Paul Turano set out to make a personal, nonfiction film about urban green spaces - but the project wandered into a new realm. The resulting work, Wander, Wonder, Wilderness, is a multi-faceted, participatory documentary project. Fresh off screenings at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Boston, the artist has launched a Kickstarter campaign to support the ongoing work. We … [Read more...]
Free Workshops for Artists – Apply by Oct. 15
Our friends at Assets for Artists are offering a series of professional development workshops in the upcoming weeks. They're free, but space is limited. Apply by October 15. More: All creative entrepreneurs - in all disciplines and financial circumstance - based in Massachusetts are welcome to apply. (In your application, you will specify which of the trainings you are … [Read more...]
Readings by State-Awarded Writers and Poets
We are honored to announce the 2014 Commonwealth Reading Series, a series of reading events featuring Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellows/Finalists in the literary arts. The readings will take place this October and November 2014 in venues throughout the Commonwealth, and they'll feature awardees from our recent grants in Fiction/Creative Nonfiction and … [Read more...]
Creative Space 9/15
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 are the most recent as of September 15, 2014: Artist Spaces for Rent in Former Bradford Public Library Our building was the former Bradford Public Library, and was built in 1834. … [Read more...]
Sarah Meyers Brent: Living Paint
The paint in Sarah Meyers Brent's solo exhibition, currently at the Hampden Gallery at UMass Amherst, appears to be alive. But is it dying? Growing - or decomposing? It overflows canvases and droops from walls like verdant life, but also shrivels and darkens with a suggestion of decay. The exhibition, Living Paint, includes the artist's fascinating explorations of paint and … [Read more...]