With all the grim talk about the economic environment here in Massachusetts and throughout the US, coupled with the reality that we're about to select a new president and potentially, a new direction for the country, it only stands to reason that artists and other creative types would be curious about what it all means for the future of their field. The Brian Lehrer Show on … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2008
Rolling Along
You can catch a glimpse of the Drive-By Press at Montserrat College of Art tomorrow and Friday before they speed off to another town. The Drive-By Press artists created a mobile printmaking studio (a van with printmaking equipment) in order to bring the craft of printmaking out of the private studio and into the public sphere. PRINTOFF: Thurs Oct 23 8 - 10 pm, front … [Read more...]
PRC auction and BAAFF
I noticed this image by Claire Beckett (Photography Fellow '07) on the Photographic Resource Center's blog and was happy to see it's among the works being auctioned to raise funds for the PRC. The organization, an independent photography nonprofit on the Boston University campus, is holding a ticketed event this Saturday, October 25 and a silent online auction. A legion of … [Read more...]
Ex’s: a roundup
Exhortations I thought I'd start with a couple of posts exhorting art action (or action art). The always resourceful Practicing Writing blog drew attention to this intriguing call to nominate your favorite blog posts (by you or other people) to appear in the publication The Best Creative Nonfiction, Volume 3. NaPlWriMo challenges playwrights to write a play - a completely … [Read more...]
The Other Fall Harvest
The fall open studios season is here. Be sure to pick you own, locally grown art. Here's a sampling of the upcoming bounty: The Fort Point Arts Community North Adams Open Studios Dorchester Open Studios Brickbottom Artists Association South Boston Open Studios Waltham Mills Artists Association Arlington Center for the Arts Acton Open Studios Artwalk … [Read more...]