Ballard |
Arielle |
2017 |
Hearst |
Brockton, MA |
poet |
Research on interactions between black and indigenous people for a full-length book of poetry |
Bielawa |
Lisa |
2018 |
Hearst |
New York, NY |
composer, producer, performer |
Sanctuary & Centuries in the Hours: A series of small works for the violin and voice, focusing on immigration |
Block |
Laurie |
2007 |
Hearst |
Conway, MA |
filmmaker |
Documentary about Helen Keller |
Brock |
Geoffrey |
2001 |
Hearst |
Fayetteville, Arkansas |
poet |
Voices Bright Flags: Poems based on American historical events |
Browne |
Katrina |
2000 |
Hearst |
Berkeley, CA |
filmmaker |
Traces of the Trade: Research on the history and legacy of the slave trade in New England |
Carpenter |
Stephanie |
2015 |
Hearst |
Hancock, MI |
fiction writer |
Many and Wide Separations: Two novellas that focus on fictional female artists in mid-nineteenth-century New England |
Cataldo |
Melanie |
2020 |
Hearst |
Worcester, MA |
illustrator |
The Making: An illustrated novel that focuses on the struggle of two young girls living by 19th century standards in mid 20th century New England |
Cummins |
Maureen |
2000 |
Hearst |
Bearsville, NY |
book artist |
Anthro(A)pology |
Dancy |
Deborah |
2002 |
Hearst |
Storrs, CT |
painter |
The Conjurer's Apprentice or The Legend of Yellow Mary: A Slave Girl's Tale of Survival by her Wit and Extraordinary Powers, as written by herself |
Dungy |
Camille |
2005 |
Hearst |
San Francisco, CA |
poet |
Suck on the Marrow |
Elkins |
Ansel |
2012 |
Hearst |
Greensboro, NC |
poet |
A collection of poems about the lives of 19th-century conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker and Millie-Christine McKoy |
Elkins |
Kimberly |
2007 |
Hearst |
New York, NY |
fiction writer |
What is Visible: A novel about the lives of Laura Bridgman and Julia Ward Howe |
Gautier |
Amina |
2013 |
Hearst |
Chicago, IL |
fiction writer |
Band of Gideon: A historical novel about 3 black female members of Gideon's Band, a group of Northern idealist, seminary students, school teachers, and abolitionists who traveled south to help the slaves on the South Carolina Sea Island |
Groom |
Kelle |
2011 |
Hearst |
New Smyrna Beach, FL |
poet |
Memoir about Thomas Greenough, the last surviving Wampanoag Indian on the Bass River reservation in South Yarmouth, MA |
Harley |
Anne |
2012 |
Hearst |
Claremont, CA |
musician, soprano |
True Witness: A multi-choral civil rights cantata inspired by the texts of Charlotte Forten |
Hill |
Sean |
2010 |
Hearst |
Bemidji, MN |
poet |
Dangerous Goods: A series of poems about two African American men who immigrated with their families from Milledgeville, GA to Liberia in the 1870s |
Hobson |
Hallie |
2001 |
Hearst |
New York, NY |
playwright |
Watchnight: A play on the eve of Emancipation |
Honeycutt |
Brece |
2019 |
Hearst |
Sheffield, MA |
mixed media artist |
A series of artworks that demonstrate at their core a respect for the natural world in ages past |
Jackson-Opoku |
Sandra |
2008 |
Hearst |
Chicago, IL |
novelist |
God's Gift to the Natives: A novel that explores one musician's enigmatic life and tragic death, while also charting the history and movement of the African diaspora |
Kras |
Carolyn |
2014 |
Hearst |
Los Angeles, CA |
writer, screen (TV, theater, stage) |
Research for a TV pilot script to take place in 1871 after the Great Chicago Fire |
Lopez |
Ruth |
2003 |
Hearst |
Chicago, IL |
writer |
Research in the McLoughlin Brothers archive toward a social history on the artists who helped create children's literature in America |
Lovett |
Ann |
2009 |
Hearst |
New Paltz, NY |
photographer |
Artist book about the textile mills of Lowell and other Massachusetts mill towns and the "mill girls" who worked in them |
Lyons |
Erin |
2015 |
Hearst |
Washington, DC |
fiction writer |
Historical novel about Anne Hutchinson and the Massachusetts Bay Colony, from 1630-1638, told from the point of view of a servant girl |
Miller |
Denise |
2016 |
Hearst |
Texas Township, MI |
creative writer |
Travelogos: African Americans and the Struggle for Safe Passage |
Mills |
David |
2019 |
Hearst |
Long Island City, NY |
poet |
After Mistic: A poetry manuscript that focuses on slavery in Massachusetts and New York |
Morss |
Martha |
2004 |
Hearst |
Mount Vernon, OH |
writer |
Mary Katherine Goddard, colonial printer |
Mueller |
Lavonne |
2003 |
Hearst |
Chicago, IL |
playwright |
A collection of short one-story plays about six notable American women, Abigail Adams, Dolly Madison, Sacagawea, Lucy Stone, Harriet Tubman, and Martha Washington |
Mullin |
Brian |
2018 |
Hearst |
London, U.K. |
playwright |
Play inspired by the community of freed African-American slaves who lived freely in an abandoned British garrison in the West Florida territory following the end of the War of 1812 |
Nuernberger |
Kathryn |
2010 |
Hearst |
Minneapolis–St. Paul, MN. |
poet |
A collection of poems that merges poetic and academic impulses through special attention to performance art from the 19th century as well as games, plays, and librettos |
Parkison |
Aimee |
2013 |
Hearst |
Stillwater, OK |
fiction writer |
The Dumb Supper: A historical literary novel set in Concord, MA in the 19th century, that explores the hidden sexual implications in parlor games and holiday courtship rituals of Victorian Americans |
Pou |
Alyson |
2004 |
Hearst |
New York, NY |
performance artist |
A Slight Headache (solo performance) |
Roberge |
Celeste |
2008 |
Hearst |
South Portland, ME |
sculptor |
Granite Sofa (sculpture) |
Rubin Stuart |
Nancy |
2005 |
Hearst |
New York, NY |
writer |
The Muse of the Revolution; The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation |
Schlitt |
Michael |
2020 |
Hearst |
Los Angeles, CA |
storyteller |
The Pursuit of Happiness podcast: a multi-episode audio series about Americans' quest for an elusive, aspirational ideal of happiness |
Stern |
Sarah |
2014 |
Hearst |
Red Hook, NY |
playwright |
Research for play tentatively called "The Spectator," which deals with the intersection of politics and theatre in New York City during the 1730s |
Stinson |
Susan |
2016 |
Hearst |
Northampton, MA |
novelist |
Research for a novel about Elizabeth Tuttle Edwards |
Strong |
Robert |
2009 |
Hearst |
Maine |
poet |
Bright Advent: A work of poetry set in the years leading to King Philip's War |
Teare |
Brian |
2011 |
Hearst |
Charlottesville, VA |
poet |
Inter-disciplinary project including poetry and photographs, with focus on spirit photography and spiritualism |
Wiener |
Ellen |
2002 |
Hearst |
Princeton, NJ |
painter, printmaker, book artist |
A new 'Book of Hours' using imagery from nineteenth century sources |
Willberg |
Kriota |
2006 |
Hearst |
New York, NY |
choreographer and cartoonist |
Updated version for a performance of the 1866 Broadway production of 'The Black Crook' |
Youngdahl |
Shana |
2017 |
Hearst |
Farmington, ME |
Poet and author |
Research for poems about women in the early New England tin ware industry |