Description |
239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface, Carter Wiseman -- Introduction: A Catalyst for Creativity, Vartan Gregorian -- The Fellows' MacDowell -- Landscape of the Mind, Verlyn Klinkenborg -- Time Out, Joan Acocella -- Youngblood, Kevin Young -- Pure Communion, Ruth Reichl -- A Partnership in Art: The MacDowells and Their Legacy, Robin Rausch -- The Making of Art -- On Fire, and Not, Carol Diehl -- Peace and Buzz, Wendy Wasserstein -- Reunion, Paul Moravec -- Marks of Distinction: The MacDowell Medalists -- Edward Weeks on Thornton Wilder -- Meyer Schapiro on Alexander Calder -- John Canaday on Louise Nevelson -- John Leonard on Norman Mailer -- John Hersey on Lillian Hellman -- Elizabeth Hardwick on Mary McCarthy -- John Szarkowski on Lee Friedlander -- Ned Rorem on Leonard Bernstein -- J. Carter Brown on I. M. Pei -- William Styron on Philip Roth -- Meredith Monk on Merce Cunningham -- Richard Serra on Steve Reich -- Art and Freedom, Robert MacNeil -- The Permanence of Creativity -- Extended Ownership, Peter Cameron -- The Ghosts That Provoke, Michael Chabon -- Passing It On, Jacqueline Woodson -- Postscript: The Place I Have Been, Jean Valentine -- Acknowledgments -- About the Contributors -- Index -- Photograph Credits |
Summary |
"A Place for the Arts tells the in-depth story of The MacDowell Colony, America's premier artists' residency program, which has nurtured some of the nation's most influential talents in the creative arts, from Edwin Arlington Robinson and Thornton Wilder to Leonard Bernstein, Milton Avery, and Alice Walker. The book is published on the occasion of the centennial of The MacDowell Colony." "Illustrated with new and vintage photographs, this volume includes a colorful history of the Colony by Robin Rausch, a music specialist at the Library of Congress, as well as essays by leading cultural commentators Vartan Gregorian and Robert MacNeil. In addition, the book contains pieces by eleven former MacDowell Fellows - Joan Acocella, Peter Cameron, Michael Chabon, Carol Diehl, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Paul Moravec, Ruth Reichl, Jean Valentine, Wendy Wassterstein, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kevin Young - about the essential support MacDowell provides to the creative process."--BOOK JACKET |
Notes |
Includes index |
Subject |
MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, N.H.) -- History.
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Arts, American -- New Hampshire -- Peterborough -- 20th century.
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Arts, American -- New Hampshire -- Peterborough -- 21st century.
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Author |
Acocella, Joan Ross.
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Wiseman, Carter.
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LC no. |
2006023092 |
ISBN |
1584656093 |
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9781584656098 |
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1584656123 |
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9781584656128 |
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