Type: Events

Rosanne Cash to Receive MacDowell Medal in NHPBS Broadcast Featuring Kurt Andersen, Roz Chast and Special Musical Guest

May 18, 2021

Medal Day special to premier on New Hampshire PBS on August 8. Program includes interview…
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92Y and MacDowell Team Up for Second Salon Exploring Identity and Artistic Vision

April 13, 2021

Virtual conversation May 6 on the Enactment of Identity: P. Carl, Michael Chabon, and Chang-rae…
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MacDowell Joins Family, Friends of Katherine Min to Celebrate Author’s Life, New Fellowship

March 2, 2021

On Being a Sprinter: The Inaugural Katherine Min Fellowship Celebration – a live reading and memorial…
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92Y and MacDowell Team Up for Discussion on Women, Art & Identity

December 2, 2020

A Conversation on the Enactment of Identity: Andrea Martin, Indhu Rubasingham and Jacqueline Woodson speak…
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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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Composer/Performer Rosanne Cash to Receive MacDowell Medal, Celebration Postponed to August 2021

May 18, 2020

MacDowell plans virtual salons and concerts over next few months to highlight more than a…
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MacDowell Presents: Composers Aruán Ortiz and João Luiz – From Contemporary Chamber Music to Avant-Garde Jazz

March 2, 2020

An evening of performances and discussion with a multilayered look into the musical influences and…
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MacDowell - Urban Word Present Evening of Afro-Latinx Poetry

February 11, 2020

This Afro-Latinx Poetry Salon pairs literary figures with teen poets as part of yearlong series…
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Laurie Anderson, Margaret Atwood to Join Author Michael Chabon at MacDowell Chairman’s Evening

November 5, 2019

The MacDowell Colony’s Chairman’s Evening on Monday, December 9, promises provocations on art and culture…
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Carol Burnett to Join The “Art of Memoir” Evening Salon With Authors Nell Painter and Amanda Stern at MacDowell NYC

September 10, 2019

Television icon and author Carol Burnett will appear at MacDowell NYC on Thursday evening, October…
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Charles Gaines Accepts the 60th Edward MacDowell Medal

September 3, 2019

Transcript: Conceptual visual artist Charles Gaines addressing the crowd on Medal Day, Sunday, August 11…
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Thelma Golden Introduces 60th Edward MacDowell Medalist Charles Gaines

September 3, 2019

Transcript: Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem Thelma Golden provides context…
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Michael Chabon on the Power of Art in Troubling Times

September 3, 2019

Transcript: Chairman of the Board welcomes the Medal Day 2019 crowd to celebration of 60th Edward…
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A 2019 Medal Day Reflection

July 24, 2019

As a long-time patron of The MacDowell Colony, I am proud of the roster of…
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Studio Museum Director Thelma Golden to Introduce Charles Gaines to Medal Day Crowd August 11

June 5, 2019

Public invited to tour open studios at free event honoring renowned pivotal conceptual artist. …
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