Composers, dramatic writers, and sculpture/installation artists: the deadline to apply for a 2011 Artist Fellowship in Music Composition, Playwriting, or Sculpture/Installation is this Monday, September 20, 2010 (this is a postmark deadline for mailed materials). In other words: there's still time! Read full program guidelines and apply - pronto, ASAP, and post haste. The … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2010
Gallery Glimpse: Ralf Yusuf Gawlick
Your browser does not support the audio element. Today's glimpse from our gallery of past MCC fellows/finalists features Ralf Yusuf Gawlick (Music Composition Fellow '09) and an excerpt of Glocken-Spiel for piano quartet. In his notes on the piece, Gawlick discusses how he was guided by the sound of the bell - simultaneously representing a call to the living and a … [Read more...]
Allan Reeder on a writer’s education
A life in the arts can lead to some interesting gigs. The career of Allan Reeder first led to MCC through his award-winning fiction (he's won our Artist Fellowship in Fiction/Creative Nonfiction twice - in 2006 and in 2010), but it includes many other forays into the world of writing and publishing. A sampling: he's assisted John Irving with revising his work, edited for The … [Read more...]
Voice Your Support of Arts Education
IF you believe that: A. schools matter B. art matters and furthermore... C. that it matters that art is taught, celebrated, supported, and fostered in schools... ... THEN we believe you may want to tell your legislators about it. It is, after all, Arts in Education Week (September 12-18, 2010). Furthermore, it's election season. Combine the two and you have an ideal … [Read more...]
MFA’s Artist Project Seeks Proposals
If you are an artist who is interested in teaching children using the Museum of Fine Arts collection you might consider applying for The Artist Project. The deal is that you would design a project and then with the kids you would create a collaborative work of art inspired by the Museum’s holdings. The Artist Project is a collaboration between the MFA, the School of the … [Read more...]