I recently met David Bookbinder (Photography Fellow '07). The following is an account, in his own words, of how he became a photographer. To the Edge, Back, and Beyond: A Wounded Healer's Journey I am a person with a big heart and a deep need to be connected who grew up insulated both from others and from myself. The arc of my life has been to reclaim my birthright of … [Read more...]
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Guest Blogger: Mira Cantor
Mira Cantor's solo exhibition UNIFORM, 22 life-size portraits of the Boston police, is currently on exhibit at the Moakley Courthouse in Boston. We asked Mira, a 1979 Artist Fellow in Drawing, if she would share how the project - and the exhibition - came about. I grew up in the sixties when the police were mostly white. The uniforms haven't changed but the people in … [Read more...]
Guest Blogger: Bren Bataclan
You're strolling around your city, and you see this cartoon-inspired painting. Then you see the attached note saying the painting is free, with one catch. So you take the painting, follow its instructions, and with that... you've joined Bren Bataclan's Smile Boston Project. We asked Bren Bataclan, a street artist like no other, to guest post and describe his effort to … [Read more...]
Diary of a Bread Loafer by Tracy Strauss
Tracy Strauss, a poet, prose writer, educator, and past recipient of a Somerville Arts Council Artist Fellowship, recently attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, set in Vermont's Green Mountain National Forest. We asked Tracy about her thoughts on the conference, and she passed along this terrific description of her particular experiences, ranging from the view … [Read more...]
Guest blogger: Mary Sherman
Mary Sherman (Painting Finalist '04) is currently a Fulbright Senior Scholar and artist-in-residence at the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts in Taipei, Taiwan, and she sent us a fascinating update on her projects there. While in Taipei, Mary is running a workshop called "Here, There and Everywhere" collaborating with students and faculty from Taipei National University of the Arts, … [Read more...]