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Transcript of The MacDowell Colony newsletter, winter 2011
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architects | composers | filmmakers | interdisciplinary artists | theatre | visual artists | writers
Vol.40,No.2Winter2011
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remembering KarenAquaandDerrickBell 2 medal Day 2011: honoring the Playwright 4 2011 National Council trip 7 fellowships 8
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saying“Yes”MedAl dAy is AlwAys speciAl, but celebrating edward Albee as the 2011 edward Macdowell Medalist this summer was especially significant for several reasons: There was the added weight of Albee being only the third playwright to receive the Medal in its 52-year history, his recollection of a run-in with Thornton Wilder while visiting the colony as a young artist, and the coincidental fact that he is the only Medalist to have founded his own residency program. The edward F. Albee Foundation in Montauk, New york, is 40-plus-years strong, and hundreds of artists have worked there thanks to Albee’s support. Though the Macdowell Medal was given in recognition of his genius, a second medal is surely deserved for the generous reinvestment he has made to help develop the genius of others. such help is sorely needed. with the current economic climate, we are seeing an extraordinary increase in demand for the services we provide to artists; there has been a 35 percent increase in applications over the last two years. This means that there are
many disappointed applicants. Having written many grant applications and appeals for Macdowell, i know from personal experience what it is like to wait to hear whether it will be a “yes” or a “no” — one has to have patience, industry, and a certain conviction that what you are doing is worthy. Being able to say “yes” is what Macdowell is all about. The “yes” from the artist who decides to make the work, the “yes” from the panel that reviews it, the “yes” from the donors who make residencies possible, and the “yes” that Macdowell provides by removing obstacles and giving artists the freedom they need to create. Here’s to the yeses!
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Karen Aqua_animator and three-time macDowell fellow karen aqua passed away on may 30th in boston, massachusetts. a producer, director, and animator for Sesame Street, she completed 11 films that screened at film festivals around the world. together with her husband, ken field, she participated in macDowell’s Peterborough Projects Centennial program in 2007, supervising seventh-grade students at mountain Shadows School in Dublin, New hampshire, in the production of the stop-action animation film In the Shadow of Monadnock. She was 57.
Derrick Bell_Writer, law professor, and civil rights advocate derrick Bell died in manhattan on october 5th at the age of 80. the first african american to become tenured at harvard Law School, he was the author of Race, Racism, and American Law (1973), which is a standard textbook in law schools across the country. Known for resigning from various faculty positions during his career in protest of discriminatory practices in the workplace, he authored numerous articles and books about racism and ethics including And We Are Not Saved (1989), Faces at the Bottom of the Well (1992), and Ethical Ambition: Living a Life
of Meaning and Worth (2002). he had residencies at macDowell in 1979, 1995, and 1998.
QuotABle“I came to MacDowell with the vague notion that I would write poems about my Welsh ancestry and the Welsh countryside. I had been reading John K. Bollard’s excellent recent translation of The Mabinogi and had visited my family in Wales, but it was only when I got to MacDowell that inspiration struck. On one of my first walks, I stumbled upon the mosscovered amphitheatre as if happening upon a secret haunt of the dead. When I got back to MacDowell Studio, nestled in the woods, surrounded by ‘tombstones,’ my mind took me to Ffynone Falls — the precise geographic location of the entry into the underworld — and my grandmother appeared.”
Annwn | By Dylan Willoughby
Here, I happened upon the afterworldCreviced behind Ffynone Falls As I wandered alongside the DulasA specter from the before life
You met me there, nonchalant as the deadCan sometimes be, you startled meWith a stillness we don’t yet possessAnd I didn’t recognize you
I thought you might bargain for an exchangeAnother year in my shoesWhile I got to see what I was in forBut you weren’t hungry for this place
Haunting’s something the living invent,You said, no need to reminisceAbout betrayals and loss and lossHow I longed to see you again, I said
You were cool but not unkind in your goodbyeI closed my eyes before you left,Not wanting to remember you vanishingTwice. I stood by the broken pool.
Artist Awards, Grants, and Fellowships reginal edmund
was inducted into the ranks of Chicago Dramatists’s resident playwrights in october. Shown here in Calderwood Studio in 2009, he is currently at work on a nine-play series titled The City of the Bayou Collection, which includes two plays he worked on at macDowell. “the macDowell Colony allowed me to be an artist, and opened up my mind to believe in myself. i am thankful for that experience, and will forever hold a place in my memories of my time there.”
Composer robert ward received a National endowment for the arts (Nea) opera honors award for lifetime achievement on october 27th at the Sidney harman Center for the Performing arts in Washington, DC. Shown above onstage at the Nea ceremony with NPr correspondent Nina totenberg, Ward is best known for his opera The Crucible (1962), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. he had a residency at macDowell in 1938.
hAsANelAhI, Interdisciplinary ArtistartMattersGrant
MelIssAJAMesGIBsoN,PlaywrightSteinbergPlaywrightaward
eDuArDoCorrAl,Poetwhitingwriters’award
lIsAD’AMour,PlaywrightSteinbergPlaywrightaward
AlICeFultoN,Poetamericanacademyofartsandlettersaward
ADAMGWoN,Theatre LyricistKlebanPrize
lIsAKroN,PlaywrighthelenMerrillDistinguishedPlaywrightaward
DANleFrANC,PlaywrighthelenMerrillemergingPlaywrightaward
lorrAINeo’GrADY,Interdisciplinary ArtistartMattersGrant
DANIelorozCo, Writerwhitingwriters’award
suzAN-lorIPArKs,Playwrightamericanacademyofartsandlettersaward
suzANNerIVeCCA, WriterRomeFellowship
toMsleIGh,WriterJohnUpdikeaward
BruCesMIth,PoetnationalBookawardFinalist
MoNIQuetruoNG,WriterRosenthalFamilyFoundationaward
more awards, Grants, and fellowships
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QuotABle“I always work from the environment I’m in. I came to MacDowell with nothing other than a title, which I had stolen from a building off the freeway in Baltimore, and a small library of books. This piece, about a conscious building, was born from the mood of New Jersey Studio in win
ter. It was just after a huge ice storm, there was a wall of snow piling up on a fallen tree in front of the broad window, and a sense of presence of all the writers who had shared that room, and all these things laid the groundwork for the mood of the piece (there are even lunch baskets tucked into the narrative!). Conversations with installation artists also in residence and a studio showing of architectural sketches gave me new formal structures to bring into my theatrical imagining. But more than that, what MacDowell gave me was the first truly sustained period of writing I’ve ever experienced, and the first sense of freedom to actually think of myself as a writer. This didn’t generate a
sense of grandiosity so much as a sense of both capability and willingness to follow the work wherever it wanted to go. I still draw on that sense of concentration and peacefulness now, wherever I’m working.”
—Playwright karinne keithley (above), who won a Bessie Award (a New York dance and performance award) in October for MontgomeryParkoropulence, the piece she mentions above. She started working on this performance piece from scratch when she was at MacDowell in December 2008–January 2009.
New & Notable When writer Julie salamon
(pictured below, left) came to work in macDowell’s banks Studio in 2010, she was finishing up the only autho-rized biography of the late Pulitzer Prize- and tony award-winning playwright (and two-time macDowell fellow) wendy wasserstein. “i had only a week [at macDowell] that came near the end of my project. being isolated without the distrac-tions of the internet and daily life gave me great focus,” says Salamon who, after almost 300 interviews with Wasser-stein’s family members and friends — and full access to her private papers, journals, and letters — crafted a personal, moving portrait of one of the most profound and influential female figures in american theatre. Published by Penguin Press in august, Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein gives insight into of the life of a truly remark-able woman and playwright.
Planned to coincide with New York’s fashion Week in September was a collaborative project between architect mark foster Gage and Nicola formichetti, fashion director for Lady gaga. managed by the nonprofit organization boffo with the aim of fusing ideas from architecture and design in an experimental form, the installation is described by gage as a “faceted, robotic, mirrored chapel that, through millions of reflections, produces a stunning environment to view fashion in surprising new ways.” made accessible to the general public for two weeks in September, the project will be reassembled on greene Street in New York in the coming months, according to gage.
Pasadena became the first city in California’s San gabriel Valley to utilize vinyl wrap application as an art medium on utility boxes in September when interdisciplinary artist susan silton mounted her site-specific installation Utility. a Los angeles-based artist, Silton uses a combina-tion of traditional and new media to make art for unconventional contexts including billboards, the internet, and public venues. Commissioned by the Pasadena Playhouse District in an effort to bring art into the public space, Utility explores the idea of the freedom of expression via a creative combination of historic agitprop graphics, selected quotes from american leaders, and a symbolic 1964 photograph of a berkeley free Speech movement protest printed on vinyl and wrapped around five utility boxes on Pasadena’s Colorado avenue. the installation will remain in place for at least a year. Silton recently received a grant from art matters for travel to the Canary islands, where she will work with women practitioners of the whistling language Silbo gomero.
a project that composer tarik o’regan (pictured above, top, in Chapman Studio) worked on at macDowell in 2006 — the opera Heart of Darkness, based on Joseph Conrad’s novel of the same name — had its world premiere at London’s royal opera house in early November. a co-production of opera east Productions and roh2 (in association with american opera Projects, New York), the one-act opera — scored for eight singers and 13 instruments — is o’regan’s first. his third album on the harmonia mundi label, Acallam na Senórach (Tales of the Elders) was released this fall.
KarinneKeithley (far right) and Katy Pyle performing in Montgomery Park or Opulence at incubator arts Project in New York.
more new & notaBle proJectserICWIllIAMCArroll,PhotographerPlato’s Home Movies,exhibition
hIlArYJorDAN,WriterWhen She Woke,fiction
toMKuNDIG,ArchitectHouses 2,monograph
ANNeMAKePeACe,FilmmakerWe Still Live Here,documentary
PAulAMAtthuseN,ComposerTime, electronicscoreforballet
ChrIstIANMCeWeN,WriterWorld Enough & Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down, nonfiction
DANePAttersoN,Visual ArtistAgain, and again, and again . . . exhibition
JoelsANDers,ArchitectGroundwork: Between Landscape and Architecture,nonfiction
GreGsPeArs,ComposerRequiem,cD
MeIrAWArshAuer,ComposerLiving Breathing Earth,cD
the work of two-time macDowell fellow and painter hunt slonem was highlighted in the “Style Sheet” column of Elle Décor magazine’s November issue. “he’s right up there with richard Serra and Donald baechler,” says the magazine, “art stars whose works routinely turn up on the walls of some of the chicest homes.” art lovers everywhere can now enjoy a retrospective of Slonem’s 30-year career with The Worlds of Hunt Slonem, a catalogue of essays about, and images of, Slonem’s work by Dominique Nahas. released by Vendome Press in october, the 288-page book includes 600 striking color illustrations of, and seven chapters organized around themes found in, Slonem’s work. interested in seeing Slonem’s work in person? Stop by his latest solo exhibition, which is running at New York’s marlborough gallery from December 7th through January 7th. Shown right is Slonem’s Mongolia, 40” x 30”, oil on canvas, 2010.
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Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome.MynameisMichaelChabon,andiamthrilledtobehereforthisdayofpersonalfirsts:myfirstMedalDay,myfirsttimepresidingoverMedalDayasthenewchairmanofthecolony,andthefirsttimethatmylong-sufferingchildrengettoseethisfabledandcursedandunimaginableplace,farawayontheothersideofthecountryfromourhomeinBerkeley,california:TheMacDowellcolony,itsnamesostrangelyevocativeofahiveofants,perhaps,ora
domedcityonanalienplanet,whichformanyyearsnowhasswallowedupboththeirfatherandtheirmotherforweeksonend,withonlyapostcardpictureofapicnicbasket,theproverbiallousyt-shirt,andanotherdamnnoveltoshowforit.
MyfirstresidencyatMacDowellwas15yearsago.iwasdriventocomeherebytheeldestofthosechildren(wenowhavefour),whoseinfancyandtoddlerhoodweretakingupfarmoreofmytimeandattentionthani,ormycareerasawriter,hadreckonedon.Butmaybe“takingupmytimeandattention”isnotthecorrectformulation.Maybeitwouldbemoreexacttosay“suckingmedrywithafiendishnessthatapproachedthevampiric.”oneday—atthetimewestilllivedinlosangeles—iwassittingaroundkvetching(imean,conferring)withacolleague,thebrilliantnovelistMonasimpson,whowasalsonewlyaparent.itwasMonawhofirstrevealedtomethemysteriesofthispastoral
sanctumwhere,amidthebeechesandalders,onamoonlitnightinthedeepofFebruary,withaphraseofMelvilleinyourhead,andathousandwordsunderyourbelt,andawell-cookedsupperinyourbelly,youcannothearyourchildrencryingtowatchanotherepisodeofSpongebob,nomatterhowloudtheyscream.
i’vebeentryingtodrawalinebetweenmyworkandthatofourdistinguished—iamtemptedtousethewordrevered—Medalist,edwardalbee,andthecommonthemethatikeepcomingbacktoisthetension,whetherfruitfulordestructive,betweenthefamilyandthefreak,betweenwhatyouinheritandwhatpartofthatinheritanceyouspurn.Freaks,bydefinition,betraytheirheritages,andintheworkofMr.
albeewesee,sooften,howtheheritage,thefamily,andthesocietyoneisbornintotrytoexacttheirrevengeforthatbetrayal.
Thinkingoffreaksmakesmethinkaboutcomicbooks.ofcourse,somepeoplemightsuggestthateverythingmakesmethinkaboutcomicbooks,butidon’tseeanyproblemthere.Understandcomicbooks,myfriends,andyouunderstandthecosmos.now,intheworldofMarvelcomics,someofyourcostumedheroeshavetheirpowersthrustuponthem;someachievetheirpowersthroughworkanddedication;andsomestrangeandtormentedsoulsarejustbornthatway.Theselastareknownasmutants.Freaks.outcasts,huntedandsolitary,oftendespisedbytherestofhumankind.TheluckiestamongthemfindtheirwaytoProfessorX’sbig,ramblingcountryestatesomewheretothenorthofnewyorkcity,where,inthecompanyoftheirownstrangekind,theyarewelcomedandshelteredandfed,andgiveneverythingtheyrequiretofulfilltheirfreakypotential,todrawoutandfindthelimitsoftheirpower:oftheirabilitytolightupthedarkness;togeneratenewsonictextures;toshapeandcontrol
therawmaterialsofearth,stone,andsteel;togeneratevividillusionsandwakingdreams;toharnessthekineticenergiesoftheirownbodies;andtoconnect,directly,withthethoughtsandemotionsofanotherhumanbeing.Soundlikeanyplaceyouknow?
Myattentionasawriterhasalwaysbeendrawntooursecondfamilies:tothefamilieswefind,make,invent,contrive.Becausesomanyofus—whetherornotwemakeartorcanturnourbodiesintoorganicvibranium—feellikefreaks,likemutants,oppressedbytheheritagethatdefinesus,born,asthecoversofoldMarvelcomicsusedtoroutinelyputit,inToawoRlDweneveRMaDe!Thereistheworldyouareborninto,andtheworldyoumakefor
yourselfoutofchoicesandaffinitiesandlove;outofwords,rebar,quarternotes,orpixels.Thereisyourfamilyoforigin,andthefamilythatyouchooseforyourself,thatyouluckinto.Thereistheplaceyoucomefrom,andtheplacewhereyoubelong.Forsomanyofus—mutants,artists—thatsecondplace,thatrefuge,isMacDowell.nomatterhowalone,howisolated,howmisunderstood,howjustplainweirdyoufeel,youcomehere,andyoulookaroundthediningtable,andyousay,“wow,i’mactuallyalotmorenormalthanithought.”no,whatyouthinkis,“i’llbesafehere.iwillbeunderstood.iwillbeencouraged,andsupported,andchallengedtomeasureuptomyowngoalsandambitionsformyselfandmywork.”
Thoseareallthingsthateveryself-respectingfamily,ibelieve,oughttoaspiretoprovideforitsmembers.MacDowellhasbeendoingit,anddoingitinstyle,formorethanacentury.
welcome,then,toMedalDay.welcometoMacDowell.andwelcome,myfellowmutants,tothefamily.
Michael chabon
For only the third time since it was first awarded in 1960, the edward Macdowell Medal was given in
tribute to a playwright in August — a giant in the field who has made an indelible impact on American theatre with
his courageous and emotionally wrenching work: edward Albee. Medal day has become a not-to-be-missed cultural
event, and this year was no exception; more than 1,500 guests made their way to the colony to celebrate Albee
and his work, including acclaimed film and theatre director Mike Nichols, who introduced Albee to the crowd as
chairman of the Board
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“thereistheplaceyoucomefrom,andtheplacewhereyou
belong.Forsomanyofus—mutants,artists—thatsecond
place,thatrefuge,isMacDowell.”
medalist edward albee shares a moment at medal Day with macDowell Chairman michael chabon.
Top left, front row (l to r): President Susan Davenport austin, edward albee, and executive Director Cheryl Young. Back row (l to r): resident Director David macy, Chairman michael chabon, and mike Nichols. Top right: edward albee greets the medal Day crowd.
auden wrote that Great art is clear thinkinG aboutmixedfeelings.SeeingtheplayWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
whenitfirstopenedonBroadwaywastoexperiencetheshockoffeelingthelivesintheplayweresofamiliarthatsomehow,youhadlivedthemorwouldinthefuture.herewasawriterwhohadwrittenalovestorythatbroughtusstunnedrecognitionbecauseitwasdangerousandtrue.ineededtoknowaboutthiswriterwhohadtornalayerofskinoffallofus.
Someyearsafterisawtheplay,igotthechancetodirectthemovie—whichyoumightsaywasliketheincidentthatactuallyhappenedin1987whenacommitteememberfromStockholmmeanttocalltheorganicchemistwhohadjustwonthenobelPrizebutcalledinsteadacarpetcleanerofthesamename.naturally,ijumpedatthechance.
iknewedwardhadwiselysoldtheplaywithoutbeingwhatiscalled“attached.”Thushewasfreeandtheplaywasforeverhis.whenigottohollywooditturnedoutthat,truetoitsreputation,ithadcausedascripttobewrittenthatwouldimproveonhisplay.
asireadthescriptforthemovie,iwasprettystartled:iwillmentiononlytwoitemstogiveyouthefeelofit.TheopeningcreditsofthemoviewereoverGeorgetakingawalkatnight.hesawvariousthingsashewalked,butperhapsthemoststrikingofthesetableauswastwodogshumping.Thissentenceinthescriptwasfollowedbyaparenthesisthatinstructed:“(Thismustbebeautifullyshot),”andno,i’mnotmakingthisup.ihadadesignerfriendwhoreadthatandshesaid:“icandothis!i’llneedafghansandlotsoffans!”
Theotherideaforthefilmthatiwilltellyouaboutwasthattheimaginarychild—sinceithadcomeinforsomecriticisminthepress—theyfelt,wouldberealinthemovie.inthisscript,hehadhangedhimselfinthehallclosetonhis21stbirthdayandafterthefuneral,GeorgeandMarthahadpaperedoverwheretheclosethadbeen,presumablysotheywouldn’tberemindedofwhathadhappened.
Sohoweasyandhappyitwastorestoreedward’stextandgotowork.andhowhetookcareofusandthemovie,andhedidn’tevenhavetobethere.Thewordsandactionsdidthejob.
Thatplay,andedward’sotherplays,havebeenwithmeandtaughtmeeversince.here’swhatirealizednotallthatlongago:Virginia Woolfmaybetheonlyplaythattakesplaceentirelyinthepresent.yes,therearesomestoriesofthepast,buttheyareseductivebrillianttrapssetandsprungbyGeorgetoenormouseffect.TheyarethedevicethatelicitstheconfidencesthatGeorgeusesto“GettheGuests”andcompletetheactionoftheplay.itisallhappeningnowbeforeoureyes.amongmyfavoritewordsintheworldarethesethatedwardwrote.ThisisthestoryGeorgetellstonickafterhoneyhasgottensodrunkthatMarthahastotendtoherinthebathroom:
GeoRGe:Uh...Bourbonisright.
nicK:Uh...yes,bourbon.
GeoRGe:wheniwassixteenandgoingtoprepschool,duringthePunicwars,abunchofususedtogointonewyorkonthefirstdayofvacations,beforewefannedouttoourhomes,andintheeveningthisbunchofususedtogotothisginmillownedbythegangster-fatherofoneofus—forthiswasduringtheGreatexperiment,orProhibition,asitismorefrequentlycalled,anditwasabadtimefortheliquorlobby,butafinetimeforthecrooksandthecops—andwewouldgotothisginmill,andwewoulddrinkwiththegrown-upsandlistentothejazz.andonetime,inthebunchofus,therewasthisboywhowasfifteen,andhehadkilledhismotherwithashotgunsomeyearsbefore—accidentally,completelyaccidentally,withoutevenanunconsciousmotivation,ihavenodoubt,nodoubtatall—andthisoneeveningthisboywentwithus,andweordereddrinks,andwhenitcamehisturnhesaid,“i’llhavethebergin...givemesomebergin,please...berginandwater.”well,wealllaughed...hewasblondandhehadthefaceofacherub,andwealllaughed,andhischeekswentredandthecolorroseinhisneck,andtheassistantcrookwhohadtakenourordertoldpeopleatthenexttablewhattheboyhadsaid,andthentheylaughed,andthenmorepeopleandmorelaughter,andnoonewaslaughingmorethanus,andnoneofuslaughingmorethantheboywhohadshothismother.andsoon,everyoneintheginmillknewwhatthelaughterwasabout,andeveryonestartedorderingbergin,andlaughingwhentheyorderedit.andsoon,orcourse,thelaughterbecamelessgeneral,butitdidnotsubside,entirely,foraverylongtime,foralwaysatthistableorthatsomeonewould
orderberginandanewareaoflaughterwouldrise.wedrankfreethatnight,andwewerebroughtchampagnebythemanagement,bythegangster-fatherofoneofus.andofcourse,wesufferedthenextday,eachofus,alone,onhistrain,awayfromnewyork,eachofuswithagrown-up’shangover...butitwasthegrandestdayofmy...youth.
(Hands Nick a drink)
nicK:Thankyou.what...whathappenedtotheboy...theboywhohadshothismother?
GeoRGe:iwon’ttellyou.
nicK:allright.
GeoRGe:Thefollowingsummer,onacountryroad,withhislearner’spermitinhispocketandhisfatheronthefrontseattohisright,heswervedthecar,toavoidaporcupine,anddrovestraightintoalargetree.
nicK:no.
GeoRGe:hewasnotkilledofcourse.andinthehospital,whenhewasconsciousandoutofdanger,andwhentheytoldhimthathisfatherwasdead,hebegantolaugh,ihavebeentold,andhislaughtergrewandwouldnotstop,anditwasnottillaftertheyjammedaneedleinhisarm,notuntilafterthat,untilhisconsciousnessslippedawayfromhim,thathislaughtersubsided...stopped.andwhenhewasrecoveredfromhisinjuriesenoughsothathecouldbemovedwithoutdamageshouldhestruggle,hewasputinanasylum.Thatwas30yearsago.
nicK:ishe...stillthere?
GeoRGe:oh,yes.andi’mtoldthatforthese30yearshehas...not...uttered...one...sound.
edwardalbeeisamaster,aflamethrower,apoet,and—mostamazing—acalm,kind,generousteacherdoingwhatFlaubertsuggested:puttinghiswildnessinhiswork.edward,51yearsago,youandihadahamburgerinaplaceon8thavenue,anditoldyouhowmuchilovedyourplayandyoutoldmethatyouhadenjoyedAn Evening With Nichols and Elaine May butthatyouhadonesuggestion:yousaidourpieceswouldbebetterifwecouldendwithgray-outsratherthansharpblackoutsafterpunchlines.itoldelaineandwetried,butourcabarettrainingwastoostrong.Today,iwouldlovetoheedyouradviceandendwithagray-out,butagaincannotasihavetoogoodapunchline.itis:ladiesandgentlemen...eDwaRDalBee!
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a scene” program — created in partnership with Andy’s summer
playhouse — was also part of the Medal day offerings, as were the
traditional picnic lunch and open studio tours. Three of the stellar
speeches given on that special day are reproduced below. enjoy!
the Playwright
Far left: medal Day visitors enjoy picnic lunches after the ceremony. Left: edward albee accepts the 2011 edward macDowell medal.
MEDAL DAY 2011
Mike Nicholspresentation speaker
this is my second visit toTheMacDowellcolony.Thefirstwas60yearsago.ihavenotbeenbackuntilnow,notthroughanyunhappinesswithmyfirstvisit—iwilltellyouaboutthatvisit,i’menormouslygratefulforit—i’vejustbeenbusy.
onethingididlearnfrommyfirstvisittoTheMacDowellcolonyalongtimeagowasthatitwasdoingsomethingthatpracticallynootherorganizationintheUnitedStateswasdoingatthattime:Providingworkspace,livingspace,andcommunalartistspaceforavarietyofwonderful,creativepeople.nowmany,
manypeoplearedoingit,butnoneofthemhavedoneitwiththeconsistencyorwiththequalityofthepartici-pantsthatTheMacDowellcolonyhasovertheyears.we’reenormouslygratefulforthat.iam,myself.
i’moneofthesewriters—or“creativepeople,”ifyoulikethatterm—whodecidedvery,veryyoungthathewasgoingtobeinvolvedinthearts.asiremember,ibeganwritingpoetrywheniwaseight.istopped,wheniwas28,forreasonsiwilltellyousoon,basicallybecauseiwasn’tgettingallthatmuchbetter.istarteddoingdrawingsandpaintingswheniwasabout10,andidiscoveredBachwheniwas11andahalfanddecided,ofcourse,thatihadtobeacomposer.Mycompetenceinmostofthesewasminimal,butipersistedinbeingawriter,apoet—weallbeginasapoet,dowenot,knowingnobetter—andeventuallyabandoningthenovelasahopelessenterpriseforme,andknowingthattheshortstoryandihadlotsofargumentsaboutitsnature,andthattheshortstorywasprobablyright.Thoughimustconfess,iwroteashortstorywheniwas28,iguess,thathadinitoneofthebestfirstlinesofanyshortstoryeverwrittenbyanamerican.itwasashortstorysetinRome,italy,andthefirstline—believeme,it’sagoodone—thefirstlinewas:“everythinginRomeisuphill.”That’sprettygood!Unfortunately,fromthatpointinthestory,everythingwasdownhill.Butipersistedinbeingawriter,andconcentratedmostlyonpoetryforavery,verylongtime.
wheniwasthrownoutofcollegewheniwas19,imovedtonewyork’sGreenwichvillageandidecided,well,hell.i’moutofcollege,youknow,i’manadult.imightaswellgettoknowsomeotherwritersandshowthemmywork,andgettheirapplause.andtherewasapoeti’dheardwaslivinginnewyorkcity,oncorneliaStreet.andsoitook,what,20or30ofmypoems,andiwenttocorneliaStreetandrappedonthedoor.and
thisguywasthere,andheopenedthedoor,andithrustthepoemsathim,andisaid:“Mynameisedwardalbee.i’mapoet.Readthese.i’llbebackinaweek.”hewassoastonishedthathetookthepoemsandstoodthere,mouthagape,asiwanderedaway.
aweeklater,totheday—tothehour,probably—iwentbacktocorneliaStreetanddiscoveredhehadnotmoved.hewasstillthere,andevenhavingreadmypoetry,heinvitedmeinforadiscussion.very,verygenerousman,thisguy...pointingoutmyexcesses,mylapses,butbeingvery,verycarefultotreadverygentlyonthosepoemsofminethatweremostobviously
influencedbyhis.Forthismanwasw.h.auden.imentionedthiswhenigottoknowwystanvery,verywellinlateryears....ikeptmentioningthiseventtohimandhepretendedithadneverhappened.indeed,ithad.
Soiwasvisiting—acoupleofyearslaterwheniwaswhat,23,perhaps—iwasvisitingafriendofminewhowasinresidencehereatTheMacDowellcolony,averygoodyoungcomposernamedBillFlanagan.iwasvisiting,andiwasimpressedbyeverythingthatwasgoingon,thinkingthatmaybesomedayi’dgetinvitedtoTheMacDowellcolony,maybe—ifistoppedwritingpoetry,perhaps.andiwaswanderingaroundthewonderfulgrounds,andispiedashortish,baldingmanlurkinginsomepinetrees.iknewwhohewas,andiwantedhim—eventhoughhewasn’tapoet,hewasawriter—iwantedhimtoreadmypoetry.ihadlearnedthatnomatterwhereiwent,ialwayscarriedasmallsuitcasewithme,ofmywork.youneverknewwhenitwasgonnacomeinhandy.
Soigrabbed—ihadcommittedmany,manymorepoemsbythen—igrabbedahandfulofsomeofthenewerones,andsearchedhimout,andifoundhimlurkingunderanotherpinetreesomewhere.andiwentintomyact,andisaid:“Mynameisedwardalbee.i’mapoet.Readthese,”andthrustthemathim.andhetookthem.andiguesshewasaquickread,becausethenextdayhefoundmelurkingundersomeothertrees,andhesaid:“albee,ihavereadallofthesepoems.iwanttotakeyououtandgetyoudrunk.”
well,youknowwhatithought,ofcourse:Sincethetimeihadshownmypoetrytoauden,ithadundergoneaseachange,andwasnowofamagnificencethatcouldnotbediscussedsober.Turnedoutnottobethecase;theguyjustlikedtodrinkalittlebit.Sohetookmeoutinsomebeat-uplittlecar,tooneofthemanypondletsthatdotthenewhampshirecountryside,withabottleofbourbon.andasthesunwassetting,andasthelevelofthebottleofbourbonwassettling,hediscussedeachofmypoemswithme.hedidsome-thingithoughtratherodd.everytimehefinished
discussingoneofmypoems—whetherhedidthisonpurposeornot,idon’tknow,maybethefirsttimewasaccident—hesortofslippeditintothewater.andbythetimehehadfinishedgoingoverthese20or30poemsofmine,theentiresurfaceofthepondwascoveredwithfoolscap.Foolscap,indeed!
Thisman,whosenamewasthorntonWilder...whenyou’rethatyoung,youdareanything;whenyou’rethatyoung,youwillshowyourworktothegreatbecauseyoufeelthattheydeservetheexperienceofyourwork.wildersaidtomeasentencethatchangedmylife,whichiswhyiamtellingyouthisentirestory.hesaid:
“albee,ihavereadthesepoems.”andisaid,“wellyes,they’re...icanseethemallfloating.”“ihavereadthesepoems,albee.”longpause.“haveyoueverthoughtaboutwritingplays?”
i’mnottryingtosuggestthatThorntonsaw,inthepoetry,theinsipientplaywright.ithinkmuchmorelikely,hewastryingtosavepoetryfromme.Severalyearslater,itookhisadvice:iwrotemyfirstplay.itwascalledThe Zoo Story.andmylifechanged.irealized—andmaybeiwouldhavegottentowriteplaysbecauseiwassobadateverythingelse,andiknewiwasawriter,maybethatwasinevitable—butithinkthatThornton’sadvicetogiveuppoetryandwriteplayshelpedmealong.itwasamazingadvicetoget,andi’llbeeternallygratefultoawriterwhoithinkmayhavewrittenthegreatestplayeverwrittenbyanamerican:ThatisOur Town byThorntonwilder.hisotherplaysaren’tsobad,either.
Butidon’tknowwhyitis,whenthelistsaremadeofthedeathlessamericanplaywrights,forsomereasonThornton’snameisnotonthereveryoften.ithinkit’sagreatlapse.he’saterriblyimportantplaywright,andsomebodywhohadthegenerosityandthekindnesstoreallybehelpful—enormouslyhelpful—toayoungwriterwhocouldeasilyhavebeendamagedbyrejec-tion.hewasgenerousenoughtobekind.wegottoknoweachotherinlateryears,asididwithauden,butitwaswilderwhopushedmeandenabledmetoaccomplishwhateveri’veaccomplishedsofar.
i’mgratefultohim,enormously,andgratefultoTheMacDowellcolonyforexistingandforhavinghimthereatthetimeihappenedtowanderby.ithinkpossibly,itisaplacelikethisthatyoudotendtomeet—moreoftenthanyouwouldotherwise—peoplewhoareveryimportanttoyou,peoplewhoaregoingtobehelpfultoyou,andinfluentialtoyou.
youhaveagoodplacegoinghere.you’veputtogethersomeextraordinarypeople.andi’mveryhappytohavebeenheretwice.andihopeicomebackbeforeanother60yearshavepassed.Thankyou.
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Mac ’n’ cheeseThethirdseasonofMacDowell’ssalon-styleserieshasfeaturedfantasticeveningswithartistsinnewyorkcity,Boston,andMartha’svineyard.onJune29th,hunterBellandsusanBlackwell(withaccompanistlarryPressgrove)performedsongs
fromtheirstageworkatthenewyorkhomeofMacDowellsupportersDavidMcconnellandDarrellcrawford;theeveningwashostedbycolonyFellowlisahoworth.Mac’n’cheeseexpandedtoMartha’svineyardforaJuly25theventfeaturingJameslapineandhonorMooreat
thehomeofSteveJudgeandJimSkelton.inSeptember,writersryanhartyandJulieorringersharedtheirworkinnewyorkataneventhostedbyBrittainandRinaStone.BettyandRussellGaudreauwelcomedastanding-room-onlycrowdtotheirBeaconhillhomeforjazzcomposerandpianistBertseagerandpoetsuestandingonoctober12th.Keepyoureyeoutfornewsonthe2012season!
2011 National council TripMacDowell’snationalcouncilexploredSanFrancisco’sartssceneandthesustain-ablefoodworldduringthisyear’sannualtripinoctober.hostedbyAyeletWaldmanandMichaelChabon,chairmanoftheboard,thetripincludedtoursofsomeoftheBayarea’smostcovetedartcollections,restaurants,gardens,andvineyards.
highlightsincludedaprivatelunchwithchefandfoodactivistalicewatersandjournalistandauthorMichaelPollanatwaters’schezPanisse;atouroftheedibleSchoolyard(anonprofitventureaimedatbuildingandsharingafoodcurriculuminthelocalschoolsystem);avisittotheUniversityofcaliforniaBerkeley’sBlakeestateledbylandscapearchitectChipsullivan;areceptionwithmorethan40colonyFellowsfromtheBayarea;curator-ledvisitstoprivateart
collections;andavisittoandluncheonattheFraenkelGalleryandPier24.Thelaststoponthetripwasthenapavalley,whereparticipantsvisitedthehesscollectionwineryandenjoyedawalkthroughtheartgallery.Forinformationonnationalcouncilmembership,pleasecontactelenaQuevedoatequevedo@macdowellcolony.
Macdowell downtownaseriesoffreepresentationsofferedbyMacDowellcolonyartists,MacDowellDowntowntakesplacethefirstFridayofthemonthfromMarchtonovemberatthePeterboroughhistoricalSociety.atJuly’sMacDowellDowntown,filmmakershellysilverscreenedexcerptsfromherrecentfilms,whileinaugust,thefilmversionofWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?wasscreenedincelebrationof2011edwardMacDowellMedalistedwardalbee.inSeptember,composerandkeyboardistMissyMazzoli(shownaboveinSprague-SmithStudio)performedlivemusicandsharedvideoofhernewoperaandperformancesbyherband,victoire.PulitzerPrize-winningjournalistDr.sheriFinkspokeatoctober’sMacDowellDowntown,engagingtheaudienceinadialogueontheethicaldilemmasinvolvedinrationinghealthcare.
Macdowell in the schoolsTokickofftheschoolyearinSeptember,filmmakerDeniseIrissharedaseriesofone-minutefilmswithstudentsandteachersinthealternativeeducationdepartmentatconvalhighSchool.Shealsodiscussedmakingshortfilmswithcellphonecamerasandotheraffordabletools.inoctober,writer,composer,andperformanceartistCynthiahopkins(picturedright)sharedworkfromhermostrecentproject,whichintegratesfilmfootageofthearcticwithlivemusicforvoiceandaccordion.inJuly,compo-sersAngellamandelizabethNonemakersharedtheirmusicwithcompositionstudentsfromthewaldenSchoolinDublin.
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Left to right: Painter CarrieMoyer, composer Neilrolnick, filmmaker DeniseIris, architects Julielarsenand rogerhubeli, interdisciplinary artist JohnKelly, and playwright lasheaDelaney.
marK aDamo, ComposerNew York, NY
robert aKeret, WriterNew York, NY
beCCa aLbee, Visual Artistbrooklyn, NY
DarCY JameS argUe, Composerbrooklyn, NY
miChaeL aShKiN, Visual Artistithaca, NY
eLeaNor aVerSa, ComposerPhiladelphia, Pa
roSeCraNS baLDWiN, WriterChapel hill, NC
JoShUah bearmaN, WriterLos angeles, Ca
JeSSe berCoWetz, Visual Artistbrooklyn, NY
marK biNeLLi, WriterNew York, NY
Kate bLaKiNger, WriterPhiladelphia, Pa
ChriStie bLizarD, Visual ArtistLubbock, tX
maria borJa, Writeroslo, NorWaY
aNDreW braDDoCK, Interdisciplinary Artistfredericksburg, oh
WiLeY CaSh, Writermorgantown, WV
miChaeL ChaboN, Writerberkeley, Ca
aNDrea CLearfieLD, ComposerPhiladelphia, Pa
aNDrea CoheN, WriterWatertown, ma
LYDia CoNKLiN, Writermadison, Wi
PattY CraNe, WriterDalton, ma
NathaN CUrrier, Composergreenwood, Va
meghaN DaUm, WriterLos angeles, Ca
LaShea DeLaNeY, Theatrebrooklyn, NY
StePheN DUNN, Writerfrostburg, mD
miCheLLe eLLSWorth, Interdisciplinary Artistboulder, Co
reDmoND eNtWiStLe, Film/Video Artistbrooklyn, NY
taNNaz farSi, Visual Artisteugene, or
marCeLLa faUStiNi, Visual ArtistSan francisco, Ca
meLiSSa feboS, WriterClinton, NY
amY feLDmaN, Visual Artistbrooklyn, NY
gLeN goLD, WriterSan francisco, Ca
JohN goNzaLez, Visual Artistboston, ma
iLoNa graNet, Interdisciplinary ArtistNew York, NY
aNDreW greer, WriterSan francisco, Ca
brUCe gUerNSeY, WriterCharleston, iL
JohN haSKeLL, Writerbrooklyn, NY
heNrY hehmSoth, ComposerSan marcos, tX
eriN hogaN, WriterChicago, iL
CYNthia hoPKiNS, Interdisciplinary Artistbrooklyn, NY
roger hUbeLi, ArchitectChampaign, iL
JoYCe hWaNg, Architectbuffalo, NY
CatheriNe iNgraham, Architectbrooklyn, NY
SCott iNgram, Visual Artistatlanta, ga
DeNiSe iriS, Film/Video ArtistNew York, NY
LaUra JaCqmiN, TheatreChicago, iL
KriStiN JoNeS, Visual ArtistNew York, NY
Sarah JoNeS, Interdisciplinary ArtistNew York, NY
StePheN Karam, TheatreNew York, NY
Jaime KarNeS, WriterNew York, NY
DariNa KarPoV, Visual Artistbrooklyn, NY
JohN KeLLY, Interdisciplinary ArtistNew York, NY
JoY Kmt, WriterPittsburgh, Pa
LYNN KobLe, Visual ArtistNew York, NY
giNger KrebS, Interdisciplinary ArtistChicago, iL
JoNathaN LaCKmaN, Writerhatfield, ma
aNgeL Lam, ComposerNew York, NY
LiNDSeY LaNDfrieD, Visual Artistgreenville, Pa
JULie LarSeN, ArchitectChampaign, iL
YoUNg JeaN Lee, Theatrebrooklyn, NY
eriC LehmaN, WriterNew York, NY
JeNNifer LeUNg, Architectbrooklyn, NY
JameS LiNViLLe, Film/Video ArtistLondon, UNiteD KiNgDom
briDget LoWe, WriterSt. Louis, mo
amaNDa maDDoCK, Interdisciplinary Artistbrooklyn, NY
Kara maNNiNg, TheatreNew York, NY
beN marCUS, WriterNew York, NY
aLeXaNDria marzaNo-LeSNeViCh, WriterJamaica Plain, ma
miSSY mazzoLi, Composerbrooklyn, NY
JUDith mCbrieN, ArchitectWilmette, iL
iaN mCDoNaLD, Theatrebuxton, me
maUreeN mCLaNe, WriterNew York, NY
LaNSiNg mCLoSKeY, Composermiami, fL
CaSSaNDra meDLeY, TheatreNew York, NY
feLiz moLiNa, Writerbuffalo, NY
roD moore, WriterLos angeles, Ca
PaUL moraVeC, ComposerNew York, NY
miChaeL morSe, Writerbrooklyn, NY
Carrie moYer, Visual Artistbrooklyn, NY
ChriStoPher mUNCh, Film/Video ArtistLos angeles, Ca
JoaN mUrraY, Writerold Chatham, NY
aLeXaNDra NaPier, Theatretoronto, CaNaDa
eLizabeth NoNemaKer, ComposerLos angeles, Ca
aNDreW NormaN, Composerbrooklyn, NY
D. NUrKSe, Writerbrooklyn, NY
StePheN o’CoNNor, WriterNew York, NY
meghaN o’roUrKe, Writerbrooklyn, NY
eUgeNe oStaSheVSKY, WriterLong island City, NY
reNie oXLeY, WriterLos angeles, Ca
ShiN YU Pai, WriterConway, ar
LaUrie ParKer, Film/Video Artistarcata, Ca
CeCiLY ParKS, WriterCambridge, ma
JaNet PeerY, WriterNorfolk, Va
JaYNe aNNe PhiLLiPS, WriterJamaica Plain, ma
aNDreia PiNto-Correia, Composerquincy, ma
LiSS PLatt, Film/Video Artisthamilton, ontario, CaNaDa
robert PLoWmaN, Theatrehalifax, Nova Scotia, CaNaDa
haNNa PYLVaiNeN, WriterWest bloomfield, mi
KirStiN qUaDe, Writertuscon, az
Jamie qUatro, WriterLookout mountain, ga
LaWreNCe raab, WriterWilliamstown, ma
JULia reCKLeSS, WriterSouth Yorkshire, UNiteD KiNgDom
SPeNCer reeCe, Writermadrid, SPaiN
margaret regeS, Writeroakland, Ca
NaNCY reiSmaN, WriterNashville, tN
ChriS rogerSoN, Composeramherst, NY
NeiL roLNiCK, ComposerNew York, NY
DaNNY rUbiN, Film/Video Artistbrookline, ma
greta SChULer, WriterSt. Louis, mo
emma SChWarCz, WriterVictoria, aUStraLia
JaCKie SibbLieS DrUrY, Theatrebrooklyn, NY
SheLLY SiLVer, Film/Video ArtistNew York, NY
eDWarD SimoN, Composerorange City, fL
maireaD SmaLL StaiD, Writerandover, ma
gregorY SPearS, Composerbrooklyn, NY
YoLaiNe St. fort, Writerbrooklyn, NY
YeKateriNa StaNiSLaVSKaYa, TheatreNew York, NY
JeSSiCa SterN, WriterCambridge, ma
DaViD StoreY, Visual ArtistNew York, NY
eLiSabeth SUbriN, Film/Video Artistbrooklyn, NY
maNiL SUri, WriterSilver Springs, mD
rebeCCa taiChmaN, TheatreNew York, NY
CatheriNe taYLor, Writerithaca, NY
JaCKie thomaS-KeNNeDY, WriterNeedham, ma
miLLee tibbS, Visual ArtistProvidence, ri
DiaNe torr, Interdisciplinary Artistglasgow, UNiteD KiNgDom
abigaiL ULmaN, WriterSan francisco, Ca
barrY UNDerWooD, Visual ArtistCleveland heights, oh
Kimetha VaNDerVeeN, Visual ArtistSan francisco, Ca
PaULa VogeL, TheatreCranston, ri
aYeLet WaLDmaN, Writerberkeley, Ca
JoSh WeiL, WriterLeverett, ma
DaN WeLCher, Composerbastrop, tX
raCheL PerrY WeLtY, Interdisciplinary Artistgloucester, ma
SUSaN WiCKS, WriterKent, UNiteD KiNgDom
robiN WiLLiamS, Visual Artistbrooklyn, NY
martha WiLSoN, Interdisciplinary Artistbrooklyn, NY
garY WiNter, Theatrebrooklyn, NY
eriC WUbbeLS, ComposerNew York, NY
Pete WYer, ComposerLondon, UNiteD KiNgDom
WaNg Xi, ComposerDallas, tX
moNiCa YoUN, WriterNew York, NY
FromMaythroughoctoberof2011,TheMacDowellcolonywelcomedatotalof141artistsfrom23statesandsixcountries.Thisgroupincluded61writers,21composers,19visualartists,14theatreartists,11interdisciplinaryartists,9film/videoartists,and6architects.
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the macDowell Colony awards fellowships to artists of exceptional talent, providing time, space, and an inspiring environment in which to do creative work. the Colony was founded in 1907 by composer edward macDowell and pianist marian Nevins macDowell, his wife. fellows receive room, board, and exclusive use of a studio. the sole criterion for acceptance is talent, as determined by a panel representing the discipline of the applicant. the macDowell Colony was awarded the National medal of arts in 1997 for “nurturing and inspiring many of this century’s finest artists.”
applications are available on our Web site at
www.macdowellcolony.org.
Chairman:MichaelchabonPresident:SusanDavenportaustinexecutiveDirector:cheryla.youngresidentDirector:DavidMacy
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