Discipline: Literature

Anne Freeman

Discipline: Literature
Region: Richmond, VA
MacDowell Fellowships: 1990

Anne Hobson Freeman writing includes novellas, short stories and biography. Her career as a writer includes International News Service, Eastern Europe, reporter, 1957; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, editor of members' bulletin, 1958-63; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, lecturer in English, 1973-88; Bryn Mawr Bulletin, chair of advisory committee, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1978-81; Hunton & Williams (law firm), Richmond, Virginia, firm historian, 1984-88. Two of her publications wereThe Style of a Law Firm: Eight Gentlemen from Virginia, 1989, and A Hand Well Played: The Life of Jim Wheat, Jr., 1994. She is the contributor of articles and stories to anthologies and periodicals.

Studios

Star

Anne Freeman worked in the Star studio.

Funded by Alpha Chi Omega, a national fraternity founded in 1885, Star Studio — built in 1911–1912 — was the first studio given to the residency by an outside organization. To this day, Alpha Chi sorority pledges learn the story of Star Studio and its role in supporting American arts and letters. Beginning as a nicely proportioned…

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