Latest News & Press Releases
Type: Events
Literary Scholar Hillary Chute to Introduce MacDowell Medalist Art Spiegelman
July 16, 2018
Medal Day Free Public Ceremony on Sunday, August 12, 2018
WHAT: Literary scholar and comic expert…
Learn More
Cartoonist and Graphic Novelist Art Spiegelman to Receive the 2018 Edward MacDowell Medal
May 21, 2018
Pulitzer-winning author of Maus will be honored with the first-ever Edward MacDowell Medal given in…
Learn More
Images of The National Benefit in NYC 2018
May 12, 2018
Tap or swipe to see more photos
A star-studded group of artists performed and read…
Learn More
MacDowell to Receive $30,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
February 14, 2018
February 14, 2018 – Peterborough, N.H. –The National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has…
Learn More
Patti Smith, Salman Rushdie & Michael Chabon Riff on Art & Inspiration 5th Annual Chairman’s Evening
November 14, 2017
NOVEMBER 14, 2017 -- NEW YORK: The MacDowell Colony the nation’s first artist residency program…
Learn More
Images of Medal Day 2017
September 6, 2017
Tap or swipe above to see a slideshow of images of Medal Day 2017
About…
Learn More
Novelist Michael Chabon Wishes Medal Day Visitors the Truth of their Dreams
August 17, 2017
Transcript: Medal Day Welcome Address by Michael Chabon on August 13, 2017 at The MacDowell…
Learn More
Kristine McKenna Speaks of the Funny and Generous 2017 Medalist David Lynch
August 17, 2017
Transcript: Journalist Kristine McKenna Talks About David Lynch at The MacDowell Colony on Medal Day…
Learn More
David Lynch Biographer Kristine McKenna to Speak at Medal Day August 13
July 25, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Peterborough, NH – July 25, 2017 – Curator, critic, and journalist Kristine McKenna will…
Learn More
Filmmaker David Lynch Named 2017 Edward MacDowell Medalist
May 14, 2017
Peterborough, NH – May 14, 2017 – This year's Medal Day celebration will honor filmmaker David Lynch…
Learn More
MacDowell Colony to Move into Expanded Chelsea Offices, Elects New President
May 2, 2017
NEW YORK, NY, May 1, 2017 -- The MacDowell Colony, one of the nation’s leading…
Learn More
Arts Advocacy Day Kicks Off with "The Art of Democracy"
April 6, 2017
The MacDowell Colony took part in the 30th annual Arts Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C…
Learn More
Michael Chabon Reflects On This Hard American Dream
August 23, 2016
Transcript: Medal Day welcome address
at The MacDowell Colony on August 14, 2016.
Watch the speech here.
As…
Learn More
Peter Sellars Talks About the Triumph of Fine-Ness
August 20, 2016
Transcript: Introduction of Toni Morrison at The MacDowell Colony on Medal Day 2016 as a…
Learn More
Toni Morrison Describes How She Began to Be a Writer
August 15, 2016
Transcript: The 57th Edward MacDowell Medalist explains the genesis of The Bluest Eye on August…
Learn More