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Campaign to Sustain: John Sieswerda on the Next 100 Years for the MacDowell Forest

For #GivingTuesday this year, we are spotlighting MacDowell’s commitment to environmental sustainability and some of…
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A question about an early 20th-century photographer and a 12-year curiosity about a map have…
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MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program, has announced it will suspend a longstanding admissions…
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The historic appointment of Deb Haaland as U.S. Secretary of the Interior can be traced…
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Record number of applications leads to international contingent of art makers from seven countries and…
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MacDowell has joined hundreds of artists and arts organizations in signing an open letter to…
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It was a different world: February of last year. We were in the final days…
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Transcript: Rosanne Cash on being honored with the Edward MacDowell Medal on July 1, 2021…
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Transcript: Kurt Andersen introduces the 61st Edward MacDowell Medalist Rosanne Cash on July 1, 2021…
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Transcript: Nell Painter welcomes guests to Medal Day 2021 in MacDowell’s Bond Hall. Greetings, in person…
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Transcript: Fellow and poet Cheryl Savageau, a member of the Abenaki nation, offers a land…
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Transcript: MacDowell Executive Director Philip Himberg opens the ceremony honoring Rosanne Cash on July 1…
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"The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new…
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This is an essay with starts, variants, losses, but no clear end. Sort of like…
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In the spring of 2019, when Philip Himberg was hired as MacDowell’s new executive director…
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