ANNUAL FELLOWSHIPS
Annual Fellowships are contributions designated by the donor to help offset the cost of one or more residencies in the year the gift is made.

Alpha Chi Omega Foundation Fellowship
Billy Newman
Continuing a practice begun in 1961 to honor the memory of Faye Barnaby Kent, the national collegiate sorority Alpha Chi Omega contributed a Fellowship for the residency of a composer.

Arts Council of Northern Ireland Fellowship

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has partnered with the Colony to support the residency of a Northern Irish artist at MacDowell in the coming year.

Peter and Helen Bing Fellowship
Fritz Haeg
This Fellowship to support the residency of one creative artist honors Peter and Helen Bing for their generous gift to The MacDowell Colony’s 2007 Centennial Gala.

Anne Cox Chambers Fellowship
Alvin Singleton
In recognition of board member Anne Cox Chambers’ generous gift to support The MacDowell Colony’s 2007 Centennial Gala, a Fellowship to support the residency of one creative artist was named in her honor.

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Fellowship
Jeffrey Gray
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation has been partnering with the Colony since 2000 to encourage applications from creative artists from the state of New Jersey. One creative artist received a Fellowship in 2007.

Brandon Fradd Fellowship
Sarah Schulman
In recognition of Brandon Fradd’s generous gift to The MacDowell Colony’s 2007 Centennial Gala, a Fellowship to support the residency of one creative artist was named in his honor.

Gramercy Park Foundation Fellowship
Martin Moran
This Fellowship to support the residency of one creative artist honors board member Helen Tucker in recognition of her generous gift to The MacDowell Colony’s 2007 Centennial Gala.

Drue Heinz Fellowship
Michael Korie
In recognition of board member Drue Heinz’s generous gift to The MacDowell Colony’s 2007 Centennial Gala, a Fellowship to support the residency of one creative artist was named in her honor.

David Heleniak Fellowship
David Rakowski
This Fellowship to support the residency of one creative artist honors the generous gift that board member David Heleniak gave to The MacDowell Colony’s 2007 Centennial Gala.

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships
Sidney Boquiren, Catherine Chung, Jane Dickson, Leah Gauthier, Jenny Nichols, Kazuo Ohno, Judith Podell, and John Thorndike
An Access to Artistic Excellence Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts was awarded to MacDowell to help support the first-time residencies of creative artists at the Colony in 2008.

Netherlands-America Foundation Fellowship
The Netherlands-America Foundation will support the residency of a writer or artist who is from the Netherlands or working on Dutch-related subject matter in the coming year.

Robert and Stephanie Olmsted Fellowship
Jennifer Clement
This Fellowship supporting the residency of one creative artist honors board member Robert Olmsted and Stephanie Olmsted for their generous gift to The MacDowell Colony’s 2007 Centennial Gala.

Tom and Babs Putnam Fellowship
Daniel Heyman
In recognition of board member Tom Putnam and Babs Putnam’s generous gift to The MacDowell Colony’s 2007 Centennial Gala, a Fellowship to support the residency of a printmaker has been named in their honor.

Charles F. Stone Fellowship
Stewart Wallace
This Fellowship to support the residency of one creative artist honors board member Charles F. Stone for his generous gift to The MacDowell Colony’s 2007 Centennial Gala.



STUDIO and FACILITY GRANTS
Studio and facility grants, whether endowed or annual gifts, help provide for the upkeep of individual studios and residence buildings.

Stanford Calderwood Studio
In 1999, Stanford Calderwood funded the construction of a new studio for writers and established an endowed fund to cover the annual costs of maintaining the studio.

Valli Dreyfus Firth Studio
In 1993, Barn Studio was dedicated to Valli Dreyfus Firth, who supported the Colony generously for many years. In her memory, the Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation funded extensive renovations to the visual artists’ studio and established an endowed maintenance fund for its upkeep.

Heinz Studio
In 1996, Drue Heinz, a vice chairman of the Colony, donated funds to re-create the old icehouse as a sculpture studio and establish a studio maintenance fund.

Evelyn Stefansson Nef Studio
In 1992, Vice Chairman Evelyn Stefansson Nef funded the construction of a new photography studio and established an endowed fund to cover the annual costs of maintaining the studio. It was the first new studio built on Colony grounds since 1936.

New Hampshire Studio
In 1990, the Gilbert Verney Foundation established an endowed fund to maintain and improve New Hampshire Studio. In 1992, through a generous bequest given in memory of Colonist Victor Candell, the studio was renovated, enlarging and improving the space available for use by visual artists.

New Jersey Studio
The New Jersey Studio (1920-1921) was funded by the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs, which has continued as a longtime contributor to its maintenance. In 2007, Federation contributions helped meet studio expenses.

Omicron Studio
Members of Delta Omicron, an international music club, funded the building of Omicron Studio in 1927. In 1996, the Delta Omicron Foundation made a gift to refurbish a Mason & Hamlin grand piano, dedicated in memory of Roxine Beard Petzold and Adelaide Louise Collyer, two past presidents of the fraternity. Delta Omicron made a contribution in 2007 to help meet annual costs for the studio.

Pan’s Cottage
Built as a men’s residence in 1919, Pan’s Cottage was given by Sigma Alpha Iota, an international fraternity for women in music. A Sigma Alpha Iota contribution in 2007 helped meet expenses for utilities and upkeep.

Phi Beta Studio
Phi Beta Fraternity, a national organization for professionals in music and speech, provided for the construction of Phi Beta Studio (1929-1931) and continued to help support its upkeep with a grant in 2007.

Star Studio
Since 1971, Alpha Chi Omega, the first organization to contribute a studio to the Colony, has extended its Fellowship support to help maintain Star Studio, which was built in 1911-1912. In 2007-2008, the organization made a contribution to help meet the studio’s expenses.

Sorosis Studio
Sorosis Studio was built in 1924-1926 with funds provided by the New York Carol Club of Sorosis, which contributed in 2007-2008 toward the studio’s maintenance.