#Yaddo reads: London Review of Books on the complicated legacy of Flannery O’Connor (YR 1948, 1949). Featuring #YaddoArtists: James Baldwin (YR 1955), Lauren Groff (YR 2006), Brad Gooch (YR 2005), Alice Walker (YR 1975).
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#YaddoArtists shape culture. Have a listen to Kim Gordon’s “The Candy House” from her second solo album “The Collective,” inspired by Jennifer Egan (YR 1989 – 2015). Gordon (Sonic Youth) has a new album out this week. Stream on all major platforms.
#YaddoArtists represent! The Schomburg Center/NYPL centennial list includes: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Gwendolyn Brooks, Paule Marshall, June Jordan, Alice Walker, Gayl Jones, Piri Thomas, James Baldwin, Colson Whitehead, Claude Brown, Samuel R. Delany & Langston Hughes
This year, across every discipline, #YaddoArtists shaped culture. Say goodbye to 2025!
Fall peepers, take note: #YaddoArtists are featured in Hyperallergic’s “10 Exhibitions to See in Upstate New York This October”: Esperanza Cortés, Heidi Schlatter, and Gabriela Salazar. See the full list here: hyperallergic.com/1046381/10-e...
Big news from #YaddoArtists: Nicholas Boggs’ Baldwin: A Love Story—the first major Baldwin bio in 30 years—is racking up raves (The New Yorker, NYT, Vogue + more). Plus, Jackie Thomas-Kennedy’s The Other Wife was spotlighted by Oprah Daily for celebrating queer joy.
On Oct. 22, celebrate #YaddoArtists at the Edison Ballroom in NYC! Honoree Sidra Bell—renowned choreographer, dancer, and founder of Sidra Bell Dance New York—was in residence at Yaddo in 2022 & 2023. Tickets & info: yaddo.org/event/yaddo-...
Two #YaddoArtists teamed up for the short film "How to Shoot a Ghost." Written at Yaddo by Eva HD and directed by Charlie Kaufman, the film was shot in Athens, Greece, and will premiere at the 82nd Venice Film Festival, Aug. 27-Sept. 9.
On Martha’s Vineyard this week? Check out group art exhibition “Chappy” in Edgartown. This temporary show organized by NY-based gallery Slip House features #YaddoArtists Will Gabaldón and Eleanor Ray. “Chappy” takes its name from its location – Chappaquiddick. Through 8/10. More at: bit.ly/4mwwtM5
The artists of the Hamptons are still here! NY Mag’s summer issue features #YaddoArtists Laurie Anderson, Amy Sillman, Joan Semmel & Joanne Greenbaum—decades of art, friendship & studio visits on the East End. Story: bit.ly/3UCCmLF (Photo: Martin Schoeller)
Congrats to the #YaddoArtists invited to join the Academy! Siqi Song (Animation: “Sister,” “The Coin”); Sam Feder (Documentary: “Heightened Scrutiny,” “Disclosure”); & Elizabeth Lo (Documentary: “Mistress Dispeller,” “Stray”).
Here: Siqi Song (w/character) Sam Feder (top); Elizabeth Lo (bottom).
“Minimal/Maximal: 8 Artists at Ed Rothfarb’s Studio” is set for July 26-27. Join #YaddoArtists Nancy Bowen, Jean Feinberg, Ed Rothfarb, Jenny Snider & Daniel Wiener for an open studio in Athens, NY. More: www.facebook.com/edrothfarb/
Pictured (l to r): Works by Jenny Snider and Jean Feinberg.
The New York Times’ list of “100 Best Films of the 21st Century,” features #YaddoArtists Matthew Weiner, Celine Song, Noah Baumbach and Lana Wilson, among others. Read at bit.ly/45VBQ2t
#YaddoArtists Katia Santibañez & James Siena join Mae Shore at NYPL 6/20 to discuss their collaborative printmaking. Their work, now in NYPL's exhibition "Dynamic Duos: The Art of Working in Pairs," runs through 8/2. More info: bit.ly/3HEn6uu
Three shows, three cities, two #YaddoArtists: Lauren Davies & Jonathan Parker in “mended” at Jack Fischer Gallery, SF (June 7–July 12); Lauren also shows new work in Akron, OH (July 11–Sept 13) and Neustadt, Germany (opens June 5), where 19 U.S. artists respond to politics.
#YaddoArtists Andrea Clearfield and Ceshia Ubau are offering an evening of music and poetry from Central America. Live in Philly and on Zoom, Sun, May 18 at 7 p.m. $20 donation. No RSVP needed. Details: zalonarts.org. Another artist collaboration born at #Yaddo!
Holy cow! Congrats to our #YaddoArtists who won 2025 Pulitzer Prizes: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins for the play “Purpose,” Tessa Hulls for the memoir “Feeding Ghosts,” and Marie Howe for “New and Selected Poems.” Kudos!
#YaddoArtists out West! Kathryn Lynch curated “Inherent Nature” at Maya Frodeman Gallery in Jackson Hole, WY, featuring fellow Yaddo alums Olive Ayhens, JoAnne Carson, Will Gabaldón, Elliott Green, and Elizabeth Hazan. On view through May 18. More: bit.ly/4ijt6q7
“Pond Apples & Sawgrass: Nature Reframed” recently opened at Wild Space Gallery in St Petersburg, FL featuring #YaddoArtists Elisabeth Condon and Julie Evans.
The selection of work in this exhibition is deeply invested in exploring the profound human connection to the natural world.
Congratulations to #YaddoArtists Julia Phillips (Bear) and Sarah Manguso (Liars), finalists for the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Both are also longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize, alongside fellow Yaddo artist Miranda July (All Fours). Winners will be announced in April and May.
#YaddoArtists in conversation: Grammy-nominated composer Missy Mazzoli speaks with friend, author & 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist Karen Russell in the Spring issue of Bomb about her new novel, “The Antidote.”
Pictured: Cover of Bomb, Archival photo, Missy Mazzoli (top), Karen Russell (below).
#YaddoArtists Jane Fine, James Esber & David Humphrey are in “Authority Problem” at Satchel Projects, NYC—opening 3/6. The show explores authority, from expertise to abuses of power, through bold, engaged art. Yaddo offers sanctuary for dangerous ideas—a space to challenge, experiment & inspire.
#YaddoArtists Joan Snyder & Joan Semmel are featured in "Woman in a Rowboat," on view through Sept 28, 2025, at The Olivia Foundation, Mexico City, alongside Renoir, de Kooning & more. Snyder’s work is also in "a field of bloom and hum" at Skidmore’s Tang Museum.
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Exciting news! "Floes," a multimedia collaboration by #YaddoArtists Sohyun Bae & Judith Shatin with choreographer Virginie Mécène, premieres March 18-19 at NEW@Graham. Inspired by shifting ice, it blends sound, visuals & movement. More at marthagraham.org
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Two group shows opened this month featuring #YaddoArtists. Christy Gallagher is showing work in “Color Me…” at Silvermine Arts Center in New Canaan, CT through March 13. At Ethan Cohen Gallery in NYC, Bariş Göktürk is part of “Goodbye Horses.” Through March 22.
Winners of the 68th Annual Obie Awards—Off and Off-Off-Broadway’s highest honor—were announced this month. Congrats to #YaddoArtists Ariel Stess (Playwriting) for “Kara & Emma & Barbara & Miranda” and Normandy Sherwood (Production Design and Concept) for “Psychic Self Defense.”
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The NY Times asked writers to share slices of their literary lives in “Read Your Way Through New York City.” Read #YaddoArtists Jennifer Egan, Hernan Diaz, and Ayad Akhtar on “the City of Possibilities” (Egan), “Brooklyn Heights” (Diaz), and “the City of Artists” (Akhtar): bit.ly/4hle42G
Thrilling news! Three #YaddoArtists have been shortlisted for the 2025 Edgar Awards: “Rough Trade” by Katrina Carrasco & “The God of the Woods” by Liz Moore for Best Novel. “Return to Wyldcliffe Height” by Carol Goodman win the Mary Higgins Clark Award.
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