With influences ranging from Helsinki to Maine, the award-winning artist Kayla Mohammadi's abstract paintings will be exhibited in a solo show at the Caldbeck Gallery in Rockland, Maine, from August 14 - September 14, 2013. The alluring forms and patterns in her paintings reflect the varied influences in her mind. Originally from Northern California, as well as having lived in … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2013
Massachusetts Health Care Reform Update
A note from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), HealthCareForArtists.org, and the Artists Health Care Working Group: This fall, the Federal Affordable Care Act (ACA), will start to roll out more of its policies and programs. Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), HealthCareForArtists.org, and the Artists Health Care Working Group encourage all Massachusetts … [Read more...]
Separate or Integrate Your Art with Your “Other” Life?
Many artists have parallel careers or lifepaths; some are doctors, scientists, teachers, designers - poet Wallace Stevens was an insurance executive. Some artists choose to integrate their art with their other career; some, whether by choice or necessity, keep them completely separate. We asked a group of artists: Do you separate or integrate your art with your 'other' … [Read more...]
Artist Opportunities That Rock
We will, we will rock thee. Call for Art MIXED MEDIA, a curated show at Lynn Arts, is open to any artist 17 and older. No size limitations for this show, except entry through a standard door. The juror is Sand T Kalloch, an artist and former gallery director of artSPACE@16 based in Malden, Massachusetts. Learn more. Deadline: Drop-off: Thursday, August 8, 11am-7pm, Friday, … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Aug 13
Who says everyone's on vacation in August? This month, past MCC Fellows/Finalists are featured at MFA Boston, WBUR's Artery, LEF Foundation, Carroll & Sons Gallery, Virginia Quarterly Review, and more. Congratulations to Luis Arnias and Ilisa Barbash, both of whom were among the grantees in the LEF Foundation's recent round of pre-production funding for nonfiction … [Read more...]