The MacDowell artist residency program has awarded 149 fellowships to artists working in seven disciplines from 25 states and 15 countries for the spring-summer season.
These artists will arrive at MacDowell’s campus in Peterborough from March through August for an average stay of four weeks. The incoming artists-in-residence were selected from a pool of 2,222 applications with an acceptance rate of 6.7%. Fellowships are awarded based on a work sample judged by independent panels of experts in each of MacDowell’s seven disciplines.
“Announcing our latest round of MacDowell Fellows is always a joy and an honor,” stated MacDowell Executive Director Chiwoniso Kaitano. “These remarkable artists working across disciplines, represent a wide range of creative voices and reflect the vibrant and essential work of artists as they push boundaries, challenge conventions, and have a transformative impact on our creative community.”
Twice a year, MacDowell gathers panels of professionals in its seven disciplines to review applications anonymously, selecting fellows based on their talent as evidenced by a work sample and project description.
“We are thrilled by this season’s incoming fellows and the diverse artistry they will bring to MacDowell. Spanning cultures, disciplines and perspectives, they will enrich MacDowell with their depth and innovation.” stated Courtney Bethel, MacDowell’s admissions director.
While at MacDowell, fellows are provided with a private studio and accommodations for a period of up to six weeks, and three chef-prepared meals a day.
The spring-summer fellows are as follows (*indicates a returning fellow):
Architecture – Emanuel Admassu, Felecia Davis, *Erik Herrmann, Karen Lewis, Sarah L Lopez, Katie MacDonald, Christopher McVoy, Kyle Schumann and Olga Touloumi.
Music composition – Miranda Agnew, *John Aylward, Michael Stephen Brown, *Michael Djupstrom, Juro Kim Feliz, *Keith Fitch, Grace Ann Lee, Aaron Israel Levin, *Ellis Ludwig-Leone, Finola Merivale, Taylor Joshua Rankin, *Leah Reid, Christopher Schmitz, Peter Shin, Katie Webster and Alyssa Weinberg.
Film/video arts – *Michael Almereyda, *Alexandra Cuesta, Mahdi Fleifel, Mariam Ghani, Carrie Hawks, Andres Jurado Uribe, *Salomé Lamas, Dwayne LeBlanc, Billy Luther, *Alexis Kyle Mitchell, Alice Saey, Shannon Walsh, Anna Zamecka and Hao Zhou.
Interdisciplinary arts – Idemudia Ambrose, Rashin Fahandej, Jessica Fertonani Cooke, Marcus Fischer, Tyson Houseman, Kyoung eun Kang, Neda Moridpour, *Alex Romania, *Tom Sellar, Jakari Sherman, Stacy Lynn Smith, Azadeh Tajpour, Gina Athena Ulysse, Johanna Winters, Yiming Yang and Cherrie Yu.
Theater arts – Daniel Banks, Borna Barzin, Darcy Bruce-Julian, Juliette Carrillo, Dustin Chinn, David Finnigan, *Dominic Finocchiaro, *Julia Jordan, *Lisa Kron, Alex Lin, *Shayan Lotfi, Gloria Majule, Mark Russell, Madeline Sayet, Keegon Schuett, Jeana Scotti, Marike Splint and *Jeanine Tesori.
Visual arts – Gouled Ahmed, Sama Alshaibi, Z Behl, Lisa Bulawsky, Maeve D’Arcy, Chie Fueki, Emily Ginsburg, Golden Golden, Ronald Hall, Patrice Helmar, Daria Irincheeva, Kyuri Jeon, Priya Kambli, Laura Letinsky, Wen Liu, Senghor Reid, Jina Valentine and *Vanessa Woods.
Literature – Jessie Allen, *Louise Aronson, Khadija Bajaber, Rich Benjamin, *Marianne Boruch, Erin Bow, Ayse Papatya Bucak, *Kai Carlson-Wee, Jung Hae Chae, Jessamine Chan, *Diane Cook, *Alice Elliott Dark, *Carina del Valle Schorske, April Dembosky, Rebecca Donner, *Cal Flyn, Felipe Franco Munhoz, John Fulton, M. Leona Godin, Lily Gurton-Wachter, *Camille Guthrie, Chelsea Harlan, K Ho, A.M. Homes, Hajar Hussaini, Mira Jacob, Camila Kerwin, Matthew Kessler, Mohamed Khelifi, Taisia Kitaiskaia, Daisy Lafarge, Alfred Jung Lee, *Claire Luchette, Justice Malala, Olga Maslova, Sarah Mathews, *Dantiel Moniz, Julia Anna Morrison, *Michael Morse, *Mai Nardone, Phoebe Oathout, Oluwabukoye Oyedeji, *Raj Parameswaran, *Eman Quotah, Margaret Ross, Matthew Siegel, Angelique Stevens, Hector Tobar, Violeta Vicente Miguelez, *G.C. Waldrep, Dana Mashoian Walrath, Mathew Weitman, *Colson Whitehead, Autumn Womack, Steven Wright, Yasmin Zaher, *Tatsiana Zamirovskaya and Magdalena Zurawski.