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Subject: The MacDowell Colony Announces New Funding for Artists
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Date:    Mon, October 22, 2007 13:43
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The MacDowell Colony



THE MACDOWELL COLONY ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING
FOR ARTISTS

http://www.macdowellcolony.org


The MacDowell Colony, the leading artist residency program in the United
States, is pleased to announce the establishment of a new fund for
artists. Thanks to a generous grant by The Leon Levy Foundation, artists
accepted for a MacDowell Fellowship who need additional financial
assistance are now eligible for such aid.  These grants can be used to
cover expenses that continue to accrue while artists are away from home,
including rent, utilities, and childcare.  Artists may also use the grants
to compensate for lost income or in the event an employer requires an
unpaid leave to attend the Colony.  Equipment and supplies may be
addressed by this aid, as well.

The MacDowell Colony, which was founded in 1907, provides Fellowships to
more than 250 artists each year across seven contemporary disciplines:
visual arts, interdisciplinary art, architecture, film, theatre,
literature, and music composition.  Set on 450 acres of beautiful woods in
rural New Hampshire, MacDowell’s reputation for offering the ideal
environment for creative pursuits is well-established and highly regarded.
 Past Fellows include such luminaries as Milton Avery, James Baldwin,
Leonard Bernstein, Willa Cather, Aaron Copland, Thornton Wilder, and more
recently Jonathan Franzen, Bright Sheng, Oscar Hijuelos, Eve Sussman, Qin
Feng, and Stewart Wallace, among many others.

Offering 32 private studios designed for the specific discipline of the
artist, the Colony also provides meals and separate accommodations. 
Artists who are accepted to MacDowell through its highly competitive
application process are allowed up to eight weeks of undisturbed time and
space to pursue their work. The criterion is talent as demonstrated in a
work sample that is reviewed by selection panels in each discipline.
Application deadlines for the three annual residency periods are January
15th, April 15th, and September 15th.

The Leon Levy Grants are part of an overall effort by MacDowell to ensure
artists face no barriers in finding the time and space necessary to
create. This program expands on a similar successful program for writers
established in 1997. In addition, through The MacArthur Foundation and the
David and Rosamond Putnam Foundation, MacDowell reimburses the
transportation costs for international and domestic artists for travel to
and from the Colony.  Permanent funding for the financial assistance
programs is being sought.

“While MacDowell Fellowships are awarded based on exceptional talent, we
believe that as many as half of the artists who come to the Colony each
year struggle financially,” says Cheryl Young, MacDowell’s executive
director. “A review of financial information indicates that the average
income for aid applicants in literature in 2006 was 22,000 dollars, with
48 percent of these households falling below the poverty line. It’s
wonderful that The Leon Levy Foundation is making it possible to expand
this program to Colony artists of all artistic disciplines.”

The Leon Levy Foundation is a private, not-for-profit foundation created
from the estate of Leon Levy, a legendary investor with a longstanding
commitment to philanthropy and humanism.

Celebrating its Centennial this year, The MacDowell Colony was awarded the
National Medal of Arts in 1997 for “for nurturing and inspiring many of
this century’s finest artists.” It is the only artist residency
program to have received this prominent honor.  MacDowell has served as
the model for residency programs throughout the United States and
internationally.  Since its founding 100 years ago, such communities have
become the nation’s largest source of support for individual artists. 
For more information about the Colony or to apply, please visit our Web
site at http://www.macdowellcolony.org




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