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Toni Morrison to Receive 2016 Edward MacDowell Medal

April 7, 2016

Nobel and Pulitzer winner joins venerated group of recipients and will be honored at free…
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MacDowell Turns On the Power of the Sun

January 28, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Jan. 28, 2016 -- A new half-acre array of solar panels…
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68 Artists in Varied Disciplines Awarded Fellowships

January 4, 2016

PETERBOROUGH, N.H., JANUARY 4, 2016 -- The MacDowell Colony named sixty-eight artists who have been…
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Meehan Crist Wins Rona Jaffe Award

November 20, 2015

MacDowell Fellow secures Jaffe Award for work on head injury inquiry Meehan Crist was in Fiji…
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Robert Dell Papers to be Part of Smithsonian Archives of American Art

October 13, 2015

Sculptor who became inventor and director of Center for Innovation and Applied Technology at The…
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Choreographer Richard Siegal Wrapping Busy Summer and Fall

September 17, 2015

Innovative performances of his work included stops in NYC, Marseille and Munich. Richard Siegal has been…
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He Was the Whole Man and a Remarkable, Majestic Human Being

August 21, 2015

Transcript: Fellow composer Yehudi Wyner and friend of the Medalist reviews the genius that was…
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Music is a Force that Brings Humans Together

August 21, 2015

Transcript: WQXR Radio Host Terrance McKnight explains the universe of activity that was Gunther Schuller. …
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MacDowell Colony Chairman Welcomes Medal Day Crowd with Some Big, Universal Questions

August 20, 2015

Transcript: Michael Chabon reflects on mortality Thank you, thank you all for being here on this…
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Charlotte Sheedy Fellowship Supports Diverse New Literary Voices

July 8, 2015

Michael Chabon announces anonymous gift in honor of agent Charlotte Sheedy expands MacDowell Colony’s commitment…
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Medal Day to Celebrate the Late Gunther Schuller's Life in Music

June 24, 2015

Yehudi Wyner, Terrance McKnight to celebrate work of late composer during MacDowell Colony public event…
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New Journalism Fellowship Honors Distinguished Editor John S. Carroll

June 18, 2015

PETERBOROUGH, N.H. – June 18, 2015 – The he MacDowell Colony, the nation’s first artist residency program…
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Jasper Johns, NEA Chair, and BBC Television Visit Colony

June 10, 2015

A busy three days sees visits from painter and printmaker Jasper Johns, National Endowment for…
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Meredith Monk Celebrates 50 Seasons Coast to Coast

May 15, 2015

Extraordinary series from Carnegie Hall to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco …
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National Benefit in New York City Raises the Roof

May 15, 2015

Comedian and Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman made for a supremely entertaining emcee at MacDowell’s…
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