MacDowell in the Schools

Active since 1996, the MacDowell in the Schools program continues its special influence by introducing students of all ages to MacDowell Fellows – artists who are passionate about their work. Thanks to the teachers in the following schools for their participation in coordinating the opportunity for artists and students to learn from each other:

March, 2007

Writers and journalists Marie-Helene Carleton and Micah Garen presented a work-in-progress documentary about the looting of antiquities from southern Iraq at ConVal High School.  They also discussed their joint memoir about Garen’s abduction in Iraq in the summer of 2004, American Hostage.

April, 2007

Composer Koji Nakano made a series of three visits to the Well School in Peterborough to present his ideas about music composition and its relation to poetry.

For National Poetry Month, two poets, Judy Halebsky and Raina Leon, judged the Peterborough Town Library’s annual Young Poets’ Writing Challenge, which encourages local students in grades K-12 to write and submit original poems.  These poets, along with Katrina Vandenberg, gave readings at the Peterborough and Harrisville libraries.  

July, 2007

Composers Martha Horst and Yevgeniy Sharlat met with students and faculty from The Walden School, a school for young composers in Dublin, New Hampshire.