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title: Spring Summer 2027 (Applications Open August 15, 2026)
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# Spring Summer 2027 (Applications Open August 15, 2026)

**Hosted by:** MacDowell

**Type:** Residency | **Location:** MacDowell, Peterborough, NH, United States | **Deadline:** September 10, 2026 | **Entry fee:** $30

## About This Program

MacDowell Fellowship residencies for the Spring Summer 2027 season (March 1 – August 31, 2027) on MacDowell's historic campus in Peterborough, New Hampshire — a rural, serene, supportive environment for creative work in architecture, film/video, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theatre and visual arts. Fellows receive uninterrupted time with a private studio, comfortable accommodations and three prepared meals a day; studios carry equipment including a piano, electric kiln, black-and-white darkroom, oil painting workspace and easels, printmaking workspaces with an etching press, drying racks, paper soaking sinks, and woodworking tools.

Residencies run 10 days to 8 weeks, with about 24 artists in residence at a time. The sole criterion for acceptance is artistic excellence, assessed anonymously by independent panels of discipline-specific experts on the work sample, project proposal and list of professional achievements.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Career Stage:** Emerging artist, Mid-career, Established
- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** animation, architecture, augmented reality, choreography, documentary, drawing, fiction, film, illustration, installation arts, interdisciplinary arts, journalism, landscape architecture, literary nonfiction, literature, mixed media, multimedia arts, music, nonfiction, opera, painting, paper arts, performance art, photography, playwriting, poetry, printmaking, screenwriting, sculpture, sound art, symphony, textile & fiber arts/weaving, theater, translation, virtual reality, visual arts, woodworking, writing
- **Age Requirements:** 21+ years old
- **Note:** Artists are eligible to apply to MacDowell if they are generating original works of art, are at least 21 years of age and are not currently enrolled in a degree program (with the exception of ABD students). Applicants cannot be enrolled in a degree-seeking program during the residency season for which they are applying; doctoral candidates who have completed all coursework may apply. MacDowell accepts applications from artists working in the following disciplines: architecture, film/video, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theatre, and visual arts.

The sole criterion for acceptance is artistic excellence, defined in a pluralistic and inclusive way. Open to artists based anywhere in the world; MacDowell welcomes professional artists 21+ working in all stages of their artistic practice. Collaborators must apply and be accepted individually, though they may apply as a team. Language: English.

### Additional Requirements

A complete application includes general information forms, a project proposal with work samples that demonstrate experience within the same discipline and genre as the proposed project, as well as five artistic achievements relevant to the applicants' artistic career.

## Compensation & Benefits

No residency fees; private studio, private housing and all meals. Stipends and travel reimbursement grants available to accepted artists based on demonstrated financial need.

**Includes:** Stipend, Travel grant

There are no residency fees. Accepted artists are responsible for materials and travel expenses. Stipends and travel reimbursement grants are available to accepted artists based on demonstrated financial need. There is no cost for a MacDowell Fellowship. To open the residency to the broadest possible community of artists, MacDowell offers financial assistance programs to those who have been awarded a Fellowship.

These programs are intended to help with or cover the costs of traveling to and from MacDowell, as well as expenses that artists expect to incur while in residence, including rent, lost income, and childcare. Artists may apply for stipends and travel grants only if they are awarded a MacDowell Fellowship; and funding is awarded based on demonstrated financial need.

Applications for financial assistance, which are made available as part of the confirmation of acceptance to MacDowell, are kept confidential. Financial assistance funds are disbursed during or shortly after a residency. Artists of all disciplines are eligible to apply.

## What's Provided

- **Housing:** Provided - Private housing on campus (individual apartment/cabin/house) or a private bedroom in a shared housing facility on campus. Accessible housing partially accessible (50% or more).
- **Travel Support:** Available - Travel reimbursement grants are available to accepted artists based on demonstrated financial need.
- **Materials Support:** Available - Material stipends are available to accepted artists based on demonstrated financial need; accepted artists are otherwise responsible for materials expenses.
- **Studio Access:** Provided - Private studios. Equipment includes piano, electric kiln, black-and-white darkroom, printers and scanner, oil painting workspace, easels, printmaking workspaces, etching press, drying racks, paper soaking sinks and woodworking tools. Studios/facilities partially accessible (50% or more).

## Timeline

- **Opens:** August 15, 2026
- **Deadline:** September 10, 2026
- **Program Start:** March 1, 2027
- **Program End:** August 31, 2027

## Contact

**Email:** admissions@macdowell.org

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://www.macdowell.org/news/macdowell-awards-134-spring-summer-2026-fellowships-to-artists-working-across-disciplines