It's March, the equator is about to pass by the center of the sun (happy Spring Equinox), and our past Artist Fellowships awardees continue to shine with honors, exhibitions, readings, and so much more. Here's the latest news. Lisa Nilsson, from the 40 Years of Fellowships project. This month, the artist exhibits at the Currier Museum of Art Elizabeth … [Read more...]
Announcing 32 Awards in Drawing & Printmaking, Poetry, and Traditional Arts
Mass Cultural Council is honored to announce the 2016 Artist Fellowship awards in Drawing & Printmaking, Poetry, and Traditional Arts. Sixteen artists will receive fellowships of $12,000, and 16 artists will receive $1,000 finalist awards. See a list of this year's fellows and finalists. The awards are anonymously judged, based solely on the artistic quality and creative … [Read more...]
Cambodian Master Potter Yary Livan: A Life Shaped by Clay
During the Khmer Rouge genocide of the 1970s, Yary Livan's training in traditional Cambodian ceramics put his life in dire peril. But later, it also saved him - and a centuries-old tradition found new roots in Lowell, Massachusetts. Video features music by past Music Composition Fellow Scott Wheeler Yary Livan's (Traditional Arts Fellow '12) story exemplifies how … [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...]
Announcing the 2016 Artist Fellowships Program
We're excited to announce the launch of the 2016 Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship Program. The Artist Fellowships are unrestricted, anonymously judged, competitive grants for individual artists in recognition of artistic excellence (please note the Traditional Arts category is not anonymously judged and has additional criteria). There are two deadlines per fiscal … [Read more...]