The Graham Foundation Fellowship provides a MacDowell Colony residency in the coming year for an exceptionally talented architect engaged in work that explores intersections between art and architecture. The recipient demonstrates both exceptional talent and need. Since 1907, MacDowell has nurtured the creation of new works by some of the country's most important artists, many of them when they were still emerging in their fields. At MacDowell, architects receive exclusive use of a studio, living accommodations, all meals, and the opportunity to share ideas with artists of all disciplines in an inspiring setting on the Colony's 450 acres in Peterborough, NH.

The MacDowell Colony's mission is to nurture the arts by providing creative individuals with an inspiring environment in which to produce enduring works of the imagination. Founded in 1907, MacDowell welcomes more than 250 artists each year—including architects, composers, filmmakers, interdisciplinary artists, theatre artists, visual artists, and writers—to work on the Colony's 450 woodland acres in Peterborough, NH, for up to two months. More than 7,000 artists have worked there, including Benny Andrews, Henry Cobb, Aaron Copland, Janet Fish, Osvaldo Golijov, Tom Kundig, Glen Ligon, Anna Schuleit, Alice Walker, and Thornton Wilder. The residency experience gives architects and other artists the rare opportunity to concentrate exclusively on their work in a setting that encourages critical exchanges, collaborations, and open discourse. Through its growing financial assistance program, MacDowell is committed to removing financial barriers to ensure that it serves the widest, most diverse community of artists possible.