The MacDowell Colony. Summer 2011 Deadline: January 15, 2011

Location: This retreat-style residency was founded in 1907 and is situated on 450 acres in Peterborough, New Hampshire

Application periods:

- Oct. 15, 2010 - January 15, 2011 (Summer 2011: June - Sept. 2011)
- February 15 - April 15, 2011 (Fall 2011; Oct. 2011 - Jan. 2012)
- Sept. 15, 2011 (Winter/Spring 2012: Feb - May 2012)

Residency length: 1 - 8 weeks. Average: 5 weeks

Disciplines

• Visual arts: Book Arts, Ceramics/Clay Arts/Pottery, Drawing, Installation Arts, Heavy Metals/Blacksmithing, Mixed Media, Painting, Paper Arts, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Woodworking
• Media arts: Electronic Arts, Multimedia, Sound Art
• Writing: Fiction, Journalism, Literary nonfiction, Playwriting, Poetry, Screenwriting, Translating
• Performing arts: Choreography/Dance, Composition/Music, Performance Art
• Design: Architecture, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning/Design
• Other: Interdisciplinary Arts, Conceptual Arts, Environmental Arts, Multimedia Arts, New Genres

Studios/special equipment: Digital media, Exhibition / Installation, Film / Digital editing, Heavy metals / Blacksmithing, Music studio (non-recording), Painting, Photography (non-digital), Sculpture, Woodworking, Writing

Housing: private housing (individual apartment/cabin/house). Private bedroom in a sharted housing facility.

For further information and application process: http://www.macdowellcolony.org