Latest News & Press Releases
Type: Artist News
Conceptual Artist Charles Gaines to Receive the 60th Edward MacDowell Medal
April 7, 2019
2019 Medal will be awarded to visual artist at free public event on August 11.
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MacDowell Receives $30,000 Grant from National Endowment for the Arts
March 13, 2019
Annual funding assistance will bring 10 artists to MacDowell
March 13, 2019 – New York …
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MacDowell Names Philip Himberg New Executive Director
February 19, 2019
Head of Sundance Institute’s theatre program to take reins from retiring Cheryl Young June 1.
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Family Endows New Musa McKim Guston Fellowship for MacDowell Artists Working in Any Discipline
February 4, 2019
New York – A gift given recently in the name of poet and painter Musa McKim…
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86 Artists Awarded Spring MacDowell Fellowships
January 22, 2019
Peterborough, NH – The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 86 artists from 18 states and…
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MacDowell Colony Board Elects New Directors
January 16, 2019
Group will be dedicated to helping guide the mission of one of the nation’s leading…
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Immigrant Artists Bring Unique and Important Perspectives to Art Making at MacDowell
November 20, 2018
Spotlight on Two Remarkable Immigrant Artists at MacDowell
Immigrants have long played a crucial role…
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MacDowell Names Library in Honor of James Baldwin to Celebrate His Extraordinary Cultural Legacy
October 24, 2018
Public Ceremony November 4th at Tod Williams Billie Tsien-designed space to honor three-time Fellow who…
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87 Artists Awarded Fall-Winter MacDowell Fellowships
August 29, 2018
The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 87 artists from 19 states and six countries…
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Art Spiegelman Accepts the 59th Edward MacDowell Medal
August 20, 2018
Transcript: Co-Mix artist Art Spiegelman offers an off-the-cuff acceptance on Medal Day, August 12, 2018
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Michael Chabon Celebrates the Territorial Claim of Comic Art for MacDowell
August 20, 2018
Transcript: Chairman of the Board welcomes the Medal Day 2018 crowd to celebration of Art…
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Presentation Speaker Hillary Chute Examines Spiegelman’s Contributions to Culture
August 20, 2018
Transcript: Literary scholar introduces 59th MacDowell Medalist to the Medal Day crowd on August 12…
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Spain-USA Renews Partnership with MacDowell to Extend Fellowships to International Artists
July 26, 2018
Emerging or established composers working in any genre are welcome to apply
July 26, 2018 – Peterborough…
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Colony Opens a Gathering Space in New York City, and Launches MacDowell NOW Yearlong Initiative
July 16, 2018
MacDowell NOW Responds to Today’s Tumultuous Times, When Art, Culture, Expression, and Dialogue Are Essential…
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Cartoonist and Graphic Novelist Art Spiegelman to Receive the 2018 Edward MacDowell Medal
May 21, 2018
Pulitzer-winning author of Maus will be honored with the first-ever Edward MacDowell Medal given in…
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