2024 MacDowell Fellows Reunion
MacDowell and the Fellows Engagement Committee welcomed a hundred Fellows to the Mercury Store in Brooklyn for our annual Fellows Reunion—a festive evening of conversation, food and drink, sharing stories, games and activities, dancing, and more.
This year's reunion featured karaoke, a book swap, and our signature raffle of Fellows' works and creative gifts. We served wine, batch cocktails courtesy of Good Vodka, beer courtesy of Gay Beer, Korean rice wine courtesy of Hana Makgeolli, craft hard seltzer courtesy of Lunar Seltzer, and a grazing table of gourmet bites and desserts.
Fellows pose for a celebratory group photo (Guarionex Rodriguez, Jr. photo)
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Reach out to us at events@macdowell.org.
Commissioned by the Fellows Engagement Committee, artist and Fellow Becky Brown (18) created an original, hand-painted graphic for the group. The work, an adaptation of Brown's 2018 painting "Search," portrays the ethos of the FEC and the ideas and passions that guide its mission. Brown explains: “Search” presents words in drippy, wormy search bars, reflecting the increasing complexity of what we search the internet for – love, truth, etc. – and wondering how likely we are to find answers. To announce and celebrate MacDowell’s Fellows Reunion and the work of the Fellows Engagement Committee, I have adapted “Search” to include words and ideas that arose during a recent FEC brainstorming session. The new composition conveys fellows’ core needs and values, in hopes that they can be sought, and found, at MacDowell and beyond.
Past Fellows' Parties
2021
More than 60 MacDowell Fellows braved fiercely unseasonable weather to gather in Brooklyn at Berry Park on Saturday, November 13, to celebrate their annual get together.
2019
Nearly 200 Fellows attended the 2019 reunion Wednesday evening, November 6, at Little Airplane Productions near South Street Seaport Historic District to reminisce, catch up, and help support future MacDowell Fellowships.
2018
In 2018, nearly 200 MacDowell Fellows gathered with staff at Little Airplane Productions for their annual reunion. Each ticket purchased went towards funds to support future MacDowell Fellowships.
2017
In 2017, we gathered at MacDowell's NYC space at 521 West 23rd Street and attendance was a record, raising critical funds for our program.