It's June! Paper plate holders, baked bean mounds, and "picnic" (as a verb) are all emerging from their winter slumbers. Here are this sun-shiny month's news and notes from MCC awardees. At Gallery NAGA, Sophia Ainslie, Masako Kamiya, David Moore, and Randal Thurston join John Guthrie in the exhibition On the Wall, and Harold Reddicliffe has work in the group show Color … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Apr 14
No foolin'! Here's the April news & notes from past MCC fellows/finalists. Three MCC awardees are showing films in the 2014 Boston Cinema Census at the Brattle Theatre (4/10, 8 PM): Kimberly Forero-Arnias (Hay Algo Y Se Va), Cristina Kotz Cornejo (Buena Fe), and Robert Todd (LOVESONG). Elizabeth Alexander has a solo show, Mary Mary, at Jane Deering Gallery in … [Read more...]
How Do Social, Environmental, & Political Issues Impact Your Art?
Many artists approach social issues, the environment, and/or politics not only as themes to explore but also areas to effect change, which has implications for the role of the artist in society. We asked a group of artists in different disciplines, How do social, environmental, and political issues impact your work and role as an artist? Raul Gonzalez, visual artist When … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Oct 13
As Autumn marches on and becomes increasingly, well, autumnal, take a minute to read the latest news from MCC's past and present Fellows/Finalists. Still Life Lives! at Fitchburg Art Museum includes work by Matthew Gamber, Mary Kocol, Catherine McCarthy, Mary O'Malley, Shelley Reed, Janet Rickus, Evelyn Rydz, Tara Sellios, Randal Thurston, and Deb Todd Wheeler, among … [Read more...]
Studio Views: Susan J. Champeny
Artist Susan J. Champeny is busy preparing her ReinCARnation Hubcap Lily Pads public art installation for the Art in the Park in Elm Park, Worcester MA, July 25-October 13. We asked Susan to participate in a "Studio Views" post - recognizing that the "studio" for a work of public art can be decidedly exterior. Here, she shares a journal of the making of the original version … [Read more...]