Don't go over the edge! Absentee ballot applications are now available for Massachusetts residents. Open Call to Artists Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham, MA has issued a national call for art open to artists, 18 and over, living & working in the US. Entry to Under the Same Flag is … [Read More...]
Recent Posts
Call for Curator
Here's a quick hit for Friday. The Cannabis Control Commission (CNB) has announced a request for curatorial proposals! The selected curator will develop and support the implementation of a plan to acquire and curate art for its headquarters in … [Read More...]
What Role Does Humor Play in Your Art?
Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we asked: What role does humor play in your art? View a gallery of work by the responding artists Pelle Cass, photographer When a work of art … [Read More...]
Kate Gilbert on Public Art in Boston
It's about creating that joy and wonder in our public spaces, and also reflecting the faces of who we are as Bostonians today. - Kate Gilbert, Executive Director of Now + There, discussing public art in Boston The Mass Cultural Council's … [Read More...]
Lisa Gruenberg: My City of Dreams
In the early 2000s, a family crisis set physician Lisa Gruenberg on the unexpected path to being a writer. In 2012, she received a Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship in Fiction/Creative Nonfiction and in 2019, she published her memoir My City of … [Read More...]
Restorative Artist Opportunities
Request for Proposals: Boston University Mugar Library Installation Boston University Libraries, Boston University Art Galleries, and the BU Arts Initiative are seeking proposals from visual artists in all media to undertake a site-specific art … [Read More...]
Fellows Notes – Feb 20
Fellows Notes is a monthly listing of the latest news from awardees in our Artist Fellowships Program. Amy Borezo (Drawing & Printmaking Finalist '12) and Linda Price-Sneddon (Sculpture/Installation/New Genres Fellow '01) are among the … [Read More...]
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From the Archives
Artists: Connect with Your Local Community
When individual artists approach Mass Cultural Council looking for support and opportunities, we point them toward our Artist Fellowships (unrestricted monetary awards in recognition of artistic excellence) and ArtSake … [Read More...]
Sean Padraic McCarthy: In the Midst of the Sea
In 2016, Sean Padraic McCarthy won a Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship in Fiction/Creative Nonfiction. As he gets ready to publish his debut novel, In the Midst of the Sea on May 1, 2019, we asked him about his new … [Read More...]
Studio Views: Brece Honeycutt
We learned that Brece Honeycutt (Drawing & Printmaking Finalist '18) had been selected for two different artist residencies this summer. Here, she shares images and observations about the three studios in which she … [Read More...]
Why Fund Artists?
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has been supporting artists for over 40 years through the Artist Fellowships Program. To help illuminate why, Mass Cultural Council has asked past awardees going all the way back to 1975 … [Read More...]
How Does Place Impact Your Art?
Place is a key element of any work of art, but how it shapes, transforms, or (as the case may be) becomes the work depends on the intentions and explorations of the artist. For instance, in Elizabeth Graver's new … [Read More...]