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MacDowell Presents 2024: A James Baldwin Centennial Celebration with Bill T. Jones, Marlon James, and Lucy Liu

MacDowell Presents 2024: A James Baldwin Centennial Celebration with Bill T. Jones, Marlon James, and Lucy Liu

November 14, 2024

Intimate NYC gathering brings together iconic artists of our time to celebrate the cultural legacy…
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A portrait of Komal Shah. She has long brunette hair and is wearing a intricately stitched white top.

Komal Shah to Be Honored with 5th Annual Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award

September 25, 2024

The award celebrates outstanding leaders in the arts and will be presented during MacDowell’s National…
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MacDowell Awards 149 Esteemed, Fall-Winter Fellowships to Artists Working Across Disciplines

MacDowell Awards 149 Esteemed, Fall-Winter Fellowships to Artists Working Across Disciplines

September 4, 2024

MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program, has awarded 149 Fellowships to artists working in…
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MacDowell Commences Alexander Studio Overhaul with Support of Frankenthaler Climate Initiative

September 3, 2024

MacDowell’s 102-year-old Alexander Studio will become one of the residency’s most energy efficient with a…
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Portraits of six people arranged in a 2x3 grid. Each person looks directly into the camera.

MacDowell Welcomes Six New Board Members

July 30, 2024

MacDowell welcomed six distinguished individuals to its Board of Directors on Medal Day weekend in…
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Welcome to this Creative Sanctuary

Welcome to this Creative Sanctuary

July 25, 2024

Transcript: MacDowell Madam Chairman of the Board Nell Painter welcomes the 2024 Medal Day crowd…
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A Dream You Dream Alone is Only a Dream, A Dream We Dream Together is Reality

A Dream You Dream Alone is Only a Dream, A Dream We Dream Together is Reality

July 25, 2024

Transcript: David Newgarden accepts the Edward MacDowell Medal on behalf of 64th Medalist Yoko Ono…
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Nora Halpern displays Yoko Ono's Grapefruit as she delivers introductory remarks about the 2024 Edward MacDowell Medalist.

A Loving, Challenging, Nurturing, Very Funny, and Enduring Force

July 25, 2024

Transcript: Curator and arts policy specialist Nora Halpern speaks about Yoko Ono during the 2024…
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Sending Wishes and Whispers Out for Future Generations

Sending Wishes and Whispers Out for Future Generations

July 25, 2024

Transcript: Executive Director Chiwoniso Kaitano invites the crowd to contribute to Yoko Ono Wish Tree…
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MacDowell’s Legacy of Creativity and Excellence

July 25, 2024

Transcript: Board President Christine Fisher introduces Executive Director Chiwoniso Kaitano at Medal Day 2024. Thank you…
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It Is Comforting to be a Part of Something that is So Good

It Is Comforting to be a Part of Something that is So Good

July 25, 2024

Transcript: Resident Director David Macy Remembers former board chair Robin McNeil. Thank you so much, Chi!…
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Arts Icon Yoko Ono Honored with Prestigious MacDowell Medal in Recognition of Work Across Disciplines

Arts Icon Yoko Ono Honored with Prestigious MacDowell Medal in Recognition of Work Across Disciplines

April 22, 2024

The artist, musician, and activist will be celebrated during a free outdoor public celebration on…
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Mellon Foundation Awards MacDowell with $600K Grant for Artist Support at its Renowned Residency Program

Mellon Foundation Awards MacDowell with $600K Grant for Artist Support at its Renowned Residency Program

March 26, 2024

Award highlights common purpose between organizations as Mellon’s belief that arts are essential to human…
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A collage of eight portraits organized in two rows of four. Starting with the top, left image and moving clockwise: A black-and-white image of Polly Apfelbaum siting on a stool, smiling brightly and clasping her hands in her lap. Behind her the walls are painted with dots. Alice Sheppard, a multiracial Black woman with multi-colored, curly hair, sits in a lush, green, garden. Her arm is draped over a lime green chair. She wears a grey sweater and light blue scarf. One arm curls up and supports her head, a broad smile opens her face. A black-and-white image of Fred Hersch before a concrete wall, wearing glasses, a striped scarf, and a black jacket. Sharon Washington wears a cheetah print scarf, supports her chin with her hand and smiles warmly. Behind her is a dark purple wall. Shayok Misha Chowdhury, standing against a beige background, is shirtless, holding a twin-lens reflex camera in front of his chest and looking straight ahead. Laurie Sheck rests her arm on the large desk she is seated at, wearing a dark blue button down and silver jewelry, smiling softly. Martin Shanly smiles and looks slightly past the camera. He wears broad rimmed glasses and a dark blue button-down shirt. Behind him is a bright yellow poster. Lan Samantha Chang, wearing a blue tweed jacket and beaded necklace, stands in a sunlit hallway with a soft smile.

155 Artists Awarded Prized Fellowships to Nation’s First Artist Residency Program this Spring-Summer

March 5, 2024

MacDowell has awarded the equivalent of more than $2.3 million in Fellowships to 155 artists…
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Fairfax Dorn with brown hair and a green dress.

Fairfax Dorn, Co-Founder of Ballroom Marfa, to Be Honored with Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award

September 28, 2023

Award highlights Ballroom Marfa Artistic Director Fairfax Dorn’s commitment to the arts and its creators…
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