Latest News & Press Releases
Type: Press Releases
Chiwoniso Kaitano Named MacDowell Executive Director with Charge to Deepen Access for All Artists
February 24, 2023
New Director to Focus on Expanding Sources of Support and Outreach.
Chiwoniso “Chi” Kaitano will join…
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MacDowell Awards Spring-Summer Fellowships to 142 Artists
February 14, 2023
MacDowell will welcome 142 artists from 23 states, Washington, D.C., and 11 countries for spring…
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MacDowell and Institute of American Indian Arts Offer New Creative Writing Fellowship to MFAs
December 5, 2022
New Fellowship highlights MacDowell’s desire to support Indigenous voices and continue efforts to improve access…
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MacDowell Grants Residencies to 129 Artists as Program Returns to Full Capacity
September 14, 2022
Latest group of incoming artists will work in seven disciplines and arrive from 21 states…
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MacDowell’s Philip Himberg to Step Down, Having Fulfilled Charge to Spur Transition to Greater Access and Opportunity Among Artists
September 6, 2022
Executive Director’s three-and-a-half years highlighted by deep dive into diversity, equity, inclusion and access work…
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Susan Unterberg, Founder of Anonymous Was A Woman, Honored with Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award
August 15, 2022
Award highlights MacDowell Fellow and visual artist’s generous support of women-identifying artists and will be…
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Four New Members Bring a Range of Talent and Expertise to MacDowell Board of Directors
June 15, 2022
Unanimous election brings strengths in development and mission building to nation’s first artist residency program.
MacDowell…
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Poetry Foundation Supports Sonia Sanchez Fellowship at MacDowell
June 9, 2022
Honor to coincide with novelist Walter Mosley introducing 2022 MacDowell Medalist Sonia Sanchez during free…
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Arrival of 65 Artists at MacDowell Marks Last of COVID-related Reschedules
May 26, 2022
Incoming group of artists working in seven disciplines will arrive from 19 states and eight…
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Sonia Sanchez, Poet, Lecturer, Activist for Peace and Racial Justice, Will Receive 2022 MacDowell Medal
March 7, 2022
Professor and international lecturer is a Langston Hughes Award and Robert Frost Medal winner and…
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MacDowell Decries Artistic Censorship
February 4, 2022
Freedom to Create has always been a touchstone of MacDowell’s core vision and values. We…
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MacDowell to Receive $15,000 Grant From the National Endowment for the Arts
January 12, 2022
First-time Fellows will benefit from newest round of NEA funding.
The National Endowment for the…
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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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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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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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