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Best-selling Author and Visual Artist Nell Painter Appointed Chair of MacDowell Colony Board of Directors

Nell Painter, the author of The New York Times bestseller The History of White People and the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Old In Art School, is The MacDowell Colony’s new chairman of the board. She takes over from novelist and screenwriter Michael Chabon, who has held the post since December of 2010.

MacDowell and Urban Word Present an Evening of Afro-Latinx Poetry

Next up on February 29th, an evening of reading and conversation with MacDowell Fellow and award-winning poet John Murillo and emerging poets from Urban Word NYC, Jennifer Martinez and James Lherisson. The 2020 MacDowell NYC season features monthly events – both free to the public and ticketed.

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Wherever you may be, find MacDowell art in your vicinity, be it a concert, reading, film, installation, performance, lecture, or exhibit. Fellows events are updated here regularly.

MacDowell Awards Winter-Spring Fellowships to 87 Artists

Seventy-six percent of the upcoming artists-in-residence are first-time Fellowship awardees and come from 21 states and seven countries. The incoming Fellows reflect seven artistic disciplines and will arrive from locales as far apart as Poland, Mexico, Belgium, and Israel, as well as Tennesee, Washington, and Minnesota.

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The MacDowell Colony is a leading contemporary arts organization located in Peterborough, NH.

Since 1907, our mission has been to create a space where inspiration happens on a daily basis. We do that by providing essential support for emerging and established artists by bringing together diverse, multidisciplinary talent to exchange ideas and pursue creative work.

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Artist Accolades

The writers, visual artists, composers, filmmakers, playwrights, interdisciplinary artists, and architects who have attended MacDowell have won:

91 Pulitzer
Prizes

844 Guggenheim
Fellowships

33 National
Book Awards

8 National
Medals for the Arts

32 MacArthur
Fellowships

109 Rome
Prizes

9 Academy
Awards

15 GRAMMY
Awards

31 Tony
Awards

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- Edward A. MacDowell

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