Artist News

Journalism Initiative Support Makes Finding the Long Arcs Possible

June 19, 2016

Deep reporting in writer's project about U.S.-Canada border is one of 15 fellowships assisted by…
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MacDowell Awards Charlotte Sheedy Fellowship to Cathleen Bailey

April 26, 2016

NEW YORK, April 26, 2016 – Writer Cathleen Richardson Bailey has been named the first recipient…
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68 Artists in Varied Disciplines Awarded Fellowships

January 4, 2016

PETERBOROUGH, N.H., JANUARY 4, 2016 -- The MacDowell Colony named sixty-eight artists who have been…
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Meehan Crist Wins Rona Jaffe Award

November 20, 2015

MacDowell Fellow secures Jaffe Award for work on head injury inquiry Meehan Crist was in Fiji…
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Robert Dell Papers to be Part of Smithsonian Archives of American Art

October 13, 2015

Sculptor who became inventor and director of Center for Innovation and Applied Technology at The…
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Choreographer Richard Siegal Wrapping Busy Summer and Fall

September 17, 2015

Innovative performances of his work included stops in NYC, Marseille and Munich. Richard Siegal has been…
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MacDowell Colony Chairman Welcomes Medal Day Crowd with Some Big, Universal Questions

August 20, 2015

Transcript: Michael Chabon reflects on mortality Thank you, thank you all for being here on this…
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Charlotte Sheedy Fellowship Supports Diverse New Literary Voices

July 8, 2015

Michael Chabon announces anonymous gift in honor of agent Charlotte Sheedy expands MacDowell Colony’s commitment…
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Jasper Johns, NEA Chair, and BBC Television Visit Colony

June 10, 2015

A busy three days sees visits from painter and printmaker Jasper Johns, National Endowment for…
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Meredith Monk Celebrates 50 Seasons Coast to Coast

May 15, 2015

Extraordinary series from Carnegie Hall to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco …
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National Benefit in New York City Raises the Roof

May 15, 2015

Comedian and Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman made for a supremely entertaining emcee at MacDowell’s…
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Pulitzer Prizes in Poetry and Music to Two MacDowell Fellows

May 8, 2015

The 2015 Pulitzer Prizes were announced in April, and among them were works by two…
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Guggenheim Fellowships to 14 MacDowell Fellows

April 20, 2015

Filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu is among 14 MacDowell Fellows who’ve recently won 2015 Guggenheim Fellowships…
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Calderwood Grant Challenge Supports Writers of Long-Form Journalism

March 17, 2015

MacDowell launches Art of Journalism Initiative dedicated to narrative reporting. A new initiative at MacDowell…
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Renovations to Shop Studio Will Result in Bright, Weathertight Eastman Studio

March 15, 2015

Refitting and improvements make 100-year-old building most energy efficient on The MacDowell Colony grounds A century-old…
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