State-honored writers and poets will read and an awarded choreographer will perform at the New Art Center in Newton, MA on Friday, September 30, 2016. The event is in conjunction with the Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellows in Painting, Choreography, Drawing & Printmaking, and Traditional Arts exhibition (Sept 16-Oct 15) and will begin with a performance by Choreography … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Aug 16
August, that most distinguished of late summer months, arrives with a new array of news from current and past MCC Artist Fellows & Finalists. Congratulations to Sonia Almeida and Lucien Castaing-Taylor, both of whom are among the 2017 James and Audrey Foster Prize artists! Amy Archambault and Leslie Schomp are in the Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft at … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Jun 16
Summery news from current and past MCC Artist Fellows/Finalists. Congratulations to Ilisa Barbash, Jane Gillooly, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, and Lucia Small, all of whom will receive funding from the LEF Foundation as part of their Spring 2016 Moving Image Fund awards. Carrie Bennett and Frannie Lindsay join Jennifer Barber for a poetry reading at Porter Square Books on … [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...]
What Role Does Research Play in Your Art?
Periodically, we pose a question to artists about an issue they face in their work and lives. Historical, archival, and other research can be crucial to artists, but how and why can vary widely depending on the artist's work. We asked artists in different disciplines, What role does research play in your process? View a gallery of some of the research-influenced work … [Read more...]