The Massachusetts Dance Festival kicks off its second year of full-day weekend education workshops and performances August 13-14 at Boston University’s Dance Studio Theater, and August 27 at UMass Amherst’s Bowker Auditorium. A veritable Whitman's Sampler of delicious Massachusetts-based modern, ballet, jazz, hip-hop and world dance companies will be … [Read more...]
Are You “Dance-Curious”?
Whether you are a choreographer, dancer, figure painter, lover of archival images, or just "dance-curious", Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive is for you. They have collected film and video footage of human bodies in exquisite motion performing at Jacob's Pillow from the late 1930's to the present. You can really sense the trajectory of dance (and fashion and music) through the … [Read more...]
Miniature Travel Guide to the Republic of Art Awesomeness in MA (This Weekend Edition)
So, you want art this weekend. You've come to the right place. Here's a handy dandy guide to your art-seeking travels. Your starting point is Taunton, Massachusetts, on Sat., June 4, 2011, for the Dighton Cow Chip Festival. There, you'll behold chainsaw sculptor "The Machine" Jesse Green as he lives out his slogan - "Carving Dreams into Reality" - by sculpting (live, in … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – May 2011
Spring is a-bloom, allergens are omnipresent, and Massachusetts artists are being their usual awesome. Here's this month's news from past MCC fellows/finalists. This month, the Massachusetts Poetry Festival takes place in Salem, Massachusetts (you’ll see events featuring past fellows/finalists throughout this month’s notes). But we wanted to be sure to draw your … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Feb 11
Here's the latest installment of Fellows Notes, the current news of past fellows/finalists from our Artist Fellowships Program. In February, our past awardees roll with rock book clubs, pack for Rome residencies, go walking (and dancing) in Memphis, and lots more. Five MCC Artist Fellowship Program awardees in Painting, Vico Fabbris (Fellow '06), Christopher Faust … [Read more...]