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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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Why MacDowell NOW? "Covid Journals" a Testament to Seeing Acutely
November 6, 2020
In March of this year I was sitting in my studio in New York under…
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MacDowell to Reopen Modified Residency Program for Artists This Month
October 13, 2020
A detailed safety plan developed by staff and medical experts will provide for safe resumption…
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First Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award to be Presented to Ava DuVernay for ARRAY at MacDowell Benefit
September 27, 2020
Inaugural award to be presented by Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, with evening host Nell…
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Why MacDowell Now? On lockdown, wood pigeons, and grounding ourselves in the natural rhythms of creativity.
August 14, 2020
When Scotland went into COVID-19 lockdown on March 23, 2020 – a date now permanently emblazoned…
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Virtual MacDowell “Residency” to Kick Off in August
July 28, 2020
Virtual MacDowell: Connection through Conversation will begin with eight artists whose residencies were cancelled as…
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Why MacDowell NOW? It Has Space to Forge a New National Vision
July 27, 2020
MacDowell Has Space to Forge a New National Vision
Today is June 10, 2020 – a day…
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MacDowell Removes “Colony” from Name
July 7, 2020
Board of Directors of 113-year-old artist residency program votes unanimously to remove terminology with oppressive…
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A Challenge In Three Acts and Contingent Contingencies
May 20, 2020
Dear Friends,
We are taking a brief hiatus from our series of bi-monthly essays, penned by…
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Composer/Performer Rosanne Cash to Receive MacDowell Medal, Celebration Postponed to August 2021
May 18, 2020
MacDowell plans virtual salons and concerts over next few months to highlight more than a…
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