Yaddo is an artists' community located on a 400-acre (160 ha) estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is "to nurture the creative process by...
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The Yaddo Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the third week of August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New...
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Spencer Trask (section Yaddo)
Peabody, and launched the Corporation of Yaddo. This artist community has operated continuously ever since. Yaddo, the name of the estate, is said to have...
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Dorothy Parker (category Yaddo alumni)
Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and writer of fiction, plays and screenplays based in New York; she...
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James L. Brooks (category Yaddo alumni)
James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films. He co-created the sitcoms The...
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artist-in-residence at leading universities, museums and art colonies, including Yaddo, and The Rockefeller Study Center in Bellagio, Italy. Andres created a series...
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year later in 1922, and is buried at Yaddo. In 1878 she wrote Colorado Leaves, and in 1888 the Chronicles of Yaddo. Her first book, Under King Constantine...
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1988-1997. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-84779-5. "Yaddo Artists' Recent Works". Yaddo.org. Retrieved 2013-04-30. "Archived copy". The New Yorker...
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Patricia Highsmith (category Yaddo alumni)
on the recommendation from Truman Capote, Highsmith was accepted by the Yaddo artist's retreat during the summer of 1948, where she worked on her first...
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MacDowell Fellowship (2017) Sundance Institute Women at Sundance Fellow (2017) Yaddo Fellowship (2018) National Board of Review Top 5 Documentaries (2013) National...
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