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The Eternal Importance of the Artist’s Mystery
Last year in Harper’s, the queer writer Garth Greenwell wrote an essay, “Making Meaning: Against Relevance in Art,” where he detailed the material and metaphysical pressures artists experience for their work to be “relevant”:
“Artists feel the anxiety of relevance during every season of fellowship applications, those rituals of supplication, when…
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Mission, Values, Vision
Our Mission What We DoMacDowell's mission is to nurture the arts by offering talented individuals an inspiring residential environment in which to produce enduring works of the creative imagination.Our Values What We BelieveMacDowell believes that the arts, artists, and creative processes are of primary importance. MacDowell was founded in 1907…
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MacDowell Decries Artistic Censorship
Freedom to Create has always been a touchstone of MacDowell’s core vision and values. We stand in solidarity with our artist Fellows against any form of the censorship of art, including violence against art or artists. Among frequently banned and targeted titles written by MacDowell Fellows and Medalists are works…
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