Press Releases

To read about recent and past news from the Colony, please click on the press release links below.

Campaign for the Second Century Announced, 8/10

MacDowell Announces Fledgling Fund Fellowship for Documentary Filmmakers, 7/10

ASCAP Foundation Supports Fellowships for Composers, 5/10

Chairman and President to Retire from MacDowell Leadership; President-elect Named, 4/10

Sonny Rollins Named MacDowell Medalist, 3/10

New NEA Funding for MacDowell, 1/10

MacDowell in the Schools Brings Daylong Arts Program to Local High School, 11/09

Writer Eva Talmadge Named First Recipient of Rona Jaffe Fellowship, 6/09

Visual Artist Kiki Smith Named 50th MacDowell Medalist, 5/09

The MacDowell Colony Announces New Support For Filmmakers, 1/09

The MacDowell Colony Announces New Support for Women Writers, 9/08

New Hampshire Supreme Court Declares MacDowell a Charity, 3/08

Library of Congress Launches MacDowell Exhibit, 2/07

MacDowell Announces Centennial, 11/06

Edward MacDowell Inducted Into Classical Music Hall of Fame, 4/00

The MacDowell Colony Awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Clinton, 9/97