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Yaddo’s mission is to further the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without

interruption in a supportive environment. Chosen on a competitive basis by panels of widely recognized

artists, guests work in both traditional and nontraditional media. They include emerging and well-known

artists, reflecting a broad range of contemporary styles and creative perspectives. They are welcomed to

Yaddo without regard for their financial circumstances.

Report from the Co-Chairs 3

President’s Report 4

Yaddo Artists 6

Sponsored Residencies 9

New York City Benefit 12

Saratoga Summer Benefit 13

Highlights 14

Financial Information 15

Yaddo Contributors 16

Directors and Members 24

Trask Society 23

Staff 24

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Cover photo, studio exterior: Elizabeth Haynes. Studio interior: Tristan Kirvin.

SINCE OUR FOUNDING,

YADDO HAS WORKED

HARD TO INVIGORATE AND

FINE-TUNE THE FACILITIES

WE OFFER OUR ARTISTS.

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We begin by taking a moment

to remind ourselves how

very grateful we are for

Yaddo – a place of retreat, creative

inspiration, and refuge in a world that

is so complex. And we are pleased to

report that 2015 was a year of all-

around accomplishment. In our aim to

Preserve the Past and Build a Vibrant

Future, Yaddo continues to make great

strides. The centerpiece of the year

was the completion of five new live/

work studios, which welcomed their first

guests in April.

Our Strategic Plan called on us to

expand the breadth of expertise of our

Members to meet new challenges and

take advantage of new opportunities.

The election of Deborah Berke, Ann

Chen, Willis Goldsmith, and Katherine

Rosman to Membership in 2015 brings

us closer to our goal. As we prepare for

the heavy lift of restoring the Mansion,

Willis’s and Deborah’s expertise in law

and architecture, respectively, will help

to ensure that we follow consistently

high standards. Later this year, Deborah

will take her place as the first-ever

female Dean of the Yale School of

Architecture – we are thrilled for her

and for us. Ann Chen’s combination

of international business experience

and knowledge of contemporary art is

already helping us to build a following

on the West Coast. And we are

fortunate to have the talents of Katie

Rosman, Yaddo author and New York

Times journalist, to help invigorate our

connection to and communications with

our thousands of artist alumni.

Report from the Co-Chairs

Thinking of good governance,

we introduced term limits to our

Membership and Board of Directors to

ensure a vibrancy and depth to Yaddo’s

leadership for generations to come.

As we know, an active and engaged

board is vital to the success of any

organization.

It would be remiss not to note

that Susan Brynteson has retired

from her position as Vice Provost

of Libraries at the University of

Delaware after 30 years. Yaddo’s

guests can still look forward to

seeing Susan every summer in the

beloved Yaddo Authors Library,

cataloguing the books we receive

over the course of the year. And

our guests are now able to read

by the light of reading lamps given

by Susan’s family in honor of her

birthday and 50-year connection

to Yaddo.

In the same vein, the Schapiro Fund

gave Yaddo an inspiring $1 million

gift in honor of our longtime board

member, Linda Collins, who died

in 2014. This gift is exemplary of

Linda’s generosity and commitment

to Yaddo, and highlights the fact

that those who know us best,

support us wholeheartedly. Gifts like

these make Yaddo the unique and

extraordinary place it is.

Yaddo’s endowment continues to be in

good health at $28 million – a strong

achievement for 2015 given the rigors

of the market and the costs of being

in campaign mode – thanks to our

treasurer, Candace Weir.

2015 was overall a strong year for

Yaddo. Much work was done and much

was achieved. The year ended with a

balanced budget, a significant marker

of health as we worked on a capital

campaign. Annual giving was protected

even as we raised just over $5 million

in campaign funding. Both Board and

individual giving to Yaddo was at an

all-time high!

We are most indebted to Yaddo’s hard-

working, dedicated staff. Especially

big kudos go to our president, Elaina

Richardson, who has worked tirelessly

on our behalf.

None of this would be possible without

all of you and your support. As always,

we look forward to hearing your ideas

throughout the year.

A.M. Homes and Susan Unterberg

Co-Chairs

2015 was a year of all-around accomplishment.


Yaddo’s founders, Spencer

and Katrina Trask, were great

tinkerers, happy to experiment

and innovate socially, aesthetically and

in business dealings. The buildings and

grounds they left to us illustrate that

aspect of their approach to life: trees

were planted, and if they failed to thrive,

others were put in their place; if Stone

Tower didn’t work as an ice house, well,

how about using it as a family chapel?

That propensity has been much on

my mind as we push forward with our

campaign to Preserve the Past and

Build a Vibrant Future. This year, we

built five new live/work studios (the

first guests moved into these beautiful

spaces just this week) and began to

develop a scope of work for restoration

and stabilization of the Mansion. As the

plans came to fruition, it occurred to me

again and again that the Trasks would

approve. I imagine, in fact, that they’d be

enthralled by it all, happy participants in

the imagining of What’s Next!

Of course, adding a capital campaign

and a building agenda to the ongoing

demands of running one of the nation’s

preeminent residency programs

does not come without various costs,

budgetary, for sure, but also of time

and commitment. Our Board Co-Chairs,

A.M. Homes and Susan Unterberg,

more than rose to the challenge, for

which they have my thanks, as do all

the Members and Directors of the

Corporation of Yaddo for their support,

energy, and trust. When we met at

Yaddo last September for our Annual

Meeting, there was palpable joy at all

we are accomplishing, tempered by

the reality of what still needs to be

done, certainly, but appropriate pride

in the “now.”

The Campaign has raised just over $5

million dollars for the projects identified

in our Facilities Master Plan as Phase

1. That’s a healthy start and should,

I think, give all of us confidence that

momentum is with us as we push

forward. I’m reminded of something

wonderful the Yaddo author and

board member Rick Moody once said:

describing the impact of a residency

at Yaddo, and the roll call of the greats

who have worked in these same

rooms, and walked on the same paths,

he noted that he experienced it as a

“tremendous wind at my back, holding

me up and moving me forward even

on days when writing felt ridiculously

hard.” I, too, feel buoyed by our past,

and carried forward by the vigor of

those who work here, as we take on

President’s Report

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the challenges of this pivotal moment

in our storied history.

With so much of a focus on the macro,

it was important that the micro not be

ignored, and it was not. We protected

annual giving as we raised campaign

funds. Our endowment, always a

benchmark of our fiscal health, fared as

well as we could hope in a challenging

market climate; at the beginning of the

year it stood at $30 million, and was at

just under $28 million at year’s end. I’m

grateful to Candace Weir for her smart

and dynamic chairing of our Finance

and Audit Committee and to Patricia

Sopp, Yaddo’s stellar Vice President for

Finance. We also paid close attention

to our governance practices, as Susan

and A.M have noted in their Report. We

modified our bylaws to enact term limits

and developed an orientation program

for new Members.

Of course, buildings are at heart no

more than a way for us to actualize our

mission, that simple promise to offer

good working conditions to artists at no

cost to them. And on the program side,

Yaddo did shine in 2015. We welcomed

207guest artists. They came to Yaddo

from 30 states and the District of

Columbia, in addition to several foreign

countries, including the Netherlands,

Nigeria, New Zealand, and South

Korea. We received a total of 1,653

applications from choreographers,

composers, filmmakers, painters,

performance artists, photographers,

printmakers, sculptors, video artists,

and writers, working both alone and

collaboratively in teams of up to three.

Almost sixty percent were guests at

Yaddo for the first time, and the artists

ranged in age from their early 20s to

their late 80s.

Under the shrewd guidance of our

Admissions Committee and in important

partnership with the Hearst Foundation,

we also renewed our commitment to

outreach to guarantee the vitality of our

admissions process. These efforts paid

off handsomely in a lively and talented

group of artists in residence throughout

the year. Our five admissions panels

once again did an outstanding job

reviewing applicants, and I am indebted

to the chair of each and to the artists

who generously agreed to help us with

this essential task. Despite a noticeable

spike in applications and the gradual

increase in guests over the decades, we

are still, as the Trasks mandated, “few in

number,” and the Yaddo magic continues

to have a transforming impact, as

was evident from the large number of

artists who last year testified in letters,

dedications, and interviews to the

staggering impact that time at Yaddo

had on their output and creativity.

As always, I thank my talented and

hardworking colleagues for all they did

to make 2015 so productive: I learned a

lot from each of them as we collectively

shaped goals and, more importantly,

a shared vision of how to get there.

As anyone who has ever led an

organization knows, success demands

colleagues who are confident and

committed enough to create this kind of

alignment — otherwise decision fatigue

sets in. I also salute our generous

community of supporters for once more

promoting a deeper understanding of

the value of solitude and community, of

time and space, and — most important

of all—the value of supporting the work

of individual artists if we are to have a

vibrant and engaged cultural life.

Elaina Richardson,

President

Of course, buildings are at heart no more than a way for us to actualize our mission.


Yaddo Guests 2015

Yaddo’s 207 artist guests in 2015 included a journalist writing a family memoir of the

Soviet Union; a visual artist producing a mixed media work on climate change; and a

television screenwriter and director. With funding from the National Endowment for

the Arts, we supported five collaborative teams working across disciplines. Yaddo

is selective but egalitarian, proud of the fact that a majority of our artists are first-time guests

who bring vigor and a fresh perspective to our program. The artwork in these pages is by some

of our talented first-time guests in the visual arts.

Danielle Orchard, Swap Meet, 2015. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 101.6cm x 91.44cm.

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Ayad Akhtar, a writer from New York, NY

Mike Albo, a performance artist from Brooklyn, NY

Laylah Ali, a visual artist from Williamstown, MA

Tony Allard, a performance artist from San Diego, CA

Theo Anthony, a film and video artist from Baltimore, MD

Michele Araujo, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Michael Ashkin, a visual artist from Ithaca, NY

Kevin Augustine, a performance artist from Brooklyn, NY

Ron Baron, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Rachel Beach, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Cris Beam, a writer from New York, NY

Jeremy Beck, a composer from Floral Park, NY

Jay Bernard, a collaborative artist from London, United Kingdom

Pippa Bianco, a film and video artist from East Hampton, NY

Cathy Bowman, a writer from Bloomington, IN

Nathan Boyer, a visual artist from Columbia, MO

Daniel Brewbaker, a composer from New York, NY

Diana Bridge, a writer from Wellington, New Zealand

William Burgess, a collaborative artist from New York, NY

Steven Burke, a composer from New York, NY

Katy Butler, a writer from Mill Valley, CA

Sharon Butler, a visual artist from New York, NY

Joe Caldwell, a writer from New York, NY

Katrina Carrasco, a writer from Portland, OR

Jordan Casteel, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Todd Chandler, a film and video artist from Brooklyn, NY

Henry Chapman, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Marilyn Chin, a writer from LaMesa, CA

Mahwish Chishty, a visual artist from Chicago, IL

Brian Christian, a writer from San Francisco, CA

Jayoung Chung, a performance artist from Harrington Park, NJ

David Colagiovanni, a film and video artist from Athens, OH

Susan Coll, a writer from Washington, DC

Gabriela Collins-Fernandez, a visual artist from Hanover, NH

Lisa Renee Coons, a composer from Kalamazoo, MI

Meehan Crist, a writer from Brooklyn, NY

Marian Crotty, a writer from Baltimore, MD

Tadeusz Dabrowski, a writer from Gdansk, Poland

Richard Danielpour, a composer from New York, NY

John Deardourff, a visual artist from Chevy Chase, MD

Julia Deck, a writer from Paris, France

David Del Tredici, a composer from New York, NY

Yemane Demissie, a film and video artist from New York, NY

Lisa Doublestein, a collaborative artist from Holland, MI

Alisa Dworsky, a visual artist from Montpelier, VT

Jennifer Egan, a writer from Brooklyn, NY

Echo Eggebrecht, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Stephen Elliott, a writer from New York, NY

Lisa Endriss, a visual artist from Griesstaett, Germany

Carolina Escobar, a visual artist from Phoenix, AZ

Rodney Evans, a film and video artist from Brooklyn, NY

Sam Fader, a performance artist from Brooklyn, NY

Laurel Farrin, a visual artist from Iowa City, IA

Negin Farsad, a writer from New York, NY

Teresa Fazio, a writer from New York, NY

Molissa Fenley, a performance artist from New York, NY

Paul Festa, a performance artist from Berlin, Germany

Laura Filipelli, a writer from Austin, TX

Matthew Fisher, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Isabel Fonseca, a writer from Brooklyn, NY

Lynn Freed, a writer from Sonoma, CA

Adam Frelin, a performance artist from Troy, NY

Pilar Gallego, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Erin Gee, a composer from Urbana, IL

Jennifer George, a writer from Santa Fe, NM

Rachel Glaser, a writer from Northampton, MA

Charlotte Glynn, a film and video artist from Brooklyn, NY

James Godwin, a performance artist from Brooklyn, NY

Beka Goedde, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Guido Goluke, a writer from Amsterdam, Netherlands

Gary Green, a visual artist from Waterville, ME

Rachel Eliza Griffiths, a writer from Brooklyn, NY

Leah Guadagnoli, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Allan Gurganus, a writer from Hillsborough, NC

Rosie Haber, a collaborative artist from Los Angeles, CA

Saleem Haddad, a writer from London, United Kingdom

Charles Hagen, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Alex Halberstadt, a writer from Brooklyn, NY

Gabrielle Hamilton, a writer from New York, NY

James Hannaham, a writer from Brooklyn, NY

Trish Harnetiaux, a writer from Brooklyn, NY

Michael Harrison, a composer from Yonkers, NY

Dean Haspiel, a writer from Brooklyn, NY

Nancy Haynes, a visual artist from New York, NY

Nate Heiges, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Will Hermes, a writer from New Paltz, NY

David Hertzberg, a composer from Philadelphia, PA

Katherine Hill, a writer from Princeton, NJ

Andrew Hladky, a visual artist from Cambridge, United Kingdom

Sarah Holland-Batt, a writer from New York NY

Will Hutnick, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Wil Hylton, a writer from Baltimore, MD

Tatiana Istomina, a visual artist from New York, NY

Ben Pederson, Hollywood

Nights, 2015. Card board,

plaster gauze, epoxy clay,

acrylic and vinyl paint, 78.8cm

x 30.5cm x 22.9cm.


Samuel Jablon, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Paula Josa-Jones, a performance artist from Sharon, CT

Beena Kamlani, a writer from New York, NY

Joseph Keckler, a performance artist from Brooklyn, NY

John Kelly, a performance artist from New York, NY

Mark Kendall, a film and video artist from Ardmore, PA

Maryam Keshavarz, a film and video artist from Los Angeles, CA

Shaka King, a film and video artist from New York, NY

Karen King-Aribisala, a writer from Lagos, Nigeria

Alison Kobayashi, a performance artist from Brooklyn, NY

Gavin Kovite, a collaborative artist from Seattle, WA

Amitava Kumar, a writer from Poughkeepsie, NY

Reese Okyong Kwon, a writer from San Francisco, CA

Laila Lalami, a writer from Santa Monica, CA

Eric Lane, a writer from Woodside, NY

April Lawson, a writer from Simpsonville, SC

Lei Lei, a film and video artist from Beijing, China

Alma Leiva, a visual artist from Miami, FL

Dong Li, a writer from Sozhou, China

Anya Liftig, a performance artist from Westport, CT

Sam Lipsyte, a writer from New York, NY

Paul Lisicky, a writer from West Collingswood, NJ

Sarah Maclay, a writer from Venice, CA

Rebecca Makkai, a writer from Lake Forest, IL

Meredith Maran, a writer from Los Angeles, CA

James Marcus, a writer from New York, NY

Missy Mazzoli, a composer from Brooklyn, NY

Michelle (Mitch) McCabe, a film and video artist from New York, NY

Maureen McLane, a writer from New York, NY

John McManus, a writer from Norfolk, VA

Maryse Meijer, a writer from Chicago, IL

Jennifer Mills, a writer from Auburn, Australia

Honor Moore, a writer from New York, NY

Paul Moravec, a composer from New York, NY

Tracie Morris, a performance artist from Brooklyn, NY

Julie Ann Nagle, a visual artist from Providence, RI

Stephen Narain, a writer from Boston, MA

Laura Newman, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Sam North, a writer from Devon, United Kingdom

Kate Northrop, a writer from Laramie, WY

Josip Novakovich, a writer from Westmount, Quebec, Canada

Benjamin Nugent, a writer from Manchester, NH

Dennis Nurkse, a writer from Brooklyn, NY

Stephen O’Connor, a writer from New York, NY

Danielle Orchard, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Jessica Oreck, a film and video artist from New York, NY

Andrea Pallaoro, a collaborative artist from Los Angeles, CA

Jiehae Park, a writer from Sunnyside, NY

Alan Michael Parker, a writer from Davidson, NC

Chris Pearce, a film and video artist from Lakewood, CO

Ben Pederson, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Dushan Petrovich, a visual artist from Boston, MA

Ryan Pfeiffer, a collaborative artist from Chicago, IL

Jayne Anne Phillips, a writer from Glen Ridge, NJ

Jason Platt, a writer from Brooklyn, NY

Michelle Radtke, a writer from Brooklyn, NY

Zia Haider Rahman, a writer from London, United Kingdom

Matthew Rankin, a film and video artist from Montreal, Canada

Devika Rege, a writer from Pune, India

Naomi Reis, a visual artist from Miami, FL

Christine Richter-Nilsson, a writer from Nashville, TN

Elizabeth Riggle, a visual artist from Brooklyn NY

Christopher Robinson, collaborative artist from Federal Way, WA

Kjersten Rossi, a film and video artist from Brooklyn, NY

Eleonor Sandresky, a composer from Brooklyn, NY

Matthew Santirocco, a writer from New York, NY

Jonathan Santlofer, a visual artist from New York, NY

YADDO GUESTS 2015 (continued)

Carrie Schneider, a film and video artist from Brooklyn, NY

Pete Schulte, a visual artist from Tuscaloosa, AL

James Scott, a writer from Whatley, MA

Jinnie Seo, a visual artist from Seoul, South Korea

Alex Shakar, a writer from Chicago, IL

Marianne Shaneen, a film and video artist from Brooklyn, NY

Ravi Shanker, a writer from Chester, CT

Julie Shapiro, a visual artist from Monterey, MA

Normandy Sherwood, a performance artist from Brooklyn, NY

Gyan Shrosbree, a visual artist from Iowa City, IA

James Shrosbree, a visual artist from Iowa City, IA

Bennett Sims, a writer from Baton Rouge, LA

Kuldeep Singh, a performance artist from Iowa City, IA

Jennifer Sirey, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Michael Snediker, a writer from Houston, TX

Bruce Snider, a writer from San Francisco, CA

Jenny Snider, a visual artist from Kingston, NY

Andrew Solomon, a writer from New York, NY

Lizzie Stark, a writer from Medford, MA

Jeff Stark, a performance artist from Brooklyn, NY

Susan Steinberg, a writer from San Francisco, CA

David Storey, a visual artist from New York, NY

Matt Taber, a visual artist from New York, NY

Lysley A. Tenorio, a writer from San Francisco, CA

Elizabeth Thompson, a film and video artist from Santa Cruz, CA

Merritt Tierce, a writer from Denton, TX

Orlando Tirado, a collaborative artist from Brooklyn, NY

Anthony Tognazzini, a writer from Brooklyn, NY

Hope Tucker, a film and video artist from Easthampton, MA

Harvey Tulcensky, a visual artist from New York, NY

Guinevere Turner, a film and video artist from Los Angeles, CA

Vint Virga, a writer from East Greenwich, RI

Patricia Volk, a writer from New York, NY

Judith Vollmera, writer from Pittsburgh, PA

Kathryn Walat, a writer from Savannah, GA

Rebecca Walz, a collaborative artist from Chicago, IL

Xuan (Juliana) Wang, a writer from San Francisco, CA

Rebecca Ward, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Dalit Warshaw, a composer from Forest Hills, NY

Anthony Weigh, a writer from New York, NY

Matthew Weiner, a film and video artist from Los Angeles, CA

Gary Winter, a writer from Brooklyn, NY

Magdalen Wong, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY

Peter Zilahy, a writer from Budapest, Hungary

Tom Zoellner, a writer from Topanga, CA

Sharon Butler, Yaddo I, 2015.

Oil on unstretched canvas, 30.5cm x

5.1cm.

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ENDOWED RESIDENCIES

Elizabeth Ames Residency Established in 2006 for an artist working in any discipline. Offered every other year in honor of Yaddo’s first Executive Director. Designee to be named in 2016.

Milton and Sally Michel Avery Residency for a Visual Artist Established in 1985 by Yaddo artist Sally Michel Avery in honor of her late husband, Milton, who was also a Yaddo artist. Designee in 2015: Dushan Petrovich.

Louise Bourgeois Residency for a SculptorEstablished in 1995 by Louise Bourgeois to support young sculptors. Designee in 2015: Ron Baron.

Abigail Angell Canfield and Cass Canfield Jr. Residency for WritersEstablished in 2004 by Mr. and Mrs. Cass Canfield Jr. to support one writer, preferably from Latin America, every other year. Designee deferred.

Sponsored residencies support Yaddo’s fundamental mission by underwriting the cost of visits by creative artists. Through this program, foundations, corporations, and individual donors enable artists to enjoy the opportunity to work without interruption in the supportive environment that Yaddo provides.

Sponsored Residencies

Eli Cantor Residency for WritersEstablished in 1984 in honor of the Yaddo writer. Designee in 2015: Alex Shakar.

David Del Tredici Residency for a Composer, funded by the Aaron Copland Fund for MusicEstablished in 2013 by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music. Designee in 2015: Michael Harrison.

Philip Guston and Musa McKim ResidencyEstablished in 2004 by Musa Guston Mayer in honor of her parents, Yaddo artists Philip Guston and Musa McKim, to support a visual artist or a poet. Designee in 2015: Ben Pederson.

Curtis Harnack Residency for WritersEstablished in 1984 in honor of the Yaddo writer and former Yaddo President. Designee in 2015: Wil Hylton.

Dorothy and Granville Hicks Residency in LiteratureEstablished in 1983 by Stephanie Craib in honor of her mother, Dorothy, and father, Granville Hicks, who served as Acting Executive Director of Yaddo in 1970, to support young and promising writers. Designee in 2015: Reese Kwon.

Patricia Highsmith-Plangman ResidencyEstablished in 1995 by Yaddo artist Patricia Highsmith. Designee in 2015: Sharon Butler.

The LeSage-Fullilove Residency for a WriterEstablished in 2004 in honor of Dr. Alain LeSage and Dr. Roland (Jack) Fullilove to support a young or emerging writer of exceptional talent and promise. Designee in 2015: John McManus.

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Visual artist Jinnie Seo, recipient of the George Rickey Endowed Residency


John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation ResidenciesEstablished in 1990 by The MacArthur Foundation. Designees in 2015: Sam Lipsyte and Shaka King.

Meredith S. Moody ResidencyEstablished in 1997 by the Moody family for a female photographer in honor of the late Meredith S. Moody. Designee in 2015: Alma Leiva.

Carson McCullers ResidencyEstablished in 2014 in honor of Mary Mercer for artists in any discipline. Designees in 2015: Maureen McLane and Brian Christian.

Howard Moss Residency in PoetryEstablished in 1991 in honor of the late poet and Yaddo Board member. Designee in 2015: Dennis Nurkse.

Ann Wadsworth Olberg Residency for Creative WritersEstablished in 2006 by Yaddo poet and Member of the Corporation Gardner McFall and Peter Olberg in memory of his mother, Ann Wadsworth Olberg, for a poet or fiction writer having a special relationship to the State of Iowa through birth, residence, or education. Designee to be named in 2017.

Plumsock Endowed ResidencyEstablished in 1995 to support creative artists, preferably from Central America. Designee in 2015: Pilar Gallego.

Yvonne Porter Endowed Residency Established in 2000 by the Louisa Stude Sarofim Charitable Trust to honor Yvonne Porter, and awarded every other year to an artist working in any discipline and residing in Texas. Designee to be named in 2016.

Donald and Genie Rice ResidencyEstablished in 2001 by Donald and Genie Rice to support a filmmaker. Designee in 2015: Mark Kendall.

George Rickey Endowed ResidencyEstablished by the artist in 2000 to support young visual artists. Designee in 2015: Jinnie Seo.

Nora Sayre Residency for a Nonfiction WriterEstablished in 2006 in honor of the Yaddo writer Nora Sayre and awarded every third year. Designee in 2015: Alex Halberstadt.

Alma B.C. Schapiro Residency for a Woman PainterEstablished by the M.A. Schapiro Fund in honor of the late painter Alma B. C. Schapiro. Designee in 2015: Danielle Orchard.

James Silberman and Selma Shapiro Residency Established in 2004 by Selma Shapiro and James Silberman to support a writer and awarded every other year. Designee to be named in 2016.

Janet Sloane Endowed ResidencyEstablished in 1996 by Alfred Z. Solomon in honor of his late sister, a Member of the Corporation. Designee in 2015: David Storey.

Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger ResidencyEstablished by The New York Times Foundation in honor of Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger. Designee in 2015: Cris Beam.

Michael and Nina Sundell ResidencyEstablished in 2001 in honor of Michael Sundell, former President of Yaddo, and his wife, Nina, to support a creative artist in any medium. Designee in 2015: Anthony Weigh.

The Sundell Residency for Special AssistantsEstablished by Nina Sundell in 2013, in honor of Michael Sundell, to support the visits of four creative artists, working in any medium, who served as Special Assistants to the President. Designees in 2014: Cathy Bowman, David Colagiovanni, Paul Festa, and Michael Snediker.

SPONSORED RESIDENCIES (continued)

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Harriet and Esteban Vicente ResidencyEstablished by Harriet and Esteban Vicente in 2001 to support a painter, preferably from Spain. Designee deferred.

Jane Adams Wait ResidencyEstablished in 1996 by The Adirondack Trust Company to honor the dedication and service of Jane A. Wait to the Corporation of Yaddo, to support a composer or choreographer. Designee in 2015: Dalit Warshaw.

Wallace Foundation Residency for Distinguished Writers Established in 1983 by The Dewitt Wallace Fund/Reader’s Digest Foundation. Designee in 2015: Lysley Tenorio.

The White Flowers Residency for ComposersEstablished in 2001 by Chris Flowers and Mary White to support a composer. Designee in 2015: Paul Moravec.

Bernard V. Winebaum ResidencyEstablished in 1995 by the estate of poet and visual artist Bernard V. Winebaum to support creative artists, with a preference for those from northern New England. Designee in 2015: Ben Nugent.

SINGLE YEAR RESIDENCIESAmazon Literary Partnership Residency for a WriterEstablished in 2013 in support of Yaddo’s New York City Benefit. Designees in 2015: Marian Crotty and Teresa Fazio.

AnonymousEstablished by an anonymous Yaddo artist to support artists preferably working in film, video, or performance art. Designees in 2015: Adam Frelin, Lei Lei, and Kjersten Rossi.

Hudson River Bank and Trust Co. Foundation ResidencyEstablished by the Hudson River Bank and Trust Co. Foundation in 2012 to support an artist working in any discipline living in Columbia County. Designee differed.

Newman’s Own, Inc. ResidencyEstablished in 1996 by Newman’s Own, Inc. to support playwrights, screenwriters, and filmmakers. Designees in 2015: Trish Harnetiaux and Orlando Tirado.

National Endowment for the Arts Residency for Collaborative TeamsEstablished in 2015 by the NEA to support artistic collaborative teams. Designees in

2015: Jay Bernard/Rosie Haber, Gavin Kovite/Christopher Robinson, and Ryan Pfeiffer/Rebecca Walz.

New York State Council on the Arts Residency in Film and Electronic MediaEstablished in 2010 to support the residency of a filmmaker or media artist. Desgnee in 2015: Rodney Evans.

Martha Walsh Pulver Residency for a PoetEstablished in 2001 by the family of Martha Walsh Pulver in her honor, to support a female poet. Designee in 2015: Diana Bridge.

OPPOSITE PAGE (clockwise from top left): Cris

Beam, photo by Julien Capmeil; OrlandoTirado,

photo by Oron Pejic; Diana Bridge, photo by

Simon Woolf.

THIS PAGE (top row): Trish Harnetiaux, photo by

Jude Domski; Rodney Evans, photo by Patricia

Hicks; Teresa Fazio, photo by Boyan Penkov;

Adam Frelin, photo by Melissa Thorne; (center

row): Shaka King, photo by Evan Louison;

Ron Baron; (bottom row): Alex Shakar, photo

by Rembert Block; Dalit Warshaw by Miranda

Loud Photography; Marian Crotty, photo by Ron

Tanner; Paul Moravec.


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NYC BenefitPresentation of the Yaddo Artist Medal has become the highlight of the annual New York City

Benefit. Composer and performance artist Laurie Anderson was the 2015 recipient at a festive

evening at Tribeca Rooftop in lower Manhattan on June 1. Actors Steve Buscemi and Kate

Valk emceed, while Ayad Akhtar, Eisa Davis, and Young Jean Lee all saluted Laurie with special

presentations and readings. Over 300 guests attended and contributed to the event, which raised

over $300,000 for the residency program.

BENEFIT COMMITTEE

Ayad Akhtar

Adam Bartos & Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos

Deborah Berke

Bill Bragin & Lisa Philp

Blair Brown & Dwight Lee

Linda & Martin Brumbach

Peter Cameron

Ann & Paul Chen

Jennifer Egan

Gail Gregg

Mary Stewart Hammond & Arthur Yorke Allen

A.M. Homes

Vincent Katz

Christopher K. Kay

Peter Kayafas & Dorothy Blackmun

Joni & Kevin Kimberlin

Katy Lederer & Ben Statz

Janice Y.K. Lee & Joseph Bae

Gardner McFall & Peter Olberg

Nion McEvoy

Tim McHenry

Joseph V. Melillo

Hans & Kate Morris

Brenda R. Potter

Don & Genie Rice

Diana & Jonathan Rose

Katherine Rosman & Joe Ehrlich

Clifford Ross

James H. Silberman & Selma Shapiro

Benjamin Taylor

Ann Tenenbaum & Thomas H. Lee

Joe Thompson & Jennifer Trainer Thompson

Susan Unterberg

Jill Viney

Margo & Anthony Viscusi

Chuck Webster

Hal Willner & Sheila Rogers

Douglas Wright & David Clement

Andrew Wylie

1. Laurie Anderson 2. Ayad Akhtar 3. Eisa Davis 4. Janice Y.K. Lee 5. Dorothy Blackmun, Peter Kayafas, Felicia Hercules, Laurence Anthony 6. Steve Buscemi, Young Jean Lee 7. Yaddo Medal 8. Jaime Wolf, David Barclay Moore 9. Laura Karetzky, Manuel Sosa 10. Sheri Fink, Pamela Paul 11. Stewart Wallace, Dominique Simonneaux, Joan Juliet Buck, Tim McHenry (Photos by Thatcher Keats except 3 & 6, taken by Patrick McMullan.)

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Summer Benefit

1. Partygoers enjoy the festivities 2. Bruce Stuart, Robert & Kim Swidler, Sarah and Alex

Fielding 3. Elaina Richardson and Gabriel Kahane 4. Dan and Maryanne Moerschell

5. Lizzie Stark, Brian Christian, Laurel Farrin, Kuldeep Singh 6. Sanjay and Shweta Taneja

7. Kevin and Judy Soukup 8. Madison Zanetti 9. Colleen Hollowood and Mary O’Toole

(Photos by Rick Gargiulo.)

BENEFIT PLANNING COMMITTEE

Kim Swidler, Chair

Sue Allerdice

Barbara S. Bennett

Susan Bokan

Lisa Clark

Susan DePaula

Tamie Ehinger

Brendan Flanigan

Patricia A. Friesen

Beth Harker

Sally King

Joann Long

Jean L. Maloy

Maryanne Moerschell

Christianne Smith

Judy Soukup

Guests at our 2015 Summer

Benefit were entertained by Yaddo

composer and singer-songwriter

Gabriel Kahane, who performed

songs from The Ambassador,

hailed by Rolling Stone as one of

2014’s “very best albums.”

The sold-out event was a huge

success, raising $146,632.

Thanks to the generosity of the

Capital Region community and the

hard work of the members of the

volunteer committees, Yaddo was

able to devote more than ninety

percent of the proceeds directly to

the artist residency program.

SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE

Stacie H. Arpey, Co-Chair

Cynthia D. Hollowood, Co-Chair

Wallace W. Allerdice

M. Bruce Cohen

Michael F. DeAnzeris III

Daniel Fortier

Elizabeth Giblin

Brien Hollowood

Jennifer Leidig

Frederick A. Partyka

Michael R. Phinney

Candace K. Weir


We strengthened our community ties in several ways this past year, launching speaker series in both Saratoga Springs and Washington, DC. The

partnerships – with Northshire Bookstore and NYU DC, respectively – are designed to expand access to our artists and their ideas while staying true to our mission of retreat. In Saratoga, Will Hermes, senior critic at Rolling Stone, talked with journalist Thomas Dimopoulos about his life in music writing and his research for a biography of Lou Reed, while in Washington, internationally acclaimed writer Andrew Solomon gave a preview of his 2016 book Far and Away: Reporting from the Brink of Change: Seven Continents, Twenty-Five Years, in conversation with Yaddo president Elaina Richardson. We also established a stronger presence on the West Coast, anchored by supporters

and alumni in San Francisco. In October, friends of Yaddo attended the West Coast premiere of Board Member Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced – the most-produced play of 2015 – and met the playwright. The evening was hosted by fellow board member Ann Chen.

At the same time as we were building new facilities for our 21st-century artists, we were

Highlights

TOP: One of the over two hundred structures that will be illuminated as part of Breathing Lights. Photo by hyers+mebane.

ABOVE LEFT: The restoration of the window was made possible by funding from American Express, the Charles R. Wood Foundation, and Nana Lampton. Photo by Lynn Farenell.

LEFT: Elaina Richardson and Andrew Solomon in the Abramson Family Auditorium. Photo by Anika Mian.

acting as stewards of our historic buildings. In late August, we reinstalled a magnificent stained glass window in the foyer of the Mansion that had been taken to New York for cleaning and repair. Elected officials and supporters were on hand to celebrate our accomplishment, which also kicked off what will be a multiyear undertaking to preserve the Mansion for future generations of artists and for the public who come to Yaddo to enjoy our beautiful gardens.

It’s rare not to see the name of a Yaddo artist – or two – when prestigious national awards are announced. Among the awards our artists took home in 2015 were Emmys (Matthew Weiner and Lisa Cholodenko), a Rome Prize (Lysley Tenorio), a Whiting

(Anne Washburn), and a Pulitzer (Sheri Fink). And Bloomberg Philanthropies gave one of only four Public Art Challenge grants to a team headed by 2015 Yaddo artist Adam Frelin to mount Breathing Lights, a light art installation in unoccupied buildings in Albany, Schenectady, and Troy.

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2015 Selected Financial Information

FOR F I SCAL YEARS E N DI NG DECE M B E R 31, 2015 & 2014

Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Other Changes in Net Assets(Unrestricted & Temporarily Restricted Fund Classes)

2015 2014

REVENUES AND GAINS TOTAL TOTAL

Contributions

Individuals $814,131 $1,906,415

Estates & Bequests 432,181 10,000

Foundations & Corporations 1,430,389 403,200

Government Grants 130,689 54,500

Events 464,047 409,779

Royalties 622,433 174,888

Application Fees 49,654 43,344

Income on Investments 321,892 334,556

Other 105,096 229,850

Subtotal 4,370,512 3,566,532

Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments (1,201,264) 980,972

Total Revenues, Gains, and Other Support 3,169,248 4,547,504

EXPENSES

Artistic Program Services 1,722,165 1,736,625

Administration and Development Services 1,433,216 1,406,738

Garden Expenditures 125,211 127,962

Total Expenses 3,280,592 3,271,325

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets ($111,344) $1,276,179

ENDOWMENT FUNDS at 12/31/15 at 12/31/14

Unrestricted Funds $21,257,873 $22,841,896

Temporarily & Permanently Restricted Funds 6,672,567 7,120,207

Total Endowment Funds $27,930,440 $30,002,103


Yaddo ContributorsAnonymous (4)

Andre Aciman*

Pat Adams*

American Express Foundation

Jo Andres*

Stacie and Michael Arpey

Martin Bax*

Susan Brynteson

Steven Burke*

Joseph Caldwell*

Laura Callanan

Peter Cameron*

Susan Cheever*

Ann Chen

Marilyn Chin*

Thomas Cipullo*

Marcelle Clements*

M. Bruce Cohen

Michael J. Coleman

Henri Cole*

Donald Crawshaw

Susan Crile*

Sebastian Currier*

Lisa C. Davis*

David Del Tredici*

Rackstraw Downes*

Stephen Dunn*

Laurel Farrin*

John Forester

Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

Laura Furman*

Elizabeth Gaffney*

Andrew Ginzel*

Gina Gionfriddo*

Amy Godine*

Willis J. and Marilynn Goldsmith

Peter Gould

Gail Gregg*

Daron Hagen*

Mary Stewart Hammond* and Arthur Yorke Allen/The Walbridge Fund, LTD.

A.M. Homes*

Richard R. Howe

Mary-Beth Hughes*

Barry Johnson

Beena Kamlani*

Peter Kayafas*& Dorothy Blackmun

John Kelly*

Nana Lampton

Starling Lawrence*

Anne LeBaron*

Katy Lederer*

Janice Y.K. Lee* and Joseph Bae

We owe a tremendous debt of

gratitude to everyone who

gave in 2015 and made it

one of the most successful years for

fundraising in Yaddo’s history. As always,

we start with our Board of Directors and

Members of the Corporation, whose

generosity to the annual fund made

it possible for us to exceed our goal

for the second year in a row. Equally

important, our artists, from recent

guests to artists who had residencies

in the 1970s, continue to show their

appreciation for the gift of retreat. It was

especially exciting to see artists rally

around a Giving Tuesday campaign on

December 1.

Private individuals from the local

Saratoga Springs community, across

the country, and around the world,

are also among our supporters, along

with foundations, corporations, and

government agencies. Appreciating

Yaddo’s unique role in the production of

a wide range of contemporary art, they

join with us as investors in the creative

process.

Benefits in New York City and

Saratoga Springs once again played

a key role in generating support

and visibility for Yaddo, with record-

breaking revenues for both events,

and strong leadership from our chairs

Young Jean Lee*

Jan Heller Levi* and Christoph Keller*

Amy G. Loyd*

Hilary Masters*

Heather McGowan*

Richard McCann*

Gardner McFall* and Peter Olberg

Melissa Meyer*

Emily J. Miller*

Rick Moody*

Geoffrey Movius

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, in cooperation with Governor Andrew Cuomo and State Senator Kathy Marchione

David Packer*

Jayne Anne Phillips*

The Plumsock Fund

Lawrence Raab*

David Rakowski*

Genie & Donald Rice

Elaina H. Richardson

Nathaniel Rich*

Ned Rorem*

Steven Sacco*

Matthew Santirocco*

Karen Schiff*

The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund

James Siena*

Mona Simpson*

Stacey Steers*

Robert V. Storr*

Elizabeth Strout*

Nancy Sullivan*

Annie Sulzberger

Natasha Sweeten*

Judith Taylor*

The Evelyn Toll Family Foundation

Josette Urso*

Helen Vendler*

Patricia Volk*

Candace King Weir

Paula Whyman*

Joan Wickersham*

Jaime Wolf

Charles R. Wood Foundation

Alexi Worth*

Douglas Wright*

Chen Yi*

Shay Youngblood*

Tom Zoellner*

*Yaddo artist

C A P I TA L C A M P A I G N C O N T R I B U T O R S

and organizing committees. The Yaddo

Garden Association’s more than seventy

volunteers were similarly active, carrying

out fundraising, tours, and the ongoing

maintenance of our beautiful rock and

rose gardens.

This strong base of annual support for

the residency program is all the more

impressive given our progress with

a capital campaign, quietly launched

in 2014, designed to preserve our

past and ensure a dynamic future.

We secured over $3.3 million in

contributions and pledges in 2015,

bringing our campaign total to $5

million. Among the highlights were

a $1 million gift from the Morris and

Alma Schapiro Fund to help underwrite

restoration of our historic mansion

and endow a residency in memory of

our much-loved board member Linda

Collins, and a gift from the Helen

Frankenthaler Foundation to fund one

of our five new live/work studios. The

studio is named for Frankenthaler, who

visited Yaddo on several occasions and

served on our board, and is designated

for use by a visual artist.

It is a tremendous pleasure for all of

us at Yaddo to salute the individuals,

institutions, and public agencies that

made gifts and pledges in 2015 to the

annual fund and capital campaign.

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Gifts of $100,000 or moreAnonymous (3)

Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

Estate of Patricia Highsmith*

Janice Y.K. Lee* and Joseph Bae

The Plumsock Fund

The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund

Candace King Weir

$50,000 to $99,999Anonymous

Stacie and Michael Arpey

Estate of Susan R. Malloy*

The Evelyn Toll Family Foundation

$25,000 to $49,999The American Express

Foundation

Amazon Publishing

The Ford Family Foundation

Willis J. and Marilynn Goldsmith

Peter C. Gould

Carita and Ned Kelly

Joni and Kevin Kimberlin

Rosette Lamont*

Genie and Donald Rice/The Genie and Donald Rice Charitable Trust

Spencer Trask & Co.

$10,000 t0 $24,999Mr. and Mrs. John*

W. Barr

Deborah Berke and Peter McCann, MD

Barbara K. Bristol

Susan Brynteson

Laura Callanan

Ann and Paul Chen/The Ann and Paul Chen Family Fund

Bruce and Ellen Cohen

Joseph Ehrlich and Katherine Rosman*

The Greenwich Collection Ltd.

Gail Gregg*

Richard and Elizabeth Howe

Peter Kayafas* and Dorothy Blackmun

Gardner McFall* and Peter Olberg

Joyce Menschel

National Endowment for the Arts

New York State Council on the Arts

Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, Inc.

Newman’s Own Foundation

Brenda R. Potter

Madelyn Pulver Jennings/The Pulver Family

Andrew Solomon and John Habich Solomon

Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee

Mary Stewart Hammond* and Arthur Yorke Allen/The Walbridge Fund, LTD.

Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation

$3,000 to $9,999Anonymous (3)

Allerdice Building Supply, Inc.

Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation

Adam Bartos and Mahnaz Ispahani-Bartos/Pannonia Foundation

Peter Cameron*

Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo/Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation, Inc.

Marsha Dammerman

Mr. Michael Del Giudice and Ms. Jaynne C. Keyes

Isabel Fonseca*

GE Foundation

Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation

Allan Gurganus*

Higgins Family Foundation

William and Julia Kohane

Nancy Lampton

Little, Brown and Company/Hachette Book Group

Nion McEvoy

Hans and Kate Morris

Myrtle Street Obstetrics & Gynecology, PC

The New York Racing Association, Inc.

Thomas R. Newkirk

Phinney Design Group

Penguin Random House

Elaina H. Richardson

Matthew Santirocco*

Saratoga Casino and Raceway

Mr. George Schwarz

James Siena* and Katia Santibañez*

Gabriela Collins-Fernandez, Red Velvet CAN’T GET TO YES Diptych, 2015. Oil on crushed red velvet, 63.5cm x 81.28cm.

Public Funding

Corporate Sponsors


Jim Silverman/Opaleye Management, Inc.

Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Stuyvesant Plaza, Inc.

Nancy Sullivan*

John J. Thomas

Barbara Toll

Patricia Towers

Margo and Anthony Viscusi

Charles and Candace Wait

Jaime Wolf

Douglas Wright* and David Clement

$1,000 to $2,999Anonymous (6)

Denny Abrams

Ayad Akhtar*

Jonathan Ames*

Jo Andres* and Steven Buscemi

Alberta Arthurs

Associates of Glens Falls, Inc.

The Ayco Company, L.P.

Ron Baron*

Laurie Beckelman

R.W. Bell Construction, LLC

Leslie C. Berlowitz*

Dorothy Berwin

Anurag Bhargava

Blair Brown

Diane and Clyde Brownstone

Joseph Caldwell*

Abigail Angell Canfield

Capital District Physicians Health Plan, Inc.

Daniel Cohen and Leah Keith

Joel Conarroe*

Cool Insuring Agency, Inc.

Crawford Door & Window Sales

Donald Crawshaw/The Donald Crawshaw and Matthew Hoffman Charitable Fund

Susan Crile*

Jumana Culligan

Sebastian Currier*

D.A. Collins Construction Co.

Lauri Del Commune

David Del Tredici*

Ken Dornstein*

Dr. Susan Dorsey and Mr. Stephen Dorsey

Jean Dugan and Ben Ford

Laurel Farrin*

Mary and Rich Flaherty

J. Christopher Flowers

Flynn, Walker, Diggin C.P.A., P.C.

John and Terry Forester

Four Winds-Saratoga

Avram and Rhoda Freedberg

Mary and Chris Freeze

Julie and Marcus Dean Fuller

Laura Furman*

Jonathan and Jill Gainor

Ms. Lorraine Gallard

Michael and Anne Golden

Jerel and Geraldine Golub

Agnes Gund

HarperCollins Publishers

Edwin B. Hathaway

Ingeborg Hilberg

Holiday Inn Saratoga Springs

Dr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Hollis

Ralph and Lynn Huber

Mary-Beth Hughes* and Duke Beeson

Anthony and Trish Ianniello

International Creative Management, Inc.

Susanna Kaysen*

Keeler Motor Car Company

Sally and Larry King

Jeremy Lansford and Laura Faulk

Starling R. Lawrence*

Katherine Lederer*

Jan Heller Levi* and Christoph Keller

Lenore Malen*

Jean and Peter Maloy

Cathy and Elliott Masie

Christina and Anthony Mason

Kathy Mattes and Andy Marsh

Musa and Tom Mayer

Sean Mewshaw and Desiree Van Til

Melissa Meyer*

Dan and Maryanne Moerschell

James and Anne Morrissey

Geoffrey Movius

Peter and Cynthia Nemer

Robert and Francine Nemer

Audrey Niffenegger*

Gerald A. Novack

Scott and Amie Nuttall

Olde Bryan Inn/Longfellows Inn

Robert Owens and Eve Klein

Richard Prince Studio

David Rakowski* and Beth Wiemann*

Lawrence and Lucy Ricciardi

Frank A. Rogers

Diana and Johnathan Rose

Bruce E. Rosenblum and Lori Laitman

Clifford Ross

Dr. Farzad and Karen Sani

Saratoga Arms, Ltd.

Donald and Linda Schapiro

James H. Silberman and Selma Shapiro

Mona Simpson*

Howard Solomon

Cullen Stanley

Stewart’s Shops

Cathy Sulzberger and Joseph Perpich

Karen Sulzberger and Eric Lax

Natasha Sweeten*

Kim and Robert Swidler

Sanjay and Shweta Taneja

Benjamin Taylor

Patricia Volk*

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Kate Walbert* and Rafael Pelli

Marylou Whitney

William Morris Endeavor

Renee Dake Wilson/Red Green Blue Fund of the Liberty Hill Foundation

Frank Wohl

Alexi Worth* and Erika Belsey Worth

Glenn Youngkin

Kirchhoff-Consigli Construction Management, LLC

$500-$999Anonymous (5)

Jan and Stefan Abrams

Pat Adams*

Adirondack Tree Surgeons, Inc.

Ambiance Systems

Aztech Technologies, Inc.

Jodi and Craig Balsam

Aimee Bender*

Elisabeth Bentley*

Sameer Bhargava

Bill M. Bragin

Claudia Wilsey Bright

David and Jamie Caro

Carusone & Carusone

Deirdre Chadwick

Susan Cheever*

Marilyn Chin*

Henri Cole*

Susan Coll*

Colonie Mechanical Contractors, Inc.

Jane and John Corrou

Cudney’s Launderers & Dry Cleaners

Richard Danielpour*

Fingerpaint Marketing

Mr. and Mrs. Irvine D. Flinn

Lynn Freed*

Patricia Friesen

Elizabeth Gaffney*

Amy Godine*/ Bernice B. Godine Family Foundation

Elaine Goldman

Shelley and Brett Guiley

HA2F Consultants in Engineering

Daron Hagen* and Gilda Lyons

Hampton Inn and Suites Saratoga Springs

Patty Hasbrouck/Madison Healthcare Advisors

Linda Haswell

Donald and Cheryl Haswell

Susan Haswell

Richard Hayes*

Jon and Louise Haynes

Milton Higgins III

A. M. Homes*

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hyltin

Raj Kamal Jha*

Maitland Jones

Beena Kamlani*

Laura Karetzky*

Vincent Katz*

The LA Group, PC

Anne LeBaron*

Glenn Lowry

David Marchick

Jennifer and Andrew Marrus

Lauren and Michael Marrus

Kathryn McAuliffe and Jay Kriegel

Tim McHenry

John and Joanne Meyer

Virginia and Timothy Millhiser

Carmen Milligi

Rick Moody*

Honor Moore*

Ellen Morton

Munter Enterprises LLC

Deann Murphy

Michelle Nakash

Ms. Mary Claire W. Noakes

Old Saratoga Restorations, Inc.

Donald R. Page III

Frederick A. Partyka

Nancy Potter*

William and Ronnie Potter

Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation

Sheila Johnson Robbins

Taney Roniger*

Elizabeth Rosenman

Steven Sacco*

Victoria Sanger

Saratoga National Bank & Trust Co.

Saratoga Paint and Sip Studio

Steven Schrader

Susan and Jay Sloan

Michelle and Ronald Slone

Kevin and Judy Soukup

Stacey Steers*

Bruce S. Stuart Esq.

Judith Taylor*

Pauls Toutonghi

Chris Ullman

John Vinci

Jane Adams Wait

Stewart Wallace*

Sheri Warshauer-Riskind*

Frederick Wertheim

Paula Whyman*

Joan Wickersham*

Workman Publishing Company, Inc.

John A. Zanetti

Zanetti Architectural Millwork

$250-$499Anonymous (4)

Phyllis and Alexander Aldrich

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Alexander

Bart and Jeff Altamari

Martin Amlin

Blake Bailey and Mary Brinkmeyer

Peter Balakian*

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Matthew and Eileen Battle

Dan Bellm*and Yoel Kahn

Niki Berg*

Jill Bialosky*

Corinna Bishop

Mr. Bill Blando

Lucy Bowditch

Diana Bridge*

Christina Brown

Linda Brumbach

Steven Burke*

Joseph Calvanese and Melanie Madden

Eileen Cavanaugh

Matt Chauvin

Lisa Cholodenko*

Marcelle Clements*

Gary Cohen

David Colagiovanni*

Cathryn A. Collins

Morgan A. Collins and Valerie Bascom

Lisa Cortes

Mireya Corvalan and Felix Rodriguez

Ellen-Deane Cummins

Edward M. Dandaraw

Mary A. De Bare

Josh Dorman*

Ellen and Todd Downing

Terrance Duell

Richard Edwards

Mark English and Marie Sandholdt

Carrieanne Ferguson

Sheri Fink*

Daniel and Kathleen Fortier

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fox

Nehme Frangie

Susan Stevens and Hugh Fremantle

Mr. and Mrs. Andy Fyfe

Ann Walker Gaffney

Ms. Mary Gavin

Guido Goluke*

Ms. Suzanne M. Gorey and Mr. Christopher L. Gardner

YADDO CONTRIBUTORS (continued)

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Ms. Nan Graham and Mr. Mark Costello

Holly K. Grande

Charles Hagen*

Elizabeth Hazan*

Barbara Hefter

Jane Hirshfield*

Ms. Kayla Hodgkins

Ms. Cheryl Hoffis

Brien and Cynthia Hollowood

Long Island Community Foundation Susan Isaacs and Elkan Abramowitz Charitable Fund

Mr. A. Michael Italiano

Tamara Jenkins*

Mrs. Virginia Joffe

Mr. Barry E.A. Johnson

Bradford Johnson* and Jacquelyn VanderBrug

Trilby Jones

Donald Keene*

John Kelly*

James K. Kettlewell

Reese Kwon*

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph LaRosa

Jonathan Lethem*

James Lucey*

Beverley Mastrianni

Alice Mattison*

Richard McCann*

Margaret McDermott

T.M. McNally*

Pat Meaney and Joseph Zarzynski

Ms. Candice Meeks and Mr. Cory O’Malley

Mr. Joseph V. Melillo

Maggie Moss-Tucker and Michael Moss

Ms. Katrina Mumford

Ms. Erin Nallie

John and Lee Nelson

Sheila and Donald Nelson

Northshire Saratoga, LLC

Jennifer O’Leary and Eric Kuebler

Will and Tabitha Orthwein

Anthony Palma and Cara Morbidelli

William and William Perez

Rachel Person and Steve Sheinkin

Phoenix Life Insurance Company

Ms. Laura Poggi

Steven M. Polan and Elizabeth Roistacher

Denise Polit and Alan Janosy

David and Helen Porter

Elizabeth A. Pratt

Tracy Quinn

Drs. Robert and Suzanne Rapoport

Charles and Katie Richman

Jay Rogoff* and Penny Howell Jolly

Ned Rorem*

Ms. Kelly Ryan and Mr. Michael McCarthy

Dr. Freshteh Salehi

Jonathan Santlofer*

Ms. April A. Sargent

George D. Schwab

Paul and Kathy Schwartz

Mr. Cassidy Sedacca

Tanya Selvaratnam*

Colleen Senecal and Bruce A. Moffit

Mark Shalonis

Lorraine Shemesh*

Rachel Shteir*

Ms. Rebecca Shwamle

Susanna and Alexander Sirefman

Marion and Rex Smith

Jenny Snider*

Harry and Helen Snyder

Manuel Sosa*

Scott Spencer*

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spring

Ms. Tanya Stewart and Mr. Brett S. Henkel

Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan*

Ms. Ellen Taubman

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Tepper

Mr. Joseph Thompson

Ms. Noreen Tomassi

George Tsontakis*

Ms. Betsy Tucker

Mr. Brian VanBruen

Shirley and Robert Voelker

Ms. Amanda Watkins

Londa Weisman*

Mr. and Mrs. Robert West

Ms. Amanda Westerman and Mr. Lawrence Garmley

Ms. Ashley Wilson and Mr. Charles Pastor

Mr. Barry Wine

The Wylie Agency

Dr. and Mrs. J. Stanley Yake

Tom Zoellner*

Up to $249Anonymous (21)

André Aciman*

Elizabeth Agnew and Mr. Michael Butchino

Margaret P. Albrecht

Judy Amdur

Mary L. Anderson

Florence Andresen

Michele Araujo*

David Armbruster

Christopher J. Arpey

Kevin Augustine*

Charles A. Ballew

Judith Banks

Robert Barkowski

Mark Barr*

John Barrow*

Richard and Donna Bates

Susan Nisenbaum Becker*

Herbert Beerman*

Thomas Beller*continues

Nathan Boyer, Untitled (drawing for animated interactive iPad project “Adventures of a Hack”), 2015. Pen and ink on paper.


Marvin and Miriam Belsky

Judith Belzer* and Michael Pollan

Barbara and William Bennett

Suzanne Bennett*

Ted Bent*

William L. Bernhard

Anne Bertram*

Lucy Jane Bledsoe*

Chana Bloch*

Amy Bloom*

Ryan Bloom*

The Boeing Company’s Matching Gift Program

Susan Bokan

Minnie C. Bolster

Ms. Karin Borrelli

Bruce Boston*

Elaine Bourassa

Nancy Bowen*

Eleanor Boyle

Leslie Brack*

Peg and Jerry Bradley

Katie Brandi*

Terry Braunstein*

Courtney Brkic*

Colette Brooks*

Ellen Brown

Henry Brown*

Ms. Debra Brown

Mrs. Lora Brown

Rosanna Bruno*

William J. Burke & Sons

Irene Buszko*

Sandra G. Butler

Sharon Butler*

Renee Butler*

David Cale*

Nicholas W. Callahan

Sarah Canright*

Eve LaSalle Caram*

Robert Carioscia*

Claudia Carman

Lilli Carre*

Brian Carucci

Nancy Cassell*

Ward A. Cavanaugh

Edmund and Debra Cechnicki

Mr. and Mrs. John Cetner

Peter Child*

Michael Childs

Pam and Hank Christiansen

Nancy Church and Stephen Buonome

Diane Churchill*

Ashley E. Churchman

Gloria Ciejka

Ms. Catherine A. Clarke

Andrea Clearfield*

Gerald Cohen*

Jennifer Cohen*

Thomas Colbert*

Michael Coleman

Vivien* and David Collens

Mary Collins*

Don and Donna Colosimo

Anne Connell*

Janice L. Conners

Mr. Ronald Conover and Ms. Christine Stevens

Douglas W. Coon

Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas*

Jean-Marie and Denton Crocker

Eugene Cross*

Jan Cunningham* and Helena Brett-Smith

Mark Allen Cunningham*

Pernille Aegidius Dake

Dorie D’Amore

Leslee A. Dantonio

Daniel Thomas Davis*

Susan Daykin*

Kyle deCamp*

Julia Deck

Helen Degen Cohen*

Ellen M. deLalla

Page Delano*

Marilyn and Dominick DeLorio

James DeMasi

Carl Dennis*

Lanny DeVuono*

Romualdo S. Di Carlo

Mr. Bernard Dikman, CPA

John Dilg*

Danielle Dimston*

Charlie DiSanto

Matthew Dorsey

David Driskell*

Helena Drysdale*

Mr. and Mrs. Chip Dubois

Alisa Dworsky*

Jane Dystel Literary Management

Mrs. Barbara Eaton

Alan Effron, Esq.

Tamie and George Ehinger

YADDO CONTRIBUTORS (continued)

Jonathan Elliott*

Margaret Condon Elting

Michael and Joanne Esposito

Byron and Peggy Evans

Ms. Patricia Falk

Mr. Alfred J. Famiano Jr.

Lynn M. Farenell

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Farrell

Franklin Feldman*

Molissa Fenley*

Lucy Ferriss*

Paul Festa*

Laurie Filipelli*

Robert J. Fleisher

E.M. Browne and K.L. Flynn

James and Karen Folmsbee

Leslie Forester

Robert and Patricia Foulke

Suzanne Fox*

Mrs. Sandra Foyt

Robert Franzini*

Kenneth Frederick*

Leslie Fry*

Allison Funk*

Donald Furst*

Amity Gaige*

Jack Gallagher

Patricia Gallagher

Ms. Marcia G. Galloway

Gay K. Gamage

Linda Garramone

Benjamin Gassman*

Tony Gerber*

Megan Roberts* and Raymond Ghirardo*

Wendy Gifford and Gerald Degenhardt

Margaretta Gilboy*

Gail Gilliland*

Gina Gionfriddo*

Glenville Hills Garden Club

Philip and Marie Glotzbach

Gerard J. Glowniak

Lynn C. Goldberg

Neil Goldberg*

Adam Goldman*

William Goldstein*

Joe Goode*

June Foote Gray

Gary Green*

Stacy Greene*

Marion T. Greenup

Kenneth and Cheryl Grey

Kathy Grove*

Mr. Christopher L. Guidette

Katharine Hackett*

Rachel Hadas*

Meron Hadero*

Lisa Hamilton*

James Hannaham*

Stella Harding

Dorothy and Stephen Harran

Dr. Judy Harrigan

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Harrison

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Hart

Ms. B. Haskins and Mr. Andrew Green

Adam Haslett*

Dean Haspiel*

Mellicent and William Hawke

Nancy Haynes*

Mary Jo and William Hebert

Valerie Hegarty*

Nate Heiges

Marian Heiskell

Amy Hempel*

Will Hermes*

Karen G. Hess

Kathleen Hill*

Katherine Hill*

Caren Hoffman-Smith

Jonathan Holland

Kay Hotaling

Patricia and Robert Hoyt

David Huddle*

Lissa Hunter*

Simeon Hutner*

William Hutnick*

Olukemi Ilesanmi

Elizabeth Ireland

Tara Ison*

Margaret Jacobson

Luke Jaeger*

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jones

Nicolette Jones

Bruce Jordan

Paula Josa-Jones*

Jonathon Keats*

Joseph Keckler*

Lt. Col. and Mrs. Edward J. Kelly

Lee Kelpy

Jane Kent*

Ashley Kerker

Perri Klass*

Henry Klimowicz*

Barbara J. Kolapakka

Edith Konecky*

Zane Kotker*

Jan Krawitz*

Margo Kren*

Mr. Deric Krupski

Matthew Kuenzel

Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer*

Amitava Kumar*

Eric Lane*

Mary Ann Larkin*

Joe Lasker*

Wayne Lawson

April Lawson*

Young Jean Lee*

Deirdre Leland and Frank Rhyner

Tania Leon*

Suzannah Lessard*

Daniel Levenson*

Murray and Tina Levith

Joseph Levy

Sydney Licht* and Tom Summer

Lyn Lifshin*

Joan Linder*

Deena Linett*

Mark Lipman* and Helen Cohen

Harold Lohner

Jim and Barbara Lombardo

Ruth Lomon*

Joann Long

Andrea Louie*

Amy Grace Loyd*

Margaret I. Lynch

Linda E. Macica

Dr. Evan Mack

Audrey Ellsworth Maehl

Alexander Maksik*

Marilyn J. Malina

Alison Manheim*

Ms. Vivian Manuel

James Marcus*

Diane Marino

Frances E. Marriner

Steve Marston

Randy and Alice Martin

Emily Mast*

Ms. Mary H. Mattes

Nyla J. Matuk

Laura McBride*

Michelle McCabe*

Dr. and Mrs. Brian McCandless

R. Paul and Kathleen A. McCarty

Dana and James McClure

Heather McGowan*

Beverly McIver*

Alan McMonagle*

Edie Meidav*

Maryse Meijer*

Harold* and Hilary Meltzer

Andrew Meredith*

John Mesch

Jack Millea

Joan Millman*

Roger Mitchell*

James Montford*

Elizabeth B. Moore*

Kathy Moran

Nancy Pierce Morgan

Mary N. Morrow

Jennifer K. Moses

Allen Mossman

Mary Muraski

Peter E. Murphy*

Sarah Murray*

Joan Murray*

Gay Murrisky

Kalpana Narayanan

Ms. Brooke Nellis and Mr. Jacob Tennis

Itty S. Neuhaus*

Katherine Newbegin*

Laura Newbern

Mark Newport*

Judith Nies

Yuko Nii*

Sam North*

Katherine Northrop*

Jennifer and Tom O’Brien

Maryalice O’Brien-Smith and Owen Smith

Virginia Snyder O’Donnell

Nancy and Edward O’Leary

Marie Oppenheim

Kathleen Ossip*

Patricia Boyle O’Toole

Andrea Pallaoro*

Faith Palma

Richard Panek* and Meg Wolitzer*

John Parazynski

Silvia Pareschi*

Richard Parker

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Parobeck

John Parris*

Katharine Parris

Barbara Parrish

Vincent L. Passaro*

Chris Pearce*

Lisa B. Pena and Austin Zacchio

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Gelah Penn*

Carol Petino*

Tony Phillips* and Judith Raphael*

Roger Phillips*

Lisa Phillips* and William Mead

Thomas H. Pierce

Burton Pike

Russell Platt*

Michelle Plouffe

Robert Podrasky

Joan Powers

Nina Preston

Martin Puryear*

Jane Quinn

Lawrence Raab*

William R. Racey

Michelle Radtke*

Mahmud Rahman*

Benita Raphan

Kevin Ray

Beth Reisman*

Carlos Reyes*

Deborah Reynolds and Carol J. Kautzman

Elizabeth Riggle*

Dana Roeser*

Christine Root

Marcy Rosewater*

Ms. Jill Allyn Rosser

Dawn and Mark Rosso

Kathryn Roushia and Emmett Naughton

A.M. Rousseau*

Suzanne Rucinski

Blaine Ryan-Lynch

Maureen Sager

Eleonor Sandresky*

Stephen Sandy*

Dee Sarno

Victoria Schepps

Karen Schiff*

Linda Schrank*

Christine Schutt*

Helen Scully*

Fern Seiden*

Karl Seitz

Stephanie Sellars*

Marlene Sellers*

Alex Shakar*

Yolanda Shannon

Julie Shapiro*

Sally J. Sheldon

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Sheridan

Lynne and Dan Shorey

Susan Richards Shreve*

Jim Shrosbree*

Elise Siegel*

Amy Sillman*

Mary Taylor Simeti*

Kuldeep Singh*

Carla H. Skodinski

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Smith, Jr.

Michael Snediker*

Suzanne Snider*

Dalia Sofer*

Katherine Soniat*

Soroptimist International of Saratoga County

Dennis Spates, Esq.

Kathleen Spivack*

Sue Standing*

Elizabeth Stark*

Nancy H. Stevens

J. Jason Stewart*

Alexander Stewart*

Pam and Steve Stiansen

Charles Hagen, Jaguar, 2015. Photograph, 43.2cm x 58.4cm.

Jo Stockham*

Patricia Storace*

David Storey*

Robert V. Storr*

Scott Stossel*

Susan L. Stratton

Martha Strohl

John and Margot M. Sturt

Annie Sulzberger

Barbara W. Sutherland

Joyce Sutphen*

Beatrice Sweeney

Kathleen Sweet

Susan Swidler

Kimi Takesue*

Barbara Taylor

Robert and Diane Taylor

Lucinda Taylor

A. B. Thayer

Hannah Thomas

Jane and Gordon and Jane Thompson

Augusta Tobin

The Honorable Paul Tonko

Maureen Torrens

Sarah Tortora*

Lucy Tower

William Tremblay*

Hope Tucker*

Harvey Tulcensky*

Josey Twombly

Yvonne Urkevich Bastian

Samantha Van Buren and Edward Pchola

Deborah van Eck

Martha Van Patten

Aynsley Vandenbrouke*

Jess Velona

Helen Vendler*

Robert and Lois Vessels

Beth and George Vodapivc

Kathryn Walat*

G.C. Waldrep*

George and Lucienne Walker

Evelyn Walsh

Irene Wanner*

Rebecca Ward*

Prof. Shannon C. Ward

Kathryn Waters*

Leslie Wayne*

Amelia and Terry Weir

Vera and Marvin Weiss

Dan Welcher*

Susan M. Wendelgass

Barry Werth*

Scott Wheeler*

Nancy and David Wilder

Lex Williford*

Sari Wilson*

Carolin Jane Window*

Mark Winegardner*

Bess Winter*

Rebecca Winterer*

Matthew Witten*

Margaret Wolitzer* and Richard Panek*

Bert Yarborough*

Chen Yi* and Zhou Long*

Shay Youngblood*

James E. Zabala

Larzer Ziff

Barbara B. Zimmerman

Philip B. Zimmermann

Burton Zwick


Mike and Stacie Arpey

David Marchick

Stacie Arpey

Joane Cosiol

Gail Gregg

Agnes Gund

Annie Sulzberger

Curtis Harnack

Yuko Nii

Thomas S. Hart

Christopher Corkery

Mike Hazard

Anne Connell

A.M. Homes

Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo/Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation Inc.

Madelyn Jennings

Vivian Manuel

Anne Palamountain

Beverley Mastrianni

Elaina Richardson

Nicolette Jones

Ned Rorem

Daron Hagen and Gilda Lyons

Katie Rosman and Joe Ehrlich

Jodi and Craig Balsam

Stephen Sandy

Geoffrey Movius

James Scott

Paul Festa

Nancy Sullivan

Marilyn J. Malina

Ruta Toutonghi

Pauls Toutonghi

Adelaide M. Trigg

Helen Scully

Gifts Made in Honor OfSusan Unterberg

Mary A. DeBare

Virginia Joffe

Jill Viney

Deann Murphy

Joan Wickersham

Paul Festa

Gifts made in memory of:

Kit Barker

Sarah Murray

Naomi Baron

Ron Baron

Richard Brick

Anonymous

Caroline and John Duncan

Suzanne Rucinski

Maggie Estep

Michelle McCabe

Delaphine Farenell

Susan and Anthony DePaula

John J. and Ethel L. Gallagher

Jack Gallagher

Curtis Harnack

Phyllis and Alexander Aldrich

Yuko Nii

Brenda M. Italiano

Michael Italiano

Diane Itter

Georgia Strange

Eugene Johnson

Barry E. Johnson

Leslie G. Katz

Joseph Levy

Galway Kinnell

Barbara K. Bristol

Melisande Kopp

Frank A. Rogers

Maurice A. LeSage

Mary N. Morrow

Philip Levine

Liza Wieland

Joan Malawista

Anonymous

Benita Mindenbergs

Pauls Toutonghi

Howard Moss

Anonymous

Patsy Norvell

Jenny Snider

Anne Palamountain


Nancy Lampton

Harriet Reisman

Eric Lane

Beth Curtis Sack


Cynthia Kennedy Sam

Kathy Moran

Nora Sayre

Margaret Condon Elting

Marion T. Greenup

Tobias Schneebaum

Beth Reisman

Michael Sundell

Agnes Gund

Anne Truitt

Amy Grace Loyd

Sidney Wallace

Stewart Wallace

Carol Zanetti

John A. Zanetti

2015 GIFTS FOR

THE YADDO

MEDAL FUND

Christopher J. Arpey

Sandra R. Butler

Ward A. Cavanaugh

Douglas W. Coon

Matthew J. Dorsey

Edward J. Kelly

Matthew Kuenzel

Audrey Ellsworth Maehl

Mary H. Mattes

Nancy Pierce Morgan

James and Anne Morrissey

Virginia Snyder O’Donnell

Patricia Boyle O’Toole

John Parazynski

Thomas H. Pierce

Madelyn Pulver Jennings

Michelle Slone

Maureen and Kenneth Torrens

Renee Dake Wilson/Red Green

Blue Fund of the Liberty Hill

Foundation

John A. Zanetti

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The Trask SocietyP l a n n e d G i v i n g t o S u s t a i n Y a d d o

Named for our visionary founders, the Trask Society is our planned

giving program. One of the many people who have supported

Yaddo’s mission in this way is the late Rosette Lamont, esteemed

theatre critic, author, and professor, who had several residencies in the

1960s and made provisions for Yaddo in her will. We received a final

payment from her estate in 2015, with the funds used to build Yaddo’s

endowment. We gratefully acknowledge the many individuals who have

thoughtfully and generously taken Yaddo into consideration in their

financial planning. Options they have chosen include a bequest, charitable

remainder trust or a gift of tangible or real property, or naming Yaddo as a

beneficiary in their retirement plan or insurance policy.

Yaddo works with donors and their representatives to structure individual planned gifts

that can offer substantial tax and estate benefits, particularly if funded through gifts of

appreciated stock or real estate. There is no minimum bequest required. Restricted gifts

can memorialize relatives or friends, or perpetuate donors’ names by endowing artists’

residencies and restoration of the historic estate. Finally, many former guests have

designated works of art as a gift, with specific arrangements made for their care and

eventual disposition. Additional information can be found online at www.yaddo.org/yaddo/

trasksociety.shtml or by contacting Steve Dennin, Director of Development at 212-307-

7685 or [email protected].

Anonymous (14)

Helene Aylon

David Loren Bass

Leslee Becker

Chana Bloch

Susan Bokan

Mrs. Edward Milan Boor

Jamie Brisick

Susan Brynteson

J. Byrne*

Eli Cantor*

William Claire

Jane M. Cooper*

Allen Davis

Peter Davison*

Louis DeMattei

Katharina Denzinger

Garry DuFour

Stephen Dunn

Janice Eidus

Alice Fellows

Lynn Freed

Robert Garis*

Amy Godine

Jane Goldberg

Morris Golde*

Julius Goldstein*

Peter C. Gould

Julie Gross

Daron A. Hagen

Priscilla Haley

Curtis Harnack*

Nanette Heiman*

Estate of Patricia Highsmith*

A.M. Homes

Cyrus G. Jabarzadeh

Madelyn Pulver Jennings

Buffie Johnson*

Beena Kamlani

The Estates of Jane* and Leslie* Katz

Beth Kissileff

Mary Alice Kremp*

Rosette Lamont*

Ingeborg Lauterstein*

Sharon Lerch

Maurice Alain LeSage*

Jan Heller Levi

Marshall and Debra Levin

Estate of Romulus Linney*

Bernard Malamud*

Lenore Malen

Susan R. Malloy*

Alison Manheim

Adrianne Marcus*

Cleopatra Mathis

Richard McCann

Susannah McCorkle*

Gardner McFall

Mark Meltzer

Estate of Mary Mercer*

Melissa Meyer

Rick Moody

John and Lee Nelson

Acosta Nichols*

Anne Palamountain*

Andras Petocz

Estate of Sidney Phillips*

Denise Polit

Nancy Potter

Harold Reed*

Louise Reisman*

Donald S. Rice

Katherine R. Rich*

Harvena Richter*

Leonard Roberts*

Thomas Rogers*

Taney Roniger

Andrew Rudin

Jonathan Santlofer

Sapphire

Rudy Shackelford

Rachel Shteir

Eileen Simpson*

Alfred Z. Solomon*

J. Jason Stewart

Jancey Stockly*

Nancy Sullivan

Karen A. Sulzberger

Nina Sundell*

Amy R. Tan

Elizabeth Thompson

Martha Tinker*

Patricia Towers

Anne Truitt*

Esteban Vicente*

Aileen Ward

The Estate of Gerald Weales*

George W.S. Wen

Anita Weschler*

Holly Woodward

Nancy Wilson-Ross Young*

*Deceased

TRASK SOCIETY MEMBERS

Lora Brown, Development Assistant

Shane Cassidy, Facilities Manager

Lisa Clark, Housekeeper

Steve Dennin, Director of Development

Lindia Douglas, Supervisor of Housekeeping

Lynn M. Farenell, Director of Annual Giving

Donald Farmer Jr., Facilities Staff

Catherine Gratton, Wait Staff

Michael Hazard, Head Chef and Supervisor of Kitchen

Charles Kennedy, Assistant Chef

Kris Kessler, Bookkeeper

Tristan Kirvin, Communications and Events Manager

Dana E. McClure, Development Associate

Marc Morin, Facilities Staff

Anne-Marie Pratt, Administrative Assistant

Peter Skrika, Cook

Heather Sowle, Housekeeper

Elaina H. Richardson, President

Deborah Snyder, Assistant Bookkeeper

Patricia A. Sopp, Vice President/Finance and Operations

Michael Stanko, Facilities Staff

Candace Wait, Program Director

Christy Williams, Program Associate

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

A.M. Homes – Co-Chair

Susan Unterberg – Co-Chair

Jaime Wolf – Vice Chair

Candace K. Weir – Treasurer

Gail Gregg – Corporate Secretary

Susan Brynteson – Recording Secretary

Elaina H. Richardson – President

Patricia A. Sopp – Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

ACTIVE MEMBERS

Ayad Akhtar

Stacie H. Arpey

Laura Callanan

Peter Cameron

Ann Chen

Gail Gregg

Madelyn P. Jennings

John Kelly

Janice Y. K. Lee

Ellen W. Morton

Matthew Santirocco

Andrew Solomon

Jill Viney

Patricia Volk

Stewart Wallace

Candace K. Weir

Jaime Wolf

Alexi Worth

Doug Wright

Pat Adams

Jonathan Ames

Jo Andres

Alberta Arthurs

John W. Barr

Noah Baumbach

Deborah Berke

Leslie C. Berlowitz

Blair Brown

Susan Brynteson

Steven Burke

Joseph Caldwell

Alex Castro

Susan Cheever

Marilyn Chin

Marcelle Clements

Bruce Cohen

Lisa Cortes

Susan Crile

Sebastian Currier

Kyle deCamp

David Del Tredici

Lynn Freed

Laura Furman

Elizabeth Gaffney

Willis Goldsmith

Peter C. Gould

Allan Gurganus

Daron Hagen

Michael S. Harper

Richard Howe

Mary-Beth Hughes

Barry E.A. Johnson

Peter Kayafas

Carita D. Kelly

Kevin Kimberlin

Nancy Lampton

Anne LeBaron

Lawrence W. Lee

Young Jean Lee

Jan Heller Levi

Richard McCann

Gardner McFall

Beverly J. McIver

Melissa Meyer

Rick Moody

Geoffrey Movius

Donald S. Rice

Katherine Rosman

Ned Rorem

Jonathan Santlofer

James Siena

James H. Silberman

Robert Storr

Nancy Sullivan

Barbara Toll

Patricia Towers

George Tsontakis

Margo Viscusi

J. Stanley Yake

Shay Youngblood

Special Advisor

Susan Brynteson, Librarian

Affirmative Action Statement of Policy

Yaddo does not discriminate in its programs and activities against anyone on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, disability, HIV status, or veteran status.

Annual Audit Report

The Corporation of Yaddo’s 2015 audit was prepared by Flynn, Walker, Diggin CPA, P.C.

The Corporation of Yaddo is classified as a 501 (c) (3) tax exempt organization by the Internal Revenue Service and all contributions are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law. A copy of the most recent financial statement can be obtained by writing to: New York State, Office of Charities Regulation, Albany, New York, 12231, or The Corporation of Yaddo, P.O. Box 395, Saratoga Springs, New York 12866-0395.

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THE CORPORATION OF YADDO

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Phone: 518.584.0746 Fax: 518.584.1312

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Phone: 212.307.7685 Fax: 212.307.5732

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