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Why MacDowell NOW? Let the Circle Be Unbroken
November 19, 2020
Before I traveled my road, I was my road. – Antonio Porchia
Last August, while moving my…
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Why MacDowell NOW? "Covid Journals" a Testament to Seeing Acutely
November 6, 2020
In March of this year I was sitting in my studio in New York under…
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MacDowell to Reopen Modified Residency Program for Artists This Month
October 13, 2020
A detailed safety plan developed by staff and medical experts will provide for safe resumption…
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First Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award to be Presented to Ava DuVernay for ARRAY at MacDowell Benefit
September 27, 2020
Inaugural award to be presented by Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, with evening host Nell…
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Why MacDowell Now? On lockdown, wood pigeons, and grounding ourselves in the natural rhythms of creativity.
August 14, 2020
When Scotland went into COVID-19 lockdown on March 23, 2020 – a date now permanently emblazoned…
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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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