We at the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) are working on a history project. We want to highlight and celebrate the storied history of Artist Fellowships funding in Massachusetts. If you are a past awardee of the Artist Fellowships program, please help us illuminate this history by submitting a response to our Artist Fellowships Alumni Book. The Alumni Book is our way of … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Jun 15
This June, our past Artist Fellows & Finalists are exhibiting, publishing, premiering, winning, and just generally being excellent, here and abroad. Sandra Allen, Dale Broholm, Todd McKie, and Harold Reddicliffe are among the artists exhibiting in Dynamic Conversations, fine craft furniture paired with distinctive two-dimensional works, at the Dillon Gallery of the … [Read more...]
LEF New England for Nonfiction Filmmakers
Congratulations to the Spring 2015 recipients of the LEF Foundation Moving Image Fund awards. As a funder and resource for nonfiction filmmakers in New England, the LEF Foundation has helped bring to life an amazing - and important - array of nonfiction films (see a sampling in their highlight reel). Among the most recent LEF grantees is past MCC awardee James Rutenbeck … [Read more...]
Mass Cultural Council Announces 35 Awards in Film & Video, Music Composition, and Photography
Mass Cultural Council is honored to announce the 2015 MCC Artist Fellowship awards in Film & Video, Music Composition, and Photography. Nineteen artists will receive fellowships of $10,000, and 15 artists and one collaborative duo will receive $1000 finalist awards. See a full list of this year's fellows and finalists. The awards are anonymously judged, based solely on … [Read more...]
Discussion Series for Artists/Parents
How to be an artist and a parent? Greg Cook and Tim Devin (artists and parents, both) are gathering voices to discuss this very question. Two upcoming events geared towards creative folks (artists/musicians/you-name-it) who have kids will focus on the unique challenges of having children and an artistic career, and trying to make it all work. The first event (free and … [Read more...]