Editing Art colony (section)

===Northeast United States===
==== New Hampshire ====
The [[MacDowell Colony]] in Peterborough was founded in 1907 by composer [[Edward MacDowell]] and his wife, [[Marian MacDowell|Marian]]. MacDowell was inspired by the American Academy in Rome, and its mission to provide American artists with a home base at the centre of classical traditions and primary sources. MacDowell, who was a trustee of the American Academy, believed that a rural setting, free from distractions, would prove to be creatively valuable to artists. He also believed that discussions among working artists, architects and composers would enrich their work.

==== New York ====
[[File:Students at Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art in SouthamptonNY ca.1895.jpg|thumb|Students at the Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art in [[Southampton, New York]], {{Circa|1895}}]]
Thomas and [[Wilhelmina Weber Furlong]] of the [[Art Students League]] of New York named their private summer residence the [[Golden Heart Farm]] art colony when they opened it in the summer of 1921. Located in upstate New York on Lake George, the colony and its artists in residence were at the center of the American [[Modernism|modernist]] movement as important artists from Manhattan traveled to Golden Heart Farm to escape the city and study with the couple.<ref name=":2">The Biography of Wilhelmina Weber Furlong: The Treasured Collection of Golden Heart Farm by Clint Bernard Weber, {{ISBN|0-9851601-0-1}}, {{ISBN|978-0-9851601-0-4}}</ref>

Another famous colony, [[Yaddo]] in Saratoga Springs was founded soon after. [[Spencer Trask]] and his wife [[Katrina Trask]] conceived the idea of Yaddo in 1900, but the first residency program for artists did not formally initiate until 1926.

The [[Woodstock, New York|Woodstock]] Art Colony in the town of the same name began as two colonies. Originally known as [[Byrdcliffe Colony|Byrdcliffe]], it was founded in 1902 by [[Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead]], [[Hervey White]], and [[Bolton Brown]]. Two years later, Hervey White renamed it the [[Maverick Concert Hall|Maverick]] Colony, after seceding from Byrdcliffe in 1904.<ref>''The Maverick: Hervey White's Colony of the Arts'', exh. cat. Woodstock: Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, 2006.</ref> The town of Woodstock remains an active center of art galleries, music, and theatrical performances.

The [[Roycroft]] community was an influential [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]] art colony that included both artisans and artists. Founded by [[Elbert Hubbard]] in 1895, in the village of East Aurora, New York, near Buffalo its artisans were influential on the development of early 20th-century American furniture, books, lamps and metalwork.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Roycraft Community {{!}} The Roycrafters|url=http://www.arts-crafts.com/archive/hdavis.shtml|last=Davis|first=Hilary|date=May 10, 2020|website=The Arts and Crafts Society|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=March 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317001940/http://www.arts-crafts.com/archive/hdavis.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> The colony drew from the Saturday Sketch Club for many of its artists, as the club was located near a cabin used by Buffalo art students who specialized in outdoor oil painting.<ref>{{Cite web|title=From World War I to the Saturday Sketch Club {{!}} The Buffalo History Museum Blog|url=https://buffalohistorymuseum.com/2017/05/06/from-world-war-1-to-the-saturday-sketch-club/|last=Justinger|first=Rebecca|date=May 6, 2017|website=The Buffalo History Museum|access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref>

In 1973, [[Edna St. Vincent Millay]]'s sister Norma created the [[Millay Colony for the Arts]] at the historic site of [[Steepletop]] in [[Austerlitz, NY|Austerlitz]].

==== Massachusetts ====
[[File:Provincetown 1940 Art Class.jpg|thumb|A 1940 photograph of an outdoor art class in [[Provincetown, Massachusetts]], an art center that provided ample income for several art schools.]]
The [[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown]] art colony came into being when [[Charles Webster Hawthorne]] opened his [[Cape Cod School of Art]] there in the summer of 1899.<ref name="iamprovincetown.com">[http://www.iamprovincetown.com/history/art-colony-history.html Provincetown History: The Art Colony, A Brief History]</ref> The art school attracted other artists, and expanded the colony, which led to the foundation of the [[Provincetown Art Association and Museum|Provincetown Art Association]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=History {{!}} Provincetown Art Association and Museum|url=https://www.paam.org/about-paam/history/|date=May 10, 2020|website=Provincetown Art Association and Museum}}</ref> By 1916, a ''Boston Globe'' headline reported the "Biggest Art Colony in the World at Provincetown."<ref name="iamprovincetown.com" /> Provincetown claims to be the oldest continuously operating artist's colony in the United States.<ref>[http://www.provincetowntourismoffice.org/index.aspx?nid=75 Provincetown Tourism Office] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716065915/http://www.provincetowntourismoffice.org/index.aspx?nid=75|date=July 16, 2014}}</ref>

==== Rhode Island ====
The [[Fort Thunder]] art commune was located in a warehouse on the second floor of a pre-Civil War former textile factory in the [[Olneyville, Providence, Rhode Island|Olneyville]] district of [[Providence, Rhode Island]]. Started by artists and musicians [[Mat Brinkman]] and [[Brian Chippendale]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kraus |first=Mercedes |date=2020-10-29 |title=Remembering Fort Thunder: 11 Dudes, Two Bands, One Working Toilet |url=https://www.curbed.com/2020/10/nest-magazine-fort-thunder-jim-drain.html |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=Curbed |language=en}}</ref> in 1995 and would be demolished to create a parking lot for a [[Shaw's and Star Market|Shaw's]] grocery store and a [[Staples Inc.|Staples]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Outlook remains murky for vacant Shaw’s in Eagle Square - News - The Phoenix |url=https://thephoenix.com/article_ektid48650.aspx |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=thephoenix.com}}</ref>