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Virtual MacDowell “Residency” to Kick Off in August
July 28, 2020
Virtual MacDowell: Connection through Conversation will begin with eight artists whose residencies were cancelled as…
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Why MacDowell NOW? It Has Space to Forge a New National Vision
July 27, 2020
MacDowell Has Space to Forge a New National Vision
Today is June 10, 2020 – a day…
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Composer/Performer Rosanne Cash to Receive MacDowell Medal, Celebration Postponed to August 2021
May 18, 2020
MacDowell plans virtual salons and concerts over next few months to highlight more than a…
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Why MacDowell NOW?
April 2, 2020
Letter from the Director: In COVID Times
In our first 2020 MacDowell Newsletter, published in January…
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Why MacDowell NOW? Whitman, Melville, the Virus
April 2, 2020
Whitman, Melville, the Virus
Decades ago, someone said in a literature seminar I attended that while…
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MacDowell: We Are Here -- COVID-19 Resources
March 19, 2020
Hey, MacDowell Fellows: Interested in virtual gatherings with other Fellows from your time at MacDowell?…
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"Tonal Conversations" Collaboration Sparked at MacDowell is Just the Beginning
March 4, 2020
While in residence at The MacDowell Colony in the winter of 2017, artists Anne Beal…
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MacDowell - Urban Word Present Evening of Afro-Latinx Poetry
February 11, 2020
This Afro-Latinx Poetry Salon pairs literary figures with teen poets as part of yearlong series…
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Best-selling Author and Visual Artist Nell Painter Appointed Chair of MacDowell Colony Board of Directors
January 22, 2020
The award-winning author takes over for novelist Michael Chabon.
Nell Painter, the author of The New…
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Why MacDowell NOW?
January 15, 2020
At MacDowell with James Baldwin, to Stop and Do Nothing In Order to Start Anew
I…
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MacDowell Awards Winter-Spring Fellowships to 87 Artists
January 14, 2020
Seven international artists join Americans from across the country
The MacDowell Colony has awarded Fellowships…
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Laurie Anderson, Margaret Atwood to Join Author Michael Chabon at MacDowell Chairman’s Evening
November 5, 2019
The MacDowell Colony’s Chairman’s Evening on Monday, December 9, promises provocations on art and culture…
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79 Artists Awarded Fall MacDowell Fellowships
October 8, 2019
The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 79 artists from 19 states and six countries…
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Carol Burnett to Join The “Art of Memoir” Evening Salon With Authors Nell Painter and Amanda Stern at MacDowell NYC
September 10, 2019
Television icon and author Carol Burnett will appear at MacDowell NYC on Thursday evening, October…
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Charles Gaines Accepts the 60th Edward MacDowell Medal
September 3, 2019
Transcript: Conceptual visual artist Charles Gaines addressing the crowd on Medal Day, Sunday, August 11…
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