In September, past MCC fellows/finalists venture into imagined flora, faraway lands, outer space, the impermanent, the temporary, and the nearly not. (For starters.) And now, we venture into our monthly round-up of the news of past awardees of our Artist Fellowships Program. Karen Aqua (Film & Video Fellow '11) will be honored by the Institute of Contemporary … [Read more...]
2012 Artist Fellowships Guidelines Available
We're excited to announce that the Massachusetts Cultural Council 2012 Artist Fellowships guidelines are now available. The Artist Fellowships are unrestricted, anonymously judged, competitive grants in recognition of artistic excellence. There are two deadlines per fiscal year, divided by discipline, and applications are now being accepted in Drawing, Painting, and … [Read more...]
Harvard Bookstore Comics Contest
Comics artists and graphic novelists: submit your stories to Harvard Bookstore's Comics Contest, and you may just win inclusion in Minimum Paige, a comics/graphic storytelling anthology to be printed on the Cambridge bookstore's in-house book machine, Paige M. Gutenborg. Stories should be black and white, between 1-4 pages, and the original work of the artist. Deadline to … [Read more...]
Going for the Gold
You might view the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan story as a key to understanding the scandal-devouring nature of American culture - a kind of tabloid Rosetta Stone. Or you might view it as an occasion to rock. In either case, you'd be right: Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera, returns the the A.R.T.'s Club Oberon in Cambridge for six performances July 18-21, 2011. In early … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – July 11
Set off some dazzling fireworks (naturally, I mean safely and legally) - it's time to celebrate July's news and notes from past MCC fellows/finalists. Shakedown, an exhibition at DODGE Gallery in NYC, includes work by Taylor Davis (Sculpture/Installation Fellow '99), Sheila Gallagher (Drawing Finalist '10), and Laurel Sparks (Painting Fellow '04). The show also features … [Read more...]