Here's a new blog to add to your feed: Keepers of Tradition. It's a blog about traditional arts in Massachusetts by state folklorist Maggie Holtzberg, and I vigorously and with lots of enthusiastic verbal flourishes recommend you make a habit of reading it. (And not only because Maggie sits catty-corner from me at the Massachusetts Cultural Council offices.) It's part … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2008
DIY (deliver it yourself)
This is a continuation of the Alternative Deliveries post, about the still-forming landscape of art and digital distribution. One word you'll sometimes hear when talking about art and digital technologies is democratization. The idea is that the power is shifting from being centralized in museums, publishers, film studios, and other presenters to being shared with savvy … [Read more...]
Art+MASS: a roundup
Art moves Massachusetts art and artists are criss-crossing the proverbial map. James Hull, of Green Street Gallery and Laconia Gallery, makes the move to the New England School of Art and Design, where he'll take over as gallery director. Matthew Nash shared the story on Our Daily Red, blog of the funky online art concern Big RED & Shiny. Speaking of Mr. Nash, he has an … [Read more...]
Alternative Deliveries: a ramble
First, the warning... my six-month-old has his first cold and I, like the mad scientist who tests his serum on himself, went and caught it to see how bad it is. (Actually, I caught it by accident. But now I see that it is kind of bad. Poor kid!) All this to warn you that this post is being written under a viral fog. (Anyway, isn't excessive coherence in a blog post kind of too … [Read more...]
The U.S. of A.M.T.*
This Sunday's Boston Globe had an intriguing article about Barrington Stage Company's Musical Theatre Lab and its development of the new musical See Rock City & Other Destinations, now showing in Pittsfield. That's the same group that brought The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee to light (specifically, the light of a cafeteria in Sheffield, where it was first … [Read more...]