Discipline: Literature

Tama Baldwin

Discipline: Literature
Region: Iowa City, IA
MacDowell fellowships: 2005
Tama Baldwin is an American writer and photographer whose work centers around the relationship between human institutions and nature. Baldwin received degrees from John Hopkins University, Salisbury State University, The State University of New York, and Ohio University. Her writing has appeared in numerous journals, including Fiction International, Poetry International, The Ohio Review, and The Gulf Coast Review. Baldwin has received a variety of awards, including the Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship, residencies at Yaddo and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and is a Fulbright Scholar. Her photography has appeared in exhibitions such as the Royal Photographic Society Annual Exhibition, The Los Angeles Center of Photography, the Center for Fine Art Photography, and the Minneapolis Photo Center. Her current projects revolve around polar climate change, the absence of natural darkness, and the politics of water in North America.

Studios

Banks

Tama Baldwin worked in the Banks studio.

Banks was first used as an artist’s studio in 1970. Since then, it has played host to an extraordinary list of writers. In all seasons, Fellows have enjoyed the pastoral view through the French doors to the north. The studio’s high ceilings, massive fireplace, expansive work tables, and abundant natural light have made this a…

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