Roughly once a month, we pose questions to artists about their work and lives. We recently asked a group of artists, What do you strive to capture when documenting your work? (And how do you so?) Dug North, automata maker My sculptures are interactive and kinetic. It is difficult to capture the essence of a piece unless you actually operate it yourself. The best I can … [Read more...]
Gallery of 2014 Awardees
Happy New Year! MCC's "year" ends in June (we operate on a fiscal year, beginning in July). So as we ring in the New Year (fiscally), we thought we'd take the opportunity to look back on the FY14 that was. To that end, we invite you to visit our online Gallery to view artists that received Artist Fellowships awards, this year and others. Image: Sonia Almeida (Painting … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Jul 14
It's July and the mercury is climbing. Regulate the temp of, if not your home, then at least your Massachusetts pride with this month's news and notes from past MCC Fellows/Finalists. Video by Gallery NAGA of installation of the show On the Wall, which features MCC awardees Sophia Ainslie, Masako Kamiya, David Moore, and Randal Thurston, with John Guthrie (thru … [Read more...]
Creative Space 6/30
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 is the most recent as of June 30, 2014: Artist Live/Work Loft # 301 North Adams, MA 2300 sq. ft. open floor plan w/12.5ft. ceilings 7 (7' x 10') southern exposure windows 3rd floor … [Read more...]
Artists on How They Get By
On June 4, 2014, a group of artists are convened at Lesley University in Cambridge for an event called How We Get By, about the realities and struggles of artists' financial lives. Tim Devin, one of the event organizers and a past guest blogger for ArtSake on copyright issues, has written this guest post about what transpired on June 4 and where the "getting by" conversation … [Read more...]