Phil saw his shadow - six more weeks to enjoy Winter arts in MA. Here's the news from past MCC Fellows/Finalists, for Feb. Visualize data with Reese Inman (Drawing Fellow '08) and Nathalie Miebach (Sculpture/Installation Fellow '09) in Random Access at Montserrat Art Gallery (thru 3/31, artist talk 2/28, 11:30 AM). On the Border Line between crafts and contemporary … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – November 11
November, upon us like a helping of heavily syrupped sweet potatoes, brings with it this bounty of news from our past Fellows/Finalists... Congratulations to Sachiko Akiyama (Sculpture/Installation Fellow '05), Angela Cunningham (Crafts Finalist '11, '09), David Valdes Greenwood (Playwriting Finalist '03), Wendy Jehlen (Choreography Finalist '04), and Robert Todd (Film … [Read more...]
Nathalie Miebach’s Call to Composers
In July 2011, Nathalie Miebach (Sculpture/Installation Fellow '09) was a 2011 TEDGlobal Fellow, speaking in Edinburgh about her fascinating work transmuting weather data into sculptural and musical art. You can watch her TED Talk, above, or find in on the TED site. Nathalie's process involves gathering weather data, which she translates into dazzling sculptures using … [Read more...]
Think Massachusetts Art
Highly suggested: Think/Do/Experience one, some, or all of the following things in the next few days: WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12 (tonight) Alice Bouvrie's (Film & Video Fellow '11) film Thy Will Be Done (see a clip, above) screens at the Marran Theatre at Lesley University, 7 PM, free. This documentary tells the story of male-to-female transsexual Sara Herwig in her journey to … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – October 11
Contrary to popular belief, artists don't pack up their practices for the month of October so they can concentrate solely on churning out witch-crashed-into-a-tree decorations for Halloween. No, they keep doing great stuff like this. Here's what past MCC Artist Fellows and Finalists are up to this month: The Boston Book Festival, taking place on Saturday, October 15, … [Read more...]