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Sonia Sanchez, Poet, Lecturer, Activist for Peace and Racial Justice, Will Receive 2022 MacDowell Medal
March 7, 2022
Professor and international lecturer is a Langston Hughes Award and Robert Frost Medal winner and…
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Remembering Stephen Sondheim
November 29, 2021
I first met Stephen Sondheim at his home in New York City, a few months…
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Mahogany L. Browne and Urban Word to Receive Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award at MacDowell Virtual Benefit
November 10, 2021
Second Annual Arts Advocacy Award to be presented during free program of performances, readings, and…
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Walking Each Other Home Through this World
August 10, 2021
Transcript: Rosanne Cash on being honored with the Edward MacDowell Medal on July 1, 2021…
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Rosanne Cash – A Truly American Artist with a Body of Work of Incredible Breadth and Depth
August 10, 2021
Transcript: Kurt Andersen introduces the 61st Edward MacDowell Medalist Rosanne Cash on July 1, 2021…
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Introducing a Bold Vision for a Twentieth-Century Fellowship
August 10, 2021
Transcript: Nell Painter welcomes guests to Medal Day 2021 in MacDowell’s Bond Hall.
Greetings, in person…
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K’wlipaiôn, Nidôbak! Welcome, Friends, to Abenaki Country!
August 10, 2021
Transcript: Fellow and poet Cheryl Savageau, a member of the Abenaki nation, offers a land…
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MacDowell Champions Vital, Essential Art Makers – Including Voices on the Perimeters
August 10, 2021
Transcript: MacDowell Executive Director Philip Himberg opens the ceremony honoring Rosanne Cash on July 1…
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Rosanne Cash to Receive MacDowell Medal in NHPBS Broadcast Featuring Kurt Andersen, Roz Chast and Special Musical Guest
May 18, 2021
Medal Day special to premier on New Hampshire PBS on August 8. Program includes interview…
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92Y and MacDowell Team Up for Second Salon Exploring Identity and Artistic Vision
April 13, 2021
Virtual conversation May 6 on the Enactment of Identity: P. Carl, Michael Chabon, and Chang-rae…
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MacDowell Joins Family, Friends of Katherine Min to Celebrate Author’s Life, New Fellowship
March 2, 2021
On Being a Sprinter: The Inaugural Katherine Min Fellowship Celebration – a live reading and memorial…
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92Y and MacDowell Team Up for Discussion on Women, Art & Identity
December 2, 2020
A Conversation on the Enactment of Identity: Andrea Martin, Indhu Rubasingham and Jacqueline Woodson speak…
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First Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award to be Presented to Ava DuVernay for ARRAY at MacDowell Benefit
September 27, 2020
Inaugural award to be presented by Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, with evening host Nell…
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Composer/Performer Rosanne Cash to Receive MacDowell Medal, Celebration Postponed to August 2021
May 18, 2020
MacDowell plans virtual salons and concerts over next few months to highlight more than a…
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MacDowell Presents: Composers Aruán Ortiz and João Luiz – From Contemporary Chamber Music to Avant-Garde Jazz
March 2, 2020
An evening of performances and discussion with a multilayered look into the musical influences and…
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