Artists are challenging the disposable culture of 21st century capitalism by highlighting the environmental damage of waste while transforming trash into art. Join two of the Boston area's most thought provoking practitioners, Michelle Lougee and Samantha Fields, joined by Charlotte Milan, Recycling … [Read More...]
Recent Posts
Some Salty Artist Opportunities
Exhibition Proposals The Multicultural Arts Center is now accepting proposals for gallery exhibitions. Work needs to be wall-mountable fine art that relates to our mission of supporting multicultural arts that help to educate the community about … [Read More...]
Fellows Notes – Mar 21
Fellows Notes is a monthly listing of the latest news from awardees in our Artist Fellowships Program. Due to COVID-19 restrictions and cancellations, you should always double-check any event details with the listed venues. Sophia … [Read More...]
Colleen Kiely’s Talking Heads
Take a sneak peak at Colleen Kiely's (Mass Cultural Council Painting Fellow '98) solo exhibition This Ain't No Party, This Ain't No Disco at Steven Zevitas Gallery through March 25, 2021. The paintings are fictional portraits, made both pre-Covid and … [Read More...]
Artists’ Advice for Gatekeepers
Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. We recently asked a group of curators, editors, and presenters about their advice for artists. So this time, we decided to turn the tables and ask artists, What is … [Read More...]
Restoring Artist Opportunities
Webinars with Arts Administrators Arts Administration Association New England is holding a series of "Sip and Chat" webinars with arts administrators from the region. The next discussion is February 25, 2021, 4 PM, featuring Emily Borababy, Chief … [Read More...]
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From the Archives
Free Recovery-Focused Financial & Business Webinars
With the COVID-19 pandemic's devastating effect on practicing artists, Assets for Artists has redesigned its business and financial education programming to provide artists with recovery-focused, distance-learning … [Read More...]
Virtual Programming: Getting Started
It's time to get the future started. Since March 2020, the COVID-19 crisis has separated Massachusetts artists and arts patrons from in-person cultural experiences. There are some exceptions, like outdoor … [Read More...]
Studio Views: Wilhelm Neusser
Wilhelm Neusser (Painting Finalist '20) invites us into his studio to share the creative yield from the "lost" spring and summer of COVID: paintings from his new solo exhibition. In my most recent body of work, a … [Read More...]
How Has the Pandemic Impacted Your Creative Practice?
Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. It's hard to calculate the change and disruption the COVID-19 crisis has caused, on every level. We were curious about the ways it … [Read More...]
Artist Travel and Mobility
Observations and resources from the 2016 TransCultural Exchange Conference in Boston. The TransCultural Exchange Conference (TCE) took place February 25-27, 2016, the fifth such event since 2007. TCE focuses on … [Read More...]