MacDowell

Category: Non-profit organization

Address: 100 High St, Peterborough, NH 03458, USA

Phone: +16039243886

Reviews

Jim Giddings

Jul 11, 2022

This writers' musicians' and artists' retreat is open just one day a year to the public, and for 2022 that was today. We saw the medal award ceremony and had time to visit five fascinating writers and artists in their studios. The grounds themselves are beautiful, including gardens where much of the food served to the fellows is grown.

Charlotte Meehan

Jan 29, 2021

The most healing, inspiring three weeks of my life. A haven for all artists, with the kindest staff in the world.

Tim Thompson

Aug 14, 2019

This place is so cool for artists of all kinds. It's open to the public one day each year. Otherwise they work on their stuff as much or little as they want. We met writers, composers, musicians, graphic artists, and many more. Each person talked about their work and showed what they could.

Y and A

Jan 29, 2018

Open to the public once a year, on Medal Day in August. Check the website for details. We have both been MacDowell fellows and feel infinitely grateful to this place. Special thanks also to the outstanding staff. At its founding in 1907, the Colony was an experiment with no precedent. It stands now having provided crucial time and space to more than 8,000 artists, including such notable names as Leonard Bernstein, Thornton Wilder, Aaron Copland, Milton Avery, James Baldwin, Spalding Gray, and more recently Alice Walker, Alice Sebold, Jonathan Franzen, Michael Chabon, Suzan-Lori Parks, Meredith Monk, and many more. In 1997, The MacDowell Colony was honored with the National Medal of Arts — the highest award given by the United States to artists or arts patrons — for “nurturing and inspiring many of this century’s finest artists” and offering them “the opportunity to work within a dynamic community of their peers, where creative excellence is the standard.”

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Questions & Answers

Where is the nearest airport and how do you get to your remote location? I am coming from Australia.

Roza Ganser | Aug 31, 2018
Y and A | Aug 31, 2019

Coming from Australia: the nearest international airport is Boston Logan Airport (BOS). The MacDowell Colony staff will help you with transportation options from the airport to the colony.

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How long are the residencies?

Sherry matthews | Aug 31, 2018
Christian Holland | Aug 30, 2021

Residencies at MacDowell range from two weeks to eight weeks.

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