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Remembering Stephen Sondheim
November 29, 2021
I first met Stephen Sondheim at his home in New York City, a few months…
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Mahogany L. Browne and Urban Word to Receive Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award at MacDowell Virtual Benefit
November 10, 2021
Second Annual Arts Advocacy Award to be presented during free program of performances, readings, and…
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Campaign to Sustain: John Sieswerda on the Next 100 Years for the MacDowell Forest
November 9, 2021
For #GivingTuesday this year, we are spotlighting MacDowell’s commitment to environmental sustainability and some of…
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Librarian’s Probe into Photographer Leads to Discovery of 1925 Painting of MacDowell Grounds
November 1, 2021
A question about an early 20th-century photographer and a 12-year curiosity about a map have…
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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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Invisible No More!
September 22, 2021
The historic appointment of Deb Haaland as U.S. Secretary of the Interior can be traced…
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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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MacDowell Stands With Afghanistan’s Cultural Workers
August 26, 2021
MacDowell has joined hundreds of artists and arts organizations in signing an open letter to…
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Freedom to Connect
August 17, 2021
It was a different world: February of last year. We were in the final days…
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Walking Each Other Home Through this World
August 10, 2021
Transcript: Rosanne Cash on being honored with the Edward MacDowell Medal on July 1, 2021…
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Rosanne Cash – A Truly American Artist with a Body of Work of Incredible Breadth and Depth
August 10, 2021
Transcript: Kurt Andersen introduces the 61st Edward MacDowell Medalist Rosanne Cash on July 1, 2021…
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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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K’wlipaiôn, Nidôbak! Welcome, Friends, to Abenaki Country!
August 10, 2021
Transcript: Fellow and poet Cheryl Savageau, a member of the Abenaki nation, offers a land…
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MacDowell Champions Vital, Essential Art Makers – Including Voices on the Perimeters
August 10, 2021
Transcript: MacDowell Executive Director Philip Himberg opens the ceremony honoring Rosanne Cash on July 1…
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New Americana
July 20, 2021
"The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new…
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