Today's glimpse from our gallery of past MCC fellows/finalists is from Lisa Olivieri's (Film & Video Finalist '09) stirring documentary Helen Keller Had It Easy, about a woman living creatively despite losing her sight and hearing. … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2010
Judith Black Opens a Season of Women’s Voices at Salem Theatre Company
Salem Theatre Company is about to launch an intriguing season of theatre on the North Shore: five plays, all by living, working female playwrights. We asked storyteller and playwright Judith Black, whose play Bittersweet Midnight is about to premiere in Salem, and STC Artistic Director John Fogle, to delve into the details of their work as theatre artists. Here, they elaborate … [Read more...]
Boston Composers’ Coalition: Composers, Musicians, & Audiences, Unite!
Crowdfunding (fundraising through a network of individual donors, often using the Internet) is a model with increasing potential for artists looking to realize creative projects. Some projects - usually those with a DIY ethos - are natural fits with the self-driven crowdfunding model. Recent success stories like The Big Hammock project in Boston's Rose Kennedy Greenway and … [Read more...]
The Ephemeral Work of Daniel Ranalli
To see a world in a grain of sand... -William Blake, Auguries of Innocence In October, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum will be exhibiting a twenty-year photographic survey of the work of Daniel Ranalli, MCC '10 Drawing Fellow. He has a long standing comittment to the creation of conceptual environmental work encompassing the Outer Cape. This is an … [Read more...]
Ye Olde Artist Opportunities
Webinar - Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts is sponsoring the webinar How to Electronically Register your Copyright on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 from 12-1pm. Contact Sheri S. Mason. Artist Residency Ucross Foundation Residency Program (February-June 2011, Ucross, WY) – Residencies of 2-8 weeks for visual artists, writers and composers. Residency provides … [Read more...]