Tim Murdoch recently completed two commissioned works, Reflex, an interactive installation in which a wall of mirrors ripples as people sit upon the bench in front of it... ... and Emergence, hand-cut, welded polyethylene sculptures. We asked the artist to offer a peek into the process by which he creates his intriguing, large-scale, site-specific works. Recently … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – May 12
Wake up, hibernatin' creatures! May is a-flutter with news from past MCC Artist Fellows & Finalists: Lucien Castaing-Taylor (Film & Video '11) and Nicky Tavares (Film & Video '11) both received awards from the LEF Foundation's Spring 2012 Moving Image Fund. Janet Echelman (Crafts and Sculpture/Installation '09) and Nathalie Miebach (Sculpture/Installation '09) … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – April 12
In April, past MCC Artist Fellowship awardees are a-bloom with news. The Fourth Annual Massachusetts Poetry Festival (4/20-4/22) has an impressive schedule of poetry (including a host of events with past MCC-awardees). Boston Sculptors Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary at U-Mass Lowell Art Gallery (4/2-4/26) includes works by the MCC-awarded Mags Harries, Hannah Verlin, … [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...]
Fellows Notes – Mar 12
March goes in like a line (drawn), out like an iamb with our monthly news/notes from past Artist Fellows/Finalists: Nell Breyer and Jeff Warmouth both have large-scale media art illuminating the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center LED marquee. Laura Chasman, Andrea Sherrill Evans, and Helena Wurzel exhibit Portraits at Drive-By in Watertown (3/1-4/7). Read about … [Read more...]