An handful of past MCC fellows/finalists recently got some nice (and free) publicity: Globe art critic Cate McQuaid had very good things to say about Sally Moore's (Sculpture/Installation Finalist '07) exhibition Edge and Jane Marsching (Photography Finalist '03), Deb Todd Wheeler (Sculpture/Installation Fellow '03), and Tanit Sakakini's exhibition Figment's … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2008
November Fellows Notes
BEN BERMAN STEPHEN DIRADO JANE GILLOOLY CHUCK HOLTZMAN ARIEL KOTKER JULIE LEVESQUE JANE MARSCHING ANDREW NEUMANN MONICA RAYMOND SALVATORE SCIBONA DEB TODD WHEELER JOAN WICKERSHAM ... are coming soon to a reading, exhibition, screening, award ceremony, or publication near you. (I.e. they're all featured in our November 2008 Fellows Notes, which we just posted). … [Read more...]
Music Through the Intercom
Along with the daily announcements from the principal (your pal and mine), the pledge of allegiance, and a student pledge, classical music is broadcast through the Ellen R. Hathaway elementary school's intercom. Take a listen to this recent WGBH radio piece about this music program in New Bedford. Image of Ellen R. Hathaway elementary school from … [Read more...]
Louder Than Words
If only the walls could talk. Well apparently they will at the Worcester Art Museum starting this Thursday. The provocative artist-activist collaborative THINK AGAIN (David John Attyah and S.A. Bachman) are at it again. Working in the longstanding tradition of agitprop artists, they have created a new work called Actions Speak. Upon receiveing their comission, THINK … [Read more...]
Acrostic: a roundup
At Kino-Eye are nifty photos from the Berwick Research Institute's recent Artist Encampment on Bumpkin Island. Ten groups of artists embarked to the Boston Harbor island with only the art supplies on their backs to "homestead" and adapt their creative ideas over five days. Berwick's website called the project "part residency, part survivalist experiment, and fully … [Read more...]