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Composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton is this year’s recipient of the prestigious Edward MacDowell Medal.

Braxton will be awarded this summer for his immeasurable contribution to fields of music composition, pedagogy and writing. Over the past 50 years, Braxton has created a unique musical system that celebrates the concept of global creativity and our shared humanity. His work examines core principles of improvisation, structural navigation and ritual engagement—innovation, spirituality and intellectual investigation. 
 
“I am honored that there are people who are open to my music and the world it creates and I am grateful to MacDowell for its recognition. I look forward to celebrating with friends, peers and the broader community that MacDowell has nurtured over its long history,” Anthony Braxton shared.  
 
MacDowell, the nation’s oldest and preeminent artist residency program, has awarded the Medal annually since 1960 to giants of the art world, selecting individuals whose work has had an indelible impact on culture. ⁠ 
 
@dr.tyshawnsorey_official chaired this year’s Medal selection panel, which included luminaries of the music world including @marcosbalter, @miyamasaoka, Alex Ross ,@duyun, and @freesongsinger.  
 
The presentation of the Edward MacDowell Medal in the Arts is a free, public event on June 28, 2026, which draws more than 1,000 visitors from around the country to MacDowell’s 450-acre wooded campus. It is the one day each year the grounds are open to the public, offering arts lovers the opportunity to visit 31 open, working studios to see art being created and speak with the artists-in-residence. ⁠

Portrait by @_codyoloughlin_

Announcing MacDowell’s Spring Summer 2026 Fellows with 134 Fellowships awarded to visionary artists working across seven disciplines, representing 27 states and Washington D.C., as well as 16 countries.  
 
These distinguished artists will arrive at MacDowell’s historic campus in Peterborough, New Hampshire between March and August 2026, each with an average stay of four weeks. Selected from a highly competitive pool of 2,618 applicants, with an acceptance rate of 5 percent, Fellows are accepted solely based on the artistic excellence of their work, as evaluated by independent panels of discipline specific experts. An asterisk after a name is indicative of a returning MacDowell Fellow.  
 
MacDowell’s Executive Director Chiwoniso Kaitano (@chiwoniso) shares, “I am once again in awe of the remarkable talent arriving on our grounds this spring and summer. Representing seven disciplines and an extraordinary breadth of ideas, these artists—at every stage of their careers—are true groundbreakers. It is a deep honor for MacDowell to play even a small role in the impact our Fellows have on art and culture. Join us in welcoming this season’s Fellows, and follow along as we share their work.” 
 
The names listed in this post include every individual awarded a Spring Summer 2026 residency at MacDowell as of March 2, 2026. For the finalized list of individuals who have or will have matriculated at MacDowell for this season of residencies, please refer to the press release available on macdowell.org/news

Announcing MacDowell’s Spring Summer 2026 Fellows with 134 Fellowships awarded to visionary artists working across seven disciplines, representing 27 states and Washington D.C., as well as 16 countries.  
 
These distinguished artists will arrive at MacDowell’s historic campus in Peterborough, New Hampshire between March and August 2026, each with an average stay of four weeks. Selected from a highly competitive pool of 2,618 applicants, with an acceptance rate of 5 percent, Fellows are accepted solely based on the artistic excellence of their work, as evaluated by independent panels of discipline specific experts. An asterisk after a name is indicative of a returning MacDowell Fellow.  
 
MacDowell’s Executive Director Chiwoniso Kaitano (@chiwoniso) shares, “I am once again in awe of the remarkable talent arriving on our grounds this spring and summer. Representing seven disciplines and an extraordinary breadth of ideas, these artists—at every stage of their careers—are true groundbreakers. It is a deep honor for MacDowell to play even a small role in the impact our Fellows have on art and culture. Join us in welcoming this season’s Fellows, and follow along as we share their work.” 
 
The names listed in this post include every individual awarded a Spring Summer 2026 residency at MacDowell as of March 2, 2026. For the finalized list of individuals who have or will have matriculated at MacDowell for this season of residencies, please refer to the press release available on macdowell.org/news

Announcing MacDowell’s Spring Summer 2026 Fellows with 134 Fellowships awarded to visionary artists working across seven disciplines, representing 27 states and Washington D.C., as well as 16 countries.  
 
These distinguished artists will arrive at MacDowell’s historic campus in Peterborough, New Hampshire between March and August 2026, each with an average stay of four weeks. Selected from a highly competitive pool of 2,618 applicants, with an acceptance rate of 5 percent, Fellows are accepted solely based on the artistic excellence of their work, as evaluated by independent panels of discipline specific experts. An asterisk after a name is indicative of a returning MacDowell Fellow.  
 
MacDowell’s Executive Director Chiwoniso Kaitano (@chiwoniso) shares, “I am once again in awe of the remarkable talent arriving on our grounds this spring and summer. Representing seven disciplines and an extraordinary breadth of ideas, these artists—at every stage of their careers—are true groundbreakers. It is a deep honor for MacDowell to play even a small role in the impact our Fellows have on art and culture. Join us in welcoming this season’s Fellows, and follow along as we share their work.” 
 
The names listed in this post include every individual awarded a Spring Summer 2026 residency at MacDowell as of March 2, 2026. For the finalized list of individuals who have or will have matriculated at MacDowell for this season of residencies, please refer to the press release available on macdowell.org/news

Announcing MacDowell’s Spring Summer 2026 Fellows with 134 Fellowships awarded to visionary artists working across seven disciplines, representing 27 states and Washington D.C., as well as 16 countries.  
 
These distinguished artists will arrive at MacDowell’s historic campus in Peterborough, New Hampshire between March and August 2026, each with an average stay of four weeks. Selected from a highly competitive pool of 2,618 applicants, with an acceptance rate of 5 percent, Fellows are accepted solely based on the artistic excellence of their work, as evaluated by independent panels of discipline specific experts. An asterisk after a name is indicative of a returning MacDowell Fellow.  
 
MacDowell’s Executive Director Chiwoniso Kaitano (@chiwoniso) shares, “I am once again in awe of the remarkable talent arriving on our grounds this spring and summer. Representing seven disciplines and an extraordinary breadth of ideas, these artists—at every stage of their careers—are true groundbreakers. It is a deep honor for MacDowell to play even a small role in the impact our Fellows have on art and culture. Join us in welcoming this season’s Fellows, and follow along as we share their work.” 
 
The names listed in this post include every individual awarded a Spring Summer 2026 residency at MacDowell as of March 2, 2026. For the finalized list of individuals who have or will have matriculated at MacDowell for this season of residencies, please refer to the press release available on macdowell.org/news

Announcing MacDowell’s Spring Summer 2026 Fellows with 134 Fellowships awarded to visionary artists working across seven disciplines, representing 27 states and Washington D.C., as well as 16 countries.  
 
These distinguished artists will arrive at MacDowell’s historic campus in Peterborough, New Hampshire between March and August 2026, each with an average stay of four weeks. Selected from a highly competitive pool of 2,618 applicants, with an acceptance rate of 5 percent, Fellows are accepted solely based on the artistic excellence of their work, as evaluated by independent panels of discipline specific experts. An asterisk after a name is indicative of a returning MacDowell Fellow.  
 
MacDowell’s Executive Director Chiwoniso Kaitano (@chiwoniso) shares, “I am once again in awe of the remarkable talent arriving on our grounds this spring and summer. Representing seven disciplines and an extraordinary breadth of ideas, these artists—at every stage of their careers—are true groundbreakers. It is a deep honor for MacDowell to play even a small role in the impact our Fellows have on art and culture. Join us in welcoming this season’s Fellows, and follow along as we share their work.” 
 
The names listed in this post include every individual awarded a Spring Summer 2026 residency at MacDowell as of March 2, 2026. For the finalized list of individuals who have or will have matriculated at MacDowell for this season of residencies, please refer to the press release available on macdowell.org/news

Join us next week for NADA Presents, a series of conversations and events at NADA New York, presented in partnership with MacDowell and ARTPOWER, May 13–17, 2026 at the Starrett-Lehigh building in West Chelsea. 🍎

View the full schedule of programs at the link in bio.

For this year’s edition, NADA in collaboration with MacDowell—the nation’s longest running residency—will present In Residence, a series of talks that bring together artists, institutional leaders, philanthropic partners, and cultural figures to examine artist residences. Conversations will range from how institutions can innovate to better serve artists’ evolving needs, to what meaningful sustainability looks like for both artists and institutions, to how residencies operating at different scales—local, national, global—can collaborate to strengthen the cultural ecosystem.

ARTPOWER, an artist-led company building the financial power of creative workers, will host a special live edition of the ARTPOWER Podcast during the fair.

#newartdealers #nadanewyork

Join us next week for NADA Presents, a series of conversations and events at NADA New York, presented in partnership with MacDowell and ARTPOWER, May 13–17, 2026 at the Starrett-Lehigh building in West Chelsea. 🍎

View the full schedule of programs at the link in bio.

For this year’s edition, NADA in collaboration with MacDowell—the nation’s longest running residency—will present In Residence, a series of talks that bring together artists, institutional leaders, philanthropic partners, and cultural figures to examine artist residences. Conversations will range from how institutions can innovate to better serve artists’ evolving needs, to what meaningful sustainability looks like for both artists and institutions, to how residencies operating at different scales—local, national, global—can collaborate to strengthen the cultural ecosystem.

ARTPOWER, an artist-led company building the financial power of creative workers, will host a special live edition of the ARTPOWER Podcast during the fair.

#newartdealers #nadanewyork

Join us next week for NADA Presents, a series of conversations and events at NADA New York, presented in partnership with MacDowell and ARTPOWER, May 13–17, 2026 at the Starrett-Lehigh building in West Chelsea. 🍎

View the full schedule of programs at the link in bio.

For this year’s edition, NADA in collaboration with MacDowell—the nation’s longest running residency—will present In Residence, a series of talks that bring together artists, institutional leaders, philanthropic partners, and cultural figures to examine artist residences. Conversations will range from how institutions can innovate to better serve artists’ evolving needs, to what meaningful sustainability looks like for both artists and institutions, to how residencies operating at different scales—local, national, global—can collaborate to strengthen the cultural ecosystem.

ARTPOWER, an artist-led company building the financial power of creative workers, will host a special live edition of the ARTPOWER Podcast during the fair.

#newartdealers #nadanewyork

Virgil Thomson’s definition of music was famously “that which musicians do.” His compositions drew from the rhythms of everyday speech and the simple harmonies of the hymnbook, a distinctly American vernacular that set him apart from his European contemporaries.
 
Thomson was the 18th recipient of the MacDowell Medal. This year, we are honored to continue this tradition by presenting the 66th Medal to composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton.
 
Please join us on June 28 in Peterborough, New Hampshire to celebrate Braxton’s contributions to contemporary music.
 
For more information on Medal Day, visit the link in our bio.

Virgil Thomson’s definition of music was famously “that which musicians do.” His compositions drew from the rhythms of everyday speech and the simple harmonies of the hymnbook, a distinctly American vernacular that set him apart from his European contemporaries.
 
Thomson was the 18th recipient of the MacDowell Medal. This year, we are honored to continue this tradition by presenting the 66th Medal to composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton.
 
Please join us on June 28 in Peterborough, New Hampshire to celebrate Braxton’s contributions to contemporary music.
 
For more information on Medal Day, visit the link in our bio.

Virgil Thomson’s definition of music was famously “that which musicians do.” His compositions drew from the rhythms of everyday speech and the simple harmonies of the hymnbook, a distinctly American vernacular that set him apart from his European contemporaries.
 
Thomson was the 18th recipient of the MacDowell Medal. This year, we are honored to continue this tradition by presenting the 66th Medal to composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton.
 
Please join us on June 28 in Peterborough, New Hampshire to celebrate Braxton’s contributions to contemporary music.
 
For more information on Medal Day, visit the link in our bio.

Directed by Leonardo Pirondi (@leo.pirondi ‘25) and produced by Paulo Carneiro (@paulo_carneiro_ ‘26), Tropical Fractals premieres this week at Indie Lisboa (@indielisboa). Congratulations Fellows! 
 
On an interstellar journey, a group of scientists studies the last living vestiges of Earth. The artificial intelligence, Museo, becomes a portal to the crew’s diaries and a fragmented archive of humanity. On Earth, the one believed to be the last of the humans traverses a ruined planet that is slowly recovering, little by little, from the apocalypse it endured.
 
May 07 2026, Thursday, 19:15 (72’)
Cinema São Jorge, Room Manoel de Oliveira • C.3
 
Pirondi’s films have been exhibited in various festivals, such as the Toronto International Film Festival, the Tiger Short Competition in Rotterdam, the New York Film Festival, Viennale, Mar del Plata, FICUNAM, BFI London, and Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. He is a Sundance Institute Fellow and holds B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees in film from the California Institute of the Arts.

#MadeAtMacDowell

Directed by Leonardo Pirondi (@leo.pirondi ‘25) and produced by Paulo Carneiro (@paulo_carneiro_ ‘26), Tropical Fractals premieres this week at Indie Lisboa (@indielisboa). Congratulations Fellows! 
 
On an interstellar journey, a group of scientists studies the last living vestiges of Earth. The artificial intelligence, Museo, becomes a portal to the crew’s diaries and a fragmented archive of humanity. On Earth, the one believed to be the last of the humans traverses a ruined planet that is slowly recovering, little by little, from the apocalypse it endured.
 
May 07 2026, Thursday, 19:15 (72’)
Cinema São Jorge, Room Manoel de Oliveira • C.3
 
Pirondi’s films have been exhibited in various festivals, such as the Toronto International Film Festival, the Tiger Short Competition in Rotterdam, the New York Film Festival, Viennale, Mar del Plata, FICUNAM, BFI London, and Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. He is a Sundance Institute Fellow and holds B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees in film from the California Institute of the Arts.

#MadeAtMacDowell

Directed by Leonardo Pirondi (@leo.pirondi ‘25) and produced by Paulo Carneiro (@paulo_carneiro_ ‘26), Tropical Fractals premieres this week at Indie Lisboa (@indielisboa). Congratulations Fellows! 
 
On an interstellar journey, a group of scientists studies the last living vestiges of Earth. The artificial intelligence, Museo, becomes a portal to the crew’s diaries and a fragmented archive of humanity. On Earth, the one believed to be the last of the humans traverses a ruined planet that is slowly recovering, little by little, from the apocalypse it endured.
 
May 07 2026, Thursday, 19:15 (72’)
Cinema São Jorge, Room Manoel de Oliveira • C.3
 
Pirondi’s films have been exhibited in various festivals, such as the Toronto International Film Festival, the Tiger Short Competition in Rotterdam, the New York Film Festival, Viennale, Mar del Plata, FICUNAM, BFI London, and Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. He is a Sundance Institute Fellow and holds B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees in film from the California Institute of the Arts.

#MadeAtMacDowell

Directed by Leonardo Pirondi (@leo.pirondi ‘25) and produced by Paulo Carneiro (@paulo_carneiro_ ‘26), Tropical Fractals premieres this week at Indie Lisboa (@indielisboa). Congratulations Fellows! 
 
On an interstellar journey, a group of scientists studies the last living vestiges of Earth. The artificial intelligence, Museo, becomes a portal to the crew’s diaries and a fragmented archive of humanity. On Earth, the one believed to be the last of the humans traverses a ruined planet that is slowly recovering, little by little, from the apocalypse it endured.
 
May 07 2026, Thursday, 19:15 (72’)
Cinema São Jorge, Room Manoel de Oliveira • C.3
 
Pirondi’s films have been exhibited in various festivals, such as the Toronto International Film Festival, the Tiger Short Competition in Rotterdam, the New York Film Festival, Viennale, Mar del Plata, FICUNAM, BFI London, and Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. He is a Sundance Institute Fellow and holds B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees in film from the California Institute of the Arts.

#MadeAtMacDowell

Tangible Tale
April 15 - May 29
The Mayor Gallery (@mayorgallery)
9 Bury Street, London
 
For 25 years, Lisa Corinne Davis (@insta_lcd ‘17) has drawn on her lived experience to explore the complex relationship between race, culture, and systems of societal classification—questioning the human impulse to categorize. Her paintings layer warm, organic marks with warped geometric grids reminiscent of maps and genetic diagrams, creating surfaces that shift and pulse with hypnotic energy.
 
Inspired in part by falsified Soviet maps, her imagined geographies interrogate information, power, and belief. In an era shaped by surveillance and artificial intelligence, Davis’s work raises urgent questions about truth, trust, and the precarious nature of personal identity.

Tangible Tale
April 15 - May 29
The Mayor Gallery (@mayorgallery)
9 Bury Street, London
 
For 25 years, Lisa Corinne Davis (@insta_lcd ‘17) has drawn on her lived experience to explore the complex relationship between race, culture, and systems of societal classification—questioning the human impulse to categorize. Her paintings layer warm, organic marks with warped geometric grids reminiscent of maps and genetic diagrams, creating surfaces that shift and pulse with hypnotic energy.
 
Inspired in part by falsified Soviet maps, her imagined geographies interrogate information, power, and belief. In an era shaped by surveillance and artificial intelligence, Davis’s work raises urgent questions about truth, trust, and the precarious nature of personal identity.

Tangible Tale
April 15 - May 29
The Mayor Gallery (@mayorgallery)
9 Bury Street, London
 
For 25 years, Lisa Corinne Davis (@insta_lcd ‘17) has drawn on her lived experience to explore the complex relationship between race, culture, and systems of societal classification—questioning the human impulse to categorize. Her paintings layer warm, organic marks with warped geometric grids reminiscent of maps and genetic diagrams, creating surfaces that shift and pulse with hypnotic energy.
 
Inspired in part by falsified Soviet maps, her imagined geographies interrogate information, power, and belief. In an era shaped by surveillance and artificial intelligence, Davis’s work raises urgent questions about truth, trust, and the precarious nature of personal identity.

Tangible Tale
April 15 - May 29
The Mayor Gallery (@mayorgallery)
9 Bury Street, London
 
For 25 years, Lisa Corinne Davis (@insta_lcd ‘17) has drawn on her lived experience to explore the complex relationship between race, culture, and systems of societal classification—questioning the human impulse to categorize. Her paintings layer warm, organic marks with warped geometric grids reminiscent of maps and genetic diagrams, creating surfaces that shift and pulse with hypnotic energy.
 
Inspired in part by falsified Soviet maps, her imagined geographies interrogate information, power, and belief. In an era shaped by surveillance and artificial intelligence, Davis’s work raises urgent questions about truth, trust, and the precarious nature of personal identity.

Tangible Tale
April 15 - May 29
The Mayor Gallery (@mayorgallery)
9 Bury Street, London
 
For 25 years, Lisa Corinne Davis (@insta_lcd ‘17) has drawn on her lived experience to explore the complex relationship between race, culture, and systems of societal classification—questioning the human impulse to categorize. Her paintings layer warm, organic marks with warped geometric grids reminiscent of maps and genetic diagrams, creating surfaces that shift and pulse with hypnotic energy.
 
Inspired in part by falsified Soviet maps, her imagined geographies interrogate information, power, and belief. In an era shaped by surveillance and artificial intelligence, Davis’s work raises urgent questions about truth, trust, and the precarious nature of personal identity.

Tangible Tale
April 15 - May 29
The Mayor Gallery (@mayorgallery)
9 Bury Street, London
 
For 25 years, Lisa Corinne Davis (@insta_lcd ‘17) has drawn on her lived experience to explore the complex relationship between race, culture, and systems of societal classification—questioning the human impulse to categorize. Her paintings layer warm, organic marks with warped geometric grids reminiscent of maps and genetic diagrams, creating surfaces that shift and pulse with hypnotic energy.
 
Inspired in part by falsified Soviet maps, her imagined geographies interrogate information, power, and belief. In an era shaped by surveillance and artificial intelligence, Davis’s work raises urgent questions about truth, trust, and the precarious nature of personal identity.

Tangible Tale
April 15 - May 29
The Mayor Gallery (@mayorgallery)
9 Bury Street, London
 
For 25 years, Lisa Corinne Davis (@insta_lcd ‘17) has drawn on her lived experience to explore the complex relationship between race, culture, and systems of societal classification—questioning the human impulse to categorize. Her paintings layer warm, organic marks with warped geometric grids reminiscent of maps and genetic diagrams, creating surfaces that shift and pulse with hypnotic energy.
 
Inspired in part by falsified Soviet maps, her imagined geographies interrogate information, power, and belief. In an era shaped by surveillance and artificial intelligence, Davis’s work raises urgent questions about truth, trust, and the precarious nature of personal identity.

Thank you to everyone who joined us at MacDowell NYC for an evening presented in partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation (@hlucefdn). The lively gathering brought together artists, journalists, and organizers for a resonant conversation about memorials and storytelling in today’s ongoing struggles for justice.
 
We’re deeply grateful to our panelists—Jeanelle Austin (@jeanelleaustin) of @riseandremember2020, Yukari Kane, co-founder of @prisonjournalism, and Samora Pinderhughes (@samorapinderhughes) of @healingprojectsound—for leading this rich, intersectional dialogue. Together, they explored the urgent work of shaping clear, practical visions for navigating today’s most pressing ethical challenges.
 
In Austin’s work, archiving protest art creates crucial space for reflection, and for Pinderhughes, the collaborative creative process unbinds the strictures of stereotype. Kane’s initiatives have brought the transformative tools of storytelling and self-definition into the marginalized space of the prisoner’s experience. Each of our presenters shared vivid cases for the importance of connection, creative expression, and shared narrative and how their organizations, rooted in collective healing and community resilience, are advancing new ethical frameworks for the future.
 
Couldn’t make it? Catch the full conversation on our YouTube channel, and make sure to stay tuned for details on our next Luce x MacDowell Presents event on 7/28.

Thank you to everyone who joined us at MacDowell NYC for an evening presented in partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation (@hlucefdn). The lively gathering brought together artists, journalists, and organizers for a resonant conversation about memorials and storytelling in today’s ongoing struggles for justice.
 
We’re deeply grateful to our panelists—Jeanelle Austin (@jeanelleaustin) of @riseandremember2020, Yukari Kane, co-founder of @prisonjournalism, and Samora Pinderhughes (@samorapinderhughes) of @healingprojectsound—for leading this rich, intersectional dialogue. Together, they explored the urgent work of shaping clear, practical visions for navigating today’s most pressing ethical challenges.
 
In Austin’s work, archiving protest art creates crucial space for reflection, and for Pinderhughes, the collaborative creative process unbinds the strictures of stereotype. Kane’s initiatives have brought the transformative tools of storytelling and self-definition into the marginalized space of the prisoner’s experience. Each of our presenters shared vivid cases for the importance of connection, creative expression, and shared narrative and how their organizations, rooted in collective healing and community resilience, are advancing new ethical frameworks for the future.
 
Couldn’t make it? Catch the full conversation on our YouTube channel, and make sure to stay tuned for details on our next Luce x MacDowell Presents event on 7/28.

Thank you to everyone who joined us at MacDowell NYC for an evening presented in partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation (@hlucefdn). The lively gathering brought together artists, journalists, and organizers for a resonant conversation about memorials and storytelling in today’s ongoing struggles for justice.
 
We’re deeply grateful to our panelists—Jeanelle Austin (@jeanelleaustin) of @riseandremember2020, Yukari Kane, co-founder of @prisonjournalism, and Samora Pinderhughes (@samorapinderhughes) of @healingprojectsound—for leading this rich, intersectional dialogue. Together, they explored the urgent work of shaping clear, practical visions for navigating today’s most pressing ethical challenges.
 
In Austin’s work, archiving protest art creates crucial space for reflection, and for Pinderhughes, the collaborative creative process unbinds the strictures of stereotype. Kane’s initiatives have brought the transformative tools of storytelling and self-definition into the marginalized space of the prisoner’s experience. Each of our presenters shared vivid cases for the importance of connection, creative expression, and shared narrative and how their organizations, rooted in collective healing and community resilience, are advancing new ethical frameworks for the future.
 
Couldn’t make it? Catch the full conversation on our YouTube channel, and make sure to stay tuned for details on our next Luce x MacDowell Presents event on 7/28.

Thank you to everyone who joined us at MacDowell NYC for an evening presented in partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation (@hlucefdn). The lively gathering brought together artists, journalists, and organizers for a resonant conversation about memorials and storytelling in today’s ongoing struggles for justice.
 
We’re deeply grateful to our panelists—Jeanelle Austin (@jeanelleaustin) of @riseandremember2020, Yukari Kane, co-founder of @prisonjournalism, and Samora Pinderhughes (@samorapinderhughes) of @healingprojectsound—for leading this rich, intersectional dialogue. Together, they explored the urgent work of shaping clear, practical visions for navigating today’s most pressing ethical challenges.
 
In Austin’s work, archiving protest art creates crucial space for reflection, and for Pinderhughes, the collaborative creative process unbinds the strictures of stereotype. Kane’s initiatives have brought the transformative tools of storytelling and self-definition into the marginalized space of the prisoner’s experience. Each of our presenters shared vivid cases for the importance of connection, creative expression, and shared narrative and how their organizations, rooted in collective healing and community resilience, are advancing new ethical frameworks for the future.
 
Couldn’t make it? Catch the full conversation on our YouTube channel, and make sure to stay tuned for details on our next Luce x MacDowell Presents event on 7/28.

Thank you to everyone who joined us at MacDowell NYC for an evening presented in partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation (@hlucefdn). The lively gathering brought together artists, journalists, and organizers for a resonant conversation about memorials and storytelling in today’s ongoing struggles for justice.
 
We’re deeply grateful to our panelists—Jeanelle Austin (@jeanelleaustin) of @riseandremember2020, Yukari Kane, co-founder of @prisonjournalism, and Samora Pinderhughes (@samorapinderhughes) of @healingprojectsound—for leading this rich, intersectional dialogue. Together, they explored the urgent work of shaping clear, practical visions for navigating today’s most pressing ethical challenges.
 
In Austin’s work, archiving protest art creates crucial space for reflection, and for Pinderhughes, the collaborative creative process unbinds the strictures of stereotype. Kane’s initiatives have brought the transformative tools of storytelling and self-definition into the marginalized space of the prisoner’s experience. Each of our presenters shared vivid cases for the importance of connection, creative expression, and shared narrative and how their organizations, rooted in collective healing and community resilience, are advancing new ethical frameworks for the future.
 
Couldn’t make it? Catch the full conversation on our YouTube channel, and make sure to stay tuned for details on our next Luce x MacDowell Presents event on 7/28.

Thank you to everyone who joined us at MacDowell NYC for an evening presented in partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation (@hlucefdn). The lively gathering brought together artists, journalists, and organizers for a resonant conversation about memorials and storytelling in today’s ongoing struggles for justice.
 
We’re deeply grateful to our panelists—Jeanelle Austin (@jeanelleaustin) of @riseandremember2020, Yukari Kane, co-founder of @prisonjournalism, and Samora Pinderhughes (@samorapinderhughes) of @healingprojectsound—for leading this rich, intersectional dialogue. Together, they explored the urgent work of shaping clear, practical visions for navigating today’s most pressing ethical challenges.
 
In Austin’s work, archiving protest art creates crucial space for reflection, and for Pinderhughes, the collaborative creative process unbinds the strictures of stereotype. Kane’s initiatives have brought the transformative tools of storytelling and self-definition into the marginalized space of the prisoner’s experience. Each of our presenters shared vivid cases for the importance of connection, creative expression, and shared narrative and how their organizations, rooted in collective healing and community resilience, are advancing new ethical frameworks for the future.
 
Couldn’t make it? Catch the full conversation on our YouTube channel, and make sure to stay tuned for details on our next Luce x MacDowell Presents event on 7/28.

Thank you to everyone who joined us at MacDowell NYC for an evening presented in partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation (@hlucefdn). The lively gathering brought together artists, journalists, and organizers for a resonant conversation about memorials and storytelling in today’s ongoing struggles for justice.
 
We’re deeply grateful to our panelists—Jeanelle Austin (@jeanelleaustin) of @riseandremember2020, Yukari Kane, co-founder of @prisonjournalism, and Samora Pinderhughes (@samorapinderhughes) of @healingprojectsound—for leading this rich, intersectional dialogue. Together, they explored the urgent work of shaping clear, practical visions for navigating today’s most pressing ethical challenges.
 
In Austin’s work, archiving protest art creates crucial space for reflection, and for Pinderhughes, the collaborative creative process unbinds the strictures of stereotype. Kane’s initiatives have brought the transformative tools of storytelling and self-definition into the marginalized space of the prisoner’s experience. Each of our presenters shared vivid cases for the importance of connection, creative expression, and shared narrative and how their organizations, rooted in collective healing and community resilience, are advancing new ethical frameworks for the future.
 
Couldn’t make it? Catch the full conversation on our YouTube channel, and make sure to stay tuned for details on our next Luce x MacDowell Presents event on 7/28.

Thank you to everyone who joined us at MacDowell NYC for an evening presented in partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation (@hlucefdn). The lively gathering brought together artists, journalists, and organizers for a resonant conversation about memorials and storytelling in today’s ongoing struggles for justice.
 
We’re deeply grateful to our panelists—Jeanelle Austin (@jeanelleaustin) of @riseandremember2020, Yukari Kane, co-founder of @prisonjournalism, and Samora Pinderhughes (@samorapinderhughes) of @healingprojectsound—for leading this rich, intersectional dialogue. Together, they explored the urgent work of shaping clear, practical visions for navigating today’s most pressing ethical challenges.
 
In Austin’s work, archiving protest art creates crucial space for reflection, and for Pinderhughes, the collaborative creative process unbinds the strictures of stereotype. Kane’s initiatives have brought the transformative tools of storytelling and self-definition into the marginalized space of the prisoner’s experience. Each of our presenters shared vivid cases for the importance of connection, creative expression, and shared narrative and how their organizations, rooted in collective healing and community resilience, are advancing new ethical frameworks for the future.
 
Couldn’t make it? Catch the full conversation on our YouTube channel, and make sure to stay tuned for details on our next Luce x MacDowell Presents event on 7/28.

Leah Wilks (’23) on Nef, coyotes, and creative wildness.

We’re so grateful to those of you who have already participated in our Spring Appeal.  If you haven't yet, time in April is running out! We invite you to make your gift today in support of our residency program and the artists who need it.

And there are prizes: $50+ gets our super cool new iron-on badge, and recurring donors get a keychain! Lastly: it’s been a joy to hear and to share your studio stories this month. Thank you to all our wonderful storytellers out there.

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Aaron Copland, a MacDowell Fellow eight times between 1925 and 1956, wrote some of his most popular compositions during this period for film and ballet.

These works include Of Mice and Men (1939), Our Town (1940), and The Heiress (1949)—which earned him an Academy Award—as well as Billy the Kid (1938), Rodeo (1942), and Appalachian Spring (1944).
 
Copland won the Edward MacDowell Medal in 1961, and this year we are honored to continue this illustrious tradition by presenting composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton with the 66th Medal.
 
Please join us on June 28 in Peterborough, New Hampshire to celebrate Braxton’s contributions to contemporary music, just as we did on these very grounds many years ago with Copland.
 
For more information on Medal Day, visit: macdowell.org/events/2026-medal-day

Aaron Copland, a MacDowell Fellow eight times between 1925 and 1956, wrote some of his most popular compositions during this period for film and ballet.

These works include Of Mice and Men (1939), Our Town (1940), and The Heiress (1949)—which earned him an Academy Award—as well as Billy the Kid (1938), Rodeo (1942), and Appalachian Spring (1944).
 
Copland won the Edward MacDowell Medal in 1961, and this year we are honored to continue this illustrious tradition by presenting composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton with the 66th Medal.
 
Please join us on June 28 in Peterborough, New Hampshire to celebrate Braxton’s contributions to contemporary music, just as we did on these very grounds many years ago with Copland.
 
For more information on Medal Day, visit: macdowell.org/events/2026-medal-day

Aaron Copland, a MacDowell Fellow eight times between 1925 and 1956, wrote some of his most popular compositions during this period for film and ballet.

These works include Of Mice and Men (1939), Our Town (1940), and The Heiress (1949)—which earned him an Academy Award—as well as Billy the Kid (1938), Rodeo (1942), and Appalachian Spring (1944).
 
Copland won the Edward MacDowell Medal in 1961, and this year we are honored to continue this illustrious tradition by presenting composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton with the 66th Medal.
 
Please join us on June 28 in Peterborough, New Hampshire to celebrate Braxton’s contributions to contemporary music, just as we did on these very grounds many years ago with Copland.
 
For more information on Medal Day, visit: macdowell.org/events/2026-medal-day

Alex Lin (@hemeiling ‘25), on her time in Watson Studio.

Before a composer ever sits down at the piano, a local tuner comes in to prepare it, just for them.

Your gift helps make that possible for future Fellows. www.macdowell.org/donate

Since 1985, the Foundation (@whitingfoundation) has supported creative writing through the Whiting Awards, given annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. The awards, of $50,000 each, are based on early accomplishment and the promise of great work to come.
 
Congratulations Fellows!
Hajar Hussaini (@kbl_volumist ’25)
Hilary Leichter (@hilsaphina ’25)
Lara Mimosa Montes (@laramimosa ’23)
Celine Song (@helloellephanta ’16)
 
Read about the new cohort of winners by visiting: whiting.org/writers/awards/

Since 1985, the Foundation (@whitingfoundation) has supported creative writing through the Whiting Awards, given annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. The awards, of $50,000 each, are based on early accomplishment and the promise of great work to come.
 
Congratulations Fellows!
Hajar Hussaini (@kbl_volumist ’25)
Hilary Leichter (@hilsaphina ’25)
Lara Mimosa Montes (@laramimosa ’23)
Celine Song (@helloellephanta ’16)
 
Read about the new cohort of winners by visiting: whiting.org/writers/awards/

Since 1985, the Foundation (@whitingfoundation) has supported creative writing through the Whiting Awards, given annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. The awards, of $50,000 each, are based on early accomplishment and the promise of great work to come.
 
Congratulations Fellows!
Hajar Hussaini (@kbl_volumist ’25)
Hilary Leichter (@hilsaphina ’25)
Lara Mimosa Montes (@laramimosa ’23)
Celine Song (@helloellephanta ’16)
 
Read about the new cohort of winners by visiting: whiting.org/writers/awards/

Since 1985, the Foundation (@whitingfoundation) has supported creative writing through the Whiting Awards, given annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. The awards, of $50,000 each, are based on early accomplishment and the promise of great work to come.
 
Congratulations Fellows!
Hajar Hussaini (@kbl_volumist ’25)
Hilary Leichter (@hilsaphina ’25)
Lara Mimosa Montes (@laramimosa ’23)
Celine Song (@helloellephanta ’16)
 
Read about the new cohort of winners by visiting: whiting.org/writers/awards/

Since 1985, the Foundation (@whitingfoundation) has supported creative writing through the Whiting Awards, given annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. The awards, of $50,000 each, are based on early accomplishment and the promise of great work to come.
 
Congratulations Fellows!
Hajar Hussaini (@kbl_volumist ’25)
Hilary Leichter (@hilsaphina ’25)
Lara Mimosa Montes (@laramimosa ’23)
Celine Song (@helloellephanta ’16)
 
Read about the new cohort of winners by visiting: whiting.org/writers/awards/

This month, a look inside our Fellows’ studios—the places where ideas take shape.

Thank you to playwright Dustin Chinn (@madletters ‘25), who shares a pivotal moment from his residency.

Consider making a gift today at MacDowell.org/donate to help keep our studios open for future generations of artists.