Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

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artist residency program nonprofit organization summer school

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture is a prestigious summer residency program in Maine dedicated to intensive, immersive studio practice for emerging visual artists.

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Label	Occurrences
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture canonical	12
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture	4
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture summer program	1
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture awards program	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1173040 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Context triple: [Robert Indiana, educatedAt, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture]

A. Maine College of Art & Design
Maine College of Art & Design is a specialized art and design college known for its studio-based programs and creative community in downtown Portland, Maine.
B. Vermont College of Fine Arts
Vermont College of Fine Arts is a small, specialized graduate arts college known for its low-residency programs in disciplines such as writing, visual art, and music.
C. Grand Central School of Art
Grand Central School of Art was a prominent early 20th-century New York City art school that trained many influential modern American artists.
D. Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a public, independent art school in Boston known for its comprehensive programs in visual arts, design, and related creative disciplines.
E. Cranbrook Academy of Art
Cranbrook Academy of Art is a renowned graduate-only art, design, and architecture school in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, celebrated for its influential role in 20th-century modernism and its artist-in-residence teaching model.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Target entity description: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture is a prestigious summer residency program in Maine dedicated to intensive, immersive studio practice for emerging visual artists.

A. Maine College of Art & Design
Maine College of Art & Design is a specialized art and design college known for its studio-based programs and creative community in downtown Portland, Maine.
B. Vermont College of Fine Arts
Vermont College of Fine Arts is a small, specialized graduate arts college known for its low-residency programs in disciplines such as writing, visual art, and music.
C. Grand Central School of Art
Grand Central School of Art was a prominent early 20th-century New York City art school that trained many influential modern American artists.
D. Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a public, independent art school in Boston known for its comprehensive programs in visual arts, design, and related creative disciplines.
E. Cranbrook Academy of Art
Cranbrook Academy of Art is a renowned graduate-only art, design, and architecture school in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, celebrated for its influential role in 20th-century modernism and its artist-in-residence teaching model.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artist residency program ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ summer school ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
focus	contemporary art ⓘ painting ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
foundedBy	Charles Cutler ⓘ Henry Varnum Poor ⓘ Sidney Simon ⓘ Willard Warren Cummings ⓘ
foundedIn	1946 ⓘ
governedBy	board of trustees ⓘ
hasAlumni	Alex Katz ⓘ David Driskell ⓘ Ellsworth Kelly ⓘ Janine Antoni ⓘ Kara Walker ⓘ Louise Nevelson ⓘ linked to: Nevelson
hasFaculty	resident artists ⓘ visiting artists ⓘ
hasFeature	communal rural campus ⓘ critique-based education ⓘ intensive studio practice ⓘ seminars and lectures ⓘ visiting faculty artists ⓘ
hasSeason	summer ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
legalStatus	nonprofit ⓘ
locatedIn	Maine ⓘ Skowhegan, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
mission	to provide an intensive and immersive studio residency for emerging visual artists ⓘ
name	Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture ⓘ
nonDegreeGranting	true ⓘ
notableFor	influential alumni network ⓘ prestige in the contemporary art world ⓘ
offers	group critiques ⓘ lectures ⓘ seminars ⓘ studio visits ⓘ
operatesAs	artist-run school ⓘ
programLength	nine-week program ⓘ
programType	summer residency ⓘ
region	New England ⓘ
selectionProcess	competitive application ⓘ
setting	rural ⓘ
shortName	Skowhegan NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience	emerging visual artists ⓘ
website	https://www.skowheganart.org/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Robert Indiana → educatedAt → Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture ⓘ

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture → name → Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture ⓘ

Bernard Langlais → educatedAt → Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture ⓘ

Sidney Simon → notableWork → Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture ⓘ

Sidney Simon → coFounded → Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture ⓘ

Sidney Simon → taughtAt → Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture ⓘ

Charles Cutler → notableWork → Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture ⓘ

Alex Katz → educatedAt → Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture ⓘ

Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture → presentedBy → Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture ⓘ