Charles Coe (Poetry Fellow '96) is an active contributor to the literary community and worked with us at the Mass Cultural Council 1997-2015. So we were thrilled to ask Charles a few questions about his "other life" - and his new poetry collection All Sins Forgiven: Poems for My Parents. ArtSake: Did the central idea of your collection - poems for your parents - steer you … [Read more...]
Interviews
Cur8or: Kate True and AJ Liberto of Upsodown
The New Art Center in Newton wants you to curate its upcoming exhibition. Through the Curatorial Opportunity Program, established or first-time curators can propose a group exhibition and, if selected, receive a $1000 stipend, along with space, infrastructure, and support. Currently, there's a fascinating show resulting from this program: Upsodown, curated by Kate True and … [Read more...]
Monica Raymond, on the Fascination of What’s Difficult
Monica Raymond, a past MCC awardee in both Playwriting and Poetry, recently took part in an 18-month residency at Central Square Theatre as one of the PlayPen Playwrights. Tomorrow (Tuesday, November 27, 7 PM), her play The Owl Girl will have a reading with Ken Baltin, Stephanie Clayman, and others at the Central Square Theatre. We caught up with Monica to ask about her … [Read more...]
Wendy Jehlen: Dream Weaver
Artistic Director and choreographer Wendy Jehlen (FY12 Choreography Fellow) has a remarkable capacity to synthesize multiple forms into a uniquely compelling work. This Saturday at BU Dance Theater, she has an upcoming performance of The Knocking Within, inspired by research into the neuroscience of sleep and the anthropology of dreams. The Knocking Within weaves a portrait of … [Read more...]
Bill Peters on Maverick Jetpants in the City of Quality
Along with writing ArtSake, we have the privilege of administering a grant program for individual artists. And if you do that over a number of years, some artists and some projects just stick with you. Bill Peters's fiction is one of them. For his 2008 grant, he submitted excerpts of a project that would later become Maverick Jetpants in the City of Quality, now being … [Read more...]