Sonny Rollins received the 2010 Edward MacDowell Medal
at The MacDowell Colony on Sunday, August 15, 2010
The prize is awarded annually by the MacDowell Colony to an individual who has made an
outstanding contribution to the arts. It was established in 1960, and has been given to writers,
composers, and visual artists. Recipients have included Joan Didion, Georgia O’Keeffe, I. M. Pei,
Norman Mailer, John Updike, Mary McCarthy and Merce Cunningham.
MacDowell Colony Chairman Robert MacNeil and 2010 Edward MacDowell Medalist
Sonny Rollins pose for a photo outside Savidge Library.
MacDowell Chairman Robert MacNeil, Medalist Sonny Rollins, presentation speaker and
jazz critic Gary Giddins, MacDowell President Susan Davenport Austin, and
MacDowell Executive Director Cheryl Young.
Photos: Joanna Eldredge Morrissey