Type: Press Releases

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…
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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…
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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…
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MacDowell Turns On the Power of the Sun

January 28, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Jan. 28, 2016 -- A new half-acre array of solar panels…
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68 Artists in Varied Disciplines Awarded Fellowships

January 4, 2016

PETERBOROUGH, N.H., JANUARY 4, 2016 -- The MacDowell Colony named sixty-eight artists who have been…
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Charlotte Sheedy Fellowship Supports Diverse New Literary Voices

July 8, 2015

Michael Chabon announces anonymous gift in honor of agent Charlotte Sheedy expands MacDowell Colony’s commitment…
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New Journalism Fellowship Honors Distinguished Editor John S. Carroll

June 18, 2015

PETERBOROUGH, N.H. – June 18, 2015 – The he MacDowell Colony, the nation’s first artist residency program…
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Guggenheim Fellowships to 14 MacDowell Fellows

April 20, 2015

Filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu is among 14 MacDowell Fellows who’ve recently won 2015 Guggenheim Fellowships…
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Calderwood Grant Challenge Supports Writers of Long-Form Journalism

March 17, 2015

MacDowell launches Art of Journalism Initiative dedicated to narrative reporting. A new initiative at MacDowell…
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MacDowell Colony Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant

January 23, 2015

Grant to support first-time residencies for 10 artists from diverse backgrounds. Ten artists from across…
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Tree Harvest at MacDowell Colony to Revitalize Depleted Woodland

February 21, 2014

Winter tree harvest necessitates temporary closure of four studios and will improve health of forest. …
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The MacDowell Colony Receives NEA Art Works Grant to Support First-Time Residencies for Artists

January 14, 2014

Grant is one of 895 awarded by National Endowment for the Arts Art Works nationwide. …
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Library for The 21st Century at The MacDowell Colony Nears Completion

March 20, 2013

Peterborough, NH – Come August, Medal Day visitors will find a new kind of library at…
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Renowned Photographer Nan Goldin to Receive 2012 Edward Macdowell Medal

June 1, 2012

Goldin will be on hand to accept the award at The MacDowell Colony in Peterborough…
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Heinz Endowments Opening a World of Possibilities for Pittsburgh Artists at Macdowell Colony

April 3, 2012

Fellowships support artist residencies of up to two months for two Pittsburgh-area artists. Peterborough, NH …
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