Flying Object is hard to categorize. Is the organization, based in a storefront in Hadley, Mass., a publisher? An online journal? A visual arts and reading venue? An artists' service org.? A mad scientist-like lab of invention? In a word, yes. The multi-disciplinary group publishes literary and art, hosts exhibits and readings, offers workshops, and sells works in numerous … [Read more...]
Interviews
Pagan Kennedy and a Career in “Not Fiction”
If you want to publish your first book and launch a career as a nonfiction writer, then Pagan Kennedy (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow '10) may have a few ideas for you. A widely published writer, Pagan is getting ready to teach a year-long, "MFA-level" course at the Grub Street writers' service organization called the Nonfiction Career Lab (applications accepted until by … [Read more...]
Cur8or: Ellen Wetmore
Artist Ellen Wetmore has curated a group exhibition of work by the Boston Sculptors, an artists’ cooperative founded in 1992. The University Gallery at UMass Lowell exhibition highlights the work of 30 members. The show includes works both installed in the gallery as well as outside. 1. Explain the idea behind the Boston Sculptors’ show that you’ve curated. How to fit 20 … [Read more...]
Cur8or: Beth Kantrowitz on Move Me
Beth Kantrowitz is the former co-director of Allston Skirt Gallery, one of the most exciting venues in Boston's contemporary visual arts scene until its closure in 2008. More recently, Beth and fellow curator Kathleen O'Hara run Drive-By, an innovative Watertown art space whose fascinating exhibitions include "Portraits," recently explored on ArtSake. Ahead of Beth's … [Read more...]
Cristi Rinklin: Diluvial
Cristi Rinklin (Drawing Fellow '10) is creating a mesmerizing installation for the Currier Museum of Art in NH, a transparent frieze mounted on floor-to-ceiling windows with walls of accompanying imagery. Here, she discusses the installation (called "Diluvial"), her campaign on USA Projects to support the exhibition, and her work and life as an artist with a flood of creative … [Read more...]