Today’s glimpse from our gallery of past MCC Fellows/Finalists: Ma Ya Ye Hakili Ye by Balla Kouyate (Traditional Arts Fellow ’10). Balla is a master of the West African balafon, and he comes from a musical family whose artistic lineage dates back 800 years.
Today’s glimpse from our gallery of past MCC Fellows/Finalists: an excerpt from Mayara by Mary Jane Doherty (Film & Video Finalist ’11). Mayara is a nonfiction film-in-progress about a young Cuban dancer who makes a startling decision.
Today’s glimpse from our gallery of past MCC Fellows/Finalists: Cameron Willard (Music Composition Finalist ’11), who composed music and sound for a 2009 production of Duchess of Malfi by Actors’ Shakespeare Project (ASP).
Incidentally, another past awardee, Steven Barkhimer (Playwriting Fellow ’11), directs The Merry Wives of Windsor for ASP at the Davis Square Theatre in Somerville, December 7, 2011-January 1, 2012.
In honor of Veterans Day tomorrow, this week’s glimpse from our gallery of past MCC fellows/finalists is an excerpt from Carolyn Shadid Lewis‘s (Film & Video Fellow ’11) gorgeous and innovative film From Twilight Til Dawn. The film weaves together the stories of soldiers and families from three generations and multiple foreign wars.
Today’s glimpse from our gallery of past MCC Fellows/Finalists: an excerpt from Eric Hofbauer‘s (Music Composition Fellow ’09) Surely Some Revelation Is At Hand.
The innovative jazz composer and guitarist, acclaimed for his solo guitar work, also collaborates in a number of projects, including The Infrared Band, Pablo Ablanedo Octeto, and a group with Pandelis Karayogis, Luther Gray, and Jacob Williams.
Today’s glimpse from our gallery of past MCC fellows/finalists: Andy Vores (Music Composition Finalist ’11) and an excerpt from his composition Two Fabrications.
Incidentally, Andy Vores was one of the composers commissioned by cellist Rhonda Rider to create a musical work in conjunction with her artist residency at the Grand Canyon. Listen to a Radio Boston story about the residency. Andy’s composition, along with those of other New England composers, will be performed on Saturday, September 24, 2011, 8 PM, at the Boston Conservatory.
Today’s glimpse from our gallery of past MCC fellows/finalists: Juan Mandelbaum’s (Film & Video Finalist ’07) documentary Our Disappeared/Nuestros Desaparecidos.
The film, which appeared on on Independent Lens on PBS, traces the filmmaker’s investigations of the fate of a past girlfriend, one of Argentina’s many “disappeared” during it’s Dirty War of the ’70s and ’80s.
For further interest, watch the below embedded video, Shadows of Memory. The Our Disappeared YouTube Channel features a number of videos that accompany the feature-length film, including interviews that were cut from the final version or additional material like the video embedded here.
It’s an interesting use of social media for a documentary filmmaker, continuing the conversation while maintaining the film’s integrity as a finished work of art.
Our Gallery@MCC shares samples of the outstanding work of past Artist Fellowships awardees, and we just added video and audio clips for the 2011 fellows/finalists.
So, the time seems right for a glimpse of that Gallery excellence. Here, we feature James Rutenbeck, a 2011 Film & Video Finalist for his moving, beautiful filmed documentary Scenes from a Parish, about a Catholic community in flux in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Today’s glimpse from our gallery of past MCC fellows/finalists: choreography in dialogue with violin and freestyle rap, from Anna Myer‘s (Choreography Finalist ’10) Street Talk Suite Talk.
Today’s glimpse from our gallery of past fellows/finalists: a sample of Mimi Rabson‘s (Music Composition Fellow ’03) composition for power trio, led by her own electric violin. It’s a mesmerizing blend of noise-rock, jazz, and electro-acoustic.
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