The Fellows Executive Committee (FEC) is made up of artists who have been in residence at MacDowell. The FEC generates and communicates the ideas, opinions, and suggestions of MacDowell Fellows to MacDowell’s executive director and board members. New committee members are chosen by existing FEC members from a pool of willing volunteers who express interest and enthusiasm.
The FEC aims to be a rotating, ever-refreshing pool of backgrounds and input. To that end, FEC volunteers serve for two or three years.
The FEC meets with MacDowell’s executive director four times a year in New York. In addition to providing feedback on the residency experience from an artist’s perspective, the committee plans and organizes the Annual Fellows Party, a fantastic fall bash to which all MacDowell Fellows (and their partners, spouses, and friends) are invited. The event raises money for the residency program that, in the past, has been directed to provide such things as computers and e-mail service, bicycles and their repairs, and a public address system. Some FEC gifts have later been adopted as regular fixtures in the MacDowell budget, such as the real maple syrup that greets breakfasters in the dining room.
The Fellows Executive Committee exists to serve all MacDowell artists. Any questions, ideas, or suggestions about residency life or any program-related issue can be e-mailed to the FEC by clicking here.
Fellows Executive Committee
President
- Rosemarie Fiore, Visual Art
Vice President
- Paula Whyman, Literature
Members
- Eloisa Amezcua, Literature
- Brian Arnold, Visual Art
- Theresa Hackett, Visual Art
- DaMaris Hill, Literature
- Nene Humphrey, Visual Art
- Emily Noelle Lambert, Visual Art
- Abigail Levine, Interdisciplinary Art
- Žibuoklė Martinaitytė, Music Composition
- Frank Melendez, Architecture
- Brian Rogers, Interdisciplinary Art
- Eleonor Sandresky, Music Composition
- Seamus Scanlon, Literature
- Amanda Stern, Literature
- Trevor Weston, Music Composition
- Amy Yee, Literature
Treasurer
- Martha Mooke, Music Composition
Secretary
- Scott Adkins, Interdisciplinary Art
Emeritus Members
- Dionne Ford, Literature
- Michael Harrison, Music Composition
- Larry Krone, Interdisciplinary Art
- Brandon Neubauer, Interdisciplinary Art
- Wendy Richmond, Interdisciplinary Art
- Jason Van Nest, Architecture
- Scott Wheeler, Music Composition
Regional Liaison
Arizona
- Rashaad Thomas, Literature
Philadelphia
- Kerry Dolan, Literature
Gainesville
- Meghan Moe Beitiks, Interdisciplinary Art
Boston
- Barbara Trachtenberg, Visual Art
Ohio
- Moriel Rothman-Zecher, Literature
New Orleans
- Lindsay Sproul, Literature
Ithaca
- Michael Leighton Beaman, Architecture
Toronto
- Daniel Simmons, Architecture
Los Angeles
- Tess Taylor, Literature