Lehman Ann and George Colony Anne Meistrell Anonymous (5) Andrew and Barbara Senchak Adele Griffin and Erich Mauff Jacqueline Woodson William J. Constantine Melanson Heath & Company, PC Candace Allen Anne Stark Locher and Kurt Locher Carol Ostrow and Michael Graff Catherine Ingraham / The Wright-Ingraham Patty and Tim Crane Fund of Berkshire Paul Merrill and Gail Carroll Lesley Arimah Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Inc. Institute Taconic Community Foundation Jeffrey and Jacqueline Morby Atkins Callahan, PLLC Benny Andrews Contributors Pew Center for Arts and Heritage Susan Davenport Austin and Kenneth Austin Mark Mueller Andi Axman and Mark Goldstein $25,000 or more The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. Milton and Sally Avery Contributors Deborah Berke & Partners Architects, LLP Daniel A. Mullin Susan Barba Anonymous Diane Posnak $2,500 or more Tom and Ellen Draper Virginia Nyhart Cecily Bastedo Amazon Literary Partnership Peter and Suzanne Read Rich Appel in honor of Michael Chabon and Mark Dresser Phi Beta Fraternity Elif Batuman Eleanor Briggs Walter M. Robinson Mona Simpson Sheri Fink Jayne Anne Phillips in honor of Lara Bazelon Mary Carswell † The Rona Jaffe Foundation Ingrid Arauco Edward Ford Cheryl Young Bellows-Nichols Insurance John Hargraves and Nancy Newcomb Patricia Brown Specter Chapin Bates Franklin Pierce University Christie Posnak Jeffrey Blitz The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Rick and Terry Stone David Baum and Terry Reeves Sandra S. Furman Marylou and Joe Quinlan Carol and George Brush Memorial Fund Szilvia Szmuk-Tanenbaum Edward and Ellen Bernard Diane Garthwaite David Rakowski and Beth Wiemann Tim Campbell First Republic Bank Mary Stewart Hammond and Arthur Yorke The Brown Foundation, Inc. Mary Laura Gibbs Nicholas Reinhardt Judith Davenport National Endowment for the Arts Allen / The Walbridge Fund Peter Cameron in honor of Cheryl Young Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Grantham Phyllis and Jim Rogers Peggy Burns and Tom Devlin Robert and Stephanie Olmsted The John Wesley Foundation Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency, Inc. Patricia Green Michael Rotenberg Jim Dougherty Pine Tree Foundation of New York Spencer Glendon and Lisa Tung Andrea Cohen Vartan and Clare Gregorian The Scholz Family Charitable Trust Andrea Dubroff Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation Peter Wirth Robert and Christine Cox Harrisville Designs Brian Selznick and David Serlin Robert and Lydia Forbes Lauren Shuler Donner in honor of Jane Hirshfield Vijay Seshadri and Suzanne Khuri Barbara & Ivor Freeman Charitable Fund Thornton Wilder Contributors Willa Cather Contributors Michael Chabon iStar, Inc. St. Paul’s School Stephen Gaghan $10,000 or more $5,000 or more Alexander and Pamela Dubitsky Pamela Johnson† Susan Steinberg Amity Gage Anonymous (2) Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Lisa Gilligan Emily Kahn Gregory Stevens Sarah Jane and Trevor Gibbons William and Helen Beekman Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Michael Hoeh Cathy M. Kaplan Edward and Eileen Sullivan Hansi and Bill Glahn Bloomberg Philanthropies Arthur Clarke and Susan Sloan Lewis Hyde Susan and Jay H. Kaufman Charitable Fund Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Sally Graham Barbara K. Bristol Ann and John Clarkeson - Clarkeson Family Waltraud Ireland in honor of the Senchaks Stephanie Wallach in honor of Jennifer Haley Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman Fund of Fidelity Charitable Robert and Carol Krinsky Werner H. Kramarsky Tommy Wallach Lawrence Harris Fred Clarke and Laura Weir-Clarke Darrell Crawford Laurie Nash Mikel Kuehn Sheri Warshauer-Riskind Kit Henry and Henry Sanders Eversource Energy Nicholas and Edmée de M. Firth Russell North Iya Labunka Margaret-Elise Wellington Dan Hurlin The Ford Family Foundation Sarah Garland-Hoch and Roland Hoch Wendy Richmond Sarah Ladipo Manyika Dorothy Wickenden Hillary Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gartner - The Gartner Tatiana Golovnya RiverMead Lifecare Community Kate Levy Amy Wood Justin Kush Family Fund HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Patti Roberts Sharon and Brad Malt Harold and Mary Zlot Philanthropic Fund Mary Lum Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gaudreau David W. Heleniak John Cetra and Nancy Ruddy in honor of Christine Fisher Amy Manny

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Aryn Marsh BEQUESTS Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Inc. Maureen McLane in memory of Tom and Babs Putnam* Nion T. McEvoy The Estate of Mary Carswell Roy Schlieben Ann Bergren Peter and Suzanne Read Gardner McFall Drue Heinz Trust Stacey Steers Gudrun Mirin-Orloff in memory of Neil Orloff Les Robertson and SawTeen See Nina and Archie McIntyre The Mary Hitchcock Trust Robert Taft Louis Pelosi in memory of Brian Rogers Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc. The Arnold T. Schwab Living Trust Julia Wertz Rosemarie Koczy Andrew and Barbara Senchak* Kyra and Jean Montagu The Estate of Nancy Sullivan Chin Chi Yang Marylou and Joe Quinlan in memory of Anne Stark Locher and Kurt Locher* Murray and Grace Nissman Foundation Donna MacNeil Theresa M. Stone and Charles F. Stone III William J. Neidlinger III STUDIO MAINTENANCE IN MEMORIAM Nicholas Reinhardt in memory of James and Laura Trowbridge Bonnie Newman Alpha Chi Omega Foundation. Inc. GIFTS in memory of MARY CARSWELL Sylvia Canfield Winn Cheryl Young and Robert Carswell Michael Newman Iota Upsilon Iota Alumnae of Alpha Peter J. Filkins Helene Zindarsian in memory of Deidre O’Byrne and Paul Staller Chi Omega Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gartner - The Gartner Earl Zindars JOURNALISM GIFTS – Ted and Wendy Pearre New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Family Fund as of December 31, 2018 Philip S. Harper Foundation David W. Heleniak Anonymous (6) Clubs of GFWC NEW YORK SPACE – Frederic and Penny Putnam Jane L. Johnston Amazon Literary Partnership Phi Beta Fraternity as of December 31, 2018 Jamie Quatro Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Steve Lawson Jonathan Barton and Amanda Foreman *Denotes New York Circle Giving of $100,000 Robin Rausch Fraternity’s Charitable Arm, SAI Robert H. Mundheim Ann Bauleke or more Deborah Roody Philanthropies, Inc. Deidre O’Byrne and Paul Staller Lara Bazelon Anonymous* Diana Santana Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc. Deborah Berke & Partners Architects, LLP William N. Banks Beth Sears The Sigma Phi Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota GIFTS in memory of ROBERT ESHOO Liza Birkenmeier Kali Fajardo-Anstine William and Helen Beekman The Segal Company Joan C. Camann Eleanor Briggs Eleanor Briggs* Christine M. Smith IN-KIND DONATIONS Patrick and Sarah Carroll The Calderwood Charitable Foundation Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Vilcek Foundation Rheta Smith City Winery Helen M. Dempsey Ann and John Clarkeson - Clarkeson Family Burke Foundation* Peter Watrous Walter S. Teller FCTRY Richard Dodson Fund of Fidelity Charitable Barbara K. Bristol Julia Wertz Jamie and Laura Trowbridge Adele Griffin Joan B. Doty Don Colburn Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman Lawrence Weschler Nan Tull Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Louis and Fred Georgopoulos Marie-Therese Connolly Fred Clarke and Laura Weir-Clarke* Paige Williams in honor of Bill Kovach Pamela Wakoff Kikkerland Design Inc. Amy Lonczak Jack E. Davis Susan Davenport Austin and Kenneth Austin Wendy Wolf Thomas Wallach Robert and Sylvia Larsen Robert Mandel Bruce Earnley Candide Business Advisors Inc. Julian H. Krolik and Elaine Weiss Katy Lederer Mary Jane Peabody Eversource Energy Louise Eastman GIFTS IN SUPPORT OF THE SYLVIA Philanthropic Fund Esopus Foundation Ltd. Julianne Perron Sheri Fink Edmée and Nicholas Firth CANFIELD WINN FELLOWSHIP FOR Susan Wilen David Morehouse Edward and Eileen Sullivan Elizabeth Halstead Mary Garland ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING Mortara Family Will Hermes Sarah Garland- Hoch and Roland E. Hoch Linda Dittmar Pantheon Books GIFTS in memory of KATHY PERUTZ Ellen Kaufman through the R.E. Hoch 2011 Family Warren and Jean Little Andrew Blaunder Nancy Keystone Charitable Trust Nicholas Reinhardt Norman and Norma Goldberger Janet Kinasewich Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gartner - The Gartner Tracy C. Winn Will Goldberger Markos Kounalakis and Eleni Family Fund Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gaudreau ENDOWED FELLOWSHIPS GIFTS in memory of MARILYN ZIFFRIN Colette Lucas Hershey Family Foundation THE MUSA McKIM GUSTON FELLOWSHIP Susan L. and Richard W. Stockwell Meredith Maran Dan Hurlin Musa and Tom Mayer Russell North Nion McEvoy IAC* Malinda Schantz Shaun Newport in honor of The MacDowell Peter and Eileen Jachym ROYALTIES Betty C. Whittemore Colony NY Office Robert and Carol Krinsky A-R Editions, Inc. Mary K. Wirth Michael Paterniti Robert and Sylvia Larsen Aevitas Creative Management LLC Hope Zanes Butterworth Norman Pearlstine, Chief Content Officer, Michael and Monica Lehner/ Orchard ASCAP Time Inc. in honor of John S. Carroll Foundation Carlin Music Corporation Katharine Torrence Cerow in memory of John Petrowsky Joan E. and Lawrence G. Macy Trust ClarNan Editions Ridgely Torrence Ray Porfilio Scott Manning ConocoPhillips Martha Chayet in memory of Neil Chayet Edward Porter Mary Miller and Robert Rodat Kenneth W. Cory, LTD Jim Dougherty in memory of Christie Posnak Newcomb-Hargraves Foundation Sabalo Operating LLC Nancy Dougherty Mary Potter Robert and Stephanie Olmsted - The Songwriters Guild Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gartner - The Gartner Janaki Ranpura Furtherance Fund* Sealaska Corporation Family Fund in memory of Mary Garland Matt Schwartz Carol Ostrow and Michael Graff Seaport, Inc. Jennifer Krato in memory of Darlene Jessica Stern in honor of Scott Tyle John O. and Olivia H. Parker Fund of Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Rae Krato and his team Fidelity Charitable Elizabeth Lloyd-Kimbrel in memory of Peter Thomson Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Inc.* Magogodi Makhene worked on a fiction project in New Jersey Studio. William Kimbrel

28 29 Treasurer’s Filmmaker Haruko Tanaka Report takes a break from working on animations in Putnam Studio. 

 STIPEND FUND SUPPORT

gain in 2018, MacDowell demonstrated tight control over  FELLOWSHIP AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT expenses and ended the year under budget by about one percentage point.A Total operating expenses for the year increased 5%, with growth firmly centered in program activities (there was actually a small decline in administrative expenses and fundraising was essentially flat).

Total support and revenue increased by approximately 22% from the prior year to $3.1 million, reflecting, in part, contributions for the Selected financial information for 12 months ending December 31, 2018  PUBLIC FUNDING  NATIONAL BENEFIT 2018 West 23rd Street space. CORPORATE SUPPORTERS Having made the move from East 81st Street to Chelsea in the third Number of artists-in-residence...... 316 quarter of 2017, MacDowell’s family of staff, artists, and supporters Total number of artists days...... 8,705 enjoyed their first full year in freshly renovated offices and event space near the High Line. A year-long event series called “MacDow- Investments at Fair Value...... $31,743,159 ell Now” marked the occasion and helped introduce the institution Total Assets...... $43,895,083  MEDAL DAY 2018 CORPORATE PARTNER to its new neighbors. Total Liabilities...... $3,042,607 Total Net Assets...... $40,852,476 The Gramercy Park Foundation With income shortfalls seeming likely by mid-summer, Finance and Total Support & Revenue...... $3,034,415 Newcomb-Hargraves Foundation Development teams revisited fundraising forecasts and revised Total Expenses...... $5,116,388 strategy with an eye to a strong finish. Before year’s end, three Difference Before Investment Return...... ($2,081,973)  NATIONAL BENEFIT 2018 generous bequests totaling $828m softened the effect of gaps in Net Investment Return...... ($1,520,319) Individual Giving and Events.  MEDAL DAY 2018 NOTABLE SUPPORTERS Change in Total Net Assets...... ($3,602,292) CORPORATE BENEFACTORS  FELLOWSHIP AND GENERAL MacDowell’s financial results for 2018 showed resilience despite CY18 EXPENSES OPERATING SUPPORT declines seen in all major stock indices near the end of the year. Program...... $2,968,194....58% The Alchemy Foundation While MacDowell’s financial investment allocation outperformed Administration...... $1,071,066....21% our benchmark universe of balanced funds, we did not escape the Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation effects of the fourth quarter decline. True investment return on our Development...... $1,077,128....21% The Calderwood Foundation portfolio (net of withdrawals for operations and additions/endow- ment gifts) showed a loss of $1.5 million compared to December  NEW HAMPSHIRE BENEFIT 2018 CY18 SUPPORT and REVENUE The DuBose & Dorothy Heyward 31, 2017, effectively giving back about a quarter of 2017’s $5.6 mil- SUPPORTERS Memorial Fund Contributions...... $2,511,842...... 49% lion gain. At the end of the year, investments totaled $31.7 million. Application Fees, The Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation Royalties and Other...... $522,573...... 10%

 NATIONAL BENEFIT 2018 The John Wesley Foundation Total support SPONSORS and revenue...... $3,034,415...... 59% New Jersey State Federation of Gerald Gartner, Women’s Clubs Excess (Deficiency)...... ($2,081,973)...... 41% Interim Treasurer Net Investment Return...... ($1,520,319) The Pine Tree Foundation of New York Change in Total Net Assets...... ($3,602,292)....100% The Rona Jaffe Foundation

The Walbridge Foundation

The Wright-Ingraham Institute

30 31 Board of Directors (as of May 2019) Michael Chabon, Chairman Eleanor Briggs Robert M. Larsen Robert Storr Andrew M. Senchak, President Ken Burns Monica Lehner Jamie Trowbridge Peter Cameron Tania León Mabel Wilson William N. Banks, Anne Cox Chambers Anne Stark Locher Peter Wirth Trustee Emeritus Lane Czaplinski Robert MacNeil Vartan Gregorian, Chairman Nicholas Dawidoff Scott Manning Philip Himberg, Executive Director Emeritus Amelia Dunlop Terrance McKnight David Macy, Resident Director Rosemarie Fiore Mollie Miller Thomas P. Putnam, Vice Chairman Edmée de M. Firth Paul Moravec The MacDowell Colony would like Helen S. Tucker, Vice Chairman Christine Fisher Carlos Murillo to thank the following directors, Sarah Garland-Hoch Julie Orringer who retired from the board in late Gerald J. Gartner, Elizabeth F. Gaudreau Olivia Parker 2018/early 2019: Interim Treasurer Adele Griffin Peter C. Read Louise Eastman Robert M. Olmsted, Secretary John A. Hargraves Paul Reyes Carol Ostrow Philip Himberg, Larry Harris Leslie E. Robertson Bobbie Bristol Assistant Secretary Darrell Harvey Barbara Case Senchak Peter Jachym David Macy, Assistant Secretary Dan Hurlin Vijay Seshadri Jason Van Nest Lewis Hyde Josh Siegel Trevor Weston Catherine Ingraham Arthur Simms Michael Young Susan Davenport Austin Julia Jacquette Alvin Singleton David Baum Carol Krinsky Julia Solomonoff In memoriam: Robert Beaser Michael Krinsky Amy Davidson Sorkin Ruth Feder William B. Beekman Lisa Kron Charles F. Stone III Mary Garland

Staff (as of May 2019) Philip Himberg, Development Database & Direct Blake Tewksbury Betty Gray Executive Director Appeal Manager Fellows’ Services Coordinator Steve Gray Writer Jia Tolentino worked David Macy, Brett Evan Solomon Ilan Harris on a manuscript of essays Resident Director Events Assistant MAINTENANCE & GROUNDS Ben Haubrich during her summer residency in Shaun Newport John Sieswerda Robin Haubrich Sorosis Studio. ADMINISTRATION Development Officer and Friends Maintenance Foreman Jeanne Henriques Ann Hayashi Manager James Sargent Brooke Hubner Assistant to the Resident Director Assistant to the Maintenance Devon Hubner Julia Tolo KITCHEN Foreman Matt Keenan Manager of Admin., New York Office Scott Tyle Jeromy Brett Rick Lesser Laura Hanson Chef Maintenance Assistant Paul Lucas Administrative Assistant Jennifer Case Emily Drury John Matthias A Gift to MacDowell Jody Garnick Cook Head Gardener Lara Matthias Technology Coordinator Jeannine Wegmueller Tim Matthias AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, The MacDowell Colony relies on gifts to sustain the excel- Colette Lucas Cook/Baker FINANCE Dan Millbauer Librarian Robin Cherof Andrew Zimmerman Tejas Moses lence of its residency program and its leadership among artist communities. The Colony gratefully Dan Millbauer Cook Finance Director Patricia Neff accepts donations of cash, property (such as securities and real estate), and gifts-in-kind from Program Assistant Jan Kingsbury Tammy Lester Arthur Pero individuals, foundations, and corporations. Gifts may be left unrestricted for general operating use Ryan Khan Cook Assistant Financial Administrator Arthur Pope Office Assistant Dan Thayer Stephanie Stafford Cailla Prisco or designated for a specific purpose, such as a studio endowment or a Fellowship. Unique naming Kitchen Assistant Financial & Human Resources Deborah Roody opportunities are available for studios, rooms, special equipment, landscaping elements, ADMISSIONS Randy Thaing Administrator Sonia Sawyer Fellowships, stipends, and endowment funds. Courtney Bethel Kitchen Assistant Lori Shepard Admissions Director Magnus Carlton COMMUNICATIONS INTERNS Ross Taylor Each year, a significant portion of the Colony’s operations is funded by planned giving, including Karen Keenan Kitchen Assistant Tyler Comeau Charlotte Thibault cash bequests, stocks, real estate, the rights to and royalties from works of art, and useful items Admissions & Scheduling Jillian Karlicek Arthur Pero Liam Veverka Coordinator Kitchen Assistant Cailla Prisco Doug Ward such as books, equipment, and furnishings. The Marian MacDowell Society is a group of artists, Ann Putnam Kelley Akerley Susan Westaway patrons, and board members who have chosen to remember MacDowell in their wills or other Admissions & Library Services Kitchen Assistant VOLUNTEERS estate plans. The legacies created by these gifts help guarantee that the Colony can offer the Your bequest to Assistant Sarah Kingsbury Evans Tom Badgley Editor: Jonathan Gourlay Kitchen Assistant Allie Baker Design and Production: Melanie same transformative experience to future generations of artists. The MacDowell COMMUNICATIONS Finn Wegmueller Rhonda Barkley deForest Design, LLC Jonathan Gourlay Kitchen Assistant Wayne Bartels All photographs not otherwise Please consider expressing your commitment to MacDowell through an annual contribution, Colony will help to Communications Manager Isabelle Laskey-Rigrod Laura Bedard credited: Joanna Eldredge Morrissey endowed gift, or planned gift. We would be pleased to assist you and your legal or tax advisors. To guarantee that Christian Holland Kitchen Assistant Marsha Campaniello Proofreader: Tatum Wilson discuss ways in which your gift can help artists and to learn about possible significant tax savings Engagement Editor Rebecca Lee DeCenzo Carlo future generations of HOUSEKEEPING Tyler Comeau For more information, go to in planned giving, please call Director of Development Stacey Bosworth at 212-535-9690. DEVELOPMENT Deb Marsh Bea Corriveau www.macdowellcolony.org. artists continue to Stacey Bosworth House Manager Donna Crane The MacDowell Colony is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation founded in 1907 under the laws of the Director of Development Andrea Kierstead Bruce Dennis The MacDowell Colony is a member state of New York “to promote the arts.” The Internal Revenue Service has certified that The have an ideal place in Dean Klingler Lead Housekeeper Joanne Donoghue DeCenzo of the Alliance of Artists Communi- MacDowell Colony is not a private foundation, as defined in section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Director of Special Events Ellen Gordon Spencer Doolittle ties, a nationwide consortium and which they can create Code as revised in 1969. MacDowell is an organization described in Code Section 509(a)(2), Felicity Slater Housekeeper Cindy Fallows professional organization for the enduring works of the Institutional Giving Manager Lauren Morrissey Laura Gourlay field; and ResArtis, a worldwide net- therefore, all gifts and bequests to the Colony are fully deductible to the extent provided by law for Jenni Wu Housekeeper Sally Graf work of artist residency programs. income and estate tax purposes. imagination.

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The MacDowell Colony MacDowell NYC (front) Laurel Farrin works in Heinz Studio; 100 High Street 521 West 23rd Street, 2nd floor (back) Max Vernon outside Watson Studio. Peterborough, NH 03458 New York, NY 10011 (photos by Joanna Eldredge Morrissey) Telephone: 603-924-3886 Telephone: 212-535-9690 Fax: 603-924-9142