Fellows Notes is a monthly listing of the latest news from awardees in our Artist Fellowships Program. July 2017 Karl Baden, Holly Lynton, Sally Moore, Shelley Reed, and Donald Shambroom are all exhibiting in the group show Animal As Metaphor at Miller Yezerski Gallery (7/7-8/18, opening reception 7/7, 5-8 PM). Mariko Kusumoto, Elin Noble, and Elizabeth Whyte … [Read more...]
How Have Mentors Affected Your Art?
Periodically, we pose questions to artists about issues they face in their work and lives. This month, we asked practitioners in a variety of disciplines, Have you had any important mentors? Who have they been, and how did they affect you? Brynmore Williams, filmmaker When I think about my important mentors, the deeper question beyond "who they were" would be "why they … [Read more...]
Senator Rosenberg on How Artists Make a Better World
Earlier this month, Mass Cultural Council celebrated the 2017 awardees from our Artist Fellowships Program at the Massachusetts State House. One of the event highlights was a speech by Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg. Many of the artists in attendance were surprised to learn about Senator Rosenberg's own history in the arts: he has a B.A. in Community Development … [Read more...]
New in Our Online Gallery
Mass Cultural Council recently announced Artist Fellowships awards in Film & Video, Music Composition, and Photography. (Yay!) Creative work by the awarded artists has been added to the Mass Cultural Council Gallery, our online gallery featuring grantees from our Artist Fellowships Program. Find awarded artists and their work in the Gallery. Images and media: … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Jun 17
Fellows Notes is a monthly listing of the latest news from awardees in our Artist Fellowships Program. June 2017 Marilyn Arsem was recently featured in WBUR's The ARTery about the art installation that Mobius, the art collective she founded, has created at the Boston City Hall. Sarah Bliss and Cynthia McLaughlin premiere Orbit, a dance film commissioned by the … [Read more...]