Wen Yu is a multimedia artist who utilizes research to create projects integrating art, technology, story-telling, and tangible materials. She is currently Artist in Residence at Cambridge Community Television (CCTV), where she is working with immersive media technology to explore the migration of people, culture, and ideas. Here, she discusses her latest project and the way … [Read more...]
Artist Voices
Highlighting the work and voices of individual artists.
P. Carl: The Story of Becoming a Man
In a recent feature on WBUR's Radio Boston, P. Carl (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow '18) discussed why he wrote his new memoir, Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition. In part, it was because he didn't see trans stories like his being told, and "any time you're adding to the stories that are missing in our culture, that might be helpful somewhere down the line." It … [Read more...]
Poet Jacob Strautmann: What Changes, What Doesn’t
On March 2, 2020, Jacob Strautmann (Poetry Fellow '18) launches his poetry collection The Land of the Dead Is Open for Business (Four Ways Books) at the Blacksmith House Poetry Series. In this audio clip, Strautmann reads his poem For as Long as it Lasts (and it will Last if Money can be Made). He also discusses the poem's origin as well as his upbringing "in the shadow of … [Read more...]
What Role Does Humor Play in Your Art?
Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we asked: What role does humor play in your art? View a gallery of work by the responding artists Pelle Cass, photographer When a work of art strikes me as funny, I’m pretty sure there’s some intelligence behind it and there’s bound to be surprise is built in, since there’s … [Read more...]
Kate Gilbert on Public Art in Boston
It's about creating that joy and wonder in our public spaces, and also reflecting the faces of who we are as Bostonians today. - Kate Gilbert, Executive Director of Now + There, discussing public art in Boston The Mass Cultural Council's Creative Minds Out Loud podcast recently featured Kate Gilbert, executive director of Now + There, an organization that curates, … [Read more...]