_(cropped).jpg) Yaddo, circa 1905 | |
| Formation | 1926 |
|---|---|
| Type | Artist colony |
| Purpose | To nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment |
| Headquarters | Saratoga Springs, New York |
| Coordinates | 43°04′07″N 73°45′29″W / 43.06848°N 73.75813°W |
Region served | United States |
| Website | yaddo |
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 providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment."[1] On March 11, 2013 it was designated a National Historic Landmark.[2]
It offers residencies to artists working in choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. Collectively, artists who have worked at Yaddo have won 82 Pulitzer Prizes, 34 MacArthur Fellowships, 70 National Book Awards, 24 National Book Critics Circle Awards, 108 Rome Prizes, 49 Whiting Writers' Awards, a Nobel Prize (Saul Bellow, who won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976), at least one Man Booker Prize (Alan Hollinghurst, 2004) and countless other honors.[1] Yaddo is included in the Union Avenue Historic District.
- ^ a b "History", Yaddo, archived from the original on August 14, 2010, retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ^ "New Sites Recognize More Complete Story of America, including Significant Latino, African American and Indian Sites". US Department of the interior. March 11, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2013.