We're happy as a clam/lark/dog with two tails to congratulate Massachusetts authors Maya Jasanoff (Harvard historian), Edith Pearlman (Brookline novelist and short story writer), and Mira Bartok (memoirist, arts blogger, and past ArtSake guest writer) for winning National Book Critics Circle Awards at yesterday's ceremony in NYC! Read NBCC's awards announcement. And, … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Mar 12
March goes in like a line (drawn), out like an iamb with our monthly news/notes from past Artist Fellows/Finalists: Nell Breyer and Jeff Warmouth both have large-scale media art illuminating the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center LED marquee. Laura Chasman, Andrea Sherrill Evans, and Helena Wurzel exhibit Portraits at Drive-By in Watertown (3/1-4/7). Read about … [Read more...]
How Much Art Do You Give Away?
Artists and creative individuals are often asked (or decide) to make their work available for free. ArtSake guest blogger Bren Bataclan, for instance, gives away all of his Smile Boston Project paintings; playwright Charles Mee makes the full texts of his plays available online for other artists to "remake." Others might choose to not share any work without direct … [Read more...]
Dance and Literary Artists: Jan. 30 Artist Fellowships Deadline
The deadline for Artist Fellowships applications in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry is this Monday, January 30, 2012. If you are a Massachusetts choreographer, writer, and/or poet who meets the eligibility requirements, apply! (Monday is a postmark deadline.) The fellowships are anonymously-judged competitive grants for Massachusetts artists. … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Jan 12
New year, new notes from past Artist Fellows/Finalists. (Speaking of, apply now in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, or Poetry.) Go see the 2012 deCordova Biennial ASAP (1/23-4/22). Why? Work by Matthew Gamber (Photography Finalist '11), Eric Gottesman (Photography Fellow '09), and 21 other terrific New England artists/collectives, is why. The work and life … [Read more...]