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...]
Seth Lepore: Transforming Performing Arts Careers
Performing artist, educator, and artist-advocate Seth Lepore has launched a crowdfunding campaign through HatchFund. He's writing a new book, Ruthless Reciprocity, and wants to create a living document to transform the performing arts community. The book will focus on building a career as a performing artist, entirely from an artist's perspective. Based in part on Seth … [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...]
Carl Phillips: Poetry of the Irreconcilable
In 1990, Carl Phillips was a high school Latin teacher in Falmouth when he had a chance encounter with a Massachusetts poet. That experience led him to apply for a state fellowship in poetry - and onto an extraordinary career exploring the irreconcilable forces of need and desire. Carl Phillips' thirteenth collection of poetry, Reconnaissance, was just published by … [Read more...]