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MacDowell Announces Temporary COVID-19 Closure
March 13, 2020
Artists-in-residence will be assisted with early departures; no new Fellows to arrive until danger of…
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"Tonal Conversations" Collaboration Sparked at MacDowell is Just the Beginning
March 4, 2020
While in residence at The MacDowell Colony in the winter of 2017, artists Anne Beal…
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MacDowell Presents: Composers Aruán Ortiz and João Luiz – From Contemporary Chamber Music to Avant-Garde Jazz
March 2, 2020
An evening of performances and discussion with a multilayered look into the musical influences and…
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MacDowell - Urban Word Present Evening of Afro-Latinx Poetry
February 11, 2020
This Afro-Latinx Poetry Salon pairs literary figures with teen poets as part of yearlong series…
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Best-selling Author and Visual Artist Nell Painter Appointed Chair of MacDowell Colony Board of Directors
January 22, 2020
The award-winning author takes over for novelist Michael Chabon.
Nell Painter, the author of The New…
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Why MacDowell NOW?
January 15, 2020
At MacDowell with James Baldwin, to Stop and Do Nothing In Order to Start Anew
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MacDowell Awards Winter-Spring Fellowships to 87 Artists
January 14, 2020
Seven international artists join Americans from across the country
The MacDowell Colony has awarded Fellowships…
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MacDowell Announces 2020 Public Season of Works-in-Process and Artist Conversations in New York
December 17, 2019
"Spark & Illumination" showcases theatre, literature, music, architecture, visual art, film, performance, and journalism as…
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29th Annual Alliance of Artists Communities Conference Proves its Relevance in Offering Timely Program
November 13, 2019
More than 300 participants including representatives from at least 150 artist communities gathered in St…
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Laurie Anderson, Margaret Atwood to Join Author Michael Chabon at MacDowell Chairman’s Evening
November 5, 2019
The MacDowell Colony’s Chairman’s Evening on Monday, December 9, promises provocations on art and culture…
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79 Artists Awarded Fall MacDowell Fellowships
October 8, 2019
The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 79 artists from 19 states and six countries…
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Carol Burnett to Join The “Art of Memoir” Evening Salon With Authors Nell Painter and Amanda Stern at MacDowell NYC
September 10, 2019
Television icon and author Carol Burnett will appear at MacDowell NYC on Thursday evening, October…
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Charles Gaines Accepts the 60th Edward MacDowell Medal
September 3, 2019
Transcript: Conceptual visual artist Charles Gaines addressing the crowd on Medal Day, Sunday, August 11…
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Thelma Golden Introduces 60th Edward MacDowell Medalist Charles Gaines
September 3, 2019
Transcript: Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem Thelma Golden provides context…
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Michael Chabon on the Power of Art in Troubling Times
September 3, 2019
Transcript: Chairman of the Board welcomes the Medal Day 2019 crowd to celebration of 60th
Edward…
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