Type: Artist Profiles

A MacDowell Salute to Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman

July 31, 2023

Transcript: Resident Director David Macy explains the naming of Van Zorn Studio Thank you, Chi! This…
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Providing the Microphone for Many to Use Their Voices to Speak Truth to Power

July 31, 2023

Transcript: Author Jesse Wente introduces filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, the 63rd Edward MacDowell Medalist, on July…
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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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Remembering Stephen Sondheim

November 29, 2021

I first met Stephen Sondheim at his home in New York City, a few months…
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Rosanne Cash – A Truly American Artist with a Body of Work of Incredible Breadth and Depth

August 10, 2021

Transcript: Kurt Andersen introduces the 61st Edward MacDowell Medalist Rosanne Cash on July 1, 2021…
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First Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award to be Presented to Ava DuVernay for ARRAY at MacDowell Benefit

September 27, 2020

Inaugural award to be presented by Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, with evening host Nell…
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"Tonal Conversations" Collaboration Sparked at MacDowell is Just the Beginning

March 4, 2020

While in residence at The MacDowell Colony in the winter of 2017, artists Anne Beal…
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Best-selling Author and Visual Artist Nell Painter Appointed Chair of MacDowell Colony Board of Directors

January 22, 2020

The award-winning author takes over for novelist Michael Chabon. Nell Painter, the author of The New…
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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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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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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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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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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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The Art of Journalism as Practiced by Writer Jennifer Percy

April 19, 2017

Writer Jennifer Percy came to The MacDowell Colony in the summer of 2015 after spending…
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Jessica Stern Brings a Deep Understanding of Violence to Her Next Investigative Project

February 2, 2017

Jessica Stern, a national expert in terrorism, trauma, and post-traumatic stress, who has written books…
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