MacDowell Awards Fall 2026 Winter 2027 Fellowships to Artists Working Across Disciplines

MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program, has awarded 130 Fellowships to visionary artists working across seven disciplines, representing 15 states as well as 11 countries, for its Fall 2026 Winter 2027 season. These distinguished artists will arrive at MacDowell’s historic campus in Peterborough, New Hampshire between September 2026 and February 2027, each with an average stay of four weeks. Selected from a highly competitive pool of 2009 applicants, with an acceptance rate of 6 percent, artists are awarded Fellowships solely based on the artistic excellence of their work, as evaluated by independent panels of discipline specific experts.

“We are delighted to welcome Ritesh Batra and the Lazours (Daniel and Patrick Lazour) to MacDowell as our first collective group in residence,” says Courtney Bethel, MacDowell’s Admissions Director. “While MacDowell has a long-standing tradition of supporting artists working collaboratively, we expanded our support for collaborative artmaking for the Fall 2026 Winter 2027 season by creating a designated application process for established collectives. We are excited to think about ways in which MacDowell may expand in response to the needs of artists working today.”

Established artist collectives, or groups of 3-12 people working on a joint project, may now submit under one application for residencies that will take place over two weeks, with shared studio spaces tailored to the needs of each project. Submissions in this category are limited to 10 applications each season, and once that number has been reached, submissions for the season close.

MacDowell’s Executive Director Chiwoniso Kaitano shares, “Recognizing and supporting the many ways artists create together is essential to our mission. Artists who work collectively are deserving of the same environment MacDowell offers individual artists—space, time, nourishment, and an inspiring natural landscape.”

Twice each year, MacDowell convenes esteemed panels of professionals— recognized leaders in their respective fields— who assess applications anonymously. Selection is based on the merit of submitted work samples and project proposals, allowing the creative voice and vision of applicants to speak for themselves.

During their time at MacDowell, Fellows are granted the gift of uninterrupted focus, supported by a private studio, comfortable accommodations, and three thoughtfully prepared meals each day. Residencies may last up to eight weeks.

The next application deadline is February 10, 2027 for the Fall 2027 Winter 2028 residency season. The application will open in mid-January.


Artists awarded Fall 2026 Winter 2027 MacDowell Fellowships include:

Architecture: Ekin Bilal, James Andrew Billingsley, Kyong Kim, Zachary Schumacher, and Jie Zhang.

Music Composition: Utku Asuroglu, Michaela Rea Catranis, Jessie Cox, Bobby Ge, Yifan Guo, Mara Helmuth, Pierre Jalbert, Ellen Lindquist, Alyssa Regent, Kurt Rohde*, Igor Santos, Steven Kazou Takasugi*, Danae Venson, Therese Workman, and Ni Zheng.

Film/Video Arts: Natalia Almada*, Ben Donateo, Khary Jones, Nicole Otero*, Tanju Ozdemir, Kate Renshaw-Lewis, Hernán Rosselli, Deborah Stratman*, G. Anthony Svatek, Eva Victor, Kevin Walker, Paweł Wojtasik*, and Xiao Zhang.

Interdisciplinary Arts: Herdimas Anggara, Jenna Caravello, Youkyoung Cho, Antonio Darden, Maria Fusco, Sue Huang, Ambrose Idemudia, Anna Lublina, Sara Stern, Sarah Cameron Sunde, Brigitta Váradi*, and Yasuko Yokoshi.

Theatre Arts: Ritesh Batra, Eliza Bent*, Sheila Callaghan*, Emielyn Das, Avery Deutsch, Dan Fishback*, Beth Flintoff, Morgan Gould*, Dave Harris, Peter Kim George*, Daniel Lazour*, Patrick Lazour*, Harrison Lewis, Jane Lui, Audley Puglisi, Danielle Stagger, Yana Thönnes, Daisuke Tsuji, and Lois Weaver.

Visual Arts: Ana Cláudia Almeida, DL Alvarez, Tabitha Arnold*, Agathe Bouton, Rachel Britton, Namwon Choi, Adam Ekberg, Johnny Floyd, Carl E. Hazlewood*, Gi (Ginny) Huo, Selena Kimball*, Meg Lipke, Erin M Riley*, Sherrill Roland, and Alina Tenser.

Literature: 'Pemi Aguda*, Elina Alter, Luciana Arbus-Scandiffio, Mayookh Barua, Clare Beams*, Peter Cameron*, Lauren Camp, Rebecca Chace*, Steven Chang*, Jesús Chapa Malacara, Anelise Chen, Patty Crane*, Jen Currin, David DeGusta*, Angie Estes*, Herman Farrell III*, Mya Frazier, Jenny George*, Nicole Georges, A. Kendra Greene*, Susan Henderson, Hua Hsu, Brooke Jarvis, Adib Khorram*, Christopher Knapp, Aryn Kyle*, Karolina Letunova, Kelly Link*, Ted Mathys, Qiang Meng, Nicholas Montemarano*, Janice Nimura, Han Ong*, Weijia Pan, Joanna Pearson*, Ross Perlin*, Torrey Peters, Melissa Range*, Joan Reilly, Jason Roberts, Hasanthika Sirisena*, Bishakh Som, Avi Steinberg, Emma Straub, Yeldana Talgatkyzy, Michelle Tea, Justin Torres, Snehal Vadher, Ellen Doré Watson*, Jacqueline Woodson* and Simon Wu.

For over a century, MacDowell has remained a sanctuary for artistic exploration and achievement. Its alumni have shaped culture on a national and global scale, earning countless honors in the arts. To open the residency to the broadest possible community of artists, MacDowell offers travel assistance and need-based stipends to ensure that all accepted artists may pursue their work in an environment of peace, purpose, and creative freedom.

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Made at MacDowell for 119 Years | Founded in 1907 by composer Edward MacDowell and pianist Marian MacDowell, MacDowell is the nation’s first artist residency program. It was established to nurture the arts by providing exceptional creative individuals with an inspiring environment to produce enduring works of the imagination. Honored with the National Medal of Arts in 1997, MacDowell hosts 300 artists annually—including architects, composers, filmmakers, interdisciplinary artists, theatre artists, visual artists, and writers—from across the U.S. and around the world. Over the past 119 years, more than 16,500 residencies have been awarded to distinguished artists such as James Baldwin, Charlie Kaufman, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Louise Erdrich, Suzan-Lori Parks, Ayad Akhtar, Laura Poitras, Faith Ringgold, Meredith Monk, Osvaldo Golijov, Sam Grabiner, Ersela Kripa, Alyson Shotz, Maya Ciarrocchi, and jaamil olawale kosoko.

For more information, contact Jericho Parms, Chief Advancement Officer, jparms@macdowell.org, (212) 535-9690