Fellows Notes is a monthly listing of the latest news from awardees in our Artist Fellowships Program. The Boston Foundation has awarded 2018 Live Arts Boston (LAB) grants to 65 projects, including projects featuring past Mass Cultural Council awardees Marilyn Arsem, Nell Breyer, Alissa Cardone, Lorraine Chapman, Deborah Lake Fortson, Regie Gibson, Anna Myer, and … [Read more...]
Apply to Be a New England Creative Community Fellow
National Art Strategies (NAS), in partnership with a group of organizations including The Barr Foundation, the New England Foundation for the Arts, and Mass Cultural Council, has announced it is accepting applications from New England residents to be Creative Community Fellows. The program is seeking artists, community organizers, administrators, or entrepreneurs "working on a … [Read more...]
What Is the Responsibility of Public Art?
Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. What is it that distinguishes a truly exceptional work of public art? What does a work of public art owe to its community? As Cambridge Arts Council Executive Director Jason Weeks observes in the Creative Minds Out Loud Podcast, "One of the great hallmarks of public art, besides... that it … [Read more...]
Write an Artist Statement People Will Want to Read
Brief and attention-grabbing - but beyond that, this fellow’s artist statement could use some work. Few artists enjoy writing them. Some, if pressed, might admit they don't look forward to reading them. But chances are that, someday, an opportunity will arise - a grant you'd like to apply for, a juried exhibition, etc. - that will require you to submit an artist statement. … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Mar 18
Fellows Notes is a monthly listing of the latest news from awardees in our Artist Fellowships Program. Wendy Jehlen and Jared Katsiane were both among the 33 artists and organizations receiving the recently announced Opportunity Funds Grants from the Boston Cultural Council. Daniel Johnson and Steve Locke have been selected as a 2018 Boston … [Read more...]