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MacDowell Colony

USA / New Hampshire / Peterborough / High Street, 500
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The MacDowell Colony, founded in 1907, is the oldest artists' colony in the United States. It was awarded the National Medal of Arts from President Clinton in 1997 for nurturing some of the century's finest artists. Colony awards residencies to composers, filmmakers, visual artists, interdisciplinary writers, and architects. MacDowell nurtures arts by offering creative individuals highest talent an inpsiring environment in which they can produce enduring works imagination.

Open to the public once a year, for "Medal Day". The Edward MacDowell Medal is a national award presented each summer at the Colony to an American creative artist whose body of work has made an outstanding contribution to the national culture.
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Coordinates:   42°53'35"N   71°57'34"W
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