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Yaddo provides creative artists the gift of uninterrupted time and work space in a supportive environment.
In turbulent times, we return to art — a book that made us laugh, a movie scene that we can recite by heart, a performance that reminds us to breathe again. At #Yaddo, we believe art doesn’t just enrich life — it saves us. What work has carried you through a challenging moment? Share it with us!
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#Yaddo, here & now
Photo: Beth Rowen
The weekend, brought to you by #Yaddo: Suzannah Herbert’s “Natchez” will be playing in select theaters across major markets. See Ron Baron’s “Held in the Balance Blues” at Wasserman Projects in Detroit. Catch Ethelene Whitmire on book tour!
06.02.2026 21:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
As we look beyond the upstate NY frozen landscape, a new season is on the horizon. This spring, #Yaddo looks forward to gathering with friends and supporters for events that sustain artists and the work that endures. More details soon—we’re grateful to grow alongside our community.
05.02.2026 21:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#YaddoArtists represent! The Schomburg Center/NYPL centennial list includes: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Gwendolyn Brooks, Paule Marshall, June Jordan, Alice Walker, Gayl Jones, Piri Thomas, James Baldwin, Colson Whitehead, Claude Brown, Samuel R. Delany & Langston Hughes
04.02.2026 21:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
At Joe’s Pub in NYC, Emmy-winning actor and comedian Jeff Hiller and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan. At PPOW, John Kelly’s epic exhibition. Image: John Kelly, Self-portrait with Trapeze, 2025
Joe’s Pub: publictheater.org/joes-pub/
PPOW: www.ppowgallery.com/exhibitions/...
Why #Yaddo works: Nature is nurture.
Spending time in nature boosts creativity by stimulating flexible, divergent thinking and reducing cognitive fatigue, aka flashes of insight!
Why #Yaddo works: Silence is essential.
“When you feel like the purpose of your life is to gratify yourself … there's this other part of you that’s hungry for silence and quiet and thinking really hard about the same thing.” –#YaddoArtist David Foster Wallace, YR ’87 & ’89
Why #Yaddo works: No interruptions.
New research shows that we are interrupted once every seven minutes, making it impossible to form complex thoughts. Creativity requires flow.
Read more in County Highway: www.countyhighway.com/archive/volu...
Happy New Year from all of us at Yaddo. Here’s to a year of new work, big ideas, and creative community.
01.01.2026 16:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This year, across every discipline, #YaddoArtists shaped culture. Say goodbye to 2025!
31.12.2025 19:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Without support, art fades. Yaddo gives artists the space to create what only humans can make. Give today to keep this work flourishing.
yaddo.org/donate/
#Yaddo is entering a new era of leadership. After 25 years of transformative stewardship, President Elaina Richardson will step aside, initiating a national search for our next leader. Read more in The New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/b...
11.12.2025 14:40 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Artists’ stories are best heard in their own words. Hear Tanya Selvaratnum share hers. Support the artists who thrive here. Please donate today and your contribution will be matched (until December 7)!
yaddo.org/donate
#Yaddo has an entire galaxy of visionary filmmakers. Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly” arrives in limited theaters Nov. 14 and on Netflix Dec. 5. Can’t wait! Watch the trailer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Gb...
Watch now: #YaddoArtist Leslie Tai’s "How to Have an American Baby" is available on Apple TV, Prime Video, and Grasshopper Watch — a vivid, intimate portrait of the shadow economy of Chinese birth tourism in the U.S.
29.10.2025 20:15 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Need an excuse to come to Santa Fe? Yaddo will be hosting a mixer on Dec. 12. Come say, Hi!
Info & RSVP: yaddo.org/event/yaddo-...
Thanks to all who made #Yaddo NYC a standout night: honorees Sidra Bell, Jill Viney, Langston Hughes (posthumous), host Michael R. Jackson, special guests Jorge Donoso, Jennifer Egan, Amity Gaige, Lynn Nottage — and our sponsors.
27.10.2025 20:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#YaddoArtist Jeremy Dennis was featured in an augmented reality project that added works by Native artists to The Met’s American Wing.
Read the story in @hyperallergic.com
“I’m not interested in describing facts or people or stories. I’m interested in describing what it feels like to live my life. And the best tool for that is abstraction.”— #YaddoArtist Lisa Corrine Davis, in The Brooklyn Rail.
Read here: brooklynrail.org/2025/10/art/...
Ready for liftoff! Tonight’s #Yaddo NYC 2025 honors Sidra Bell, Langston Hughes, and Jill Viney with the Yaddo Artist Medal. Featuring Pulitzer Prize winners Michael R. Jackson, Jennifer Egan, and Lynn Nottage, plus bestselling author Amity Gaige, and DJ Dina Regine. 3, 2, 1—go!
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Actor Jorge Donoso joins #Yaddo NYC 2025 to perform in “Yaddo Letters: 1940s Edition,” alongside Michael R. Jackson, Jennifer Egan, Lynn Nottage, and Amity Gaige. A few tickets are left—come celebrate!
Buy tickets before midnight, 10/21: yaddo.org/event/yaddo-...
On Wednesday, we celebrate Langston Hughes at #Yaddo NYC 2025. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage will accept the Yaddo Artist Medal on Langston’s behalf.
Join us—just a few tickets remain on sale until midnight, 10/21. yaddo.org/event/yaddo-...
#Yaddo artists write 100+ books each year. Here are some October titles we’re excited about: “The Four Spent the Day Together” Chris Kraus; “The Seeds” Cecily Park; "Happy Bad” Delaney Nolan; “Trying to Be” John Haskell; “This is the Only Kingdom” Jaquira Diaz; and “Bad Bad Girl” Gish Jen. Kudos!
17.10.2025 20:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Next Wednesday: Yaddo’s NYC Spectacular! We’ll be celebrating our artists & honoring Sidra Bell, Jill Viney and Langston Hughes, with Pulitzer Prize winners Michael R. Jackson, Jennifer Egan, Lynn Nottage, Amity Gaige & other surprise guests. Join the party!
Info/tickets: yaddo.org/event/yaddo-...
St. Louis friends! Oct. 24–26: The free Counterpublic Convening: Circus of Life features #YaddoArtist Larry Krone, emcee and performer of “It’s in My Nature to Believe”—a night of music, circus spectacle, and radical love. Info & tickets at counterpublic.org
15.10.2025 20:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NYC, get ready! Big honors, bigger party: Celebrate #Yaddo artists, with Pulitzer Prize-winners Michael R. Jackson and Jennifer Egan, and bestselling author Amity Gaige, plus beats by DJ Dina Regine.
RSVP: yaddo.org/event/yaddo-...
Congratulations to #Yaddo Artist Tommy Orange, who was named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow. Orange is the critically acclaimed author of two novels, “There, There” and “Wandering Stars,” capturing a diverse range of experiences in stories that traverse time, space, and perspectives.
13.10.2025 16:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Just 2 weeks away: Yaddo’s NYC Spectacular! On the program: Yaddo Letters, 1940s Edition—a live, one-night-only performance with Pulitzer Prize winners Michael R. Jackson and Jennifer Egan, plus bestselling author Amity Gaige & other surprise guests.
Come join the party! yaddo.org/event/yaddo-...
#YaddoArtist Martin Puryear’s “Nexus” is on view at MFA Boston through Feb. 8. The first major survey of his work in nearly 20 years, the exhibition features 45 pieces across materials and media. Puryear received the Yaddo Artist Medal in 2016.
Image: Martin Puryear, Big Phrygian (detail)
