WBUR's The ARTery has a terrific story about the 15 new wall murals created in Lynn, Massachusetts, as part of the Beyond Walls Project. In just 10 days, artists created the murals on brick walls in Downtown Lynn, all within walking distance of one another. Above is an image of the mural by Marka27 (also known as Victor Quiñonez), on 31 Exchange Street. Below is work by … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Aug 17
Fellows Notes is a monthly listing of the latest news from awardees in our Artist Fellowships Program. August 2017 Mark Cooper, Sheila Gallagher, Ben Sloat, and Deb Todd Wheeler are all exhibiting in A Summer Proposal at Boston City Hall (thru 8/18). ** Liz Duffy Adams' play Or, was produced at Round House Theatre in DC and got a rave review in the Washington … [Read more...]
Kathy Crowley: The Belmont Books Story
The Belmont Books story goes like this: Belmont, Mass. needed a bookstore, and Chris Abouzeid and Kathy Crowley opened one. That alone - the happy tale of the new independent bookstore - gives us reason to read on. But the plot thickens: the owners are both past Mass Cultural Council Fellows. Chris won in 2004 and Kathy won fellowships in 2006 and 2012. We asked Kathy, who … [Read more...]
City of Notions, a Boston Poetry Anthology
On Thursday, July 27, 2017, Boston Poet Laureate and Mass Cultural Council Fellow Danielle Legros Georges will celebrate the publication of City of Notions: An Anthology of Contemporary Boston Poems with a public reading in the courtyard of the Boston Public Library. The event begins with welcome remarks by the City of Boston's Chief of Arts and Culture Julie Burros, at 6 … [Read more...]
Laura Harrington: Keep Going Keep Writing
Laura Harrington is a novelist, playwright, and librettist who has received two Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowships and numerous other awards and honors. She's just published her second novel, A Catalog of Birds, and has upcoming readings in Beverly, Belmont, and Rockport. In 2011, we talked to Laura about her first novel, Alice Bliss, and the way her creative process … [Read more...]