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Sara Hendren: Who Is the World Designed For?

September 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

Cover art for WHAT CAN A BODY DO?: HOW WE MEET THE BUILT WORLD by Sara Hendren (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow '18), published by Penguin Random House August 2020 (author photo of by Freddie Hendren Funck).

This summer marked the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a turning point in the history of disability rights. During her years of writing, art, design, and research, Sara Hendren (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow '18) has found the field of disability studies a rich and deep world to explore. "And in the course of all of those years of both writing … [Read more...]

20th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards

September 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

(Left to right) Raul Gonzalez III, Karen Skolfield, Grace Talusan, Oliver de la Paz

Last week, the Massachusetts Center for the Book announced the selections of the 20th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards. The Awards recognize achievement in five categories of literature written by current residents of the Commonwealth. Congratulations to all of the awardees and honorees. In particular, we are pleased that the list includes several past Mass Cultural Council … [Read more...]

How Has the Pandemic Impacted Your Creative Practice?

August 25, 2020 4 Comments

Still image from a video by Cat Mazza demonstrating the PANDEMIC VIEWS project.

Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. It's hard to calculate the change and disruption the COVID-19 crisis has caused, on every level. We were curious about the ways it might have shifted the trajectory of artists' work. We asked artists in different disciplines: How has the pandemic impacted your creative … [Read more...]

Simone John: Poetic Inheritance

July 29, 2020 Leave a Comment

Simone John

Even before the pandemic, Simone John's (Poetry Fellow '20) creative practice was headed in a direction that would serve her well during months of isolation and uncertainty. Since the 2016 election, she had been considering how her ancestors navigated times of turmoil. "Understanding that this is not the first crisis my community has had. And that we survived, because I'm … [Read more...]

Curators, Editors, and Presenters: Our Advice for Artists

July 15, 2020 1 Comment

Timothy Kadish (Painting Fellow '14), GIRL (2018), oil on canvas, 24x20 in.

Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we're posing a question to a group of curators, editors, and presenters that we first posed in 2017: If you could convince artists to change ONE thing about the way they approach you/your organization for opportunities, what would it be? Aynel David Guerra, Curator, Director of … [Read more...]

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