Through a combination of need and resourcefulness, writer/artist Mira Bartok has learned the ins and outs of grants, awards, and residencies. Add to that a spirit of goodwill, and the result is Mira's List, her thorough and useful website on opportunities for individual artists. We invited her to share her background in applying for funding as well as her pragmatic insights on … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2009
The Way We Get By – tonight at MFA Boston
? The Way We Get By, a documentary film about a group of seniors who gather at a Bangor, Maine airport to thank American soldiers departing and returning from Iraq, has its Boston premiere TONIGHT at the MFA Boston (Thursday, August 27, 8 PM). The film, by Massachusetts filmmakers Aron Gaudet (director) and Gita Pullapilly (producer), has received attention in national news … [Read more...]
Threading the Needle
Some people have no trouble threading a needle, making use of the materials at hand, and stitching fabric swatches together to create spectacular quilts. By the way, guess when the invention of the needle and thread took place? (See answer below). And so visitors to the upcoming exhibition of The New England Quilt Museum are in for a treat. The show MASTER PIECES: … [Read more...]
Inching Towards Artists Opportunities
Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Lead us lest too far we wander... Crawling over to the Boston Center for the Arts one can find the Movement at the Mills proposal deadline approaching fast for local, independent dance companies to showcase complete or in-progress works. A variety of dance styles are encouraged to apply - … [Read more...]
Page to screen
The trailer you just watched (go ahead, watch it!) accompanies the short story "Your Fate Hurtles Down at You" by Western Mass. resident (and past Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellow) Jim Shepard, just published in Electric Literature. The trailer is notable because, well, it's an animated trailer for a short story, and how often do you see that? But also, because it's part of … [Read more...]