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Fairfax Dorn, Co-Founder of Ballroom Marfa, to Be Honored with Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award
September 28, 2023
Award highlights Ballroom Marfa Artistic Director Fairfax Dorn’s commitment to the arts and its creators…
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Providing Artists What They Need is a Simple and Pure Endeavor
August 2, 2023
Transcript: Board President Christine Fisher addresses the gathered at the July 23, 2023 Medal Day…
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A MacDowell Salute to Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman
July 31, 2023
Transcript: Resident Director David Macy explains the naming of Van Zorn Studio
Thank you, Chi! This…
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Her Work Speaks Eloquently, Beautifully, of Histories We All Need to Face
July 31, 2023
Transcript: Madam Chairman of the Board and Fellow Nell Painter welcomes the crowd to Medal…
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Our True North: Providing the freedom to create with eyes, arms, and hearts open to a future of limitless possibility
July 31, 2023
Transcript: Executive Director Chiwoniso Kaitano addresses the crowd at her first Medal Day, July 23…
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Providing the Microphone for Many to Use Their Voices to Speak Truth to Power
July 31, 2023
Transcript: Author Jesse Wente introduces filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, the 63rd Edward MacDowell Medalist, on July…
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Thank You So Much for This Great, Great Honor
July 31, 2023
Transcript: Alanis Obomsawin Accepts the Edward MacDowell Medal on July 23, 2023 with a brief…
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63rd MacDowell Medal to be Awarded to Abenaki Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin
April 3, 2023
Best-selling author Jesse Wente will introduce Medalist to crowd during free outdoor public celebration on…
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Susan Unterberg, Founder of Anonymous Was A Woman, Honored with Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award
August 15, 2022
Award highlights MacDowell Fellow and visual artist’s generous support of women-identifying artists and will be…
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Let us Walk our Brightness as Brothers and Sisters on this Earth
July 29, 2022
Transcript: Sonia Sanchez on the importance of the arts, teaching, and respect for our fellow…
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Poet, Playwright, Songstress, Titan, Warrior, and Mother to Hope
July 29, 2022
Transcript: Introductory speaker, novelist, and MacDowell Fellow Walter Mosley introduces 62nd MacDowell Medalist Sonia Sanchez.
Hello…
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Blazing Her Path on Freedom’s Legs
July 29, 2022
Transcript: Nell Painter Welcomes the Crowd Gathered to Honor 2022 MacDowell Medal Winner Sonia Sanchez.
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Executive Director Philip Himberg Calls Medal Day a Jubilee Celebrating Art’s Power to Transform
July 29, 2022
Transcript: Philip Himberg’s remarks to the Medal Day crowd on July 10, 2022 and his…
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Poetry Foundation Supports Sonia Sanchez Fellowship at MacDowell
June 9, 2022
Honor to coincide with novelist Walter Mosley introducing 2022 MacDowell Medalist Sonia Sanchez during free…
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Sonia Sanchez, Poet, Lecturer, Activist for Peace and Racial Justice, Will Receive 2022 MacDowell Medal
March 7, 2022
Professor and international lecturer is a Langston Hughes Award and Robert Frost Medal winner and…
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