MacDowell

Save the date for the 2024 MacDowell National Benefit! Join us at Gotham Hall in New York City on October 28, 2024, for the MacDowell National Benefit, our annual celebration and gathering with MacDowell artists, supporters, board members, and friends. This year's Benefit will feature dinner, drinks, a paddle raise, performances from MacDowell Fellows, and the awarding of the 5th annual Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award to Komal Shah, art collector and philanthropist. All proceeds from the #MacDowellBenefit support Fellowships for residencies for the more than 300 artists who come to MacDowell each year from all corners of the globe. We can’t wait to announce the Benefit program this fall! For more information, to purchase a table, or to become a sponsor, please contact Blake Bradford at our Benefit Office at (212) 465-3215 or [email protected]. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ec8qNnQg #MarianMacDowellAward #MacDowellResidency

MacDowell is on Bloomberg Connects! Be sure to download download Bloomberg Connects to get ready for Medal Day at MacDowell on Sunday, July 21, when we honor artist Yoko Ono with the 64th Edward MacDowell Medal. https://lnkd.in/eefqc_9K

If you're unable to attend MacDowell’s Medal Day honoring interdisciplinary arts icon and activist Yoko Ono with the 64th #MacDowellMedal, watch our livestream of the Medalist ceremony! https://lnkd.in/e3v2g_rD The event begins Sunday, July 21, at 12:15 p.m. ET. MacDowell Madam Chairman of the Board, Fellow, and best-selling author Nell Painter will present the Medal to Ono’s long-time music manager David Newgarden. Newgarden will be on hand because the medalist cannot make the trip. The brief ceremony will feature curator, art historian, and arts policy specialist Nora Halpern, who will speak about Ono and her work in her introductory remarks. Halpern curated a retrospective exhibition of Yoko Ono in Venice, Italy in 2009. For more information on how you can support MacDowell, please email [email protected] or call 603-924-3886 for more information.

We are #hiring our next Head Chef! The Opportunity: MacDowell seeks a Head Chef to reimagine our culinary program, nourishing artists-in-residence through food that represents and reflects our mission. For the right candidate, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pursue a culinary vision, absent the erratic volume and midnight hours typical in commercial restaurants. Once a working farm, MacDowell is situated on the ancestral home of the Abenaki people; respect for the land and its history anchor our culinary program. While most of the 450-acre campus is mature woodland and meadow, the kitchen benefits from cultivated herbs and produce, including asparagus, berries, and stone fruit. A flock of free-range chickens provide fresh eggs while also entertaining the artists.  The incoming Head Chef will be passionate about this farm-to-table ethos and arrive eager to define the future of MacDowell’s food story. About You: The ideal Head Chef is a culinary artist and visionary who will express MacDowell’s values of inclusivity, kindness, and belonging through food and hospitality standards. You believe in the importance of artists and are excited to partner with the Executive Director and Resident Director to redefine dining at MacDowell. Like our artists, you’re committed to a rigorous culinary practice that combines creativity and exploration with technical expertise, meticulous attention to detail, and a well-defined aesthetic sensibility. Your fresh, modern menus will nourish and inspire the artists who travel to MacDowell from across the country and the globe, helping unite all artists-in-residence into a joyful and harmonious resident community. Please see our website for full responsibilities, qualifications, compensation, and benefits: https://lnkd.in/grB7EYX Email: Jenni Wu at [email protected] by August 23, 2024 to apply.

Presenting the Medal Day poster! We can’t wait for you to join us when we honor interdisciplinary arts icon and activist 𝗬𝗼𝗸𝗼 𝗢𝗻𝗼 with the 64th #MacDowellMedal on Medal Day at MacDowell on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟭! Around the Monadnock region, you’ll begin to notice these beautiful Medal Day posters, featuring a portrait of Ono by Matthew Placek. 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲: - Ceremony: 12:15pm - Picnic Lunch: 1:15pm - Open Studios for Artists-in-Residence: 2 – 4pm The ceremony will feature an address by curator, art historian, and arts policy specialist Nora Halpern, the 2024 Medal Day speaker! Before you arrive for Medal Day, download the Bloomberg Connects Digital Guide to tour the MacDowell grounds. Once you’ve downloaded the app, search for "MacDowell" to begin your exploration! Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eefqc_9K If you are interested in volunteering to help MacDowell on Medal Day with parking, greeting, and more, please contact Dan Millbauer at [email protected]. For any questions regarding access needs, please reach out to [email protected]. The event is free and open to the public and takes place rain or shine! Learn more about Yoko Ono and Medal Day at MacDowell: https://lnkd.in/erhXZZCj The 2024 Medal Day is generously sponsored by the Putnam Foundation, F.L.Putnam Investment Management Company, Savings Bank of Walpole. River Mead, and TD Bank. #MacDowellResidency

Earlier this week, we welcomed journalism thought leaders Jane Ferguson (PBS NewsHour), Zahra Nader (ZanTimes), and Dr. Xanthe Scharff, cofounder of The Fuller Project, to The Gallery at MacDowell NYC for 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀. If you missed this vital conversation, watch the full program here: https://lnkd.in/et-yVqi2 Ferguson, Nader, and Scharff each shared poignant insights and captivating accounts of from their experiences in the field and discussed the unique and evolving challenges facing women reporters in conflict zones.

June 3 at MacDowell, NYC: The Fuller Project's cofounder Dr. Xanthe Scharff, Zahra Nader of ZanTimes, and Jane Ferguson of PBS NewsHour will discuss the challenges facing women reporters and coverage of women peacekeepers in conflict zones. Register to join these news leaders in The Gallery in MacDowell's Chelsea offices or sign up for the live stream: https://lnkd.in/eBqhpBV6 #MacDowellNYC Carole Cadwalladr, Andrea Elliott, Sheri Fink, Frances FitzGerald, Roya Hakakian, Sahraa Karimi, Azmat Khan, Suki Kim, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Laura Poitras, Jeannie Suk Gerson, Rachel Swarns, Jenna Wortham. These are only a few of the individuals whose journalism has made a global impact with the support of a MacDowell Fellowship. Together with The Fuller Project, a global newsroom dedicated to groundbreaking reporting that catalyzes positive change for women, MacDowell presents 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 to tackle vital questions of journalism today, and to reignite our series of conversations between creative practitioners on the vanguard of arts and culture.

June 3 at MacDowell, NYC: The Fuller Project's cofounder Dr. Xanthe Scharff, Zahra Nader of ZanTimes, and Jane Ferguson of PBS NewsHour will discuss the challenges facing women reporters and coverage of women peacekeepers in conflict zones. Register to join these news leaders in The Gallery in MacDowell's Chelsea offices or sign up for the live stream: https://lnkd.in/eBqhpBV6 #MacDowellNYC Carole Cadwalladr, Andrea Elliott, Sheri Fink, Frances FitzGerald, Roya Hakakian, Sahraa Karimi, Azmat Khan, Suki Kim, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Laura Poitras, Jeannie Suk Gerson, Rachel Swarns, Jenna Wortham. These are only a few of the individuals whose journalism has made a global impact with the support of a MacDowell Fellowship. Together with The Fuller Project, a global newsroom dedicated to groundbreaking reporting that catalyzes positive change for women, MacDowell presents 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 to tackle vital questions of journalism today, and to reignite our series of conversations between creative practitioners on the vanguard of arts and culture.

May 1 at 1PM ET: “It's Not a Day's Work” MacDowell Executive Director Chiwoniso Kaitano joins Lisa Funderburke Hoffman (she, her, hers), president and CEO of Artist Communities Alliance, for her organization’s Field Conversations series. In an intimate conversation that will include BroadStage Artistic and Executive Director Rob Bailis, 3Arts Executive Director Esther Grimm (she, her, hers), and MacDowell’s new Director of Development and Communications Jericho Parms, these arts leaders will discuss what it means to inherit the legacy of an institution; how to steward conditions of care for artists, arts workers, and community; and the power of artist residencies to create pathways for transformation. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gxtcDbPy

Yoko Ono is the 2024 Edward MacDowell Medalist! An arts icon and activist, Ono’s ground-breaking and influential career as an artist began in the downtown New York scene in the early 1960s and has continued across seven decades. She has developed a body of work encompassing performance, experimental filmmaking, conceptual and participatory art, music, visual arts, and global peace activities, and the breadth of her pioneering work runs from the avant-garde to the pop and dance music charts. “It’s an incredible honor that my mother, Yoko Ono, will be awarded the MacDowell Medal,” said her son Sean Ono Lennon. "The history and list of past recipients is truly remarkable. It makes me very proud to see her art appreciated and celebrated in this way.” MacDowell has awarded the Medal annually since 1960 to giants of the art world, selecting individuals who have had an indelible impact on culture. “MacDowell is honored to celebrate Yoko Ono for her groundbreaking, distinctly inventive, and enormously influential interdisciplinary art,” said Madam Chairman of the Board, Fellow, and best-selling author Nell Painter. “There has never been anyone like her; there has never been work like hers. Over some seven decades, she has rewarded eyes, provoked thought, inspired feminists, and defended migrants through works of a wide-ranging imagination. Enduringly fresh and pertinent, her uniquely powerful oeuvre speaks to our own times, so sorely needful of her leitmotif: Peace.” Painter will present the 64th MacDowell Medal to Ono’s long-time music manager David Newgarden in a ceremony on Medal Day, Sunday, July 21. Ono is the first Asian woman to receive the honor and joins a notable cohort of past Medal recipients, including Robert Frost (1962), Willem de Kooning (1975), Isamu Noguchi (1982), Louise Bourgeois (1990), Stephen Sondheim (2013), Toni Morrison (2016), David Lynch (2017), and Art Spiegelman (2018). American avant-garde multimedia artist, Grammy-winning composer, and musician Laurie Anderson chaired this year’s Medal selection panel. Other members included The Bushwick Starr cofounder and MacDowell Board member Noel Allain, MacDowell Fellow and acclaimed choreographer Bebe Miller of Bebe Miller Company, National Black Theatre CEO Sade Lythcott , MacDowell Fellow and interdisciplinary artist Christopher Doyle, and Arts Student League Artistic & Executive Director Michael Hall. The presentation of the Edward MacDowell Medal in the Arts is a free, public event and the one day each year MacDowell’s grounds are open to the public, offering visitors the opportunity to tour 31 open studios and meet artist-in-residence. Join the conversation with #MacDowellMedal. For more information or to become a Medal Day sponsor, please visit macdowell.org or email [email protected] for more information. https://lnkd.in/gQVPbhGi