Type: Fellowships

30 MacDowell Fellows Among 2025 Guggenheim Recipients: A Celebration of Artistic Achievement

April 22, 2025

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2025 Fellowship, marking…
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MacDowell Awards 199 Spring-Summer Fellowships to Artists Working Across Disciplines

February 27, 2025

MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program, has awarded 199 Fellowships to artists working in…
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MacDowell Awards 145 Esteemed, Fall-Winter Fellowships to Artists Working Across Disciplines

September 4, 2024

MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program, has awarded 145 Fellowships to artists working in…
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155 Artists Awarded Prized Fellowships to Nation’s First Artist Residency Program this Spring-Summer

March 5, 2024

MacDowell has awarded the equivalent of more than $2.3 million in Fellowships to 155 artists…
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154 Artists Awarded Esteemed MacDowell Fellowships from Second Largest Application Pool

September 12, 2023

An international group of 154 talented artists working in multiple disciplines have been awarded Fellowships…
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MacDowell Awards Spring-Summer Fellowships to 142 Artists

February 14, 2023

MacDowell will welcome 142 artists from 23 states, Washington, D.C., and 11 countries for spring…
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MacDowell and Institute of American Indian Arts Offer New Creative Writing Fellowship to MFAs

December 5, 2022

New Fellowship highlights MacDowell’s desire to support Indigenous voices and continue efforts to improve access…
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MacDowell Grants Residencies to 129 Artists as Program Returns to Full Capacity

September 14, 2022

Latest group of incoming artists will work in seven disciplines and arrive from 21 states…
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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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Arrival of 65 Artists at MacDowell Marks Last of COVID-related Reschedules

May 26, 2022

Incoming group of artists working in seven disciplines will arrive from 19 states and eight…
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The Eternal Importance of the Artist’s Mystery

January 27, 2022

Last year in Harper’s, the queer writer Garth Greenwell wrote an essay, “Making Meaning: Against…
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MacDowell to Receive $15,000 Grant From the National Endowment for the Arts

January 12, 2022

First-time Fellows will benefit from newest round of NEA funding. The National Endowment for the…
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MacDowell Drops Reference Requirement, Restructures Application Deadlines

October 13, 2021

MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program, has announced it will suspend a longstanding admissions…
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MacDowell Approaches Full Capacity, Awards Fellowships for Fall-Spring to 136 Artists

September 8, 2021

Record number of applications leads to international contingent of art makers from seven countries and…
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Introducing a Bold Vision for a Twentieth-Century Fellowship

August 10, 2021

Transcript: Nell Painter welcomes guests to Medal Day 2021 in MacDowell’s Bond Hall. Greetings, in person…
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