Past Residents
Judy Tuwaletstiwa, Artist, Writer
Judy Tuwaletstiwa lives and works on the Hopi reservation in Kykotsmovi, Arizona. Her artwork has been shown in many solo and group exhibitions during the last 25 years. She has also taught poetry workshops throughout the United States and has received three artist-in-residence grants from the California State Arts Council. While in residence, she worked on a book project that…
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David Foster Wallace, Writer
David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) was one of the most acclaimed and influential American writers of his generation. A gifted novelist, essayist and humorist, he is best known for his 1996 opus, the novel Infinite Jest. His other books include his debut novel The Broom of the System (1987), followed by the short story collections Girl With Curious Hair (1989) and…
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Peter Reading, Poet
Peter Reading was born in Liverpool, England, in 1946 and studied painting at the Liverpool College of Art. He was one of the most inventive and challenging poets in England. His language was brilliantly original, compassionate, and laced with acid humor. Mr. Reading was the first writer to hold a one-year writing Lannan residency in Marfa, Texas. In June of…
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Fred Sandback, Artist
In conjunction with Fred Sandback‘s residency, the foundation exhibited work he created during his stay in Santa Fe. The exhibition at Lannan consisted of an installation created for the foundation’s main gallery and related drawings in the adjacent conference room and entranceway. Mr. Sandback refers to his work as sculpture that “doesn’t take over space, but rather coexists with it.”…
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Peter Sacks, Poet
Peter Sacks‘s books of poetry include In These Mountains, Promised Lands, and the recent Natal Command. He is also the author of The English Elegy: Studies in Genre from Spenser to Yeats. Born in South Africa in 1950, he fled his native country during the apartheid era to avoid fighting racial wars in the army. He has said, “I was…
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Barry Lopez, Poet
Barry Lopez‘s books include the nonfiction works Arctic Dreams, which won the National Book Award, Of Wolves and Men, and Crossing Open Ground; and the fiction collections Winter Count, Desert Notes, and Field Notes. Asked to consider the role of the writer, Mr. Lopez has said, “I like to use the word isumatug. It’s of eastern Arctic Eskimo dialect…
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Jean-Luc Mylayne, Artist
Jean-Luc Mylayne was born in Amiens, France in 1946. He has had major solo exhibitions at Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Musée d’Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne; the Photographers’ Gallery, London; the ARC/Muse d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; and the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida. Though he…
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Wallace Shawn, Writer
Wallace Shawn is an Obie-winning playwright and a noted stage and screen actor. His most recent play, The Designated Mourner, was made into a film starring Mike Nichols, Miranda Richardson, and David de Keyser. Mr. Shawn’s other plays include The Fever; My Dinner with André, co-written with André Gregory; and Our Late Night. Mr. Shawn lives in New York City. Full Wallace Shawn biography and cross links... |
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Kate Shepherd, Artist
Kate Shepherd was born in New York City in 1961. She graduated from Oberlin College in 1989, after intermittent studies at Atelier Lucio Loubet, in Paris. In 1992 she received her M.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts. She has received several awards and residencies, including a Lannan residency in 1999, and multiple residencies at Chinati Foundation and MacDowell Colony. …Full Kate Shepherd biography and cross links... |
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Killarney Clary, Poet
Killarney Clary, who received the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry in 1992, has published two books of poetry, Who Whispered Near Me, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and By Common Salt. In a review of Who Whispered Near Me, Gary Young wrote, “There is no glamour here, little drama. Her subjects are prosaic, but her prose captures the…
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