Discipline: Visual Art

Helen MacAlister

Discipline: Visual Art
Region: Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
MacDowell Fellowships: 1996
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Helen McAlister is a Scottish painter. She studied drawing and painting at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee and graduated with honors in 1991. Her art has been exhibited internationally. From 1991-2004, she was a part-time lecturer at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, and from 2001-2004, she was a part-time lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art.

Studios

Adams

Helen MacAlister worked in the Adams studio.

Given to the MacDowell Association by Margaret Adams of Chicago, the half-timbered, stuccoed Adams Studio was designed by MacDowell Fellow and architect F. Tolles Chamberlin ca. 1914. Chamberlin was primarily a painter, but also provided designs for the Lodge and an early renovation of the main hall. The studio’s structural integrity was restored during a thorough renovation in…

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