Karen Aqua (Film & Video Fellow '11) was an innovator in animation and a beloved figure in the Massachusetts arts community. The Massachusetts Cultural Council was honored to award her an Artist Fellowship shortly before her untimely passing in May, 2011. On Sunday, September 25, 2011, at 3 PM, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston will present a special tribute to … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2011
Artist Opportunities Back to School
oh dear... Call to Artists Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Providence, RI is now accepting entries for the exhibition Curiouser. The aim of the exhibition is to bring the humanities and sciences together with the arts, offering a unique lens on the Victorian era’s obsession with natural studies and specimen collecting. Learn more. Deadline: September 8, … [Read more...]
Gallery Glimpse: James Rutenbeck
Our Gallery@MCC shares samples of the outstanding work of past Artist Fellowships awardees, and we just added video and audio clips for the 2011 fellows/finalists. So, the time seems right for a glimpse of that Gallery excellence. Here, we feature James Rutenbeck, a 2011 Film & Video Finalist for his moving, beautiful filmed documentary Scenes from a Parish, about a … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – September 11
In September, past MCC fellows/finalists venture into imagined flora, faraway lands, outer space, the impermanent, the temporary, and the nearly not. (For starters.) And now, we venture into our monthly round-up of the news of past awardees of our Artist Fellowships Program. Karen Aqua (Film & Video Fellow '11) will be honored by the Institute of Contemporary … [Read more...]