Yup. Of Note: On June 8, 2016, Dance for World Community Speaker Series event presents from their speaker series, Spotlight on Climate Change. Though the connection between dance and climate change may not be immediately apparent, at Dance for World Community they believe that everyone, including artists, has a role to play in changing the world for the better. Learn … [Read more...]
Announcing 35 Awards in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting
Mass Cultural Council is honored to announce the 2016 Artist Fellowship awards in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting. Eighteen artists will receive fellowships of $12,000, and 17 artists will receive $1,000 finalist awards. See a full list of this year's fellows and finalists. The awards are anonymously judged, based solely on the artistic quality and … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Mar 16
Traveling portraits, poems of the moment, new art shared locally and abroad: here's the March news from current and past MCC Fellows/Finalists. Mass Poetry's Poem of the Moment has recently featured poems by Carrie Bennett (Expedition Notes 34), Sarah Sousa (Epistle), and Rodney Wittwer (& the Sun Is a Fine Buggy of China: Balloons!). Portraits by Laura Chasman … [Read more...]
Artist Opportunities Knuckleball
Dreams renewed on April 4, 2016 (opening day)! Of Note: The New England Foundation for the Art's online directory CreativeGround, allows artists of all disciplines to create free profiles. Summer Studio/Exhibition Residency Room 83 Spring in Watertown, MA is accepting proposals for their July/August 2016 summer studio/exhibition residency. The space includes 750sf … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Feb 16
It's a Leap Year, so there's an extra day this month to enjoy the awesomeness of Massachusetts artists! For a taste, we offer news from past Fellows and Finalists of MCC's Artist Fellowships. Melinda Lopez, who has a new play opening this month (see below), in the 40 Years of Fellowships project Two exhibitions at the University of New Hampshire Museum of … [Read more...]