Roughly once a month, we pose questions to artists about their work and lives. We recently asked a group of artists, What technological trends are having the greatest impact on art in your discipline (for better or for worse)? Timothy Kadish, visual artist The Pixel. Digital photography and related technologies are having a profound effect on the 2 dimensional visual … [Read more...]
Creative Space 6/3
While MCC's ArtistLink Initiative is being re-worked, creative space opportunities that previously would have been listed on artspacefinder.org are going to be shared here on ArtSake. Here is the most recent as of June 3, 2014: Western Avenue Studios in Lowell Leases at Western Avenue Studios roll over July 1st. This year we have a small but choice selection of studios … [Read more...]
How We Get By
How do artists earn their living? How do they support their creative endeavors? Do they support themselves via their art alone, or augmented by other work? In short: How do artists get by? A group of artists are convening at Lesley University in Cambridge on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 7 PM, to discuss these very questions. The event is free and open to all. More about … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Jun 14
It's June! Paper plate holders, baked bean mounds, and "picnic" (as a verb) are all emerging from their winter slumbers. Here are this sun-shiny month's news and notes from MCC awardees. At Gallery NAGA, Sophia Ainslie, Masako Kamiya, David Moore, and Randal Thurston join John Guthrie in the exhibition On the Wall, and Harold Reddicliffe has work in the group show Color … [Read more...]
Mass Cultural Council Announces 37 Awards in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting
Mass Cultural Council is honored to announce the 2014 Artist Fellowship awards in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting. Nineteen artists and one collaborative duo will receive fellowships of $10,000, and 17 artists will receive $500 finalist awards. See a list of this year's fellows and finalists, to date. The awards are anonymously judged, based solely on … [Read more...]