Cecil Howell


Disciplines: Architecture – design
Disciplines: Architecture – design
Based in Brooklyn, NY
Residencies: 2020

Cecil Howell is a designer and artist, whose work is an exploration of the landscape. In 2019, she created her own research and design studio: Object + Field, a multi-disciplinary practice that includes landscape architecture, conceptual cartography, and graphic design.

A recent recipient of a number of residencies in federally managed wilderness, during her MacDowell residency, she worked on a series of prints and drawings exploring three wilderness regions in North America. Pieces of the work were previously included in the group show "Translating Place" at the University of Montana.

Studios

Putnam

Cecil Howell worked in the Putnam studio.

Originally known simply as Graphics Studio, this building was converted to its current use between 1972 and 1974 through a grant from the Putnam Foundation. Before this transformation, the building served as both a powerhouse and pump house for the property. Well water was drawn from a large cistern and…

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