Discipline: Visual Art – sculpture

Natalie Charkow

Discipline: Visual Art – sculpture
Region: Woodbridge, CT
MacDowell Fellowships: 1965, 1966, 1967

Natalie Charkow Hollander lives and works in Woodbridge, Connecticut, and is married to poet John Hollander. She was born and raised in Philadelphia and attended Tyler School of Art. Following graduation, she taught at the Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts) and founded its sculpture department. Subsequently, she has taught in M.F.A. programs at the Yale School of Art, Boston University, Queens College-CUNY, the University of Pennsylvania, Indiana University, and the New York Studio School.

She has lectured at art schools and university art programs across the country, while independently working on commissions as well. Such works have included pieces for William Louis Dreyfuss, the City of Philadelphia, Theodore Danforth, New York City, Queens College, consumer electronics brand RCA, as well as exhibitions at the Lohin Geduld and the Robert Shoelkopft Galleries in New York.

Studios

Mixter

Natalie Charkow worked in the Mixter studio.

Built in 1927–1930, the Florence Kilpatrick Mixter Studio was funded by its namesake and designed by the architect F. Winsor, Jr., who also designed MacDowell's original Savidge Library in 1925. Mixter Studio, solidly built of yellow and grey-hued granite, once had sweeping views of Pack Monadnock to the east. The lush forest has now grown…

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