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Adrienne Sloane on Her Society of Arts and Crafts Residency

September 18, 2017 3 Comments

The Artist Residency program at the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston supports craftspeople by giving them an opportunity to work in its Seaport studio. Adrienne Sloane describes her experience as a 2017 artists in residence. I was very pleased to be chosen as artist-in-residence at the Boston Society Of Arts and Crafts during its inaugural year in its new Seaport … [Read more...]

Charlotte Meehan: Cleanliness, Godliness, and Madness

September 14, 2016 2 Comments

Charlotte Meehan, Artistic Director of Sleeping Weazel and a past contributor to ArtSake, premiered the new play Cleanliness, Godliness, and Madness: a User's Guide at the Boston Center for the Arts in September 2016, in the run-up to the November presidential election. Here, she shares how her personal background and the country's "mad time" have shaped her new work for the … [Read more...]

A View From the Mountain: Bread Loaf Writers Conference

September 21, 2015 1 Comment

Recently, writer Donna Gordon attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont. In this guest post, she shares her experience and personal history with the conference. Attending the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Ripton, Vermont in August was not necessarily an invitation to commune with the muse, secure an agent, or sign a book deal. What the experience did … [Read more...]

Artists on How They Get By

June 30, 2014 Leave a Comment

On June 4, 2014, a group of artists are convened at Lesley University in Cambridge for an event called How We Get By, about the realities and struggles of artists' financial lives. Tim Devin, one of the event organizers and a past guest blogger for ArtSake on copyright issues, has written this guest post about what transpired on June 4 and where the "getting by" conversation … [Read more...]

The Photographic Journey of Mari Seder

December 12, 2013 2 Comments

Whether teaching art workshops in Oaxaca or here at home at the Worcester Art Museum, past MCC photography fellow Mari Seder has continued to explore the intimacy of families as connected to their homeland and faith. Her photographs continue to combine a poet's heart, a painter's hand, and a photographer's eye. With the grant money I received from MCC many years ago, I … [Read more...]

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