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 Your gift will provide an artist with a peaceful day to work undisturbed with the gift of a nourishing lunch basket left on the studio porch. The MacDowell Colony exists to nurture the creative process. Away from the demands of everyday life in a quite, natural setting, artists can focus on their work. more $15
 This gift will provide a required match for classroom anthologies for two students. WITS anthologies showcase the original stories and poems of children written over during a yearlong program that develops strong writing, thinking, and speaking skills to prepare children for a challenging world. more $200
 The MacDowell Colony provides artists of many disciplines freedom to create new work during their Fellowships at the Colony. Your gift of one artist’s day of work at MacDowell is a significant contribution to our creative culture, for which artist residency programs are the research and development laboratories. more $30
 This gift will enable three students to take a field trip to a cultural venue where they will use art or nature to inspire and enhance their writing. Your support will provide a required match for a field trip as part of a full-year program that engages children in the pleasure and power of reading and writing. more $500
 This gift will provide one scholarship for a low-income child. The Summer Creative Writing Workshops offer a supportive environment where children engage in writing stories, poetry, essays, and plays, as well as simply reading for pleasure. more $125
 A U.S. visa costs more than a month's salary for a young Russian museum worker. This gift will cover the visa associated with a professional residency within one of many prestigious US cultural organizations. more $100
 Your donation will fund 200 pounds of clay - much needed raw material for artisans in developing countries. 200 pounds of clay can be purchased for $100 and used to create several hundred dollars of income for a potter and their family. more $75
 Your gift will allow one performer to attend and participate in an intergenerational performance. more $50
 This gift will engage one child in the pleasure and power of reading and writing for the whole school year. more $25
 Your gift will support Americans for the Arts’ ongoing work to provide parents and teachers nationwide with the appropriate tools to make the case for arts education in our public schools. more $150
 This gift will provide student anthologies to an entire classroom. Students will gain confidence seeing their poems and essays in a published body of work. more $80
 One way to keep kids out of trouble is to encourage learning all day long and provide access to fun, constructive activities. With this aim, we strive to provide quality after school programming at many of our properties. more |
