The National Endowment for the Arts recently announced the 2015 Creative Writing Fellowships in Prose. Congratulations to all recipients of this prestigious literary honor, but particularly to Lenore Myka of Somerville, Celeste Ng of Cambridge, Paul Harding of Topsfield, and Joy Ladin of Hadley (also a past MCC awardee in Fiction/Creative Nonfiction). And speaking of past MCC … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2015
Fellowships: Apply Now in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, & Painting
We're excited to announce that Mass Cultural Council is now accepting 2016 Artist Fellowship applications in the categories of Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting. Deadline: Monday, January 25, 2016. The Artist Fellowships are unrestricted, anonymously judged, competitive grants of $12,000 and finalist awards of $1,000, in recognition of artistic … [Read more...]
Artist Opportunities Yeah Yeah Yeah
Self-Publishing Literary Awards The Black Caucus of the American Library Association is currently accepting entries for their self-publishing literary awards. Two prizes of $500 each will be given annually for a poetry e-book and a fiction e-book by an African American writer self-published in the United States during the previous year. The awards honor books that depict the … [Read more...]
Sean Greene: Painting and Dealing with It
Sean Greene's painting is driven by freedom, feeling, and, above all, exhilarating color. That's the case whether he's painting in his toothbrush-factory art studio, on the walls at Facebook's office, or propped up recovering from a life-altering skateboarding accident. He paints, and he deals with it. Video features music by past Music Composition Fellow Eric … [Read more...]
Artist Opportunities Road Trip
Tickets please. All aboard. Destination tbd. Call for Work Entries are now being accepted for the Flux Factory's Fung Wah Biennial. In March 2016, Flux Factory will serve as a work and rehearsal space to create, perform, and install works in 3 separate Chinatown bus trips to 3 cities in the North Eastern U.S. During each weekend in March 2016, a bus will leave NYC to venture … [Read more...]