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, they include emerging and
well-known figures, reflecting a broad range of contemporary
styles and creative perspectives. They are welcomed to Yaddo
without regard for their financial circumstances.
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Contents
Report from the Chair
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President’s Report
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Yaddo Artists
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Sponsored Residencies
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New York City Benefit
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Saratoga Summer Benefit
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Yaddo Contributors
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The Trask Society
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Financial Information
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Members and Directors
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Staff
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Founding Statement
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Cover Art Identification
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“The Queen of Hell,” a mixed media assemblage
by Christopher Tanner, featured in a solo
exhibition at Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
City, February 11-March 13, 2010
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REPORT
FROM
THE CHAIR
“I love Yaddo … with all of my heart. My stay last winter [was] …
one of the most productive months of my life. For so many of my
friends in the arts, time at Yaddo is like traveling at creative light
speed versus the usual urban slog. It is indispensable and longed for
constantly. To be honest, I’m dreaming of it right now.”
- Gary Shteyngart, Author
The year itself saw us fully settling
appointments Yaddo will continue to be
into newly refurbished offices both in
in talented, dedicated and loving hands.
Saratoga and in New York City, the latter
office being under the leadership of
I would be remiss should I not note
Steve Dennin, who now has a year under
the recent passing of renowned Yaddo
his belt as our Director of Development.
Members Louise Bourgeois and, even
more recently, Romulus Linney, and we
R
There are also a number of changes
express our appreciation to them for
in our Director ranks and in committee
giving their support and energy to Yaddo.
responsibilities. Member Patty Volk
Yet we are sustained by recognition of
stepped up to the Board of Directors
newly-appointed Lifetime Members,
after Yaddo Vice-Chair and Director
Nancy Lampton, Gardner McFall,
ecent years have been dynamic
Pat Towers, honoring her commitment
Geoffrey Movius and Jill Viney.
ones for Yaddo and 2010 was
to term limits, relinquished her Board
certainly no exception, but, as the above
positions and was replaced as Vice-
As you can see, we have had many
sentiments express, there is continuity
Chair by Director Peter Kayafas. I
“sunrise, sunset” moments in Yaddo’s
in the timeless and uniquely supportive
am pleased to report, however, that
storied history but that, of course, is
nature of the artists’ relation to Yaddo.
Pat is continuing as Chair of our all
because not only have we had the good
important Membership and Nominations
fortune in fact to enjoy many sunrises
A year of challenges and changes,
Committee. The Board’s Executive
and sunsets over the last century in
2010 began with a daunting fundraising
Committee added Jaime Wolf, in Pat’s
Yaddo’s efforts to provide the opportunity
climate in the midst of a sputtering
stead, as well as A.M. Homes.
for creativity to artist residents, but we
have also been blessed with stewards
economy. This led the Board to adopt
something of an austerity budget.
Other important committee chair
– such as our extraordinarily talented
Austere, that is, in all respects except
appointments consisted of James Siena
President, Elaina Richardson, and
the steady funding of our direct program
(Admissions) replacing Peter Cameron
her most able staff, who bring that
expenses in support of the artists’
and Mary-Beth Hughes joined Dick
opportunity to dramatic fruition each and
residence experience. The year ended
Howe as Co-Chair of the Development
every day. Long may it be so!
as we crossed the finish line in meeting
Committee, replacing Jonathan Santlofer,
our fundraising goals thanks in no small
who is stepping down after nearly 10
part to a set of extraordinary challenge
years as a Development Committee
grants supported by certain members of
leader. A hearty and sincere thank you
the Board. In addition, our endowment
to all these Yaddo stalwarts for past
has begun to rebound with the improving
service and herewith an expression of
Peter C. Gould
investment environment.
the certain knowledge that with our new
Chair
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s Yaddo’s Chairman, Peter
Gould, points out in
be really difficult to assess the health of the pond
you’re furiously paddling in. A recent analysis from
his companion Report, we
Americans for the Arts provides some context: its
accomplished much in 2010,
2010 National Arts Index showed a fall since the
but all of it against a backdrop
onset of the recession of 6.2 points, reaching a
of concern about the financial
12-year low, which has consequences, of course,
markets and the significant drop
for the vitality of the arts sector, as confirmed by the
we had seen in our endowment.
fact that some 41 percent of non-profit arts groups
We held the number of artists
failed to achieve a balanced budget. Happily, Yaddo,
and writers we welcomed to be
despite the dip in endowment, remains fiscally strong
in residence steady at 224, we spent hours each
and we have consistently balanced our budget in
day thinking about what was best and what was
each and every year. Nonetheless, we felt the chill
necessary for Yaddo to thrive, and we continued the
in the air. And so Yaddo engaged the services of
practices of good governance as we thanked Pat
AEA Associates, a leading arts consulting firm, to
Towers, who is so central to Yaddo, for her years
work with us – starting in 2010 and continuing
of service as Vice-Chair. We realized that Yaddo
through 2011 – on a Strategic Plan, the first in the
remains, as it has been in the past, “lucky” in its
institution’s history. The plan requires us to drill down
leaders: certainly fortunate to have photographer and
into several key areas: our mission and program;
publisher Peter Kayafas in our ranks and willing to
governance; stewardship of our assets and generous
take on the responsibilities of Vice-Chair. The smooth
supporters; and our public persona (okay, let’s go
and celebratory transition from Pat to Peter came to
ahead and just say it, our “brand”). As someone who
represent for me a sort of symbolic touchstone for
can resist the necessity of self-reflection, I am happy
2010: in the midst of unsought for change, there was
to report that the process of working with Adrian and
a silver lining. In the larger context of Yaddo’s present
Libby Ellis has been energizing and fruitful. More
and future, the silver lining of forced re-evaluation
importantly, we seem on course to move into 2011
lay in the opportunity to put everything on the table,
and beyond with a steadiness and certainty of tread.
to rethink long-established practices, to re-imagine
future goals, and to recommit ourselves to the
Along the way, there were several standout moments
simplicity and strength of Yaddo’s core mission of
in 2010. We quite literally “turned the lights on” at
support for individual artists. We decided, consciously
Yaddo, completing the first phase of an outdoor
and with an upbeat pace, to think harder about
lighting project (generously supported, in part, by
Yaddo’s role in the 21st century, and our articulation
NYSCA and several of our artists) which increases
of that role. We set out, as Peter Kayafas put it, “to
the safety and maneuverability of our resident guest
take our own temperature.”
artists, especially in the long winter months, when the
sun rises late and sets early. We successfully hosted
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As we all know, figuring out how an eco-system is
our usual annual benefits, one in New York City
faring requires as a first step the establishment of
(brilliantly chaired by Patricia Volk with an astounding
some baseline readings. As we also know, it can
performance by the multi-talented Jonathan Ames)
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and one in Saratoga (steered superbly,
from choreographers, composers,
of Yaddo’s great blessings to have in its
with virtually no overhead, by Tamie
filmmakers, painters, performance artists,
Members and Directors such a staunch
Ehinger, Claudia Olsen, and Anne
photographers, printmakers, sculptors,
group of committed, intelligent, and
Palamountain, with Rick Moody as the
video artists, and writers, working both
passionate folks. As we move steadily into
immensely popular guest of honor). Each
alone and collaboratively in teams of up
the future, it’s fitting to take a moment to
evening was terrifically enjoyable – as
to three. Nearly half were guests at Yaddo
acknowledge the strong base we build
you can see from the photo-roundups
for the first time and the artists ranged
upon, and so I thank our remarkable
that appear later in this report-- and more
in age from early-20s to late-80s. On
Chair, Peter Gould, our inspiring outgoing
than held its own given the realities of
the advice of our Admissions Committee,
Vice-Chair, Pat Towers (who is the reason,
the economy. At the September Annual
we implemented various new policies,
incidentally, that I came to Yaddo), and our
Meeting, here in Saratoga Springs, we
including a move to an online-only
thoughtful, eloquent new Vice-Chair, Peter
dedicated the weekend to an exploration
application process, allowing applicants to
Kayafas for their support and commitment
of areas that we knew would be of
submit their work samples via a site called
to this place we all care for so deeply. And
importance to our strategic planning. The
SlideRoom. With the shrewd guidance
I also thank the dedicated Members and
sessions were engaging and useful –
of our Adhoc Committee on Diversity,
Directors of the Corporation and Yaddo’s
resulting in a series of recommendations
we also renewed our commitment to
generous community of supporters
that our committees are working to
outreach to guarantee the vitality of our
for once more promoting a deeper
implement – and I am thankful to all of
admissions process. These efforts paid
understanding of the value of solitude and
the Members and staff who participated
off handsomely in a lively and talented
for their inspired thinking and long
group of artists in residence throughout
hours on Yaddo’s behalf. The September
the year. Our five Admissions Panels once
meeting also saw the election of a roster
again did an outstanding job reviewing
of extremely talented new committee
applicants, and I am indebted to the Chair
chairs and I am delighted to add my
of each and to the artists who generously
welcome to all of them and to join Peter
agreed to help us with this essential task.
in saluting the exceptionally able and
Despite a noticeable spike in applications
devoted Members who were just elected
and the gradual increase in guests over
to Lifetime status. Given the tightly-knit
the decades, we are still, as the Trasks
nature of our community and the many
mandated, “few in number,” and the Yaddo
ties that we share, it is always difficult to
magic continues to have a transforming
say goodbye to any of our Members, and
impact, as was evident from the large
last year saw the passing of two of our
number of artists who last year testified in
brightest luminaries – Louise Bourgeois
letters, dedications, and interviews to the
and Romulus Linney. I share Peter’s sense
staggering impact time at Yaddo had on
of gratitude to Romulus and Louise, and
their output and creativity.
sorrow at their deaths.
As always, the residency program was
It was certainly true that, on the program
first and foremost in our thoughts, and
community, of time and space, and –
side, Yaddo shone brightly in 2010.
we did all that we could to minimize
most important of all – the value of
As reported above, we welcomed 224
interruptions caused by necessary
supporting the work of individual artists
guest artists. They came to Yaddo from
construction and to ensure that we
if we are to have a vibrant and engaged
25 states and the District of Columbia,
accepted the same number of artists
cultural life.
in addition to several foreign countries,
on an annual basis – I thank all of my
including Canada, France, Germany, Hong
colleagues for their assistance throughout
Kong, India, Iran, Italy, Norway, Switzerland,
the year. Clearly, little of this activity would
Tanzania, Tunisia, and the United Kingdom.
be possible without the support of a
We received a total of 1,126 applications
talented and engaged board, and it is one
Elaina Richardson,
President
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ARTISTS
Yaddo welcomed 224 talented individuals in 2010 for stays ranging from two weeks to two
months. The guest list included 115 writers, 55 visual artists, 22 composers, 15 performance
and media artists, and 17 artists working in film and video. They came to Yaddo from 25
states and the District of Columbia, as well as Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong,
India, Iran, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, and the United Kingdom. In 2010,
Yaddo received a total of 1,126 applications from an international pool of choreographers,
composers, filmmakers, painters, performance artists, photographers, printmakers, sculptors,
video artists, and writers, working both alone and collaboratively.
David Amsden, writer,
Brooklyn, New York
Polly Apfelbaum,
visual artist, New
York, New York
Maria Baiocchi,
translator, Rome, Italy
Ben Brandt, visual
artist, Austin, Texas
*Daniel Brewbaker,
composer, New York,
New York
Steven Burke,
composer, New York,
New York
Peter Balakian, writer,
Hamilton, New York
Joseph Caldwell,
Christian Barter,
writer, New York, New
York
writer, Bar Harbor,
Maine
Rachel Cantor,
Emily Barton, writer,
writer, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Kingston, New York
Michele Beck,
Cynthia Carr, writer,
New York, New York
performance artist,
New York, New York
Pelle Cass, visual
Gordon Beeferman,
artist, Brookline,
Massachusetts
composer, New York,
New York
Rebecca Chace,
Jonathan Berger,
writer, New York, New
York
visual artist, New
York, New York
Flynn Berry, writer,
New York, New York
Jedediah Berry,
writer, Northampton,
Massachusetts
Vanessa Blakeslee,
writer, Maitland,
Florida
Isidro Blasco, visual
artist, Jackson
Heights, New York
Nick Boggs, writer,
Brooklyn, New York
Leslie Brack, visual
artist, Ithaca, New York
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Noa Charuvi, visual
artist, Brooklyn, New
York
Peter Child,
composer, Wellesley,
Massachusetts
Marilyn Chin, writer,
La Mesa, California
Tom Cipullo,
composer, Long
Island City, New York
Cole Cohen, writer,
Portland, Oregon
Elisabeth Condon,
visual artist, Tampa,
Florida
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Anne Connell, visual
Sebastian Currier,
composer, New York,
New York
Tamar Diesendruck,
artist, Portland,
Oregon
Lucy Corin, writer,
Gordon Dahlquist,
Gregory Djanikian,
Berkeley, California
writer, New York, New
York
writer, Narberth,
Pennsylvania
Beth Dary, visual
Mike Doughty,
*Laurel Farrin, visual
artist, Iowa City, Iowa
John Fraser, visual
artist, New York, New
York
performance artist,
Nyack, New York
Michael Fauver,
artist, St. Charles,
Illinois
Lisa Corinne Davis,
Kevin Doyle,
visual artist, Brooklyn,
New York
performance artist,
Brooklyn, New York
Janice Deaner, writer,
Richard Dubugnon,
New York, New York
composer, Paris,
France
*Art Corriveau,
writer, Santa Fe, New
Mexico
Frances Ya-Chu
Cowhig, writer,
Dulles, Virginia
Elizabeth Crane,
writer, Austin, Texas
Cynthia Cruz, writer,
Brooklyn, New York
Camille De Angelis,
Thomas Cummins,
writer, Mount Laurel,
New Jersey
visual artist, San
Antonio, Texas
Mark Allen
Cunningham, writer,
Portland, Oregon
Kyle deCamp,
performance artist,
New York, New York
composer, Brookline,
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Duffy,
Elyssa East, writer,
New York, New York
*Carolina Escobar,
visual artist, Phoenix,
Arizona
writer, Iowa City, Iowa
Rochelle Feinstein,
writer, Jacksonville,
Florida
Dana Frankfort, visual
artist, Cambridge,
Massachusetts
Kermit Frazier, writer,
Brooklyn, New York
visual artist, New
York, New York
Ru Freeman, writer,
Paul Festa,
Bala Clynwyd,
Pennsylvania
performance artist,
San Francisco,
California
visual artist,
Providence, Rhode
Island
Dan Fishback, writer,
Stephen Dunn, writer,
Darren Floyd,
Frostburg, Maryland
Sohrab Homi Fracis,
Brooklyn, New York
filmmaker, Brooklyn,
New York
Bart Freundlich,
filmmaker, New York,
New York
Laurie Frick, visual
artist, Austin, Texas
ABOVE: FRONT
ROW (seated) L-R:
Zia Haider Rahman, Angel Lam,
John Monti, Vanessa
Blakeslee, Kaveri
Nair, Adam TheronLee Rensch, Jennifer
Sullivan
BACK ROW (standing) L-R: Jedediah
Berry, David Amsden,
Seong-eun Hong,
A.M. Homes, T.M.
(Mike) McNally.
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Brian Frye, filmmaker,
Claryville, New York
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Peter Gadol, writer,
West Hollywood,
California
Ann Hirsch,
Christopher Gainey,
Jane Hirshfield,
writer, Mill Valley,
California
performance artist,
Syracuse, New York
composer, Iowa City,
Iowa
Steve Giovinco,
visual artist, New
York, New York
John Hollenbeck,
Tim Golden, writer,
Janne Holtermann,
visual artist, Hamburg,
Germany
composer, New York,
New York
New York, New York
Nancy Goldner,
writer, New York, New
York
A.M. Homes, writer,
New York, New York
Edward M. Gomez,
writer, New York, New
York
Seong-eun Hong,
Linda Gottesfeld,
visual artist, New
York, New York
Moses Hoskins,
visual artist, Long
Island City, New York
Gail Gregg, visual
Mala Iqbal, visual
artist, New York, New
York
artist, from Brooklyn,
New York
Lina Viste Grønli,
Leslie Jamison,
writer, Iowa City, Iowa
visual artist, New
York, New York
visual artist, Oslo,
Norway
Yun-Fei Ji, visual
artist, New York, New
York
Sally Gross,
performance artist,
New York, New York
Cassie Jones, visual
Austin Grossman,
artist, Brunswick,
Maine
writer, Irvine,
California
Sarah Jones,
performance artist,
New York, New York
Elizabeth Gumport,
writer, Baltimore,
Maryland
Shalini Kantayya,
Allan Gurganus,
filmmaker, Brooklyn,
New York
writer, Hillsborough,
North Carolina
Daron Hagen,
Erika Kawalek, writer,
Brooklyn, New York
composer, New York,
New York
Peter Kayafas, visual
artist, New York, New
York
Aaron Hamburger,
writer, New York, New
York
Lisa Hamilton, visual
Jonathon Keats,
writer, San Francisco,
California
artist, Brooklyn, New
York
Joseph Keckler,
performance artist,
Brooklyn, New York
Curtis Harnack,
writer, New York, New
York
Trish Harnetiaux,
Zachary Keeting,
visual artist, New
Haven, Connecticut
writer, Brooklyn, New
York
Christoph Keller,
Sharon Harper, visual
writer, New York, New
York
artist, Cambridge,
Massachusetts
Beth Kissileff, writer,
Amy Hempel, writer,
TOP: Lucy Puls.
LEFT: Resident artists
New York, New York
leave their calling
card behind in a visual
arts studio.
Keith Hennessy,
performance artist,
San Francisco,
California
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St. Louis Park,
Minnesota
Perri Klass, writer,
New York, New York
Tadzio Koelb, writer,
La Marsa, Tanzania
Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
Alison Maclean,
filmmaker, New York,
New York
Richard McCann,
writer, Washington,
District of Columbia
Christopher Millis,
writer, Cambridge,
Massachusetts
Saleema Nawaz,
Marfa, Texas
Suzannah Lessard,
writer, New York, New
York
Angel Lam,
Jan Heller Levi, writer,
New York, New York
Karan Mahajan, writer,
New York, New York
Robinson McClellan,
composer, New York,
New York
composer, New York,
New York
Yola Monakhov,
visual artist, New
York, New York
Cornelia Nixon,
writer, Berkeley,
California
composer,
Cambridge,
Massachusetts
Gardner McFall,
John Monti, visual
writer, New York, New
York
artist, Brooklyn, New
York
Dennis Nurkse,
writer, Brooklyn, New
York
Robert Marshall,
Rosemary McGuire,
Rick Moody, writer,
Susan Orlean, writer,
writer, New York, New
York
writer, Cordova,
Alaska
Fishers Island, New
York
Pine Plains, New York
Emily Mast,
John McManus,
Peter Mountford,
performance artist,
Los Angeles,
California
writer, Norfolk,
Virginia
writer, Seattle,
Washington
Alan McMonagle,
Duncan Murrell,
*Cleopatra Mathis,
writer, Post Mills,
Vermont
writer, Clybaun,
County Galway,
Ireland
writer, Pittsboro,
North Carolina
Peter Zaragoza
Mayshle, writer,
T.M. McNally, writer,
Scottsdale, Arizona
artist, Brooklyn, New
York
performance artist,
Los Angeles,
California
Melissa Meyer, visual
artist, New York, New
York
Koji Nakano,
composer, Boston,
Massachusetts
Silvia Pareschi,
translator, Laveno
Mombello, Varese, Italy
Charles Mary
Kubricht, visual artist,
Penny Lane,
filmmaker, Claryville,
New York
Yuliya Lanina,
filmmaker, Brooklyn,
New York
Sydney Licht, visual
artist, New York, New
York
Romulus Linney,
writer, Germantown,
New York
Dustin London, visual
Ketchum, Idaho
artist, Brooklyn, New
York
Erin Leddy,
David Ludwig,
performance artist,
Portland, Oregon
composer,
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Jill Lear, visual artist,
Janice Y.K. Lee,
writer, Hong Kong
Young Jean Lee,
performance artist,
Brooklyn, New York
Wendy Lee, writer,
Astoria, New York
Fiona Maazel, writer,
Brooklyn, New York
Sian Mackay, writer,
Forres, Morayshire,
United Kingdom
Keeril Makan,
Madison, Wisconsin
Siobhan McBride,
visual artist, Brooklyn,
New York
Kaveri Nair, visual
writer, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
Bryan Osburn, visual
artist, Brooklyn, New
York
Kathleen Ossip,
writer, Hastings-onHudson, New York
Rebecca Pappas,
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Jedediah Berry
Laurie Parker,
filmmaker, Lopez
Island, New York
Cecily Parks, writer,
New York, New York
Bari Pearlman,
filmmaker, New York,
New York
Joanna K. Pearson,
writer, Baltimore,
Maryland
Jayne Anne Phillips,
writer, Glen Ridge,
New Jersey
Lucy Puls, visual artist,
Berkeley, California
Jamie Quatro, writer,
Lookout Mountain,
Georgia
Lawrence Raab,
writer, Williamstown,
Massachusetts
Mahmud Rahman,
writer, Los Angeles,
California
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*Zia Haider Rahman,
writer, London, United
Kingdom
Iraj Isaac Rahmim,
writer, Houston,
Texas
David Rakowski,
composer, Maynard,
Massachusetts
Adam Theron-Lee
Rensch, writer,
Findlay, Ohio
Curtis Rhodes, visual
artist, Marcellus,
Michigan
Alessandro
Ricciarelli, writer,
Gary Schneider,
visual artist,
Brookhaven, New
York
Emily Shelton,
Jennifer Sullivan,
writer, Cambridge,
Massachusetts
performance artist,
Ridgewood, New York
Rachel Shteir, writer,
Sarah Schulman,
Chicago, Illinois
Mecca Jamilah
Sullivan, writer,
Gary Shteyngart,
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
filmmaker, Brooklyn,
New York
writer, New York,
New York
writer, New York, New
York
Nova Ren Suma,
Susan Unterberg,
writer, New York,
New York
Ethan Silverman,
writer, New York, New
York
visual artist, New
York, New York
Karen Sztajnberg,
Amanda Valdez,
visual artist, Astoria,
New York
Laura Schwendinger,
composer, Madison,
Wisconsin
James Scott,
writer, Newtonville,
Massachusetts
John Searles, writer,
New York, New York
Jennifer Sachs,
Yevgeniy Sharlat,
filmmaker, Los
Angeles, California
composer, Austin,
Texas
Jonathan Santlofer,
Frank Sheehan,
writer and visual
artist, New York,
New York
visual artist,
Ridgewood, New
York
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Angela Tucker,
Christine Schutt,
Brooklyn, New York
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Joshua Touster,
visual artist,
Watertown,
Massachusetts
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performance artist,
New York, New York
Jaspreet Singh,
writer, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
Alvin Singleton,
composer, Atlanta,
Georgia
Andrew Solomon,
filmmaker, Brooklyn,
New York
Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan,
writer, Brooklyn, New
York
Helen Vendler,
Ben Taylor, writer,
Patricia Volk, writer,
New York, New York
New York, New York
writer, New York, New
York
Craig Teicher, writer,
Brooklyn, New York
Gretchen Somerfeld,
Amber Flora
Thomas, writer,
filmmaker, Los
Angeles, California
Laurie Stone, writer,
Scottsdale, Arizona
Fairbanks, Alaska
*Elizabeth Thompson,
filmmaker, Santa Cruz,
California
writer, Cambridge,
Massachusetts
Judith Vollmer,
writer, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
Stewart Wallace,
composer, New York,
New York
Chuck Webster,
visual artist,
Binghamton, New
York
Tim Weiner, writer,
New York, New York
Monika Weiss, visual
artist, New York, New
York
Mac Wellman, writer,
Brooklyn, New York
Christopher Williams,
performance artist,
Brooklyn, New York
Trevor Winkfield,
visual artist, New
York, New York
Andrew Zarou, visual
filmmaker, Winston
Salem, North Carolina
Sari Wilson, writer,
Theresa Wong,
Brooklyn, New York
Joan Wickersham,
*Mark Winegardner,
writer, Tallahassee,
Florida
composer, Berkeley,
California
Simone Zelitch,
writer, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Glenda Wharton,
writer, Cambridge,
Massachusetts
Jane Yeh, writer,
London, United
Kingdom
artist, Brooklyn, New
York
Marina Zurkow,
filmmaker, Brooklyn,
New York
*Special Assistants to
the President
Chloé Zhao,
filmmaker, Brooklyn,
New York
CLOCKWISE
FROM TOP
LEFT: Nick
Boggs and John
Searles; Zia
Haider Rahman;
Zachary Keeting
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SPONSORED
RESIDENCIES
Joseph
Keckler
Sponsored residencies support Yaddo’s fundamental mission by underwriting the
costs of visits by creative artists. Through this program, foundations, corporations,
and individual donors enable artists to work without interruption in the supportive
environment that Yaddo exists to provide.
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ENDOWED RESIDENCIES
Elizabeth Ames Residency
Curtis Harnack Residency for Writers
Howard Moss Residency in Poetry
Established in 2006 for an artist
working in any discipline. Offered every
other year in honor of Yaddo’s first
executive director. Designee in 2010:
Sharon Harper.
Established in 1984 in honor of the
writer and former Yaddo President.
Designee in 2010: Michael Fauver.
Established in 1991 in honor of the
late poet and Yaddo board member.
Designee in 2010: Gregory Djanikian.
Dorothy and Granville Hicks
Residency in Literature
Ann Wadsworth Olberg Residency
for Creative Writers
Established in 1985 by artist Sally
Michel Avery in honor of her late
husband, Milton, who was also a
Yaddo artist. Designee in 2010: Trevor
Winkfield.
Established 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 2010: John
McManus.
Established in 2006 by Yaddo poet
and board Member 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 2011.
Louise Bourgeois Residency
for a Sculptor
Patricia Highsmith-Plangman
Residency
Plumsock Endowed Residency
Established in 1995 by Louise
Bourgeois to support young sculptors.
Designee in 2010: Carolina Escobar.
Established in 1995 by the late writer
and Yaddo artist Patricia Highsmith.
Designee in 2010: Jonathon Keats.
Established in 1995 to support creative
artists, preferably from Central America.
Designation deferred.
Abigail Angell Canfield and Cass
Canfield Jr. Residency for Writers
The LeSage-Fullilove Residency
for a Writer
Yvonne Porter Endowed Residency
Established in 2004 by Mr. and Mrs.
Cass Canfield Jr. to support one writer,
preferably from Latin America, every
other year. Designee in 2010: Fiona
Maazel.
Established 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 2010: Flynn Berry.
Eli Cantor Residency for Writers
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation Residencies
Milton and Sally Michel Avery
Residency for a Visual Artist
Established in 1984 in honor of the
Yaddo writer. Designee in 2010:
Alessandro Ricciarelli.
Philip Guston and Musa McKim
Residency
Established 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 2010: Yun-Fei Ji.
Established in 1990 by The MacArthur
Foundation. Designees in 2010: Tim
Golden and Bart Freundlich.
Meredith S. Moody Residency
Established in 1997 by the Moody
family for a female photographer in
honor of the late Meredith S. Moody.
Designee in 2010: Yola Monakhov.
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 in 2010: Iraj Rahmim.
Donald and Genie Rice Residency
Established in 2001 by Donald and
Genie Rice to support a filmmaker.
Designee in 2010: Laurie Parker.
George Rickey Endowed Residency
Established by the artist in 2000 to
support young visual artists,
and awarded every third year.
Designee to be named in 2012.
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Janet Sloane Endowed Residency
Established in 1996 by Alfred Z.
Solomon in honor of his late sister, a
Member of The Corporation of Yaddo.
Designee in 2010: Allan Gurganus.
Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger Residency
Established by The New York Times
Foundation in honor of Iphigene Ochs
Sulzberger. Designee in 2010: Ben Taylor.
Michael and Nina Sundell Residency
Established 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 2010:
David Ludwig.
Harriet and Esteban Vicente
Residency
Established by Harriet and Esteban Vicente
in 2001 to support a painter, preferably
from Spain. The 2010 recipient, Evaristo
Bellotti, is scheduled in 2011.
Jane Adams Wait Residency
Established 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 2010: Daniel Brewbaker.
Wallace Foundation Residency
for Distinguished Writers
Nora Sayre Residency
for a Nonfiction Writer
in honor of the late painter Alma
B. C. Schapiro. Designee in 2010:
Leslie Brack.
Established in 2006 in honor of the
Yaddo writer Nora Sayre and awarded
every third year. Designee to be named
in 2012.
James Silberman and Selma Shapiro
Residency
Alma B.C. Schapiro Residency
for a Woman Painter
Established in 2004 by Selma Shapiro
and James Silberman to support a
writer and awarded every other year.
Designee in 2010: Gary Shteyngart.
Established in 1983 by The Dewitt
Wallace Fund/Reader’s Digest
Foundation. Designee in 2010: Peter
Mountford.
The White Flowers Residency
for Composers
Established in 2001 by Chris Flowers
and Mary White to support a composer.
Designee in 2010: Koji Nakano.
Established by the M.A. Schapiro Fund
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Bernard V. Winebaum
Residency
Newman’s Own, Inc.
Residency
Established in 1995 by the
estate of the poet and visual
artist Bernard V. Winebaum
to support creative artists,
with a preference for those
from Northern New England.
Designee in 2010: Christian
Barter.
Established by Newman’s
Own, Inc. to support a
playwright, screenwriter,
or filmmaker. Designee in
2010: Young Jean Lee.
SINGLE
YEAR
RESIDENCIES
Anonymous
Established by an anonymous
Yaddo artist to support artists
preferably working in film,
video, or performance art.
Designees in 2010: Alison
Maclean, Kevin Doyle and
Joseph Keckler.
Aaron Copland Residency
for an American Composer
Established in 2010 by The
Aaron Copland Fund for
Music, Inc., to support the
residency of an American
composer. Designee in
2010: Steven Burke.
New York State Council on
the Arts Residency in Film
and Electronic Media
Established in 2010 to
support the residency of a
filmmaker or media artist.
Designee in 2010: Michele
Beck.
Pollack-Krasner Residency
Established in 2010 to
support the residency of
a visual artist. Designee in
2010: Lisa C. Davis.
Martha Walsh Pulver
Residency for a Poet
Established in 2001 by the
family of Martha Walsh Pulver
in her honor, to support a
female poet. Designees in
2010: Kathleen Ossip and
Amber Thomas.
Vera Rubin Residency
Langston Hughes
Residency
Established to support the
residency of an African
American artist. Designee in
2010: Kermit Frasier.
National Endowment
for the Arts Residency
Established in 2010 to
support the residencies of two
mid-career artists. Designees
in 2010: Cleopatra Mathis and
Kyle deCamp.
Established by The Reed
Foundation to support a
Caribbean artist, preferably a
writer. Designation in 2010:
Perri Klass.
Skidmore Residency
for Artists of Color
Established by Marsha
and Dennis Dammerman
to support artists of color
working in any discipline.
Designee in 2010: Sarah
Jones.
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NYC BENEFIT
BENEFIT COMMITTEE
Susan Cheever
Ted Danson
Elizabeth Gaffney
Peter C. Gould
Gail Gregg
Julie Gross
Daron Hagen
A.M. Homes
Richard R. Howe
Mary-Beth Hughes
Fran Kiernan
Melissa Meyer
Sara Cedar Miller
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2
Rick Moody
Harold Reed
Jonathan Santlofer
Don Scardino
Jason
Schwartzman
Joyce Siegel
James Siena
James H.
Silberman
Barbara Toll
3
5
4
Patricia Towers
Susan Unterberg
Margo Viscusi
Jaime Wolf
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7
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Author and humorist Jonathan Ames offered a behind-the-scenes look
at his HBO comedy series, Bored to Death, including a special screening
of one episode, at the 2010 New York City Benefit. Joining Ames for the
evening was Jason Schwartzman, who plays the lead character in the show.
The event was held at The Players Club and raised $185,000 to support the
artist residency program.
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R E P O R T
2 0 1 0
1. Peter Gould,
Patricia Volk,
Jonathan Ames,
Fiona Apple, Elaina
Richardson, Jason
Schwartzman.
2. Gloria Vanderbilt,
Curtis Harnack. 3.
Alexi Worth, Andrew
Solomon.
4. Peter Gould,
Hiram Gordon. 5.
Jonathan Ames.
6. Ruben Ruenes,
Jaime Wolf, Joseph
Caldwell, Gail
Gregg. 7. Lisa
Cortes, Ellen
Morton. 8. Jonathan
Mallow, Barbara
Toll, Suzanne Slesin,
Michael Steinberg.
SUMMER BENEFIT
BENEFIT PLANNING
COMMITTEE
2
3
1
4
Tamie Ehinger, Chair
Elizabeth Alexander
Sue Allerdice
Barbara S. Bennett
Susan Bokan
Julie Bonacio
Jane Corrou
Susan DePaula
Erika Dietz
Amy Durland
Beth Harker
Patty HasBrouck
Michele Jacobs
Sally King
Joann Long
Anne Palamountain
Norma Quinn
Christianne Smith
Kim Swidler
Hillary Van Alstyne
Lucienne Walker
HONORARY PATRONS
Anne Palamountain,
Chair
5
8
1. Rick Moody captivates the
crowd. 2. Colin and Christel
Maclean. 3. Pam Stiansen, Steve
Stiansen, Stacie Arpey, Michael
Arpey. 4. Pernille Dake, Chuck
Webster, Miranda Paquet. 5.
Cathy Masie, Jane Thompson,
Patty Hasbrouck. 6. Anne
Palamountain, Rick Moody, Tamie
Ehinger. 7. Matthew Santirocco,
Patricia Towers. 8. Dee Sarno
and Jane Corrou. 9. Sonny
Bonacio, Beth Alexander. 10.
Carter Jameson, Tom Newkirk.
11. Theresa Behrendt, Lucy
Tower. 12. Brianna Herman,
Timothy Lynch.
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SPONSORSHIP
COMMITTEE
Claudia Olsen, Chair
Wallace W. Allerdice
William Allerdice
Colleen Carlson
M. Bruce Cohen
John DeMarco
John Forester
Cynthia Hollowood
Jennifer Leidig
Candace K. Weir
A capacity crowd of nearly 200 at the 2010 Summer Benefit enjoyed perfect
weather, great food, and a program featuring award-winning author Rick
Moody, who entertained with a reading of a wonderful new short story written
entirely in 140-character “Tweets”. The event, which raised approximately
$116,000, also offered a silent auction. 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 90 percent of
the proceeds from the benefit directly to the artist residency program.
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YADDO 2010
CONTRIBUTORS
In early fall, several of the Directors of The Corporation of Yaddo issued a
PUBLIC FUNDING
challenge to encourage individual donors, including many artists who are
National Endowment for the Arts
former residents, to renew and increase their annual contribution. As a
result, Yaddo exceeded its financial goals and ended 2010 well positioned
to build on this success in the new year. Yaddo is pleased to recognize
all of the individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies
New York State Council on the Arts
that helped to make this achievement possible. We wish to acknowledge
the Board of Directors, and in particular those who participated in the
challenge, and the Members for their continued generosity and leadership.
Gratitude is also extended to our friends and neighbors in the Saratoga
Springs-Albany community, which remains an important source of support
GIFTS OF $100,000 OR MORE
Estate of Patricia Highsmith*
The Estates of Jane* & Leslie* Katz
and encouragement.
$50,000-$99,999
Anonymous (2)
Yaddo raised over $956,000 in 2010 to help underwrite operating
expenses, including restricted grants to support individual residencies.
These funds are supplemented by a withdrawal of no more than 5 percent
per annum (based on a three-year rolling average) from the endowment,
Peter C. Gould
$25,000-$49,999
Joseph Bae and Janice Lee*
Joni and Kevin Kimberlin/Spencer Trask & Co.
NYSCA
Candace K. Weir/C. L. King & Associates and
Paradigm Capital Management Inc.
which happily closed the year at $26 million, up from $24 million the
$10,000-$24,999
previous December.
Anonymous (2)
Mr. and Mrs. John* W. Barr
Susan Brynteson
Dennis and Marsha Dammerman
Through their work, individual artists help us see the world more clearly.
Hiram and Barbara Gordon
The Greenwich Collection Ltd.
Yaddo salutes and thanks all of those who share our belief in the power
Gail Gregg*
Richard and Elizabeth Howe
and importance of the creative process and its capacity to entertain, inspire
Adrianne Marcus*
National Endowment for the Arts
and enlighten millions through the written word, the visual arts, dance,
Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, Inc.
Newman’s Own Foundation
music and performance.
Madelyn Pulver Jennings/The Pulver Family
Harold Reed
Estate of Jancey Stockly
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Margaret and Amor Towles
Flynn, Walker Diggin C.P.A., P.C.
W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.
Melissa Meyer*
Ron and Michele Riggi and Vincent
Riggi and Patty Rich/Turbine Services Ltd.
Four Winds-Saratoga
Jane Adams Wait
Rick Moody*
Laura Furman*
Londa Weisman*
Munter Enterprises LLC
Michael and Anne Golden
Mac Wellman*
Willis J. Goldsmith
Joan Wickersham*
Myrtle Street Obstetrics &
Gynecology, PC
$3,000-$9,999
Geoffrey and Sarah Gund
William Morris Agency
National Grid
Allerdice Building Supply, Inc.
Allan Gurganus*
Alexi Worth* and Erika Belsey Worth
Gerald and Sybille Novack
Michael W. and Stacie Haswell Arpey
Mimi Haas
Douglas Wright* and David Clement
Phoenix Life Insurance Company
Lorraine Brooks
HarperCollins Publishers
Abigail Angell Canfield
Amy Hempel*
Higgins Family Foundation
$500-$999
Sheila Johnson Robbins
CB Richard Ellis, Inc.
Home Box Office, Inc.
Jay Rogoff* and Penny Howell Jolly
Bruce and Ellen Cohen
Anonymous (2)
Ralph and Lynn Huber
Pat Adams*
Katherine Rosman* and Joseph Ehrlich
Linda* and Arthur Collins/Morris and
Alma Schapiro Fund
Mary-Beth Hughes* and Duke Beeson
Adirondack Tree Surgeons, Inc.
Saratoga Arms, Ltd.
Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
Icon Interiors, Inc.
Walter and Loretta Anderson
Pernille Aegidius Dake
International Creative Management, Inc.
Associates of Glens Falls, Inc.
Saratoga Land Management
Corp./Lumac Company
Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
Susan Isaacs and Elkan Abramowitz
Laura Heberton
Ellen Foscue Johnson*
Bob and Ginger Bailey/Racemark
International, LP
Peter Kayafas* and Dorothy Blackmun
Susanna Kaysen*
Frances* and Howard Kiernan
Sally and Larry King
Little Brown and Company/ Hachette
Book Group
Nancy Lampton
Gardner McFall* and Peter Olberg
Audrey Niffenegger*
Lane Office
Starling R. Lawrence*
Katherine Lederer*
Genie and Donald Rice/The Genie and
Donald Rice Charitable Trust
The Jerome Robbins Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. David Ledy
Lawrence Lee
Jan Heller Levi*
Matthew Santirocco*
Saratoga Casino and Raceway
Sydney Licht* and Tom Summer
Romulus Linney* and Laura Callanan
Select Equity Group, Inc.
James H. Silberman and Selma Shapiro
LJK Literary Management, LLC
MacMillan Inc.
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
The Masie Center, Inc.
Andrew Solomon*
Richard McCann*
Stuyvesant Plaza, Inc.
Sean Mewshaw and Desiree Van Til
Nancy Sullivan*
James and Anne Morrissey
Nina Sundell
Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee
Ellen Morton
Olde Bryan Inn/Longfellows Inn
Barbara Toll
Olsen Associates, Architects
Patricia Towers
Margo and Anthony Viscusi
Anne Palamountain
Plumb Excel Group Engineering, P.C.
Jaime Wolf
Ms. Brenda Potter
Price Waterhouse Coopers, LLP
Bruce W. Piasecki and Andrea C.
Masters
Saratoga National Bank & Trust Co.
Steven Schrader
Bast Hatfield
Ken and Joyce* Siegel
Aimee Bender*
Alan B. Slifka Foundation
Barbara and William Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Slone
Amy Bessone*
Ora K. Smith
Bonacio Construction, Inc.
Harry and Helen Snyder
Boyce & Drake Co. Inc.
Manuel Sosa*
Richard Braunstein
Robert V. Storr*
John and Jasanna Britton
Kim and Robert Swidler
Thomas Cipullo*
Judith Taylor*
Circus Café
Jennifer Tipton*
Daniel Cohen and Leah Keith
George Tsontakis*
Ms. Nina Collins
John and Eve Usdan/Simon & Eve Colin
Foundation, Inc.
Jane and John Corrou
Lisa Cortes
Courtyard by Marriott-Saratoga
Susan Crile*
Cudney’s Launderers & Dry Cleaners
Robin Dalton
David Del Tredici*
Gregory Djanikian*
Rackstraw Downes*
Scott Varley
Ms. Kate Walbert* and Mr. Rafael Pelli
Tim Weiner* and Katharine T.L. Doyle
Frederick Wertheim
Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
Jason Wright
William and Barbara Young
Mr. John Zanetti
Stephen Dunn*
Tamie and George Ehinger
$250-$499
Empire Health Advisors
Anonymous (4)
Mr. and Mrs. Rich Flaherty
William Bailey
Ms. Jane Friedman
Maria Baiocchi*
G. Willikers
Leanne Balfoort
GE Foundation
Tony Bechara
$1,000-$2,999
Prime Buchholz
Anonymous (3)
Richard Prince Studio
Ambiance Systems
Jonathan Ames*
Quick Response Commercial Division
LLC
Daniel and Maria Gerrity
Jo Andres* and Steven Buscemi
Lawrence Raab*
Hava Beller*
Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Polly Apfelbaum*
Random House Inc.
Marvin and Miriam Belsky
Mrs. Arthur M. Sackler
Daron Hagen*
Alberta Arthurs
Terri Cosma Boor
Hampton Inn Saratoga Springs
Aztech Technologies, Inc.
Sapphire*
Steven Burke*
Curtis Harnack*
Peter Balakian*
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Schwartz
Jamie and Katie Capron
Hattie’s Restaurant
Leslie C. Berlowitz*
James Siena* and Katia Santibañez*
Alex Castro*
Milton Higgins III
Joseph Caldwell*
Mona Simpson*
Elizabeth Clyne
Jane Hirshfield*
Peter Cameron*
Elizabeth Smith-Malik and Andrew Malik
Roger Crossgrove*
Holiday Inn Saratoga Springs
Capital District Physicians Health
Plan, Inc.
Patricia Brown Specter
Janice Deaner* and Nikhil Malvania
Mr. and Mrs. David F. Stein
Alan Hollinghurst*
Ms. Lisa Dierbeck
Casswood Insurance Agency LTD
Stewart’s Shops
A. M. Homes*
Mr. and Mrs. Charles DiSanto
Cool Insuring Agency, Inc.
Matthew J. Stover
David and Traci Jersen
Josh Dorman*
Crawford Door & Window Sales
Karen Sulzberger and Eric Lax
Bruce Jordan
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Eastwick
Sebastian Currier*
Judith P. Sulzberger and Budd Levinson
Douglas Kerr and Joan Walter
Mr. and Mrs. Irvine D. Flinn
Susan and Anthony DePaula/DePaula
Chevrolet
Cathy Sulzberger and Joseph Perpich
Galway Kinnell* and Barbara Bristol
John and Terry Forester
Benjamin Taylor
Richard M. Leder
Sohrab Homi Fracis*
Ken Dornstein*
John J. Thomas
Honorable Guido A. Loyola
Ann Walker Gaffney
Jean Dugan and Ben Ford
Helen Vendler*
Lyrical Ballad Bookstore
Gina Gionfriddo*
Amy Durland and Robert Mains
Paul A. Volcker
Mr. Michael Maher and Ms. Susan Gray
Philip and Marie Glotzbach
Laurel Farrin*
Patricia Volk*
Hilary Masters*
Amy Godine*
Joseph and Anne McCann
Joan Marlow Golan
J. Christopher Flowers
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A N N U A L
R E P O R T
2 0 1 0
Kelly and Lou Gonda/The Gonda Family
Foundation
Edward Swyer
The Bradley Family
Kyle deCamp*
Jeff Talman*
Lea Bradovich*
Katie DeGroot* and Jon Harris
David and Nancy Gonzalez
Christian and Holly Thrane
Olive Bragazzi*
Ellen deLalla
Philip Gourevitch*
Ms. Elizabeth Tippens
Marilyn and Dominick DeLorio
Ann Gregg
Ms. Latricia Jeanne Van Patten
Emily and William C. Brower and Kim
and Ray Faiola
Catharine Hamilton and William Roach
Shirley and Robert Voelker
Andrea Carter Brown*
Carl Dennis*
Beth and Gary Harker
Ms. Carol A. Watson
Henry Brown*
Uday Dhar*
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Harrison
Nancy and David Wilder
Ellen and Norman Brown
Jamie Diamond*
Patty Hasbrouck
Emerson and YuHua Wiley
Joseph Bruchac*
Ruth Dibelius
Marian Heiskell
Mr. Michael Wise
Gabrielle Burton*
Charlie Dickinson
Moses Hoskins*
Dr. and Mrs. J. Stanley Yake
Irene Buszko*
Erika Dietz
Chuck and Rachelle Iacovangelo
Renee Butler*
John Dilg*
The Irish Times Pub and Restaurant
Franz and Ruth Cahoon
Stephen Dixon*
David Cale*
James and Susan Dobis
Jane Denne
Michele Jacobs
GIFTS UP TO $249
Mona Jimenez*
Anonymous (9)
Laura Calfee*
Sharon Dolin*
E. Stewart and Kim Jones
George and Harriet Agius
Aifric Campbell*
John Donatich*
Beena Kamlani*
Phyllis and Alexander Aldrich
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Cannell
Nancy Downing
David Kramer*
Trish Alley
Sarah Canright*
Ellen Downing
Don Lee*
Allison Amend*
Eve LaSalle Caram*
Kevin Doyle*
Mr. James Letts and Ms. Marny Skinner
Florence Andresen
Robert Carioscia*
David Driskell*
David and Joann Long
Joseph and Gloria Dalton
Barbara and Martin Carovano
Richard Dubugnon*
Emily and Christopher Marquart
Christopher J. Arpey
Kieran Carroll *
Mrs. Barbara Eaton
Robert Marshall*
Larry Austin*
JoAnne Carson*
Carolyn and Robert Eckelhoff
Alice Mattison*
Elizabeth Awalt
Ward A. Cavanaugh
Jennifer C. Egan*
Dr. and Mrs. Brian McCandless
Eugene Baker
Debra and Edmund Cechnicki
Allan and Sharon Eisenbaum
Pat Meaney
Kevin and Roxann Ball
Rebecca Chace*
Ms. Anne Eisenberg
Mark Meltzer
Charles A. Ballew
Evan Chambers*
Margaret Condon Elting
Charles and Susan Calhoun Moss
Judith Banks
Susan Cheever*
Monroe* and Brenda Engel
Geoffrey Movius
Ferenc Barnas*
Peter Child*
Louisa Ermelino*
John and Lee Nelson
Ron Baron*
Laura Chodos
Michael and Joanne Esposito
Peter and Cynthia Nemer
Yvonne Bastian
Brian Christian*
Nancy Eustance
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore F. Newlin III/
Original Works
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bates
Nancy Church and Stephen Buonome
Byron and Peggy Evans
Dr. Mark Bauman and Ms. Susan Baker
Diane Churchill*
Ms. Jenna C. Newton
Franklin Evans*
Judith Baumel*
Albert and Gloria Ciejka
Patty Gould O’Brien
Lynn M. Farenell
Nancy Beal*
Ms. Catherine A. Clarke
Mrs. Judith O’Donnell
Laura Fargas*
Herbert Beerman*
Suzanne Cleary*
Sidney and Avodah Offit, MD
Desi and Alison Farrell
Theresa Behrendt
Mildred Cocoma
Will and Tab Orthwein
Jane Farver
Andrea Belag*
Lisa and Clem Cohen
Mark Pasmantier
Jean Feinberg*
Thomas Beller*
Gerald Cohen*
Robert Paterson*
Franklin Feldman*
Judith Belzer *
Robert Colaciello
Mary and William Perez
Joyce Fillip*
Elizabeth Benedict*
Thomas Colbert*
Charles Pflegl
Kelly and Ian Campbell
Harry and Cheryl Collegian
Brendan Flanigan/Brendan Flanigan
Design
Mrs. Carol Phillips
Niki Berg*
Vivien* and David Collens
Kate, David and Devin Fletcher
Denise Polit and Alan Janosy
Derek Bermel*
David Collins*
Sylvia Foley*
Elena and Steven Porter
William L. Bernhard
Donald Colosimo and Donna Colosimo
Leslie Forester
David and Helen Porter
Carl Bernstein*
Joel Conarroe*
Michel Fougeres*
Yvonne R. Porter
Ian and Monica Berry
Elisabeth Condon*
Robert and Patricia Foulke
Nancy Potter*
Anne Bertram*
Mr. and Mrs. Dean M. Coon
Stephanie Franks*
Ms. Kimberly Quantock
Brian Bevelander*
Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas*
Veronica Frazier
Donald and Jean Richards
Nancy Bickelhaupt
Jane R. Costello
Daniel Frazier*
Charles and Katie Richman
Louis Bickett*
Wanda Crane
Lynn Freed*
Elizabeth Rosenman
Marion and Elizabeth Bickford
Meehan Crist*
Ralph Freedman*
Marcie Mullins Rowe
Dr. and Mrs. James L. Biffer
Jean-Marie and Denton Crocker
Ru Freeman*
Melissa Salten and Richard Rothman
Hayes Biggs*
Ms. Sarah E. Cronin
Patricia Friesen
Joy and Jonathan* Santlofer
Corinna Bishop
Harry and Helen Croop
Blair Fuller*
Ross Schanck
Barbara Black and Jim Hill
Betsy Crowell*
Donald Furst*
Donald and Linda Schapiro
Lucienne Bloch*
Jason and Samantha Crowl
Michael Gabay
Sarah Schulman*
Chana Bloch*
Peter Gadol*
George D. Schwab
Amy Bloom*
Jan Cunningham* and Helena BrettSmith
George and Janet Scurria
Bruce and Linda Bodner
M. Allen Cunningham*
David Galef*
Mark Shalonis
Susan Bokan
Mary Faith and Vassar Curtis
Arthur and Erika Gallagher
Anita Shapolsky
Minnie C. Bolster
Philly Dake
Patricia Gallagher
Christianne Smith-Designsmith Studio
Ann Fernald Borwick*
Mr. and Mrs. William Dake
Ms. Marcia G. Galloway
Ronald Steel*
Bruce Boston*
Liz Darhansoff
Gay and Alvin Gamage
Cyndi Stivers and John House
Ms. Colleen Boudreau
Daniel Thomas Davis*
Richard Gardiner
Ms. Stephanie Stokes
Nancy Bowen*
Nicholas Dawidoff*
Linda Garramone
Beatrice Sweeney
Eleanor Boyle
Mary A. De Bare
Ms. Julie Gailor
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Robert and Elizabeth Garver
Dorothy Kelliher
Michael and Frances McSherry
Michael Portnoy*
Wendy Gifford
John Kelly*
Marjorie Meinhardt
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Pratt
Glenville Hills Garden Club
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Edward J. Kelly
John Mesch
Lucy Puls*
Lynn C. Goldberg
X. J. Kennedy*
Joan Millman*
Jaime Quatro*
Nancy Goldner*
Robert and Nancy Kennedy
Roger Mitchell*
Norma M. Quinn
Louise Goldstein
Jane Kent*
Martha Moffett*
Judith Raphael*
Joan Johnson Gomez
Beth Kissileff*
James Montford*
Dr. and Mrs. Franklin W. Rapp
Emma Leigh Goodwin
Sheila Kohler*
Elizabeth B. Moore*
Linda Gottesfeld*
Mr. Colli L. Kolanko
Richard Ravitch/Richard Ravitch
Foundation
Joan Gould
Barbara J. Kolapakka
Maria Morales-Arteaga/ New Brunswick
Laboratory
Edith Konecky*
Nancy Morgan
Beth Reisman*
Rachel Graves*
Zane Kotker*
Mary N. Morrow
Kathy Rich*
June Foote Gray
Margo Kren*
Ben Moss*
Nathaniel Rich*
Francis Greenburger
Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson*
Allen and Judith Mossman
Susan Richards Shreve*
Matthew Kuenzel
Peter Mountford*
Dana Roeser*
Ms. Jeanine Grimaldi
The LA Group, PC
David Mullins*
Elizabeth Roggenbuck and Family
Rachel Gross*
Karen and Mark Land
Mary Muraski
Patti Rohrlich
Julie Gross*
Ellen Lanyon*
Deann Murphy
Christine Root
Elizabeth Gumport*
Joan Lapitsky
Constance and James Murphy
Jennifer Rose*
Nan Guslander
Ms. Bonnie Lautenberg
Peter E. Murphy*
Calvin and Margaret Rosevear
Rachel Hadas*
Carole A. LaVigna
Sarah Murray*
A.M. Rousseau*
Wayne Lawson
Joan Murray*
The Royal Oak Foundation
Aaron Hamburger*
Anne LeBaron*
Mary Murray
Andrew Rudin*
Mary Stewart Hammond*
Erin Leddy*
Steven and Susan Murray
Thaddeus Rutkowski*
Michael Harper*
Wendy Lee*
Jean Nathan*
Mary Ellen Ryall
Helen Ryan
Dorothy and Steve Harran
Natalie Robins* and Christopher
Lehmann-Haupt
Richard Nelson*
Sheila and Donald Nelson
Steven Sacco*
Adam Haslett*
Sigrun Leonhard*
Katherine Newbegin*
Ira Sachs*
Mellicent and William Hawke
Daniel Levenson*
Leigh Newman*
Stephen Sandy*
Ruth Hawkins
Peter and Anna Levin
Mark Newport*
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Jon and Louise Haynes
Murray and Tina Levith
Jennifer and Tom O’Brien
Dee Sarno
Elizabeth P. Heald
Ann Deborah Levy*
Michael T. O’Brien
Leslie Satin*
Mary Jo and William Hebert
Peter Lewis*
Virginia Snyder O’Donnell
Barnet Schecter*
Barbara and Stuart Hefter
Tom and Jill Lewis
Claire M. Olds
Arthur and Mary Schehr
Mr. Richard Heinrich
Laura Lee Linder
Nancy and Edward O’Leary
Helen Ryce Schenck
William Henry*
Deena Linett*
Joseph O’Neill*
Jennifer Schlosberg Lehr*
Will Hermes*
Ms. Jackie Ling
Marie Oppenheim
Elizabeth Wix Schmid*
Mr. Timothy J. Herrmann
Arthur and Ellenor Link
Susan Fishman Orlins
Linda Schrank*
Karen G. Hess
Mark Lipman*
Patricia E. O’Toole
Christine Schutt*
Lacinda Hess
Carol Lipnik*
Victoria Palermo*
June Seese*
Ms. Elizabeth A. Heston
Jim and Barbara Lombardo
Maggie Paley*
Stephen and Sandra Selby
Kathleen Hill*
Ruth Lomon*
Faith Palma
Marlene Sellers*
Doug and Andrea Hitlin
Andrea Louie*
Richard Panek*
Mr. Floyd Shaman
Ruth Holmberg
David Ludwig*
Carter Pann*
Lorraine Shemesh*
Elliott Holt*
Ms. Margaret I. Lynch
Silvia Pareschi*
Donald Shewey*
Anna Maria Hong*
Ann Lyne*
Richard Parker
Lynne and Dan Shorey
Kenneth and Dana Hooper
Audrey Ellsworth Maehl
Laurie Parker*
Suzan Shutan*
Ms. Daphne Horton
Lenore Malen*
Ms. Ellen Parrington
Mary Taylor Simeti*
Bryce Howard-Gabel
Marilyn J. Malina
Vincent L. Passaro*
Adam Simon*
Linda and Chris Hoyt
Ms. Alice M. Mancini
Andrea Paternoster
Alvin Singleton*
Patricia and Robert Hoyt
David and Suzanne Mangini
Bari Pearlman*
Ms. Danna Singleton
Richard and Susan Huckemeyer
Alison Manheim*
Otis and Nancy Pearsall
Elena Sisto* and David Kirkpatrick
Simeon Hutner*
Robert and Christina Marois
Barbara Penn*
Carla H. Skodinski
S. L. Ike
Jynne Martin*
Jessica Pennell
Mr. Stan Smokler
Elizabeth Ireland
Randy and Alice Martin
Tracy and Scott Perrapato
Joanne and Donald Snell
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Jacobson
Emily Mast*
Maria Peters
Jenny Snider*
Anne Jaffe
Beverley Mastrianni
Roger* and Lorelle Phillips
Anna Solomon* and Michael Burger
Phyllis Janik*
Cleopatra Mathis*
Tom Piazza*
Tamara Jenkins*
Donald and Judith Matthews
Thomas H. Pierce
Soroptimist International of Saratoga
County
Madelyn Pulver Jennings
Kathryn McAuliffe and Jay Kriegel
Barbara Pierce
Elizabeth Spencer*
Douglas and Peggy Johnstone
Jamie McBride
Diane Pieri*
Kathleen Spivack*
John Jordan
Matthew and Carolyn McCabe
Burton Pike
Eleanor M. Stephenson
Alan and Charlotte Justin
Robert and Marie McClune
Russell Platt*
Robert L. Stern*
Cassandra Kabler*
Estate of Susannah McCorkle*
Francesca G. Polo
J. Jason Stewart*
Donald Keene*
Celia and Henry McGee
Helen and David Porter
Laurie Stone*
Warren Keller
Beverly McIver*
Judy and Ian Portnoy
David Storey*
Holly and Bill Grande
Kenneth and Cheryl Grey
Becky Hagenston*
Sharon Harper*
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YA D D O
David Rayfiel*
Mahala Stripling*
A N N U A L
R E P O R T
2 0 1 0
Ben Stroud*
Eric Wolf*
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Strouse
Michele Wolf*
Jenn Needleman
Cheryl Pearl Sucher*
Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Wolfe
Bryce Howard-Gabel
Cynthia Sulzberger and Steven Green
Margaret Wolitzer* and Richard Panek*
Nova Ren Suma*
Jane Yeh*
Marianna Palka
Jamison Sunshine
Sandra Yellen
Bryce Howard-Gabel
Barbara W. Sutherland
Chen Yi * and Zhou Long*
Kathleen Sweet
Shay Youngblood*
Karen Sztajnberg*
Jessica Yu*
Ruth Talmon
Joseph and Joyce Zanchelli
Amy Taylor
Shane Zanetti
Melanie Thernstrom*
Judith Zassenhaus
Kamara Thomas*
Philip B. Zimmermann
Gordon and Jane Thompson
Harriet Zinnes*
William and Carol Tomlinson
Marcel Zucchino
Maureen Torrens
Barbara Zucker*
Joshua Touster*
Pauls Toutonghi
Charles and Katie Richman
Mary Taylor Simeti
Stephanie Franks
Daniel Frazier
Lily Tuck
John R. Cannell
SPECIAL GIFTS
Katherine Rosman and Joseph Ehrlich
John Van Dewater
Dan Barber
Anonymous
Daron Hagen
Mahala Stripling
Judith Vollmer *
Bryce Howard-Gabel
G.C. Waldrep*
Bryce Howard-Gabel
Louise Goldstein
Ann L. Gregg
Spring Warren*
Marian Heiskell
Dalit Warshaw*
Melissa Salten and Richard Rothman
Waterford Women’s Club
Cathy Sulzberger and Joseph Perpich
Kathryn Waters*
Cynthia F. Sulzberger
Amelia Weir
Judith P. Sulzberger
Vera and Marvin Weiss
Karen Sulzberger and Eric Lax
Ms. Elisabeth S. Weitzel
Jaime Quatro
Carolin Jane Window*
George Tsontakis
Joan Johnson Gomez
Arthur J. Brooks
Lorraine Brooks
Madelyn Pulver Jennings
Lt. Col. Edward J. Kelly
Lewis Burke
Bari Pearlman
Matthew Kuenzel
Audrey Ellsworth Maehl
Myrtle Mae Cole Garrison
Nancy Morgan
James and Anne Morrissey
Margaret McGowan Henderson
Virginia Snyder O’Donnell
Bernadette C. Martin
Harry and Cheryl Collegian
Jessica Pennell
Barbara Pierce
Jason Lew
Bryce Howard-Gabel
Ethel McIver
Beverly McIver
Gardner McFall
Judith O’Donnell
Emmakate Vretman Moore
Harry and Helen Croop
David Largman Murray
Bryce Howard-Gabel
Trevor Winkfield*
Ellen Wittlinger*
Willis J. Goldsmith
GIFTS MADE IN MEMORY OF:
Nancy Lampton
George and Elizabeth Williamson
Dylan Willoughby*
Mr. Dean M. Coon
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke
Ms. Marcia White
Eric Wilcox*
Ward A. Cavanaugh
West House
Marcia G. Galloway
Scott Wheeler*
Jill Widner*
Dr. and Mrs. James L. Biffer
Amy Hempel
Toby Wertheim
Susan Wheeler*
Michael W. and Stacie Haswell Arpey
Patricia Volk
Jill Widner
Aileen Ward*
Mr. William Scott Wheeler*
Christopher J. Arpey
Gail Gregg
Irene Wanner*
Charles and Mary Lou Wheeler
MEDAL FUND
Jill Viney’s birthday
Patti and Jay Rohrlich
Tony Bechara
Susan Rockwell West
GIFTS FOR THE YADDO
Sophie Goldstein’s 101st birthday
Daniel Cohen and Leah Keith
George Wen*
Harriet Zinnes
Deann Murphy
Ms. Evelyn Walsh
Dan Welcher*
Professor Irving I. Zinnes
Susan Unterberg
Patricia Craig and Tom Swearengen
Bruce Jordan
Rachel Wetzsteon
Sharon Dolin
Mary A. De Bare
Stewart Wallace* and Dianne Festa
S. Kirk Walsh*
Robert Towers
Nancy Sullivan
Dane Charbeneau
Siri von Reis
Mary Joan Waid *
Jeff Talman
Susan Shatter
Marilyn J. Malina
Beth and George Vodapivc
Kim K. Voldseth
Nina Sundell
Richards Selzer, M.D.
Sam Birdsong
Robert and Lois Vessels
Jean Vnenchak and Richard Gurner
Robert and Rosamund Storr
Nancy Sullivan
Elizabeth Awalt
Martha Van Patten
Carl Vigeland*
Nancy Potter
Burton Pike
GIFTS MADE IN HONOR OF:
Michelle VanDetta
Jane Farver
Barbara Toll
Samantha Van Buren and Edward
Pchola
Jane Van Rensselaer
Susan Brynteson
Joan Murray
Elaina Richardson
Ms. Nancy Utter
Derek and Deborah Van Eck
Michael Sundell
Pat Adams
Don Rice’s Birthday
Lucy Tower
William Trowbridge*
Marly Stone
Zia Haider Rahman
Ned Rorem
*Yaddo Artist
Nora Sayre
Michelle Slone
Maureen Torrens
Jane Van Rensselaer
Mr. and Mrs. William Dake
John Jordan
Marjorie Meinhardt
Duncan and Sherri Murrell
Thomas H. Pierce
Mr. John Zanetti
Shane Zanetti
Steven and Susan Murray
Amy Taylor
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THE TRASK SOCIETY:
PLANNED GIVING TO
SUSTAIN YADDO
TRASK SOCIETY MEMBERS
Bernard Malamud*
Alison Manheim
Anonymous (14)
Adrianne Marcus*
David Loren Bass
Richard McCann
Leslee Becker
Susannah McCorkle*
Chana Bloch
Gardner McFall
Susan Bokan
Mark Meltzer
Mrs. Edward Milan Boor
Melissa Meyer
Susan Brynteson
Rick Moody
J. Byrne*
John and Lee Nelson
Eli Cantor*
Acosta Nichols*
William Claire
Anne Palamountain
Jane M. Cooper*
Estate of Sidney Phillips*
Allen Davis
Denise Polit
Peter Davison*
Nancy Potter
Louis DeMattei
Louise Reisman*
and have kept its doors open for more than a
Katharina Denzinger
Donald S. Rice
Garry DuFour
Leonard Roberts*
century revolved around the idea of a legacy.
Ms. Janice Eidus
Thomas Rogers*
Alice Fellows
Jonathan Santlofer
Lynn Freed
Rudy Shackelford
in their original and transformative gift, and
Robert Garis*
Eileen Simpson*
Amy Godine
Alfred Z. Solomon*
so many other distinguished donors since
Jane Goldberg
J. Jason Stewart
Morris Golde*
Jancey Stockly*
Julius Goldstein*
Nancy Sullivan
and is the inspiration for The Trask Society.
Peter C. Gould
Karen A. Sulzberger
Daron A. Hagen
Amy R. Tan
This annual report seems an especially
Priscilla Haley
Martha Tinker*
Curtis Harnack
Patricia Towers
Nanette Heiman*
Anne Truitt*
generously taken Yaddo into consideration in
Estate of Patricia Highsmith*
Esteban Vicente*
A.M. Homes
Aileen Ward
their financial planning, through a bequest, a
Cyrus G. Jabarzadeh
Gerald Weales
Madelyn Pulver Jennings
George Wen
Buffie Johnson*
Anita Weschler*
personal or real property, or by naming Yaddo
The Estates of Jane* & Leslie* Katz
Holly Woodward
Mary Alice Kremp*
Nancy Wilson-Ross Young*
as a beneficiary in their retirement plan or
Ingeborg Lauterstein
The philanthropic acts that founded Yaddo
It’s what motivated Katrina and Spencer Trask
then. Legacy is also the key to the future,
fitting place to recognize those who have
charitable remainder trust, a gift of tangible
Maurice Alain LeSage*
insurance policy.
Jan Heller Levi
*Deceased
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 and restricted gifts can memorialize relatives or friends, or perpetuate
the names of the donors 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].
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YA D D O
A N N U A L
R E P O R T
2 0 1 0
2010 SELECTED
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
F o r F i s c a l Ye a r s E n d i n g D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 2 0 1 0 & 2 0 0 9
Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Other Changes in Net Assets
(Unrestricted & Temporarily Restricted Fund Classes)
2010
2009
TOTAL
TOTAL
Contributions
Individuals
Estates & Bequests
Foundations & Corporations
Government Grants
Events
Royalties
Application Fees
Income on Investments
Other
$505,443
110,120
44,100
39,745
300,700
224,871
30,397
396,565
128,927
$537,149
0
81,000
62,000
279,381
118,596
24,381
469,814
139,108
Subtotal
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments
1,780,868
2,803,429
1,711,429
4,148,634
Total Revenues, Gains, and Other Support
4,584,297
5,860,063
Artistic Program Services
Administration and Development Services
Garden Expenditures
1,400,689
1,105,819
110,451
1,297,026
930,813
131,790
Total Expenses
Involuntary Conversion Adjustment
2,616,959
0
2,359,629
174,199
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
$1,967,338
$3,674,633
at 12/31/10
$19,983,439
6,141,391
at 12/31/09
$18,559,129
5,607,277
$26,124,830
$24,166,406
Revenues and Gains
Expenses
Endowment Funds
Unrestricted Funds
Temporarily & Permanently Restricted Funds
Total Endowment Funds
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DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS
OF THE
CORPORATION OF YADDO
AS
O F
D E CE M B E R
3 1 ,
2 0 1 0
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Noah Baumbach
MEMBERS
Lisa Cortes
Nancy Lampton
Ken Siegel
Susan Cheever
Pat Adams
Susan Crile
Anne LeBaron
James H. Silberman
Peter C. Gould
Marcelle Clements
Terry Adkins
Sebastian Currier
Lawrence W. Lee
Andrew Solomon
Hiram D. Gordon
Jonathan Ames
Kyle deCamp
Jan Heller Levi
Robert Storr
Gail Gregg
Jo Andres
David Del Tredici
Romulus Linney
Nancy Sullivan
A.M. Homes
Alberta Arthurs
Lynn Freed
Richard McCann
Patricia Towers
Richard R. Howe
Joseph Bae
Laura Furman
Beverly J. McIver
Amor Towles
Mary-Beth Hughes
John W. Barr
Elizabeth Gaffney
Melissa Meyer
George Tsontakis
John Kelly
Leslie C. Berlowitz
Allan Gurganus
Rick Moody
Susan Unterberg
Kevin Kimberlin
Steven Burke
Daron Hagen
Ellen W. Morton
Jill Viney
Jonathan Santlofer
Joseph Caldwell
Michael S. Harper
Geoffrey Movius
Margo Viscusi
James Siena
Peter Cameron
Amy Hempel
Anne Palamountain
Stewart Wallace
Barbara Toll
Alex Castro
Harold Reed
Marianne Weems
Patricia Volk
Marilyn Chin
Madelyn P.
Jennings
Donald S. Rice
Alexi Worth
Bruce Cohen
Frances Kiernan
Ned Rorem
J. Stanley Yake
Linda Collins
Galway Kinnell
Matthew Santirocco
Shay Youngblood
CHAIR
Peter Kayafas
VICE CHAIR
Candace K. Weir
TREASURER
Gardner McFall
CORPORATE
SECRETARY
Susan Brynteson
RECORDING
SECRETARY
Elaina H. Richardson
PRESIDENT
Patricia A. Sopp
VICE PRESIDENT
AND ASSISTANT
TREASURER
Jaime Wolf
STAFF
AS O F
2 01 0
D E CE M B E R
3 1 ,
Elaina H. Richardson, President
James Ryall, Maintenance Worker
Deborah Snyder, Assistant Bookkeeper
Valerie Bradbury, Cook
Michelle Cole, Housekeeper
Patricia A. Sopp, Vice President/Finance and
Operations
Lisa Clark, Housekeeper
Patrick Traver, Maintenance Worker
Steve Dennin, Director of Development
Candace Wait, Program Director
Catherine Clarke, Administrative Assistant
Lindia Douglas, Supervisor of Housekeeping
Lynn M. Farenell, Director of Annual Giving
and Special Events
Donald Farmer, Jr., Supervisor of Buildings
and Grounds
Susan Gersin, Bookkeeper
Jennifer Godlewski, Senior Associate/
New York City
Michael Hazard, Head Chef and Supervisor
of Kitchen
Lucille Hoag, Wait Staff
Lesley M. Leduc, Public Affairs Coordinator
James Mahon, Resident Maintenance Worker
Paul Martinez, Assistant Chef
Dana E. McClure, Development Associate
Heather Raia, Housekeeper
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YA D D O
A N N U A L
R E P O R T
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 2010 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 writ2 0 1 0
ing 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.
All inquiries are confidential.
Design
Beth Rowen
Printing
Velocity Print Solutions
The Corporation of Yaddo
P.O. Box 395
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866-0395
Phone: 518.584.0746
Fax: 518.584.1312
The Corporation of Yaddo
New York City
20 West 44th Street, Suite 408
New York, New York 10036
Phone: 212.307.7685
Fax: 212.307.5732
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.yaddo.org
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“In order to insure for
Yaddo a larger influence
and…in the hope that
it may continue as a
practical force in the
world for all time, we
desire to found here
a permanent Home
to which shall come
from time to time…
authors, painters,
sculptors, musicians,
and other artists both
men and women, few
in number but chosen
for creative gifts and
besides and not less
for the power and the
will and the purpose
to make these gifts
useful to the world…It
is such as these whom
we would have enjoy
the hospitality of Yaddo,
their sole qualification
being that they have
done, are doing, or give
promise of doing good
and earnest work.”
Yaddo founders
Spencer and Katrina
Trask, 1900
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A N N U A L
R E P O R T
2 0 1 0
FEATURED WORK
PICTURED ON THE FRONT COVER TOP IMAGE STRIP
(clockwise left to right) are the following works by Yaddo artists produced or exhibited in 2010: a poster for the London production of Gina Gionfriddo’s play
“Becky Shaw”; “Black Knight Gauntlets,” Ian Weaver; Untitled, Cynthia Hartling; Samira Abbassy; animation still, Yuliya Lanina; Great House, a novel by Nicole
Krauss; Annette Bening and Julianne Moore in The Kids Are All Right, directed by Lisa Cholodenko; “The World Transformed, Part I,” Carlos Garaicoa; “Higher and
Higher,” Emma Amos; “Spring,” Patricia Dahlman.
PICTURED ON THE FRONT COVER BOTTOM IMAGE STRIP
(clockwise left to right) are the following works by Yaddo artists produced or exhibited in 2010: “Perimeter,” Garry Mitchell; “Big Love”, William Adjete Wilson;
“A Wall for Apricots,” Anne Truitt; “Feelies,” Polly Apfelbaum; A Visit From the Good Squad, a novel by Jennifer Egan; Kate Lindsey (Amelia) and William Burden
(Dodge) in the Seattle Opera production of Amelia, music by Daron Hagen and libretto by Gardner McFall; “Tatua”, Joan Thorne.
A still image from the video “Information” by Jecca, on view at The Big Screen,
New York City, November 13, 2010-January 1, 2011
PICTURED ON THE BACK COVER
(clockwise left to right) are the following works by Yaddo artists produced or exhibited in 2010: “Memory,” Madeline Silber; “Lilith,” Melissa Meyer; “Inca Matrix,“
Denyse Thomasos; The Pig Goes to Hog Heaven, a novel by Joseph Caldwell; The Red Thread, a novel by Ann Hood; “Castle Love,” Irys Schenker; Rough Honey,
a poetry collection by Melissa Stein; Untitled, Yaddo 1951-52, Nevartte Bedrossian; “Nest Builder,” a permanent public installation in Tampa, Florida, Leslie Fry;
“At the Still Point,” a five-channel video installation, Pawel Wojtsasik; “Spots 4,” Peter Schroth; A Stranger on the Planet, a novel by Adam Schwartz; “Potomac
Increasing Cycle Color,” Lee Etheredge IV; “Stadium Light One,” Gabriela Vainsencher; “Color Chart,” Suzanne Bocanegra; “Dollhouse Series #1,” Dru Arstark;
How I, Nicky Flynn, Finally Get a Life (and a Dog), a children’s novel by Art Corriveau; “Fiche,” Ellen Lanyon; “Circular Battery,” James Siena; “Metapedia,” Brenda
Garand; “Smoke,” Katherine Parker; “Crutch,” John von Bergen; CD recording of Forth Worth Opera’s premiere of Before Night Falls, Jorge Martín; Melissa Miller
and Scott Kerns in “Heart of the City,” a play by Eric Lane; “Pack,” Lorna Bieber; “Newport Art Museum Collection #0336,” Rita Rogers; “Stratigraphy,” a public
installation, San Jose, California, Ron Baron; “Star-Backyard Series,” Chris Schiavo; The World Has Changed: Conversations With Alice Walker, a collection of
interviews by Alice Walker; “Album No. 21,” Gail Gregg; Warning Shadows: Home Alone With Classic Cinema, a book of essays about DVD collections by Gary
Giddins; Here Comes Another Lesson, a story collection by Stephen O’Connor; “All Utopias Fell,” an installation in three interrelated parts, Michael Oatman; Louisa
May Alcott: The Life of a Beloved Author and Storyteller, a biography by Susan Cheever; “Hard Sweetness,” Joan Snyder; The Ticking is the Bomb, a memoir
by Nick Flynn; “Flurrying Pheromones,” an installation by Suzan Shutan; “Saddleback,” Josh Dorman; “Sleepy Hollow,” Trine Bumiller; My Hollywood, a novel by
Mona Simpson; a DVD of the first season the web series Anyone But Me, written by Susan Miller; “Hyeres, France,” Henrí Cartier-Bresson; “Sustenazo,” a multidisciplinary installation, Monika Weiss.
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