Yaddo - Making American Culture

"Yaddo - Making American Culture," an exhibition at The New York Public Library on view October 24, 2008 through February 15, 2009, explores the role of Yaddo, the artists retreat, in fostering 20th-century American arts and letters. Founded in 1900 by financier and philanthropist Spencer Trask and his wife, Katrina Trask, Yaddo began receiving guests in 1926 and was immediately hailed by The New York Times as a new and unique experiment, which has no exact parallel in the world of fine arts. Since that inaugural season, Yaddo has navigated the roiled cultural and political life of 20th-century America while hosting thousands of artists and writers, including such luminaries as James Baldwin, Saul Bellow, Flannery OConnor, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Truman Capote, Jacob Lawrence, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Philip Guston and Sylvia Plath.

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Education

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• Yaddo
• New
• York
• Public
• Library
• NYPL

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I spend as much time at Yaddo as I can right up until Fall. Summer there in the garden is wonderful. My grandaughter and I go there atleast twice a week.