Latest News & Press Releases
Type: Press Releases
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Studio Museum Director Thelma Golden to Introduce Charles Gaines to Medal Day Crowd August 11
June 5, 2019
Public invited to tour open studios at free event honoring renowned pivotal conceptual artist.
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93 Artists Awarded Summer MacDowell Fellowships
May 21, 2019
More than $1 Million in Support to be Given for Residencies
The MacDowell Colony has awarded…
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Conceptual Artist Charles Gaines to Receive the 60th Edward MacDowell Medal
April 7, 2019
2019 Medal will be awarded to visual artist at free public event on August 11.
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MacDowell Receives $30,000 Grant from National Endowment for the Arts
March 13, 2019
Annual funding assistance will bring 10 artists to MacDowell
March 13, 2019 – New York …
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