For the next few weeks, travelers in Boston's Logan International Airport may feel, ever so briefly, like they're passing through a Cambridge artist studio. Through September 18, an exhibition of Cambridge Open Studios artwork will be on display in Logan's Terminal A and B-C walkway. The show has its origins in Spring 2009, when the Cambridge Arts Council (CAC) coordinated … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2009
Free Tech Help for the Non-Techie
Listen up artists and arts & cultural organizations: help may be on the way. From redesigning a website to setting up a wireless network, tech-savvy volunteers are waiting to lend a helping hand. Idealist and Mozilla will be hosting Mozilla Service Week, September 14 - 21, to pair thousands of volunteers with nonprofit organizations that need some tech help. If your … [Read more...]
Volunteer at NAMAC
The environment for media arts makers is, to put it mildly, in a state of change. So many ideas are in play, so many words abuzz - sustainability, monetization, community-building, to name a few - that this month's NAMAC (the National Alliance for Media Arts & Culture) biennial conference at Boston's Park Plaza Hotel (April 26-29) couldn't come at a better time. It's a … [Read more...]
Looking at Artist Opportunities
Strike a pose, there's nothing to it, vogue, vogue ... Call for Entries from the Photographic Resource Center for their members' PhotoSLAM. The PhotoSLAM is a digital slide show of ALL submitted photographsa showcase of the talent within the PRC membership. Deadline: September 15, 2009 She's crafty. Located on the lovely shores of Porter's pond in Brockton, the Fuller … [Read more...]
Space intentionally left blank
On the Extra Criticum blog, Gary Garrison (dramatic writer and Executive Director for Creative Affairs at Dramatists Guild of America) has an interesting exercise for playwrights and screenwriters: 1. Take a page of dialogue from one of your plays that has three characters or more speaking to one another. 2. Using liquid white-out, blank out all the names. 3. Make a Xerox … [Read more...]