Type: Artist News

Michael Chabon Celebrates the Territorial Claim of Comic Art for MacDowell

August 20, 2018

Transcript: Chairman of the Board welcomes the Medal Day 2018 crowd to celebration of Art…
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Presentation Speaker Hillary Chute Examines Spiegelman’s Contributions to Culture

August 20, 2018

Transcript: Literary scholar introduces 59th MacDowell Medalist to the Medal Day crowd on August 12…
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Spain-USA Renews Partnership with MacDowell to Extend Fellowships to International Artists

July 26, 2018

Emerging or established composers working in any genre are welcome to apply July 26, 2018 – Peterborough…
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Colony Opens a Gathering Space in New York City, and Launches MacDowell NOW Yearlong Initiative

July 16, 2018

MacDowell NOW Responds to Today’s Tumultuous Times, When Art, Culture, Expression, and Dialogue Are Essential…
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Cartoonist and Graphic Novelist Art Spiegelman to Receive the 2018 Edward MacDowell Medal

May 21, 2018

Pulitzer-winning author of Maus will be honored with the first-ever Edward MacDowell Medal given in…
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Images of The National Benefit in NYC 2018

May 12, 2018

Tap or swipe to see more photos A star-studded group of artists performed and read…
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85 Artists Awarded MacDowell Fellowships for Summer Residencies

April 23, 2018

The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 85 artists from 18 states and six countries…
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Spain-USA Foundation Partners with MacDowell to Extend Fellowships to International Artists

January 22, 2018

Javier Moreno Sanchez and Octavio Vasquez First to Arrive Under New Partnership January 22, 2018 – Peterborough…
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85 Artists Awarded Fellowships for Winter-Spring Residencies at MacDowell

January 17, 2018

JANUARY 17, 2018 – PETERBOROUGH, N.H. –The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 85 artists from…
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MacDowell Fellow Donates Father’s Thornton Wilder Collection to Colony

November 14, 2017

Composer Joel Harrison (MF 7x 02-14) has donated a box full of limited-edition Thornton Wilder…
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Three MacDowell Fellows Named 2017 MacArthur “Genius” Grantees

October 11, 2017

Playwright Annie Baker, Playwright & Performance Artist Taylor Mac, and Architect Damon Rich All Found…
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Autumn MacDowell Fellowships Awarded to 68 Artists in Seven Disciplines

September 14, 2017

PETERBOROUGH, N.H., SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 -- The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 68 artists…
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Fiction Writer Dominica Phetteplace Among This Year’s Rona Jaffe Award Winners

September 12, 2017

Fiction writer Dominica Phetteplace (16) was named a winner of one of six 2017 Rona…
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Novelist Michael Chabon Wishes Medal Day Visitors the Truth of their Dreams

August 17, 2017

Transcript: Medal Day Welcome Address by Michael Chabon on August 13, 2017, at MacDowell You…
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Kristine McKenna Speaks of the Funny and Generous 2017 Medalist David Lynch

August 17, 2017

Transcript: Journalist Kristine McKenna Talks About David Lynch at The MacDowell Colony on Medal Day…
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