• Home
  • About
  • Mass Cultural Council Support for Artists
  • Contact

Massachusetts Cultural Council

ArtSake - New work & the creative process

  • Artist Opportunities
  • Creative Space Classifieds
  • Artist Voices
  • Useful Links

Archives for April 2012

Artist Opportunities Under the Hood

April 17, 2012 Leave a Comment

Tread slowly and with purpose and you're bound to find what you're looking for. Arts and Crafts Vendors The Downtown Boston BID’s 2012 Open Markets, to be hosted in Downtown Crossing each Wednesday and Friday from May 2 through October 26, are still accepting applications. The deadline has been extended. Learn more. Screenwriters Entries are now being accepted for the … [Read more...]

Studio Views: Julie Akeret

April 11, 2012 Leave a Comment

Interesting things can happen when you leave home. Julie Akeret (Film & Video Finalist '11) has made documentary films for over 25 years, but to tell the story she wants to tell next, she's exploring new ground: narrative film. She's running a fundraising campaign on USA Projects to complete the short, fictional film The Haircut. Here, she offers a peek into the work … [Read more...]

Pagan Kennedy and a Career in “Not Fiction”

April 10, 2012 Leave a Comment

If you want to publish your first book and launch a career as a nonfiction writer, then Pagan Kennedy (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow '10) may have a few ideas for you. A widely published writer, Pagan is getting ready to teach a year-long, "MFA-level" course at the Grub Street writers' service organization called the Nonfiction Career Lab (applications accepted until by … [Read more...]

Navigating Artist Opportunities

April 10, 2012 Leave a Comment

What? No bikes? Upside down trains. What a future! Artists and Craft Vendors  Applications for venders for the FossFest stage of Carnaval@SomerStreets in Somerville on Sunday June 3rd from 12pm-4pm, are now being accepted. The vendor fee is $20 for a 10' x 10' display area, table and chairs. Learn more. Deadline: Applications accepted until all spots have been … [Read more...]

Studio Views: Constance Jacobson

April 5, 2012 4 Comments

Thank goodness Constance Jacobson is fascinated by the super freaky, super colossal world of microbes. Let's see how Constance's scientific interest in the world of micro-organisms influences the creation of her spectacular monster drawings and prints. Just remember, if you enjoy living, microbes are your friends! The idea for this series originated when I saw a … [Read more...]

« Previous Page
Next Page »
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
Join our Artist News email list

Mass Cultural Council Gallery

View more than 3,000 works by Mass Cultural Council’s Artist Fellows & Finalists online

Categories

  • accessibility (40)
  • advocacy (85)
  • archival image (407)
  • art + science (21)
  • artist to artist (104)
  • artist voices (422)
  • arts business (138)
  • arts education (6)
  • arts law (14)
  • business of art (10)
  • call to artists (892)
  • ceramics (37)
  • communities (4)
  • conceptual art (16)
  • covid-19 (25)
  • crafts (146)
  • creative individuals (11)
  • creative space (48)
  • cross-sector resource (30)
  • crowdfunding (21)
  • cyber art (35)
  • dance (145)
  • digital art (1)
  • DIY (15)
  • documentary (5)
  • drawing (171)
  • emerging (9)
  • environmental art (89)
  • fellows notes (210)
  • fellowships (96)
  • fiber (5)
  • fiction (34)
  • film/video (261)
  • from the archives (6)
  • funding (313)
  • glass (1)
  • guest blogger (26)
  • honors (41)
  • installation art (153)
  • international (1)
  • interview (103)
  • literature (382)
  • live-work space (1)
  • metalwork (4)
  • mixed media (91)
  • music (162)
  • nano-interview (88)
  • nonfiction (23)
  • open studios (43)
  • opera (4)
  • our events (44)
  • our exhibitions (56)
  • painting (259)
  • paper (7)
  • performance art (24)
  • philanthropy (6)
  • photography (218)
  • playwriting (23)
  • poetry (65)
  • professional development (152)
  • public art (112)
  • reading (7)
  • recent posts (972)
  • residencies (225)
  • screenwriting (20)
  • sculpture (162)
  • skills building (81)
  • storytelling (1)
  • studio views (63)
  • teaching artists (1)
  • technology (2)
  • textile (8)
  • theater (185)
  • three stages (17)
  • tips (100)
  • traditional arts (54)
  • trends (123)
  • video (15)
  • visual arts (78)

Homepage banner artwork: Detail of "folding a season" (2016, acrylic on board, 27x24 in) by Ilana Manolson (Mass Cultural Council Painting Fellow ’08, ’18).

Copyright © 2026 · Mass Cultural Council

privacy policy · terms & conditions of use · access policy