Irish step dance taught by Kieran Jordan (2008 MCC Traditional Arts Fellow) to Emerald Rae Forman. (Cambridge, MA) Of note: Miller Street Open Studios, Somerville, MA, April 10-12, 2015 Performing Artists, Visual Artists The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company invites artists from all disciplines to apply for Fair Verona, three open-air festivals that will transform some of … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Oct 14
October! Welcome the Great Pumpkin and read this month's news and notes of past MCC Artist Fellows/Finalists. Sachiko Akiyama and Beth Galston are both exhibiting in Branching Out: Trees as Art at Peabody Essex Museum in Salem (thru 9/20/15). Andrew Mowbray, Cristi Rinklin, Deb Todd Wheeler, and Joe Wardwell join Dana Clancy, Audrey Goldstein, John Guthrie, and … [Read more...]
How Do You Define Success as an Artist?
Roughly once a month, we pose questions to artists about their work and lives. We recently asked a group of artists, How do you define success, as an artist? Ronan Noone, playwright and screenwriter 1: If I were a farrier I would like to be the farrier that is always called out to put the shoes on the horse, which means I am recognized as the best farrier in the … [Read more...]
Announcing 30 Awards in Drawing, Poetry, and Traditional Arts
Mass Cultural Council is honored to announce the 2014 Artist Fellowship awards in Drawing, Poetry, and Traditional Arts. Fifteen artists will receive fellowships of $10,000, and 15 artists will receive $500 finalist awards. See a list of this year's fellows and finalists, to date. The awards are anonymously judged, based solely on the artistic quality and creative ability of … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Oct 13
As Autumn marches on and becomes increasingly, well, autumnal, take a minute to read the latest news from MCC's past and present Fellows/Finalists. Still Life Lives! at Fitchburg Art Museum includes work by Matthew Gamber, Mary Kocol, Catherine McCarthy, Mary O'Malley, Shelley Reed, Janet Rickus, Evelyn Rydz, Tara Sellios, Randal Thurston, and Deb Todd Wheeler, among … [Read more...]