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Yaddo provides creative artists the gift of uninterrupted time and work space in a supportive environment.
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
“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
David Foster Wallace on Why Reading Feels So Hard
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January 28, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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
“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...
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...
January 27, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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...
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.
January 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Happy New Year from all of us at Yaddo. Here’s to a year of new work, big ideas, and creative community.
This year, across every discipline, #YaddoArtists shaped culture. Say goodbye to 2025!
December 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This year, across every discipline, #YaddoArtists shaped culture. Say goodbye to 2025!
Without 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.org/donate/
December 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Without 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.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...
The End of an Era at One of America’s Most Famous Artist Retreats
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December 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#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...
Artists’ 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.org/donate
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Artists’ 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.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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Gb...
Jay Kelly | Official Trailer | Netflix
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November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
#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...
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.
October 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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.
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-...
Info & RSVP: yaddo.org/event/yaddo-...
October 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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-...
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.
October 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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.
#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
Read the story in @hyperallergic.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#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
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/...
Read here: brooklynrail.org/2025/10/art/...
October 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“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/...
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!
October 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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!
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-...
Buy tickets before midnight, 10/21: yaddo.org/event/yaddo-...
October 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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-...
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-...
Join us—just a few tickets remain on sale until midnight, 10/21. yaddo.org/event/yaddo-...
October 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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-...
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!
October 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
#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!
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-...
Info/tickets: yaddo.org/event/yaddo-...
October 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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-...
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
October 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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
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-...
RSVP: yaddo.org/event/yaddo-...
October 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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-...
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.
October 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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.
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-...
Come join the party! yaddo.org/event/yaddo-...
October 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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-...
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)
Image: Martin Puryear, Big Phrygian (detail)
October 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#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)
Image: Martin Puryear, Big Phrygian (detail)
Our Gardens at Yaddo close this Fri., Oct. 10. From Sunday morning yoga and the Yaddo Reads lending library to our Nature of Art conversations and Wine & Roses events, we loved sharing #Yaddo with you and can’t wait to welcome you back next summer!
October 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Our Gardens at Yaddo close this Fri., Oct. 10. From Sunday morning yoga and the Yaddo Reads lending library to our Nature of Art conversations and Wine & Roses events, we loved sharing #Yaddo with you and can’t wait to welcome you back next summer!
Fall peepers, take note: #YaddoArtists are featured in Hyperallergic’s “10 Exhibitions to See in Upstate New York This October”: Esperanza Cortés, Heidi Schlatter, and Gabriela Salazar. See the full list here: hyperallergic.com/1046381/10-e...
10 Exhibitions to See in Upstate New York, October 2025
Davina Hsu’s esoteric harmonies, RAE BK’s guerrilla installations, Nancy Catandella’s sensitive portraits, and so much more.
hyperallergic.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Fall peepers, take note: #YaddoArtists are featured in Hyperallergic’s “10 Exhibitions to See in Upstate New York This October”: Esperanza Cortés, Heidi Schlatter, and Gabriela Salazar. See the full list here: hyperallergic.com/1046381/10-e...