It's a Leap Year, so there's an extra day this month to enjoy the awesomeness of Massachusetts artists! For a taste, we offer news from past Fellows and Finalists of MCC's Artist Fellowships. Melinda Lopez, who has a new play opening this month (see below), in the 40 Years of Fellowships project Two exhibitions at the University of New Hampshire Museum of … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Nov 15
This month, while the sunshine ebbs, the news from past awardees of MCC's Artist Fellowships shines ever shinier. Liza Bingham and Zehra Khan are among the artists in Lost Cat: Art in the Age of Social Media, at Cape Code Museum of Art (11/24-1/17, events 12/5). In October, the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design … [Read more...]
Boston Supports Artists
Two recent announcements reflect a steadily growing landscape of support for artists in Boston. Brother Thomas Fellowships Congratulations to the ten artists named as 2015 Brother Thomas Fellows - a list that includes four past Mass Cultural Council awardees. The Brother Thomas Fellows receive unrestricted grants of $15,000 through a fund established at the Boston … [Read more...]
Drastic Shifts in Your Art
Periodically, we pose a question to artists about an issue they face in their work and lives. Whether prompted by external or internal forces, artists often make major adjustments to their art and process. We asked artists in different disciplines, Have you ever taken your work in a drastically new direction? View a gallery of some of the diverse work of the … [Read more...]
Why Fund Artists? Part 3
Massachusetts has been funding artists for 40 years, and to help illuminate why, we're asking past Artist Fellowships awardees to tell us what happened after they were honored with a state award. This is the third gallery exploring the history of the Artist Fellowships Program. See the first and second. And if you're a past awardee, visit our Alumni Book to tell your … [Read more...]