School of Art alumna Lois Dodd A’48 is one of the three artist subjects featured in Artists in Residence, a new documentary debuting as part of the DocNYC Festival this November. Dodd, known for her paintings of landscapes and interiors and for co-founding the groundbreaking artist-run Tanager Gallery, broke societal conventions when she purchased a house on the Bowery in the 1950s with two other women artists, printmaker Eleanor Magid and sculptor Louise Kruger. For over fifty years, the three women lived together at 30 East 2nd Street, raising their children as single mothers and working artists. They led an unconventional and deeply entwined life, one that allowed art to thrive, but also held its own challenges. In Artists in Residence, Dodd, Magid, and Kruger along with their now-adult children are interviewed about their experiences. 

Dodd who has been awarded both The Cooper Union Presidential Citation and the Augustus Saint-Gaudens Medal, was part of a 2018 panel about contemporary painting in the Great Hall with art critics and fellow alumni including the late Thomas Nozkowski A’67 and Philip Taaffe A’77. Her work is in the collections of the Colby College Museum, the Farnsworth Museum, and the National Academy of Design. She will appear with some of the filmmakers as part of a panel about Artists in Residence when the documentary screens on Friday, November 14 at the Village East by Angelika.