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MacDowell Names 47 Artists from 13 States and Three Countries for Rescheduled Summer Residencies
May 26, 2021
One of the nation’s leading arts organizations schedules residencies deferred from 2020 due to the…
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Rosanne Cash to Receive MacDowell Medal in NHPBS Broadcast Featuring Kurt Andersen, Roz Chast and Special Musical Guest
May 18, 2021
Medal Day special to premier on New Hampshire PBS on August 8. Program includes interview…
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In Pursuit of Tenderness for All Living Things
May 17, 2021
I’m sure I made even the moss giggle on the velvety boulders left in the…
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Do not disappear the words.
April 21, 2021
i.When MacDowell dropped “Colony” from its name, I felt trepidation. Certainly any person or organization…
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92Y and MacDowell Team Up for Second Salon Exploring Identity and Artistic Vision
April 13, 2021
Virtual conversation May 6 on the Enactment of Identity: P. Carl, Michael Chabon, and Chang-rae…
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MacDowell Condemns Acts of Hate and Violence Against Asians and Pacific Islanders
March 17, 2021
A message from our Executive Director on behalf of the MacDowell community:
MacDowell is an American…
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Why MacDowell NOW? The Monster of Monday Music
March 15, 2021
MacDowell landed in my life like a meteor crashing onto the sidewalk before my feet…
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MacDowell Joins Family, Friends of Katherine Min to Celebrate Author’s Life, New Fellowship
March 2, 2021
On Being a Sprinter: The Inaugural Katherine Min Fellowship Celebration – a live reading and memorial…
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Why MacDowell NOW? Ayad Akhtar on Art and the Art Residency in a Troubled Democracy
February 18, 2021
To continue our series asking MacDowell Fellows to reflect on our moment in history and…
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MacDowell to Receive $25,000 Grant From the National Endowment for the Arts
February 8, 2021
Essential funding arrives at a critical time to benefit an artist who has never been…
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MacDowell Reaches Full Solar Electrical Generation
February 1, 2021
Last month, MacDowell celebrated the first anniversary of renewably generating all electrical energy powering the…
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Why MacDowell NOW? Without Artists There is no Justice
January 19, 2021
Without artists there is no justice – Darren Walker, president of The Ford Foundation
Dear MacDowell Family,
Nearing…
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MacDowell and The Rona Jaffe Foundation Join with Four Distinguished Writers to Mark Partnership
January 5, 2021
I Was Becoming: A reading and conversation with writers Elif Batuman, Chelsea Bieker, Monica Sok…
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92Y and MacDowell Team Up for Discussion on Women, Art & Identity
December 2, 2020
A Conversation on the Enactment of Identity: Andrea Martin, Indhu Rubasingham and Jacqueline Woodson speak…
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Why MacDowell NOW? Let the Circle Be Unbroken
November 19, 2020
Before I traveled my road, I was my road. – Antonio Porchia
Last August, while moving my…
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