Cassandra Klos uses photography to explore other worlds and inner mysteries. Her Mars on Earth series captures scientific simulations of the Martian landscape, and here, she discusses how her process and workspace impact her photographic expeditions. Most of my practice takes place out in the world. For the past three years, I have been traveling around the United States … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2017
Michael Dowling’s Brave New Jersey in the Berkshires
Brave New Jersey, a feature film co-written by Michael Dowling (Dramatic Writing Fellow '09), will screen at the Berkshire Museum's Little Cinema this weekend (8/18-8/21). The film explores how a small town reacts to "the original fake news" - the 1938 radio broadcast of Orson Wells' War of the Worlds. In an interview with the Berkshire Eagle, the playwright/screenwriter … [Read more...]
Strumming Along with Artist Opportunities
Of Note: Drawing & Printmaking, Poetry, Traditional Arts Fellowships The 2018 Mass Cultural Council's Artist Fellowships, our program supporting excellence in individual artists, is now accepting applications in Drawing & Printmaking, Poetry, and Traditional Arts. The Artist Fellowships are unrestricted, anonymously judged, competitive grants for individual artists in … [Read more...]
Three Stages: Lainey Schooltree
In Three Stages, artists explore one work of art through three stages in its development. Composer and musician Lainey Schooltree has undergone a years-long journey to create her rock opera Heterotopia. Heterotopia will have a concert performance and book release for its illustrated libretto on Friday, September 29, 2017, at OBERON in Cambridge. Here, she traces its … [Read more...]
Apply Now for an Artist Fellowship in Drawing & Printmaking, Poetry, and Traditional Arts
Mass Cultural Council believes that the work of individual artists is at the core of a thriving and vital society. As such, we are excited to announce the launch of the 2018 Artist Fellowships, our program supporting excellence in individual artists. The Artist Fellowships are unrestricted, anonymously judged, competitive grants for individual artists in recognition of … [Read more...]