Mass Cultural Council is proud to announce the 2020 Artist Fellowship awards in Drawing & Printmaking, Poetry, and Traditional Arts. The awards include 19 fellowships of $15,000, and 16 finalist awards of $1,500. See a list of this year's fellows and finalists, to date. The awards are anonymously judged, based solely on the artistic quality and creative ability of the … [Read more...]
Cagen Luse: Drawn to Comics
Boston-based artist and illustrator Cagen Luse is the originator of Lunch Time ComiX, a biographical rendering of his family and growing up and living as a "racially ambiguous artist, father, foodie, sci-fi nerd and husband." He is also a member of Comics In Color (CiC), an organization that promotes comics by and about people of color in Boston who love comics and comic book … [Read more...]
Studio Views: Brece Honeycutt
We learned that Brece Honeycutt (Drawing & Printmaking Finalist '18) had been selected for two different artist residencies this summer. Here, she shares images and observations about the three studios in which she worked these last few months: her own in Sheffield, her residency at Norte Maar in Jay, NY, and her residency at Naumkeag in Stockbridge, MA. Outside/Inside: … [Read more...]
Studio Views: Meg Alexander
Meg Alexander, a multiple-year awardee in the Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowships Program, is exhibiting in the two-person show How Little Is Enough? at Drive-By Projects, in April and May. Here, the accomplished artist offers a peek into her studio and creative process. The word that best characterizes my studio is flexible. Since my work ranges from large … [Read more...]
Michelle Samour: Borders and Boundaries
Michelle Samour (Drawing & Printmaking Fellow '14), creates sublime pigmented handmade paperworks. Her recent project Borders and Boundaries, Looking for Palestine, explores the multifaceted challenges of the Palestinian Diaspora. In this series, Borders and Boundaries, I am referencing the traditional crafts and cartography of the Middle East, beginning with my … [Read more...]