So, you want art this weekend. You've come to the right place. Here's a handy dandy guide to your art-seeking travels. Your starting point is Taunton, Massachusetts, on Sat., June 4, 2011, for the Dighton Cow Chip Festival. There, you'll behold chainsaw sculptor "The Machine" Jesse Green as he lives out his slogan - "Carving Dreams into Reality" - by sculpting (live, in … [Read more...]
Mass Cultural Council Exhibitions
Studio Views: Joshua Meyer
Through persistence and hard work, Joshua Meyer (Painting Fellow '10) has found that ultra sweet spot where paintings hover between order and chaos. One of the delights of his work is the transformation of the physical material of paint into a seemingly living breathing figure inhabiting an interior life. Let's take a look at his studio and paintings. I try to keep a lot … [Read more...]
Studio Views: Michael Zelehoski
By sheer force of artistic will (and vice grips and wood glue) Michael Zelehoski (MCC 2010 Painting Fellow) finds three dimensional objects and forces them to behave and leave behind the land of 3D that they occupy and instead perform as sculptural paintings inhabiting a 2D space. Say what you will, but he's found the perfect way around cleaning paint off of brushes. You can … [Read more...]
Studio Views: Daniel Ranalli
Daniel Ranalli (Drawing Fellow '10) is at heart an environmental artist working conceptually. His snail drawings are evidence of one who explores and values the fragile impermanence of life. Let's tread lightly and take a look into his studio. I have now, by far, the best studio I have ever had. I live in a converted elevator factory in Cambridge and my studio, a … [Read more...]
Mass Cultural Council Painting & Drawing Fellows at Tufts University Gallery
We are excited to announce New and Recent Work by 13 Mass Cultural Council Award Recipients in Painting and Drawing, an exhibition at Tufts University Art Gallery in Medford. The exhibition will run June 2 - July 31, 2011, with an opening reception Thursday, June 2, 5:30-8 PM. The 13 exhibiting artists are all Fellows in Drawing and Painting from the 2010 grant … [Read more...]