We head into an auspicious span of days for word-lovers. Boston Book Festival This Saturday, October 16, is the Boston Book Festival. If world-class writers were muscles, this event would be bursting out of its sleeves. Elizabeth Alexander, Bill Bryson, Atul Gawande, Allegra Goodman, Jennifer Haigh, A.M. Homes, Dennis Lehane, and Joyce Carol Oates are joined by dozens … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2010
Vote in the Mayors Arts Challenge
The Massachusetts Cultural Council issued a friendly challenge to Bay State mayors: sing it. Sing the praises of your city's arts and culture, and testify to the way art impacts your communities. Sixteen mayors responded to the challenge, posting videos on MCC's Mayors' Arts Challenge YouTube channel celebrating, touting, even offering some roving reportage about how the … [Read more...]
Brushing Up on Artist Opportunities
Photographers The Masters Cup, an international award for color photography is now accepting entries for its 5th annual award. Deadline: October 15, 2010 Call to Artists The Cambridge Art Association's prospectus for the exhibition Blue is now available. Open to painting, photography, 3-D work, mixed media (including fabric art), print, drawing or pen and ink. The … [Read more...]
Studio Views: Stephen Tourlentes
Nine Boston-area artists are currently exhibiting at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston's 2010 James and Audrey Foster Prize Exhibition. The artists, finalists for the prestigious $25,000 Foster Prize, create work across a wide spectrum of visual disciplines and artistic practices. We recently shared Studio Views with Foster finalists Fred H.C. Liang and Evelyn Rydz, … [Read more...]
Gallery Glimpse: Jim Wolpaw and Steve Gentile
Today's glimpse from our gallery of past MCC fellows/finalists: the Belle of Amherst makes the play at second base, from Loaded Gun by Jim Wolpaw and Steve Gentile (Film & Video Fellows '03). … [Read more...]