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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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154 Artists Awarded Esteemed MacDowell Fellowships from Second Largest Application Pool

154 Artists Awarded Esteemed MacDowell Fellowships from Second Largest Application Pool

September 12, 2023

An international group of 154 talented artists working in multiple disciplines have been awarded Fellowships…
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Her Work Speaks Eloquently, Beautifully, of Histories We All Need to Face

Her Work Speaks Eloquently, Beautifully, of Histories We All Need to Face

July 31, 2023

Transcript: Madam Chairman of the Board and Fellow Nell Painter welcomes the crowd to Medal…
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Our True North: Providing the freedom to create with eyes, arms, and hearts open to a future of limitless possibility

Our True North: Providing the freedom to create with eyes, arms, and hearts open to a future of limitless possibility

July 31, 2023

Transcript: Executive Director Chiwoniso Kaitano addresses the crowd at her first Medal Day, July 23…
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Thank You So Much for This Great, Great Honor

Thank You So Much for This Great, Great Honor

July 31, 2023

Transcript: Alanis Obomsawin Accepts the Edward MacDowell Medal on July 23, 2023 with a brief…
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Alanis Obomsawin smiling slightly and gazing down in black and white

63rd MacDowell Medal to be Awarded to Abenaki Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin

April 3, 2023

Best-selling author Jesse Wente will introduce Medalist to crowd during free outdoor public celebration on…
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MacDowell Awards Spring-Summer Fellowships to 142 Artists

MacDowell Awards Spring-Summer Fellowships to 142 Artists

February 14, 2023

MacDowell will welcome 142 artists from 23 states, Washington, D.C., and 11 countries for spring…
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MacDowell Grants Residencies to 129 Artists as Program Returns to Full Capacity

MacDowell Grants Residencies to 129 Artists as Program Returns to Full Capacity

September 14, 2022

Latest group of incoming artists will work in seven disciplines and arrive from 21 states…
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Salman Rushdie Attack an Assault on All Artists and the Freedom to Create

Salman Rushdie Attack an Assault on All Artists and the Freedom to Create

August 17, 2022

Author Salman Rushdie (at far right above), who remains in serious condition after being stabbed…
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Artist Residencies Are Essential to a Burning World

Artist Residencies Are Essential to a Burning World

August 2, 2022

Zusha Elinson and I came to MacDowell in March 2022 to work on our manuscript…
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Sonia Sanchez addresses the crowd on July 10, 2022 from the stage under the Medal Day tent.

Let us Walk our Brightness as Brothers and Sisters on this Earth

July 29, 2022

Transcript: Sonia Sanchez on the importance of the arts, teaching, and respect for our fellow…
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Speaker and MacDowell Fellow Walter Mosley gestures from the podium during his introduction of 62nd Edward MacDowell Medalist Sonia Sanchez.

Poet, Playwright, Songstress, Titan, Warrior, and Mother to Hope

July 29, 2022

Transcript: Introductory speaker, novelist, and MacDowell Fellow Walter Mosley introduces 62nd MacDowell Medalist Sonia Sanchez. Hello…
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MacDowell Madam Chairman of the Board Nell Painter pauses during her welcome to the Medal Day crowd to acknowledge Medalist Sonia Sanchez from the podium under the Medal Day tent.

Blazing Her Path on Freedom’s Legs

July 29, 2022

Transcript: Nell Painter Welcomes the Crowd Gathered to Honor 2022 MacDowell Medal Winner Sonia Sanchez. Hello…
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