If you are interested in learning more about how to endow a Skowhegan scholarship, or support a current participant, please contact Marie Weller or 212.529.0505.
Scholarship Grants
A cornerstone of Skowhegan’s success is our confidential admissions process, and our firm commitment to providing scholarship aid to any accepted artist who could not otherwise afford to attend. The egalitarian nature of the program allows Skowhegan, and all of our funders, to invest in the future of artmaking by bringing the most talented and groundbreaking artists together, regardless of their financial status. In 2012, scholarships were provided to 92% of participants. Skowhegan is deeply grateful to the following foundations and individuals for generously providing the gifts which sustain this policy.
$25,000+
The Brown Foundation
The National Endowment for the Arts
$10,000–$24,999
· D. Capobianco and Elfi Schuselka
Gesso Foundation
The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation
$5,000–$9,999
Sumner Scholarship Endowment Foundation, Inc.
$1,000–$4,999
Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy
The William T. Kemper Foundation, as recommended by Laura and Michael Fields
Eleanor Revson
Bailey W. Symington
Endowed Scholarships
Bingham Scholarship
Camille Cosby Scholarship
Donald and Doris Fisher Scholarship
Gober-Moffett Scholarship
Ann and Graham Gund Scholarship
George Gund Scholarship
Alex Katz Scholarship
Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Scholarship
Peter Lewis Scholarship
Toby Fund Scholarship
Don F. Turano Scholarship
Wallace-Reader’s Digest Scholarship
W & M Zorach Scholarship
Contributions
Thank You! Unrestricted gifts sustain Skowhegan’s programs and operations, and ensure the artists working with us have the things they need, from alizarin crimson pigment to zucchini bread, and everything in between. Skowhegan’s flexible pedagogical framework and responsive campus environment means that we don’t know in June what will happen in July. This is a fundamental characteristic of the program, and it is made possible by the individuals, corporations, and foundations listed below that generously contributed to Skowhegan over the past year.
$30,000+
Mildred C. Brinn, L & L Foundation
H. King & Jean Cummings Charitable Trust
Wilson and Eliot C. Nolen
Greg and Susie Palm, The Palm Foundation
$20,000–$29,999
Jan Aronson and Edgar M. Bronfman
· Deborah Jones Buck
Agnes Gund
Ann and Graham Gund
Mr. and Mrs. Judson P. Reis, The Sire Foundation
Lisa and Reuben Richards
Alan Wanzenberg
$10,000–$19,999
· Anonymous, in memory of Estella Lackey (A ’92)
George W. Ahl III
· David Beitzel and Darren Walker
Lynda Benglis
Christie’s
Andrea Crane
Chiara and Ben Edmands
Larry Gagosian
Hauser & Wirth
Mary M. Looker
Robert L. Looker
The Looker Foundation
Victoria Love Salnikoff
Donald Moffett and Robert Gober
Dan Neidich, Dune Real Estate Partners
Richard T. Prins and Connie Steensma
· Elizabeth Sidamon-Eristoff
Sotheby’s
W.L.S. Spencer Foundation
$5,000–$9,999
Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
The Ronald and Jo Carole Lauder Foundation
Dorothy Lichtenstein
Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York
$1,000–$4,999
303 Gallery
Eleanor Acquavella
Camilo Alvarez, Samsøn
Mr. and Mrs. George Beitzel, in honor of · David Beitzel (A ’82)
Marianne Boesky Gallery
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Grace and Sam Bowman
Edye and Eli Broad, The Broad Art Foundation
Sharon Corwin, Colby College Museum of Art
Warren and Brammie Cook
· Daphne Cummings, in honor of Kate Haw
Rackstraw Downes
Barney A. Ebsworth
Elizabeth Finch, Colby College Museum of Art
· Susan Paul Firestone
Helen Frankenthaler
Gardner Russo & Gardner
Robert and Rae Gilson
Alexander Gray and David Cabrera
John J. Hannan
Jim Hodges
· Tonya and Kempton Ingersol
· Matthew Jackson
· Meredith James
· Dr. Shoichi Kajima
Lucia Kellar, in memory of Henry W. Grady
Joyce Kozloff
Thomas W. Lentz, Harvard University Art Museums
Frances Lewis
Toby D. Lewis
Arthur L. Loeb
Marlborough Gallery
Deirdre McBreen
Jennifer McSweeney
Bridget Moore and Chris Kotowski, DC Moore Gallery
Amy Newman and Bud Shulman
Jean-Yves Noblet and Michael Trese
John W. Payson
· Sheila Pepe
Thomas Phifer
Portland Museum of Art
Marina S. Purcell
David Rockefeller
David and Susan Rockefeller
· Kenneth Rush Jr.
Mary Sabbatino, Galerie Lelong
Sue Scott and Mike Stanley
Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Sheldon
Eugene V. Thaw
Thurston and Sharon Twigg-Smith
Michael Werner Gallery
$500–$999
E.B. Alexander
Mr. and Mrs. Charlton H. Ames
Sean Anderson, James Cohan Gallery
Sarah Bacon
Charles and Rita Bronfman, in honor of Jan Aronson and Edgar M.
Bronfman
The Florence V. Burden Foundation,
at the recommendation of Foundation Directors Ordway and Jean Burden
Steve Cannon, A Gathering of the Tribes
Mrs. Iris Cantor
· Francis Cape and · Liza Phillips
Purdy and Josh Eaton
· Laura Lobdell and Darrel Flanel
Peter Frey
Katherine Gass
James Goodman Gallery
Deborah Harris, The Armory Show
Eileen Kaminsky
Jenette Kahn
Buff Suzanne Kavelman
June Kelly Gallery
· Byron Kim and · Lisa Sigal
Kyes Insurance
Stephanie LaNasa
· Wendy F. Lang
Mr. and Mrs. Peter O. Lawson-Johnston Jr.
The Lunder Foundation
Catherine MacMahon
Madison Business Gateway, Town of Madison
· Virgil M. Marti, Jr. and Peter Barbarie
Richard Massey
Anthony Meier
Paul Morris, The Armory Show
· Carrie Moyer
· Bonnie S. Newman
· Heidi Nitze, in memory of Margaret Day Blake
Wendy Olsoff, PPOW
· Hunt Slonem
· Shinique Smith and · Gary Pennock
Katie and Jonah Sonnenborn
Elizabeth Strong-Cuevas
· Fabian G. Tabibian
Sarah Frances Workneh
$250–$499
· Ellen Altfest
John J. Anselmi
· Dike Blair
Rebecca J. Cook
Joshua David and Robert Hammond
· Elizabeth D. Dovydenas
· David Driskell
Linda Earle
· Dr. Richard A. Entel
Marie and John Evans
· Anoka Faruqee
Elizabeth Goldberg
Joanne Greenbaum
Kate Haw
· Ralph Helmick
Elizabeth R. Hilpman
Susan Kahaner
· Alex and Ada Katz
· David J. Knoebel
Charles and Naomie Kremer
· Charles Marburg
Libbie J. Masterson, in memory of Margaret Skidmore
Edward Messikian
· Rebecca A. Miller
Alix Pearlstein and · Bill Adams
Lindsay Pollock and Andrew Zarnett
· Rhoda Ross
Gregory and Jeanine Rush
Jacqueline Sackler, in honor of Chiara Edmands
· Cathy A. Sarkowsky
· Margo Sawyer, in memory of Linda Adair Day
· Binod Shrestha
· Jose Smith, in memory of Priscilla Carrasquillo
· Marc Swanson and Joe Mama-Nitzberg
· Kim Turos
Ursula von Rydingsvard
· Constance Walsh
Up to $249
· Sigmund Abeles
Abigail Kirsch Catering Relationships
Vito Acconci
· Frederick C. Albee Jr.
· Diana Al-Hadid
Are You Ready to Party??
· Mary A. Armstrong
Richard Armstrong
Adam Aronson, in honor of Jan Aronson
Artist & Craftsman Supply
Atlantic Trophy
· Nathaniel Axel
· Pasqualina Azzarello
· Elena Bajo
· Paul Banas
· Elliot Bassman
Bates College Museum of Art
Nicholas Baume
· Ken Beck
Madeleine Bennett
· Christy Bergland
· Michael Berman
· Margaret Bernstein
Kathryn Berry
· Michael Biddle
Lotte Blaustein
· Sandra F. Blum
· Mara Bodis-Wollner
· Susan M. Boscarino
· Douglas Bosch
· Astrid M. Bowlby
Katherine Bradford
· Joan Branca, in memory of Joseph Branca
· Brian Bress
· Sara Bright
· Suzanne Broughel
· Ashley F. Bryan
· Nao Bustamante
Caldbeck Gallery
· Ingrid Calame
· Anthony Campuzano Jr.
· Jennifer Sullivan Carney
· Heather Carson
Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Century Direct
· David Coggins
· Nancy M. Cohen
· Tilda E. Colsman
· Maurice Colton III
Marella L. Consolini
· W. Barrie Cooke
William S. Cottingham
· Heather Cox
· Megan Cump
· Erin Curtis
· Alec Dartley
· Jacqueline Davidson
· Mary DeWitt
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron M. Diamond
· David Michael DiGregorio
· Paul Divone
· James Dowdalls
· Craig Drennen
· Aaron Dubrow
· Jennifer Dudley
· Christopher Dunbar
· Christopher Duncan
· Onda F. D’Urso
· Ellen Levine Ebert
· David J. Einstein
· Sara Eliassen
· Abraham Elterman
Constance Evans
· Hersha Evans
· Catherine Fairbanks
Farnsworth Art Museum
Rochelle Feinstein
· Amy Feldman
· Sara Ferguson
· Ruth Fine
Thomas Finkelpearl
· Jeanette Fintz
· Rosemarie Fiore
· David Flaugher
Fleisher/Ollman Gallery
· Robert N. Flynt
· Rachel Frank
· Kathryn Freeman
· Lynda Frese
· Robert Gainer
· Lilian Garcia-Roig
Elise Gardella, in memory of Letty Gardella
· Adu A. Gindy
· Leslie A. Golomb
· Tracey Goodman
· Asuka Goto
· Philip M. Grausman
Larry W. Gray, in honor of Bill Holmes
Dr. Vivien Greene
Greenhut Galleries
· Iva Gueorguieva
· David G. Hacker
Jane Hammond
· Bang Geul Han
· Heather Hart
A. Peter and Karla A. Harwich
· Lynne Harwood
· Connie Hayes
· Maya Hayuk
· Paula S. Heisen
· Stephen Hendee
· Michael Henderson
· Carol Hendrickson
Heritage House Restaurant
· Shelley Herman
Jason Herrick
· Corin Hewitt
· Ulrike Heydenreich
· Suzanne Hodes
· Stephen Hoke
Bryan Holmes
· Peter James Hoss
· John Houck
· Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford
· Bryan Elliott Hundley
In Bloom New York–Floral & Special Events
· Michael L. Jackson
· Julia Jacquette
Vandorn Johnson
· A. Jane Johnston
James D. Julia Auctioneers
· Yoshiko Kanai
· Annetta Kapon
· Nils Karsten
· Nancy Modlin Katz
· Matt Kennedy
· McKendree Key
· James Kielkopf
· Patrick Killoran
· Becky Kinder
· William King
· Benjamin Kinsley
· Noah Klersfeld, in memory of Edward Klersfeld
· Candace Knapp
· Robert S. Koffler
· Melanie Kozol
· Elaine Taylor Krogius
· Anna Kunz
· John Landewe
Heidi Lange
· Liz Magic Laser
· David Leggett
· Suzanne Ragan Lentz
· Margaret Libby
· Joan Linder
· Sandy Litchfield
· Nan Hall Lombardi
· Nicola Lopez
Angela Lorenz
· Tristin Lowe
Michael N. Ludwig
· Yvonne Lung
· Robert MacDonald
· Penelope Harbage Manzella
Marden, Dubord, Bernier & Stevens
· Monica Martinez
· Emily Mast
· Vladimir Matijko
· Natasha Mayers
· Jane E. McClintock
Sarah McEneaney
Miko McGinty
· Dave McKenzie
· Nathaniel Meade
· Emil A. Mellow II
Melissa Meyer
MF Productions
· Ander Mikalson
· Richard P. Miller, in memory of Henry Varnum Poor and the Class of 1960
· Susan B. Miller, in memory of Betty Miller
· Tracy Miller
· Wesley Miller
· Jennifer Monick and · Gedi Sibony
· Ann-Michele Morales
· Shana Moulton
Nicholas Baume
· Catherine Murphy
· Eliza Myrie
· Eliza Newman-Saul
· Jann Nunn
· John O’Connor
· Beryl Odette
· Ann Oren
· Helen O’Toole
Katie and Lew Ouilette
· Jill Pangallo
The Paper Klip
· Herbert Parsons
Bruce Pearson
Steven Perelman
· Charlotte Present
PS New York
· Jon Rajkovich
· David F. Reed
· Daniel Rich
· Blithe Riley
· Angela Ringo
· Christopher Robbins
· Jacque Rochester
· Paco Rodriguez
· Wendy and Dan Rowland
· Mary Salstrom, in memory of Al Blaustein (A ’46, ’53; F ’69, ’70, ’81), Bill
Midgette (A ’53, ’54, ’59; F ’76,’77), Susan Shatter (A ’64; F ’77, ’79)
· Sara Saltzman
· Claudia Sbrissa
· Ralph Scarcelli
· Carrie Schneider
· Robert Michael Scoggins Jr.
· Abigail Shahn
· David Shapiro
· Adam Shecter
· Anne Kesler Shields
· Arthur Simms
· Alan Singer
· A.J. Smith Jr.
Michael Smith
· Ellen M. Soffer
· Miyoung Sohn
· Kathleen Soles
Andrew Solomon
· Molly Springfield
· Kimberly Squaglia
· Mitchell Squire
· Aaron T. Stephan
· Luke Stettner
Barbara Sullivan
· Monika Sziladi
· Mary Temple
· Hank Willis Thomas
· Barbara Campbell Thomas
· Niels Thorsen
Towne Motel
· Nicole Tschampel
Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Turbyne
· Susanna G. Vapnek
· Maria Walker
· Richard T. Walker
· Sandy Walker
Ware-Butler, Inc. Lumber and Building Supply
Dorsey Waxter
· Danielle C. Webb
Kate Werble
· Allison K. Wiese
· Abbey Williams and · David Hardy
· Matthew Wilson
· Gerald Wolfe
Cecilia and Ira Wolfson
· Randy Wray
· Eva Wylie
· Gordon Yee
· Hong Zhang
Matching Tuition Schools
In 2012, scholarships were provided by the following schools so that current students and in some cases alumni could attend Skowhegan.
California Institute of the Arts
Carnegie Mellon
Columbia University
Maine College of Art
Maryland Institute College of Art
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
New York University
Rhode Island School of Design
Rutgers University
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
School of Visual Arts
State University of New York, Purchase
Tyler School of Art, Temple University
University of Georgia, Athens
University of Iowa, Iowa City
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Virginia Commonwealth University
