The Brown Foundation Fellows Program, based at the Dora Maar House in Ménerbes, France, provides residencies of one to three months for midcareer professionals in the arts and humanities to concentrate on their fields of expertise.
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10 JunSun / 2012On June 19, we will hold a salon at the Maison Dora Maar. Susan Opton, Jane MacAvock, and Lisa Williams, the current artists in residence, will talk about their work, followed by informal discussions with drinks and hors d'oeuvres in the garden. Everyone is welcome. . . .
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11 MayFri / 2012
It is with great pleasure that we announce that eight individuals have been chosen to enter The Brown Foundation Fellows Program at the Dora Maar House during the Fall 2012 term (July to November): Rachel Tzvia Back, Nancy Bowen, Peter Doroshenko, Tillar Mazzeo, Greg Miller, Nadine Pinede, Anzhelina Polonskaya, Evelyn Toynton, Anne Vilsboell.
We wish to thank all those who applied to the fellowship program. It was...
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01 MayTue / 2012
Rachel Withers reflects on her time here at the Dora Maar House and her current project with Swiss artist Roman Signer.
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27 MarTue / 2012
Last fall, Jane Boyd created a site-specific installation in one of the gallery-caves on the ground floor of the Dora Maar House. She titled her work "Vacant Possession; Portrait of a Village 2011.” The installation involved 70 mirrors and was made possible through generous support of the villagers of Ménerbes who lent their mirrors for the occasion. Jane has written about her experience of being a Brown Foundation Fellow at Dora Maar.
Absence and Presence
The Fellowship...
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20 MarTue / 2012
Andria Derstine in reflects on her residency...
Being a Brown Foundation Fellow at the Dora Maar House is a magnificent experience, both professionally and personally. My project involves research and writing on 24 paintings and drawings given to the Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM) by the mid-20th-century art collectors Enid and Joseph Bissett, including multiple works by Dubuffet, Matisse, Modigliani, Miró, and Chagall, among others. While I expected this month to be...
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05 MarMon / 2012
Spring is in the air because today we welcomed our first fellows of the year, Brian Chikwava and Andria Derstine to the artist’s residency program
Brian Chikwava is an African writer from Zimbabwe, currently living in London and Andria Derstine is curator at the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College in Ohio. For the lucky few who have been Brown Foundation Fellows in the past, you will surely remember the thrill...
