Here's the latest installment of Fellows Notes, the current great news of past Fellows/Finalists from our Artist Fellowships Program. November's got some terrific stuff: Claire Beckett's photos on DC buildings... TRIIIBE's ongoing installation at Boston University... Eric Henry Sanders's new play in New York. Read on. On the Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene … [Read more...]
Protecting Artist Opportunities
"Hey you two, you're in the way! Can't you see daddy is sketching. Now beat it." -Quote from overzealous dog overheard on the banks of the Concord River. It's true! I read it on the internets. Photographers One Life International Photography Competition. The group Artists Wanted and the magazine PDN have partnered for One Life, an international open call for photography that … [Read more...]
Tour de Awesome
This post is a pictorial tour of some of the exceptional stuff past fellows/finalists from MCC's Artist Fellowships Program are currently up to. 1. Reimagined tea pots. Leslie Sills (Crafts Fellow '95) created the above work, called HIGH TEA. The sculptural teapot is among the works included in The Teapot Redefined, an exhibition of sculptural teapots at Mobilia … [Read more...]
On the Fence about Artist Opportunities
Amid concrete and clay And general decay Nature must still find a way... - The Smiths, Stretch Out and Wait Site-Specific Dance: White Wave of Brooklyn, NY is proposing a series of site-specific dance works during the 2010 Dumbo Dance Festival. The seven sites are situated within two designated areas; the Brooklyn Bridge Park (near the entrance at Washington and Plymouth … [Read more...]
Straight-Laced Artist Opportunities
The image above depicts a past Governor of Massachusetts. Do clothes make the man or does the man make the clothes? You decide. ArtSake just adores this painting and the artist's delicate handling of the lace collar. Now onto the opportunities... For Performing Artists/Presenters: The Maine Arts Commission, NEFA, and the Atlantic Presenters Association are hosting Over The … [Read more...]