Latest News & Press Releases
Type: Press Releases
Four New Members Bring a Range of Talent and Expertise to MacDowell Board of Directors
June 15, 2022
Unanimous election brings strengths in development and mission building to nation’s first artist residency program.
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Poetry Foundation Supports Sonia Sanchez Fellowship at MacDowell
June 9, 2022
Honor to coincide with novelist Walter Mosley introducing 2022 MacDowell Medalist Sonia Sanchez during free…
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Arrival of 65 Artists at MacDowell Marks Last of COVID-related Reschedules
May 26, 2022
Incoming group of artists working in seven disciplines will arrive from 19 states and eight…
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Sonia Sanchez, Poet, Lecturer, Activist for Peace and Racial Justice, Will Receive 2022 MacDowell Medal
March 7, 2022
Professor and international lecturer is a Langston Hughes Award and Robert Frost Medal winner and…
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MacDowell Decries Artistic Censorship
February 4, 2022
Freedom to Create has always been a touchstone of MacDowell’s core vision and values. We…
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MacDowell to Receive $15,000 Grant From the National Endowment for the Arts
January 12, 2022
First-time Fellows will benefit from newest round of NEA funding.
The National Endowment for the…
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Mahogany L. Browne and Urban Word to Receive Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award at MacDowell Virtual Benefit
November 10, 2021
Second Annual Arts Advocacy Award to be presented during free program of performances, readings, and…
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MacDowell Drops Reference Requirement, Restructures Application Deadlines
October 13, 2021
MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program, has announced it will suspend a longstanding admissions…
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MacDowell Approaches Full Capacity, Awards Fellowships for Fall-Spring to 136 Artists
September 8, 2021
Record number of applications leads to international contingent of art makers from seven countries and…
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MacDowell Stands With Afghanistan’s Cultural Workers
August 26, 2021
MacDowell has joined hundreds of artists and arts organizations in signing an open letter to…
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MacDowell Aims for Generational Impact with Anti-oppression/Anti-racism Work
June 4, 2021
In the spring of 2019, when Philip Himberg was hired as MacDowell’s new executive director…
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MacDowell Names 47 Artists from 13 States and Three Countries for Rescheduled Summer Residencies
May 26, 2021
One of the nation’s leading arts organizations schedules residencies deferred from 2020 due to the…
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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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