If you've made a video but haven't added captions, have you really said enough? You've created a video. It could be a work of art itself, or a documentation of another work (a dance or interactive installation, for instance), or a reading of a literary work, or an explanatory video, or any number of the ways creative people utilize moving images. If your video includes sound … [Read more...]
From the Archives
GennaRose Nethercott: Beasts and Boxes
GennaRose Nethercott (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow '18) knew she had to pursue writing as a career when, during college, taking breaks from writing caused her "bouts of ennui." "I thought, if this is how it's going to be, then I've got to go all in. I'm going to do this for real." Since then, she's written everything from stories to poems to song lyrics to … [Read more...]
How Do You Set Value for Your Art?
Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we asked: What considerations impact how you set value for your art? Clara Lieu, visual artist Pricing your artwork is a process that most artists dread; quantifying the value of your time to create an artwork by slapping a concrete number onto your piece feels inherently … [Read more...]
Julie Mallozzi on Circle Up and Seeing as a Maker
Julie Mallozzi explores cultural intersections and social change through award-winning documentary films. Her latest nonfiction feature, Circle Up, will screen in the GlobeDocs Film Festival on Saturday, October 14, 2017, 12 PM, at Brattle Theatre. We asked Julie about the film's origins, what engages her as an artist and teacher, and what’s next in her intriguing career as … [Read more...]
Three Stages: Lainey Schooltree
In Three Stages, artists explore one work of art through three stages in its development. Composer and musician Lainey Schooltree has undergone a years-long journey to create her rock opera Heterotopia. Heterotopia will have a concert performance and book release for its illustrated libretto on Friday, September 29, 2017, at OBERON in Cambridge. Here, she traces its … [Read more...]