yaddo

The D. Samuel and Jeane H. Gottesman Exhibition Hall at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library has an exhibition that explores the role of Yaddo, the artist 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 O'Connor, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Truman Capote, Jacob Lawrence, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Philip Guston and Sylvia Plath."

Yaddo: Making American Culture
D. Samual and Jeane H. Gottesman Exhibition Hall
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
5th Avenue at 42nd Street

October 24 - February 15