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2025 MacDowell National Benefit

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Honoring the 6th Annual Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award recipient, architect Toshiko Mori, and our inaugural Hillcrest Arts Impact Award recipient, Joseph Mizzi of Sciame Construction.

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Fellows Fête

Join us for the 2025 MacDowell Fellows Reunion!

November 15th from 5PM-8PM at the Mercury Store in Brooklyn, NY

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MacDowell Awards 151 Fall Winter Fellowships to Artists

These distinguished artists will arrive at MacDowell’s historic campus between September 2025 and February 2026

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Watch Focus on Fellows

A journey through the day-to-day of MacDowell residencies.

Artists reflect on their transformative experiences at MacDowell, a residency fostering creativity and community while providing a nurturing environment for artistic exploration and the space to take on their most challenging work.

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Thanks for joining us for our Medal Day Celebration

On Sunday, June 29 we welcomed nearly 1,000 guests for our annual Medal Day celebration, honoring Chilean-born visual artist, architect and filmmaker Alfredo Jaar with the 65th Edward MacDowell Medal.

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Get to know 9,000+ artists

More than 9,000 artists have been awarded Fellowships to MacDowell, and more than 300 arrive each year. Get to know them.

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Land Acknowledgement

MacDowell’s staff and board acknowledge that our residency program takes place in Wabanaki, the Dawnland, on the traditional homelands of the Western Abenaki people ...

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Artist Accolades

MacDowell Fellows, working across seven artistic disciplines, have been recognized with many of the world’s most prestigious arts awards...

106 Pulitzer
Prizes
1009 Guggenheim
Fellowships
33 National
Book Awards
8 National
Medals for the Arts
36 MacArthur
Fellowships
130 Rome
Prizes
9 Academy
Awards
19 GRAMMY
Awards
39 Tony
Awards
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- Edward A. MacDowell