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Type: Artist News
Images of The National Benefit in NYC 2018
May 12, 2018
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A star-studded group of artists performed and read…
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85 Artists Awarded MacDowell Fellowships for Summer Residencies
April 23, 2018
The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 85 artists from 18 states and six countries…
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Spain-USA Foundation Partners with MacDowell to Extend Fellowships to International Artists
January 22, 2018
Javier Moreno Sanchez and Octavio Vasquez First to Arrive Under New Partnership
January 22, 2018 – Peterborough…
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85 Artists Awarded Fellowships for Winter-Spring Residencies at MacDowell
January 17, 2018
JANUARY 17, 2018 – PETERBOROUGH, N.H. –The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 85 artists from…
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MacDowell Fellow Donates Father’s Thornton Wilder Collection to Colony
November 14, 2017
Composer Joel Harrison (MF 7x 02-14) has donated a box full of limited-edition Thornton Wilder…
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Three MacDowell Fellows Named 2017 MacArthur “Genius” Grantees
October 11, 2017
Playwright Annie Baker, Playwright & Performance Artist Taylor Mac, and Architect Damon Rich All Found…
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Autumn MacDowell Fellowships Awarded to 68 Artists in Seven Disciplines
September 14, 2017
PETERBOROUGH, N.H., SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 -- The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 68 artists…
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Fiction Writer Dominica Phetteplace Among This Year’s Rona Jaffe Award Winners
September 12, 2017
Fiction writer Dominica Phetteplace (16) was named a winner of one of six 2017 Rona…
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Novelist Michael Chabon Wishes Medal Day Visitors the Truth of their Dreams
August 17, 2017
Transcript: Medal Day Welcome Address by Michael Chabon on August 13, 2017 at The MacDowell…
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Kristine McKenna Speaks of the Funny and Generous 2017 Medalist David Lynch
August 17, 2017
Transcript: Journalist Kristine McKenna Talks About David Lynch at The MacDowell Colony on Medal Day…
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David Lynch Biographer Kristine McKenna to Speak at Medal Day August 13
July 25, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Peterborough, NH – July 25, 2017 – Curator, critic, and journalist Kristine McKenna will…
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Netflix Deal Brings MacDowell Fellow Novel Adaptation to Small Screen
July 10, 2017
When novelist Hillary Jordan (MF 10, 14, 17) heard the rapturous applause and watched the…
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Summer Fellowships at MacDowell Awarded to 69 Artists in Multiple Disciplines
June 12, 2017
PETERBOROUGH, N.H., JUNE 12, 2017 -- The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 69 artists…
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Filmmaker David Lynch Named 2017 Edward MacDowell Medalist
May 14, 2017
Peterborough, NH – May 14, 2017 – This year's Medal Day celebration will honor filmmaker David Lynch…
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J.T. Rogers, Rebecca Taichman, Mimi Lien Win Tonys Among 54 Nominations
May 2, 2017
Updated June 14:
J.T. Rogers, Rebecca Taichman, and Mimi Lien picked up individual Tony…
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