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A place for the arts : the MacDowell Colony, 1907-2007 / Joan Acocella ... [et al.] ; Carter Wiseman, general editor.
- Title
- A place for the arts : the MacDowell Colony, 1907-2007 / Joan Acocella ... [et al.] ; Carter Wiseman, general editor.
- Publication
- Peterborough, N.H. : MacDowell Colony ; Lebanon, N.H. : Distributed by University Press of New England, c2006.
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- Description
- 239 p. : ill. (some col.); 28 cm.
- Summary
- "...Tells the in-depth story of The MacDowell Colony, American'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."--book sleeve.
- Alternative Title
- MacDowell Colony, 1907-2007
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Includes index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface / Carter Wiseman -- Introduction. A catalyst for creativity / Vartan Gregorian -- The Fellows' MacDowell. Landscape of the imagination / 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 Edward MacDowell Medal. 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 -- A common good. 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.
- ISBN
- 1584656093
- 9781584656098
- 1584656123
- 9781584656128
- LCCN
- ^^2006023092
- OCLC
- 70407870
- SCSB-11500076
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library