National Benefit in New York City

The groundbreaking new art that is created at The MacDowell Colony goes on to be performed, published, and exhibited in major art centers and smaller communities across the country. To celebrate the wide impact of Colony Fellows’ work and raise critical operating support for the residency program, the annual National Benefit in New York City brings together artists, supporters, and friends of MacDowell. All proceeds from the National Benefit go directly to help fund Fellowships covering residency costs for the more than 250 artists who work at the Colony each year.

The 2011 National Benefit, Art In Progress, will be hosted by Chairman Michael Chabon and will feature works from such diverse Colony Fellows as Brian Selznick, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Stewart Wallace. Honorary Chairs are writer Ann Patchett; visual artist Faith Ringgold; neurologist, psychiatrist, and writer Oliver Sacks; film director Martin Scorsese; composer and performer Duncan Sheik; and writer Ayelet Waldman.