Call for Artists The Attleboro Arts Museum is currently accepting entries for their national juried exhibition LINE. Open to all mediums, sizes & concepts that relate to, or include, a line. Imagine … a chorus line, signing on the dotted line, horizon lines, jump ropes, a police line up, waiting in TSA lines, cross-hatching, long and winding roads, zip lines, crossing the … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2017
Myrna Balk: 50 Year Retrospective at Piano Craft Gallery
Mixed media artist Myrna Balk is exhibiting at Boston's Piano Craft Gallery (5/5-5/28, opening reception 5/7, 3-6 PM, artist discussion 5/21, 3 PM) in Connecting the Dots, encompassing 50 years of her artistic output. Here, she discusses the exhibition, how a life of social work affected her art, and highlights and surprises from 50 years of working in clay, steel, wood, … [Read more...]
What Is Your Greatest Need as an Artist?
Periodically, we pose questions to artists about issues they face in their work and lives. This month, we asked practitioners in a variety of disciplines, What is your greatest need, as an artist? Michelle Marroquin, choreographer My needs, if all things were possible? 1. Funding that would be earmarked specifically for dancers to engage in new work. Residencies might … [Read more...]
Artist Opportunities Spin Out
Writing Fellowship for New Parents Pen Parentis is offering Writing Fellowship for New Parents. A prize of $1,000 and publication in Brain, Child is given annually to a fiction writer who is the parent of a child under the age of 10. The winner also receives an invitation to give a reading in New York City. Submit a story of up to 800 words with a $15 entry fee ($20 for two … [Read more...]
Studio Views: Janice Jakielski
Mixed media artist Janice Jakielski makes objects that are sometimes wearable, often interwoven with nature, and always fascinating in their exploration of ideas and materials. Here, she shares the interplay between her work spaces and her exploratory creative process. Ten different studio spaces over eight years spanning two countries and seven states - this was my … [Read more...]