Some potentially good news for playwrights: Huntington Theatre Co's new Artistic Director Peter DuBois said in a recent Boston Globe article that he's interested in upping their commitment to new play development and possibly collaborating with smaller theater companies. DuBois cited as an example of the Boston scene's inter-connectedness Company One's upcoming production of … [Read more...]
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Funding for Individual Artists in Massachusetts
When Massachusetts artists contact us (MCC) to ask about grant support for individual artists, our first response is, of course, to strongly encourage they investigate our Artist Fellowship Program (note: online application and guidelines for the 2009 cycle, which accepts applications in Crafts, Film & Video, Music Composition, Playwriting, and Sculpture/Installation, will … [Read more...]
New transmissions: a roundup
At the blog of the venerable literary journal Ploughshares, 2006 Poetry Fellow Simeon Berry calls our attention to, in his own droll and idiosyncratic way, a spirited discussion within the online poetry community about one poet's disastrous experience with a poetry contest. So you want to build yourself a super-duper artist's website, and you want to do it free, gratis, and … [Read more...]
MASS-ets
Good stuff for artists in Berkshire County: Berkshire Creative (a partnership between MASS MoCA, MCLA's Berkshire Cultural Resource Center, and Pittsfield's Office of Cultural Development) is launching a pilot initiative called "Assets for Artists." The program is aimed at helping artists in Berkshire County who wish to become home owners and/or receive small business training … [Read more...]
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Have you ever wondered what to do with an old television set or computer? Leave it in the closet and forget about it is the wrong answer. Well here's a list of donation and reuse sites in Massachusetts and a freesharing site to stimulate your good nature and practice environmental stewardship. And while we're at it, my dear painters, if you throw out your turps down the drain, … [Read more...]