Periodically, we pose a question to artists about an issue they face in their work and lives. Artists are often encouraged to collaborate, but there's a tension inherent in this advice. How to find the shared good for the individual's vision and the group's? We asked artists in different disciplines, Why work collectively? Brittany Gravely, filmmaker, member of the … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Nov 15
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...]
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...]
Christian McEwen: Lyrical Nonfiction
Christian McEwen (Dramatic Writing Fellow '11) conducted interviews with a series of extraordinary poets visiting the Poetry Center at Smith College - Rita Dove, Maxine Kumin, and Yusef Komunyakaa, to name a few. Those interviews are compiled in the new book Sparks from the Anvil: The Smith College Poetry Interviews. We asked Christian about that book, her play about women's … [Read more...]
Poetry Month: Patrick Donnelly and Ben Berman
It's April 30, the last day of Poetry Month. Or is it the first day in the rest of your POETRY LIFE? (Just agree it's the second one; it'll make me happy.) We thought we'd cap our celebrations by sharing poems by two outstanding past Poetry Fellows: Patrick Donnelly's Oxygen Catastrophe and Ben Berman's Endings. Patrick is a Deerfield poet with one published collection, … [Read more...]