The people who are the Work Center's
history – our former Fellows – have
emerged to become accomplished
writers and artists. Here are some of
the highlights of their achievements
during 2008. Space limits the
following to selected awards,
books and exhibits. We extend our
congratulations to these Fellows and
to all Fellows whose work gives us
our reason for being. Our 2008 annual
report will include a complete list of
our Fellows' 2008 accomplishments.
Writing Fellows: Selected Awards 2008
Louise Glück (1969-70) Won the Academy of
American Poets' Wallace Stevens Award of $100,000
for "outstanding and proven mastery in the art of
poetry."
Tom Sleigh (1979-80, 1981-82) Won the Kingsley
Tufts Award of $100,000 for a poet in mid-career.
Michael Cunningham (1980-81) Received the Fairfax
Prize, which honors a body of work that has made
"significant contributions to American and international
culture" by an author "whose personal efforts have
helped the wider community of writers, particularly
younger writers."
Robin Hemley (1985-86) Won a Guggenheim
Fellowship.
Tony Hoagland (1985-86) Won the Jackson Prize
of $50,000, which honors an American poet of
exceptional talent who has not yet received major
national acclaim.
Matt Klam (1992-93) Won a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Frances Hwang (2002-03) Won the Sue Kaufman
Prize for First Fiction for her collection of stories,
Transparency.
Writing Fellows: First Books 2008
Ronaldo Wilson (1999-2000) Narrative of the Life of
the Brown Boy and the White Man, poems
Paul Harding (2000-01) Tinkers, a novel
Jill McDonough (2000-01) Habeas Corpus, poems
Salvatore Scibona (2001-02, 2002-03)
The End, a novel that is a finalist for the 2008 National
Book Award in fiction
Matthew Dickman (2005-06) All-American Poem,
poems
Nam Le (2006-07) The Boat, stories
Nancy K. Pearson (2006-07, 2007-08)
Two Minutes of Light, poems
Visual Arts Fellows: Selected Exhibits 2008
Lisa Yuskavage (1986-87) "Multiplex: Directions in
Art, 1970 to Now," Museum of Modern Art, New York
(Group Show)
Jack Pierson (1993-94) "The Sum of Its Parts,"
Cheim & Read Gallery, New York (Group Show)
Ellen Gallagher (1995-96, 1996-97) "for what you
are about to receive," Gagosian Gallery Exhibition in
Moscow (Group Show)
Yun Fei-Ji (2001-02) "Mining Nature," James Cohan
Gallery Shanghai (Group Show)
Lamar Peterson (2001-02, 2002-03) "New Works,"
Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica (Solo Show)
Angela Dufresne (2002-03, 2003-04) Inaugural
Exhibition, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York (Group
Show)
Adam Frelin (2005-06) "Winners, Factions and
Thieves," Samson Projects, Boston (Solo Show)
Timothy Horn (2005-06) "Medusa," San Jose
Institute of Contemporary Art (Solo Show)
Tala Madani (2006-07) "ASS-AS-SIN: hashish
anyone?" Lombard-Fried Projects, New York (Solo
Show)
Nathalie Miebach (2006-07, 2007-08) "Changing
Weather," Nielson Gallery, Boston (Solo Show)
Visual Arts Fellows: Selected Awards 2008
Jim Peters (1982-83, 1983-84) Won a Massachusetts
Cultural Council Artists Painting Fellowship.
Quentin Walter (1985-86) Won an Adolph and Esther
Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant.
Mala Iqbal (1998-99, 1999-2000) Won a New York
Foundation for the Arts Fellowship.
Carrie Scanga (2005-06) Won a Pollock-Krasner
Foundation Grant.
