Mass Cultural Council is celebrating 40 Years of Fellowships by sharing video interviews with some of the extraordinary artists who have received Artist Fellowships since the program's inception in 1975. We're thrilled to share our first interview, with Rania Matar (Photography Fellow '11, '07). "Every single person here has a story." Rania Matar tells women's stories … [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 – June 11
June is here. Sunshine is real. Let's experience some art. Here are a few ideas, care of our Fellows Notes (current news of past MCC fellows/finalists). We are excited to announce New and Recent Work by 13 Massachusetts Cultural Council Award Recipients in Painting and Drawing, an exhibition at Tufts University Art Gallery in Medford. The exhibition will run June 2 - … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – April 11
Here's the latest installment of Fellows Notes, the current news of past fellows/finalists from our Artist Fellowships Program. The April 1, 2011 weather may be a Fool's Day snow-prise, but the following list of April awards, honors, news, and announcements is pure sunshine. We're thrilled to share that Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro's (Playwriting Fellow '11) play Before I … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Mar 2011
Here's the latest installment of Fellows Notes, the current news of past fellows/finalists from our Artist Fellowships Program. March comes in like a lion with readings, exhibitions, awards, books, world premieres, and more. (I have a feeling that when it comes to artists, March will defy proverb and go out leonine, too.) MCC is honored to have two opportunities to … [Read more...]