Nan Tull Fellowship

Nan Tull Fellowship

Established in 2025

The Nan Tull Fellowship for Visual Artists was established by the family of MacDowell Fellow Nan Tull Wezniak to nurture the next generation of female visual artists.

Nan Tull Wezniak (1937-2023) was an artist-in-residence at MacDowell twice, in 1991 and 1994. She was an admired and respected encaustic painter and creator of large charcoal drawings. Her detailed work was featured throughout New England and the United States, with over 35 solo exhibitions and two retrospectives at the Boston Public Library and Danforth Museum of Art. Tull was a lifelong learner and received many awards, fellowships, and residencies. She attended Wellesley College and, in 1958, studied art at the École du Louvre in Paris, France, and in 1960, earned a master’s degree from Stanford University. While in Paris, Tull embraced the culture, learning to speak fluent French. She also grew fond of the great French art museums. She later studied art at the University of Tennessee, Foothill College, and received a studio art degree at SMFA at Tufts University and a fifth-year certificate with a traveling scholarship to China and Egypt. Tull was a founding member of the 249 A Streetart studio cooperative, where she worked for over 40 years. Admired for her work and treasured by those who knew her, Tull’s legacy is marked by her spirit, selfless devotion, and generosity.