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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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MacDowell Names 47 Artists from 13 States and Three Countries for Rescheduled Summer Residencies
May 26, 2021
One of the nation’s leading arts organizations schedules residencies deferred from 2020 due to the…
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Why MacDowell NOW? The Monster of Monday Music
March 15, 2021
MacDowell landed in my life like a meteor crashing onto the sidewalk before my feet…
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MacDowell Joins Family, Friends of Katherine Min to Celebrate Author’s Life, New Fellowship
March 2, 2021
On Being a Sprinter: The Inaugural Katherine Min Fellowship Celebration – a live reading and memorial…
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MacDowell to Receive $25,000 Grant From the National Endowment for the Arts
February 8, 2021
Essential funding arrives at a critical time to benefit an artist who has never been…
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Why MacDowell NOW? Without Artists There is no Justice
January 19, 2021
Without artists there is no justice – Darren Walker, president of The Ford Foundation
Dear MacDowell Family,
Nearing…
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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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Financial Aid at MacDowell: Investing in Artists So They Can Invest in Their Art
March 23, 2020
Since I started working for MacDowell, my favorite part of the job has been learning…
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MacDowell Announces Temporary COVID-19 Closure
March 13, 2020
Artists-in-residence will be assisted with early departures; no new Fellows to arrive until danger of…
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MacDowell Awards Winter-Spring Fellowships to 87 Artists
January 14, 2020
Seven international artists join Americans from across the country
The MacDowell Colony has awarded Fellowships…
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