Go local! Open studios events are great opportunities to experience and support artists working in your very own neighborhood. Check out these open studios events in Massachusetts* this September and October. Western Avenue Studios (Lowell) Open Studios, Sep 7 and (ARTober Fest) Oct 5-6, 2019 SOWA Artists Guild (Boston), First Friday, Sep 6 and Oct 4, 2019; and … [Read more...]
From the Archives
Ilana Manolson: Following the Fleeting
The short film embedded above is by Emma Angen Rose, a collaboration with Ilana Manolson (Painting Fellow '18, '08). Manolson, who has a solo exhibition at the Cadogan Contemporary Gallery in London in April 2019, shared with us that when she received her most recent award (she won a $12,000 Fellowship in Painting in 2018), she took the opportunity to hire another artist for … [Read more...]
How Do You Use Online Platforms as an Artist?
Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we're revisiting a question we first posed to artists in 2013: How do you use online platforms as an artist? Judith Motzkin, ceramic and mixed media artist I value direct, personal contact. Using MailChimp, with signup forms on my sites, I send occasional e-blasts to the whole … [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...]
Duncan Gowdy: Woodworking, Photography, and Illustration
Duncan Gowdy carves out time from his studio to talk about his image inspired work. I grew up in Needham, Massachusetts, in an area of town that is walking distance to the Charles River, farming fields, and woodland. The environment set the stage for the work that I have created for the past ten years. It also instilled in me a sense of place that has influenced where I … [Read more...]