The Fellowship of the Saint-Gaudens Memorial was established in 1977 in order to assist artists of promise. The Fellowship originally was open to scholars and all types of artists; however the Memorial, for the most part, has confined the Fellowship to sculptors and recognized others through alternative programs.
Each year, provided there is sufficient funding and candidates, a Fellow is chosen (sometimes more than one). Selection is made by a jury of artists and others, which includes Trustees of the Memorial as well as invited advisors. The Fellow is chosen from a group of candidates whose work is solicited by members of the jury (the Fellowship Committee), by past Fellows, and by other Trustees. The committee meets in the spring.
The policy of the committee is to award the Fellowship to emerging artists; that is, to persons who have a demonstrated exhibition record that shows them to possess exceptional talent, but who are not yet firmly established in the field and may benefit from the recognition and financial assistance that accompany the Fellowship.
In addition to a grant, the Fellowship entails an exhibition of the Fellow’s work in the following year at the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, New Hampshire. The mounting of these exhibits is funded through the Memorial’s Exhibits Committee.
It was the intention of the Fellowship when it was created that the Fellows’ Memorial-sponsored exhibits be relevant to the ideals of Saint-Gaudens, as sculptor, or to the enhancement of public interest in his life and work.
Fellows of the Saint-Gaudens Memorial
1978 Daniel Sinclair
1979 Edwin Rothfarb
1980 Philip Livingston
1981 Nicholas B. Edmunds
1982 No Fellowship Awarded
1983 Alex McFarlane
1984 Walter Dusenbery, James M. Wolfe
1985 No Fellowship Awarded
1986 Andrew Topolski
1987 Petah Coyne
1988 Michael Gitlin
1989 Kate Ericson & Mel Ziegler
1990 Cameron McNall, Susan Rodgers
1991 No Fellowship Awarded
1992 Jene Highstein
1993 Judith Shea
1994 Win Knowlton
1995 Jon Kessler
1996 Judy Pfaff
1997 Alison Saar
1998 Amy Hauft
1999 Carlos Dorrien
2000 Peter Shelton
2001 Do-Ho Suh
2002 Willie Cole
2003 Tara Donovan
2004 No Fellowship Awarded
2005 Hirsch Perlman
2006 Ann Carlson & Mary Ellen Strom
2007 Alyson Shotz
2009 Claire Watkins
2009 Rachel Hayes
2010 Mary Temple
