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Fiction Writer Dominica Phetteplace Among This Year’s Rona Jaffe Award Winners
September 12, 2017
Fiction writer Dominica Phetteplace (16) was named a winner of one of six 2017 Rona…
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Images of Medal Day 2017
September 6, 2017
Tap or swipe above to see a slideshow of images of Medal Day 2017
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Novelist Michael Chabon Wishes Medal Day Visitors the Truth of their Dreams
August 17, 2017
Transcript: Medal Day Welcome Address by Michael Chabon on August 13, 2017 at The MacDowell…
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Kristine McKenna Speaks of the Funny and Generous 2017 Medalist David Lynch
August 17, 2017
Transcript: Journalist Kristine McKenna Talks About David Lynch at The MacDowell Colony on Medal Day…
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David Lynch Biographer Kristine McKenna to Speak at Medal Day August 13
July 25, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Peterborough, NH – July 25, 2017 – Curator, critic, and journalist Kristine McKenna will…
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Netflix Deal Brings MacDowell Fellow Novel Adaptation to Small Screen
July 10, 2017
When novelist Hillary Jordan (MF 10, 14, 17) heard the rapturous applause and watched the…
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Summer Fellowships at MacDowell Awarded to 69 Artists in Multiple Disciplines
June 12, 2017
PETERBOROUGH, N.H., JUNE 12, 2017 -- The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 69 artists…
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Filmmaker David Lynch Named 2017 Edward MacDowell Medalist
May 14, 2017
Peterborough, NH – May 14, 2017 – This year's Medal Day celebration will honor filmmaker David Lynch…
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J.T. Rogers, Rebecca Taichman, Mimi Lien Win Tonys Among 54 Nominations
May 2, 2017
Updated June 14:
J.T. Rogers, Rebecca Taichman, and Mimi Lien picked up individual Tony…
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MacDowell Colony to Move into Expanded Chelsea Offices, Elects New President
May 2, 2017
NEW YORK, NY, May 1, 2017 -- The MacDowell Colony, one of the nation’s leading…
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The Art of Journalism as Practiced by Writer Jennifer Percy
April 19, 2017
Writer Jennifer Percy came to The MacDowell Colony in the summer of 2015 after spending…
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52-Title Donation Courtesy of Honor Moore and Board Member Peter Jachym
April 17, 2017
Thanks to MacDowell Fellow Honor Moore (10x 77-17) for facilitating a recent donation of 52…
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Pulitzer Prizes to Three Fellows in Crowded Field
April 11, 2017
Congratulations to poet Tyehimba Jess (15) who today won a Pulitzer Prize in poetry for…
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Arts Advocacy Day Kicks Off with "The Art of Democracy"
April 6, 2017
The MacDowell Colony took part in the 30th annual Arts Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C…
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MacDowell and Schelling Studio: 110 Years of Working Artists
March 20, 2017
For MacDowell's first three summers, sculptor Helen Mears and writer Mary Mears each worked in…
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