Donna McNeil
Donna McNeil | |
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| Born | 1940s Würzburg, Germany |
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| Occupation(s) | Arts advocate, author, and curator |
| Honours | Maine College of Art honorary PhD |
Donna McNeil (born 1940s)[a] is an American arts advocate, author, and curator. She is the founding executive director of the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation and the former director of the Maine Arts Commission.
Early life and education[edit]
McNeil was born in Würzburg, Germany.[1] She was educated at Syracuse University, where she earned a bachelor of fine arts in painting and Harvard University, where she earned a master of arts in liberal studies focussed on art history. She holds an honorary Ph.D in Fine Arts from the Maine College of Art.[2]
Career[edit]
She was the co-director of Artists in Context and the former executive director of the Maine Arts Commission.[2] She has served as a juror for the National Endowment for the Arts[3] and MacArthur Foundation.[4]
She is the author of the 2017 book There Has to Be Magic: The Art of Evelyn Kok, which won the Excellence in Publishing award at the Maine Literary Awards in 2018.[5][6] She also wrote Moser: Legacy in Wood about the Thos. Moser company, published in 2015.[7]
Since 2017, McNeil has served as the executive founding director of the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, an arts grant and residency in Rockland, Maine.[8]
Books[edit]
- There Has to Be Magic: The Art of Evelyn Kok, Maine Authors Publishing, 2017[5]
- Donna McNeil & Thomas Moser, Moser: Legacy in Wood, Down East Books, ISBN 978-1-60893-607-6, 2015[7]
Personal life[edit]
McNeil has spoken in support of reproductive freedom, describing her own experience with a pre-Roe v. Wade abortion in 1965.[9][10]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Donna McNeil". The Mainers. The Mainers. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Moser: Legacy in Wood". Bookshop.org. Bookshop.org. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "Local Arts Agencies: FY 2010 Grants Panelists | Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel A, June 10-11, 2009". National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Board of Directors and Staff". Ellis-Beauregard Foundation. Ellis-Beauregard. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ a b "'There Has to Be Magic' named Excellence in Publishing Winner at 2018 Maine Literary Awards". PenBay Pilot. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ Lizotte, Melissa (17 July 2018). "Book about Presque Isle artist and her family wins state literary award". The County. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ a b Duguay, Carl. "Moser: Legacy in Wood". Canadian Woodworking. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "McNeil to helm Ellis-Beauregard Foundation". Knox County VillageSoup. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "Now This | Donna McNeil On Having An Abortion Before Roe V. Wade". Twitter. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Pre-Roe Abortion Patient Blasts LePage, Republicans for 'Relentless' Efforts to Strip Away Abortion Rights". Maine Dems. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
External links[edit]
- Donna McNeil - Instagram
- Ellis-Beauregard Foundation - official website