Thank You, Variations Donors!

Genie Egerton-Warburton, Laurence Anthony, Lira Lee, and Janice Y.K. Lee in Harlem
David Falk and Andrew Sean Greer in San Francisco
Kathryn Kellinger, Lesley Dormen, Lucy Sykes
Sigrid Nunez and Margo Viscusi
Performers John Kelly and Joseph Keckler with host Stacie Arpey in Washington, D.C.
Stewart Gross, Melissa Meyer, Meg Wolitzer, Lois Perelson-Gross
Lisa Warren, Charles and Louise Marburg
Kirsten Johnson, Laura Karetzky, Margo Alexander, Ron Weis
Melissa Meyer and Meg Wolitzer
Jonathan Santlofer, Neal Thompson, Quentin Spector, Lisa Dierbeck
Guests of honor Neal Thompson, Jonathan Santlofer and Patricia Volk, with host Lesley Dormen
Bob and Cathy Brawer
Cara Kleinhaut, Iona Kleinhaut, Elizabeth Hazan, and Steve Hicks

Yaddo Variations 2019 was a rousing success! Our national benefit series of intimate dinners and conversations in April and May exceeded fundraising goals and raised more than $128,000 to support the nearly 300 artists who come to Yaddo every year from around the world.

Many thanks to our generous corporate and individual sponsors, our gracious hosts, and all who attended. We’re especially grateful for the acclaimed Yaddo artists who delivered such spectacular programs: Amitava Kumar; Sigrid Nunez; Meg Wolitzer in conversation with Melissa Meyer; Patricia Volk, Neal Thompson and Jonathan Santlofer in an evening of memoir; Richard Price in conversation with Walter Kirn; Andrew Sean Greer, and performers Joseph Keckler and John Kelly.

As Yaddo prepares for its second century, we continue to renew our commitment to new ways of thinking, works of aesthetic daring, and creative sanctuary for artists of all career stages and backgrounds.

Thank you for joining us!

“Places like Yaddo don’t just happen by magic. You put your trust and your resources into those who work may not show up for years, or may never show up. But you do it anyway. Because you know that a society must value the arts. And what you are doing is an act of faith.”— Elizabeth Strout, Yaddo author

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Anya and Joseph Stiglitz

Stacie and Mike Arpey

Ann and Paul Chen

Lesley Dormen and Quentin Spector

Stewart Gross and Lois Perelson-Gross

Peter Kayafas

Isam Salah

Margo and Anthony Viscusi

Thank You, Variations Donors!

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