Discipline: Literature – nonfiction

Patricia Cohen

Discipline: Literature – nonfiction
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2009

Patricia Cohen covers the national economy for The New York Times and is the author of In Our Prime: The Fascinating History and Promising Future of Middle Age (Scribner). She joined The Times in 1997 as Ideas Editor to create and launch the Arts & Ideas section, and later oversaw the paper's theatre coverage. An award-winning reporter, she has written extensively about ideas, books, and the arts, and worked as an investigative reporter in the Culture department.

Studios

Schelling

Patricia Cohen worked in the Schelling studio.

Marian MacDowell funded construction of this studio the year that the organization was established and the first artists arrived for residency. It was called Bark Studio until 1933, when it was renamed in honor of Ernest Schelling, a composer, pianist, and orchestral leader who served as president of what was then called the Edward MacDowell…

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