Every time I think I'm finished with this month's Fellows Notes page, it expands, as if creative atoms are supercolliding to create an ever-expanding art universe! Or something like that. Anyway, it's great to know our contemporary art scene is more Big Bang than Big Crunch. Here are some of the recent additions: Tonight (Fri. 9/12), Scott Wheeler (Music Composition … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2008
Planet art: a roundup
At ecoTheater, a fascinating blog about environmentally sustainable approaches to theater, Mike Lawler worries about the carbon footprint of traveling throughout the country to work with different theater companies. He introduces the quagmire in a discussion with an often-traveling sound designer and continues the conversation here and here. At the Public Humanist, blog of … [Read more...]
Funding for Individual Artists in Massachusetts
When Massachusetts artists contact us (MCC) to ask about grant support for individual artists, our first response is, of course, to strongly encourage they investigate our Artist Fellowship Program (note: online application and guidelines for the 2009 cycle, which accepts applications in Crafts, Film & Video, Music Composition, Playwriting, and Sculpture/Installation, will … [Read more...]
Three Stages: Christian Burns
In Three Stages, we ask Massachusetts artists to shed light on their art-making process by focusing on three stages in the creative life of one work of art. The first artist to take the challenge is the inventive, widely accomplished choreographer and dancer Christian Burns, who received a 2008 Artist Fellowship in Choreography. He discusses the work Beneath Your … [Read more...]
Flying Elvis or Pat Patriot?
The Salem News writer Alan Burke has penned an article about the artist Marshall Harris, a former New England Patriot defensive end who once wore the proud red, white and blue logo on his helmet. "Squish the fish!" Actually I don't really advocate squishing any fish at all. And by the way, dolphins aren't fish either, so it's clear that creative license abounds in sports … [Read more...]