Discipline: Literature – nonfiction

Maria Lauenstein

Discipline: Literature – nonfiction
Region: Gangtok Sikkim, INDIA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2006

While at MacDowell, Maria Lauenstein worked on the second draft of her memoir "Sikkimese Lessons."

Studios

Star

Maria Lauenstein 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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