Yaddo Artists Prevalent Among Guggenheim Winners

The Guggenheim Foundation recently announced its list of 2004 U.S. and Canadian Fellows. This year’s fellowships, which average around $35,700 a piece, were awarded to 10 Yaddo artists.

Mary Jo Bang is the author of 3 collections of poetry and an Associate Professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She was awarded a fellowship to work on her poetry.

Andrew Hudgins is a Humanities Distinguished Professor of English at Ohio Sate University and the author of 6 volumes of poetry and one collection of essays. He received a grant to work on his poetry.

Joey Kötting, a visual artist from Brooklyn whose work has been exhibited in New York and Paris. He received a grant to work on his painting.

Joyce Kozloff received a grant to work on her painting and installation art. She has a Master of Fine Art degree in painting from Columbia University and her work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.

Writer Honor Moore received a grant to work on The Bishop’s Daughter, a memoir of her relationship with her father, which she started as a guest at Yaddo in the spring of 2003.

Andrew Neumann is an interdisciplinary artist from Boston, Massachusetts who received a grant to work on his video installation art.

Interdisciplinary artist William Pope.L, whose recent retrospective “eRacism” has gained widespread recognition, is a Lecturer in Theatre and Rhetoric at Bates College. He was awarded a grant to work on his installation art.

Grace Schulman received a grant to work on her poetry. In addition to being the author of several poetry collections, she is also a Distinguished Professor of English at Baruch College, City College of New York, an editor, and a translator.

Manil Suri is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and the author of The Death of Vishnu, his first novel. He received a grant to work on fiction writing.

Carolyn Yarnell received a grant to work on music composition. She lives in Laguna Hills, California, and has studied music at the San Francisco Conservatory and Yale University.