Renowned Artist Kiki Smith to Receive 50th Edward MacDowell Medal in August, ArtDaily.org

Kiki Smith(web image)
NEW HAMPSHIRE.- The MacDowell Colony, the nation’s leading artist residency program, will present its 50th Edward MacDowell Medal this year to visual artist Kiki Smith. The MacDowell Medal is awarded annually to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to his/her field and this year marks a half-century of recognizing pivotal artists. Smith joins an impressive list of past recipients, including Georgia O’Keeffe, John Updike, I.M. Pei., and Aaron Copland. The award will be presented in a public ceremony during the Medal Day celebration on Sunday, August 9, 2009, beginning at 12:15 p.m. on The MacDowell Colony grounds in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Robert MacNeil, chairman of The MacDowell Colony, will award the Medal, along with Carter Wiseman, president of the board, and Cheryl Young, executive director. Novelist, critic, and Colony Fellow Lynne Tillman will be the Medal Day speaker. ...

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