National Trip

As a National Council member, you will be invited to participate in MacDowell's annual National Trip, an exclusive excursion to a major contemporary art center. Participants meet with local Colony Fellows and arts patrons, enjoy visits to contemporary art collections and sites, and attend special performances and presentations of work by MacDowell artists.

In September of 2010, MacDowell National Trip participants will travel to the Berkshires in northwestern Massachusetts. Highlights of this art-filled weekend will include a private tour of the Clark Museum with director Michael Conforti and an exclusive visit to Mass MoCA, where the works of Colony Fellows Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen Nguyen are on display in the site-specific installation Material World. The weekend will also include visits to Edith Wharton’s luxurious estate at The Mount, the Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio in Lenox, and the private homes of contemporary art collectors. The group will enjoy deluxe accommodations at the unique Porches Inn in North Adams.

For information on the 2010 National Trip and National Council membership, please contact Britton Matthews at 212-535-9690 or via .

View itineraries from previous trips:
2009: Santa Fe, NM
2008: San Francisco, CA