Type: Press Releases

85 Artists Awarded Fellowships for Winter-Spring Residencies at MacDowell

January 17, 2018

JANUARY 17, 2018 – PETERBOROUGH, N.H. –The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 85 artists from…
Learn More

Patti Smith, Salman Rushdie & Michael Chabon Riff on Art & Inspiration 5th Annual Chairman’s Evening

November 14, 2017

NOVEMBER 14, 2017 -- NEW YORK: The MacDowell Colony the nation’s first artist residency program…
Learn More

Autumn MacDowell Fellowships Awarded to 68 Artists in Seven Disciplines

September 14, 2017

PETERBOROUGH, N.H., SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 -- The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 68 artists…
Learn More

David Lynch Biographer Kristine McKenna to Speak at Medal Day August 13

July 25, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Peterborough, NH – July 25, 2017 – Curator, critic, and journalist Kristine McKenna will…
Learn More

Summer Fellowships at MacDowell Awarded to 69 Artists in Multiple Disciplines

June 12, 2017

PETERBOROUGH, N.H., JUNE 12, 2017 -- The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 69 artists…
Learn More

Filmmaker David Lynch Named 2017 Edward MacDowell Medalist

May 14, 2017

Peterborough, NH – May 14, 2017 – This year's Medal Day celebration will honor filmmaker David Lynch…
Learn More

MacDowell Colony to Move into Expanded Chelsea Offices, Elects New President

May 2, 2017

NEW YORK, NY, May 1, 2017 -- The MacDowell Colony, one of the nation’s leading…
Learn More

NEA Grant Supports 10 MacDowell Artists from Diverse Backgrounds

March 13, 2017

When composer Travis Alford came to The MacDowell Colony for the first time last year…
Learn More

MacDowell Fellowships Awarded to 74 Artists In Multiple Disciplines

January 11, 2017

PETERBOROUGH, N.H., JANUARY 11, 2017 -- The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 74 artists…
Learn More

New Funding: Middle Eastern Artists, Artists with Children, and Oregon Visual Artists

November 16, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Nov. 16, 2016 -- The MacDowell Colony is proud to announce…
Learn More

Director Peter Sellars to Introduce Toni Morrison to Medal Day Crowd August 14

July 24, 2016

Public invited to tour open studios at free event honoring Nobel Prize- and Pulitzer Prize-winning…
Learn More

Architects of MacDowell Library Will Design Obama Presidential Library

July 11, 2016

PETERBOROUGH, N.H., JULY 11, 2016 -- President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have chosen…
Learn More

Lincoln Financial and MacDowell Team Up to Engage Students With the Arts

June 9, 2016

Grant seeks to get more students involved in Medal Day honoring novelist Toni Morrison PETERBOROUGH…
Learn More

MacDowell Awards Charlotte Sheedy Fellowship to Cathleen Bailey

April 26, 2016

NEW YORK, April 26, 2016 – Writer Cathleen Richardson Bailey has been named the first recipient…
Learn More

Toni Morrison to Receive 2016 Edward MacDowell Medal

April 7, 2016

Nobel and Pulitzer winner joins venerated group of recipients and will be honored at free…
Learn More