This month, while the sunshine ebbs, the news from past awardees of MCC's Artist Fellowships shines ever shinier. Liza Bingham and Zehra Khan are among the artists in Lost Cat: Art in the Age of Social Media, at Cape Code Museum of Art (11/24-1/17, events 12/5). In October, the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design … [Read more...]
Boston Supports Artists
Two recent announcements reflect a steadily growing landscape of support for artists in Boston. Brother Thomas Fellowships Congratulations to the ten artists named as 2015 Brother Thomas Fellows - a list that includes four past Mass Cultural Council awardees. The Brother Thomas Fellows receive unrestricted grants of $15,000 through a fund established at the Boston … [Read more...]
Drastic Shifts in Your Art
Periodically, we pose a question to artists about an issue they face in their work and lives. Whether prompted by external or internal forces, artists often make major adjustments to their art and process. We asked artists in different disciplines, Have you ever taken your work in a drastically new direction? View a gallery of some of the diverse work of the … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Oct 15
Wouldn't it make more sense if they named the eighth month of the year, rather than the tenth month, October? I just thought of that... (Actually I just checked Wikipedia, and it turns out October was the "eighth month in the old Roman calendar." They just kept calling it that after it became the tenth month, like how we all still "dial" a phone number even though dials are … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Sep 15
Back to school. Bummer!/Awesome! (Depending on whether you like school.) Take a break from the syllabus and read this news from past MCC awardees. The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) and The New Art Center (NAC) will present the MCC Awardees in Crafts and Sculpture/Installation/New Genres, 9/18-10/17) at the NAC, with an opening reception on Friday, September 18, … [Read more...]